Academics
Major Requirements
Undergraduate students in the Gender Studies minor complete 18 credit hours.
Required Course
- GST 201: Intro to Gender Studies
Select 15 credit hours
- G St 103: Women In Antiquity
- G St 107: Intro to Gender & Sexuality in the South
- G St 112: Women and Power in Ancient Times
- G St 201: Introduction to Gender Studies
- G St 202: Introduction to Queer Studies
- G St 301: Topics in Gender and Culture
- G St 303: The Family
- G St 304: Men, Women, and Greek Life
- G St 324: Men and Masculinities
- G St 325: Sociology of Gender
- G St 326: Saints and Sexuality
- G St 327: Genocide and Women
- G St 328: African American Feminist Thought
- G St 329: Queer Playwriting and American Culture
- G St 330: Queer Rhetorics
- G St 333: Theories in Gender
- G St 337: The South and Sexuality
- G St 344: Women and Politics
- G St 348: Women Who Ruled in European History
- G St 349: Society and the Sexes in Modern Europe
- G St 350: Gender and Sexuality in Cinema
- G St 352: Hemispheric Voices: Women Writers of Am.
- G St 353: Gender and Sexuality in the Media
- G St 356: Women in the Rabbinic Tradition
- G St 357: Women in the South
- G St 360: Psychology of Human Sexuality
- G St 363: Gender in Latin America
- G St 364: Gender/Sexuality in East Asian History
- G St 366: Sex, Gender, and the Bible
- G St 368: Feminism, Women, and Religion
- G St 382: Intro to Gender and Sexuality Studies
- G St 383: Studies in Gender and Feminism
- G St 384: Studies in Gay and Lesbian Lit/Theory
- G St 385: Women in Literature
- G St 386: Gender on Film
- G St 390: Feminist Philosophy
- G St 391: Women, Gender & the Environment
- G St 395: Topics in Gender Studies on Location
- G St 396: Exploring the Feminist Nonprofit
- G St 397: Global Female Prophecy
- G St 399: Special Topics in Gender Studies
- G St 402: Advanced Queer Studies
- G St 414: Race, Place, and Space
- G St 418: African American Women's History
- G St 421: Readings in Black Feminism
- G St 423: Black Women's Enterprise & Activism
- G St 424: Women and Avant-garde Performance
- G St 425: Religion, Gender, and Sexuality
- G St 427: US Sexuality History
- G St 428: U.S. Women's History
- G St 429: U.S. Gender History
- G St 433: Theories of Gender and Sexuality
- G St 438: Language, Gender, and Sexuality
- G St 442: Feminist Rhetorics
- G St 454: Women in Southern History
- G St 482: Renaissance Women Writers
- G St 488: Special Topics Gender/Sexuality Studies
- G St 489: Power, Knowledge, and Gender
- G St 490: Special Topics in Queer Theory
- G St 491: Special Topics in Gender and Literature
- G St 496: Gender Studies Capstone
- G St 497: Internship in Gender Studies
- G St 498: Special Topics in Gender Studies
- G St 499: Directed Readings in Gender Studies
- G St 565: Psychology of Gender
- G St 596: Queer Mississippi
- G St 599: Directed Readings in Gender Studies
Undergraduate students in the Gender Studies minor with the Sexuality/Queer Studies emphasis includes the required G St 201 and 5 courses from the following list:
- G St 202: Introduction to Queer Studies
- G St 324: Men and Masculinities
- G St 329: Queer Playwriting and American Culture
- G St 330: Queer Rhetorics
- G St 337: The South and Sexuality
- G St 349: Society and the Sexes in Modern Europe
- G St 350: Gender and Sexuality in Cinema
- G St 353: Gender and Sexuality in the Media
- G St 364: Gender/Sexuality in East Asian History
- G St 366: Sex, Gender, and the Bible
- G St 382: Intro to Gender and Sexuality Studies
- G St 383: Studies in Gender and Feminism
- G St 384: Studies in Gay and Lesbian Lit/Theory
- G St 402: Advanced Queer Studies
- G St 423: Black Women's Enterprise & Activism
- G St 433: Theories of Gender and Sexuality
- G St 438: Language, Gender, and Sexuality
- G St 490: Special Topics in Queer Theory
- G St 596: Queer Mississippi
Only students already accepted for graduate study at UM by their home departments are eligible for the Gender Studies graduate minor.
Graduate students in the Gender Studies minor complete 12 credit hours, of which 6 must be outside of the student's home department. Students cannot apply thesis or dissertation hours and no more than 3 hours can be Directed Readings.
Required Course:
- G St 600: Gender Studies Methodology
Three Courses in Gender/Women's Issues:
- Eng 742:
- G St 600: Graduate Practicum in Public History
- G St 605: Readings - US through Reconstruction
- G St/Hst 615: Readings - Sexuality in Modern US History
- G St/Hst 641: Readings in Global History: Gender
- G St 698: Special Topics
- G St 699: Internship in History
- Hst/Soc/S St 596:
- Hst 660: Readings - Gender History of Modern Europe
- Hst 690: Readings - Gender and Power in Latin America
- Psy 561: Cross-Cultural Training
- Soc 619: Religion, Gender, and Sexuality
- Span 565: Spanish American Women Writers