Welcome to the Program on Gender & Intersectionality Studies
Students please become a Gender Studies minor, attend a Gender Studies Club meeting, or contact any Gender and Intersectionality Studies faculty member for more information.
Faculty, please contact the PGIS director to become a member.
For anyone seeking resources and information about your rights, please seek assistance from the following:
Minor in Gender & Intersectionality Studies
Only 15 Credits
Up to 9 credits can be shared with your major.
Five Total Courses
GS/SO-225 Introduction to Gender Studies, and four electives from the designated course list.
Note: Other GS related courses may be used as electives with director approval.
Three Easy Steps
- Log into WebAdvisor
- Select “Declare a Minor” (found under Registrar Group)
- Complete and Submit the form for approval.
Fireside Chats
This semester, PGIS members are invited to attend our upcoming Fireside Chats.
Resources and Rights
For anyone who needs resources and information for the following areas, please check out the compiled list:
PGIS-Designated Courses
Only 6 credits may be shared with major.
- AN-274: Anthropology of Sex and Gender
- AN-378: Gender, Sex and Medicine
- CO-383: Gender, Race, and Media
- EN-431: Contemporary Women Novelists
- HE/NU-324: Human Sexuality
- HE/NU-330: Women’s Health
- HS/GS/AN-220: History of Advertising
- HS/GS-305: Women in US History
- HS/GS-307: History of Sexuality in America
- PR-401: Perceptions
- PR-407: Morality and Community
- PR-411: Gender and Global Culture
- PS/GS-377: A Comparative Study of Women in the World
- PY-331: Psychology of Women
- SO-234: Sports and Society
- SO/GS-252: Race and Ethnicity
- SO-261: Sociology of Family
- SW-278: Family Violence
What You Can Do with a PGIS Minor
- Diversity Efforts
- Community Organizing
- Public Leadership
- Advocacy for Inequalities
- Nonprofit Organization
PGIS Award in Equity and Social Justice
Katherine Parkin, Ph.D.
Director of The Program in Gender and Intersectionality Studies