Women and Gender Studies Minor

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Delivery Area: Augusta, Bangor

Coordinator: Sarah Hentges (207) 262-7762 sarah.hentges@maine.edu

Minor Requirements (18 credit hours):

WGS 101W - Introduction to Women’s Studies 3 CR
WGS 301W - Introduction to Feminist Theory 3 CR
SOC 350 - Sociology of Gender 3 CR

Complete any upper-level (300-400) women and gender studies course; the following are the UMA course options (3):

WGS 304W - Girls on Fire: Feminism, Activism, and the Future 3 CR
WGS 305 - Intersections of Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality 3 CR
WGS 306 - American Fitness: Culture, Community, and Transformation 3 CR
WGS 310W - Introduction to LGBT Studies 3 CR
WGS 337 - Masculinities in Late 20th Century American Literature 3 CR
WGS 350W - Major Women Writers 3 CR

Complete two women and/or gender studies courses; one of which must be upper-level (300-400); the following are the UMA course options (6):

ENG 185W - Introduction to Mythology: Origins of Literature 3 CR
JUS 222 - Family Law 3 CR
JUS 305 - Women in Criminal Justice 3 CR
JUS 307 - Violence in the Family 3 CR
HUS 233 - Trauma Recognition and Intervention 3 CR
HUS 263 - Family Interactions 3 CR
HUS 332 - Relational Systems that Support Substance Use Disorders (SUD) 3 CR
HUS 352 - Interventions for Families with Children 3 CR
PSY 364 - Psychology of Men and Boys 3 CR
SSC 110 - Introduction to Human Sexuality 3 CR
SSC 314 - Gender Images in the Media 3 CR
MUH 190 - Women, Music, and Culture 3 CR
WGS 304W - Girls on Fire: Feminism, Activism, and the Future 3 CR
WGS 305 - Intersections of Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality 3 CR
WGS 306 - American Fitness: Culture, Community, and Transformation 3 CR
WGS 310W - Introduction to LGBT Studies 3 CR
WGS 337 - Masculinities in Late 20th Century American Literature 3 CR
WGS 350W - Major Women Writers 3 CR

Advising Notes:

● A minimum of 25% of the credits required for a minor needs to be earned at UMA for it to be awarded.
● A student may be awarded any minor as long as no more than six credits of the minor can be used to fulfill the requirements of the student’s major or concentration.

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