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Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

A Minor

Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies challenges students to question conventional thinking and examine the intersection of gender, race, class, and sexual orientation. 

The Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor is available to all students. Four courses are required for the minor.

Studying Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Bryant

The Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor at Bryant is an engaging, interdisciplinary program that teaches students to think critically and respond intellectually to multiple ways of thinking.  Students will examine current research on women, gender, and sexuality and evaluate the distribution of power in contemporary society.

The minor also explores the origins of women's studies, the social construction of gender, and the scholarly investigations of sexual identities.

Courses

Students in the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor must complete the following requirements:

  • Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
  • Three (3) Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies courses from the various Modes of Thought
  • Only one course at the 200 level
  • At least one course at the 400 level

Students may select courses offered by departments throughout the University, including:

  • Gender & Communication
  • American Women’s History
  • Gender & the American Culture in the 1950’s
  • U.S. Women and World War II
  • Sexuality and Culture
  • The Female Body & the Constitution
  • Major Literary Figures: Toni Morrison
  • Major Literary Figures: Emily Dickinson
  • Major Literary Figures: Latin American Women Writers
  • Sociology of Gender, Illness and Health
  • Women and the Creative Imagination
  • Sociology of the Family
  • Gender in Childhood
  • Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Internship
  • Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Seminar
  • Sociology of Sport
  • Human Sexuality
  • Gender and Childhood
  • Special Topics in Sociology: The Sociological Imagination: What We See When We Watch TV: The Wire
  • Special Topics in Sociology: From Womb to Tomb: A Sociological Perspective on Sexuality

For complete course descriptions, please refer to the course catalog. 

Opportunities After Graduation

The Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program gives students the knowledge and skills to enter a number of fields after graduation, including:

  • Counselor
  • Biographer
  • Business Manager
  • Community Affairs Specialist
  • Consumer Advocate
  • Customer Relations Rep.
  • Employee Relations Manager
  • Job Developer
  • Hospital Administrator
  • Human Resources Administrator
  • Writer/Editor/Journalist
  • Women's Rights Advocate
  • Public Policy Specialist
  • Planned Parenthood Counselor
  • Market Research Analyst
  • Sales Rep/Manager
  • Public Relations Specialist
  • Social Worker

For More Information

To learn more about the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor, please contact:

Tom Roach
Assistant Professor and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program Coordinator
Department of Literary and Cultural Studies
Bryant University
troach@bryant.edu