Prescribed Courses (6 credits)

ENGL 245: Introduction to Lesbian and Gay Studies (GH; US)
HDFS/WMNST 250: Sexual Identity over the Life Span (US)

Additional Courses (12 credits)

In order to fulfill the interdisciplinary nature of the minor, students must study both in arts and humanities and in sciences. Students are required to complete a total of at least 12 credits from the two categories below: a minimum of three credits from humanities and the arts and a minimum of three credits from the sciences. Completion of the minor also requires at least six credits at the 400-level in either humanities and the arts or in the sciences. With the permission of the person in charge of the minor (Robert Caserio, rlc25@psu.edu), one-time "Special Topics" courses and other classes that focus substantively on gender and sexuality may be substituted for courses listed below. BB H 302 “Diversity and Health” and BB H 452 “Women’s Health Issues” are regularly approved for substitution. For other courses, please be prepared to provide a syllabus or other documentation of the course content when requesting such substitutions.

Interested students are encouraged to declare the minor, so that they can be informed of one-time courses available to them for the minor. Students may use the on-line declaration of minor system on eLion.

A. Sexuality studies in humanities and the arts (all courses are 3 credits unless noted):

HIST/WMNST 116: Family and Sex Roles in Modern History (GS;US;IL)
ENGL 225: Sexuality and Modern Visual Culture (GA;GH)
ENGL 227: Introduction to Sexuality Studies
HIST/WMNST 466: Lesbian and Gay History (US;IL)
PHIL 014: Philosophy of Love and Sex (GH;US)
WMNST 301: Introduction to Feminist Thought
WMNST 400: Feminist Theory (US;IL)

B. Sexuality in the sciences (all courses are 3 credits unless noted):

AAAS/SOC/WMNST 103: Racism and Sexism (US)
AAAS/WMNST 364: Black & White Sexuality (GS;US)
AAAS/HIST 415: Race, Gender, and Politics in the United States and South Africa (US;IL)
AAAS/STS 416: Race, Gender, and Science (US;IL)
ANTH 216: Sex and Evolution (GN;GS)
ANTH 474: Ecology of Gender
ANTH/WMNST 467W: Anthropology of Gender
BBH 146: Introduction to Health and Human Sexuality (GHA)
BBH 251: Straight Talks I: Advanced Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity Peer Education (US)
BBH 315: Gender and Biobehavioral Health (US)
BBH 446: Human Sexuality as a Health Concern
BIOL 177: Biology of Sex (GN)
CRIM/CRIMJ/WMNST 423: Sexual and Domestic Violence (US)
CRIM/CRIMJ/WMNST 453: Women and the Criminal Justice System (US)
GEOG/WMNST 426Y: Gender and Geography (US;IL)
HDFS 405: Gender and Social Development
LER/WMNST 136: Race, Gender, and Employment (US)
PSYCH 231: Introduction to the Psychology of Gender (GS;US)
PSYCH 422: Human Sexuality
PSYCH 479 / WMNST 471: The Psychology of Gender (US)
SOC/WMNST 110: Sociology of Gender (GS;US)