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May 18, 2024
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2024-2025 Catalog
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS-MNR-AS) Minor
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Minor
The Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies minor is designed to allow students the opportunity to study the history and cultural contributions of womenthrough an interdisciplinary approach. Study includes the political and theoretical issues related to women and to constructions of gender. In addition, theminor allows students to develop writing and critical thinking skills that are essential to job placement and advancement.
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Program Outcomes
- Understand the rich histories of various feminist movements and those who contributed to those movements.
- Describe the many contributions women, as well as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and plus people have made to global culture, including their roles in arts, literature, history, politics, science, and/or social movements.
- Analyze how “femininity,” “masculinity,” and gender identity function in American and/or global cultures.
- Apply multiple theoretical frameworks to issues surrounding women, gender, and sexuality.
- Articulate the ways society shapes a person’s gender and sexuality, including their own.
Admission Requirements
This minor is open to all students enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program, and may only be awarded to those not pursuing a degree in this subject area.
New Student Admission Requirements
- Students must be admitted to Ferris State University and pursuing a bachelor’s degree.
Transfer Student Admission Requirements
- Students must be admitted to Ferris State University and pursuing a bachelor’s degree.
All Minor Requirements - 18 Credits Required
Minor Courses - 3 Credits Required
Humanistic Inquiry Electives - 6 Credits Required
Social Scientific Inquiry Electives - 6 Credits Required
Additional Requirements - 3 Credits Required
Choose one additional course, that was not previously taken, from either the Humanistic Inquiry Electives section or the Social Scientific Inquiry Electives section.
Notes
- Students who return to the university after an interrupted enrollment, not including summer semester, must normally meet the requirements of the curriculum which are in effect at the time of their return, not the requirements which were in effect when they were originally admitted.
- Credit Variance - Credits required may vary based on course placement, prerequisites, etc. If you have questions, contact your advisor.
Graduation Requirements
In order to graduate from Ferris State University, students must meet both University and Programmatic Graduation Requirements.
University Graduation Requirements
These are the minimum graduation requirements for a minor at Ferris State University:
- A GPA of 2.00 or higher must be achieved for the courses within the minor.
- A minimum of 18 credits within the minor must be earned.
- A minimum of 50 percent of minor credits must be earned from Ferris State University to meet the Residency requirement.
- A minimum of 9 of the credits in the minor must be at the 200 level or higher.
- A maximum of one-third of the credits, but no more than 7 credit hours, in a minor may overlap with the student’s major.
- Up to 6 credit hours may overlap between any two minors.
- The minor must be completed prior to or at the awarding of a bachelor’s degree.
Programmatic Graduation Requirements
These are the additional graduation requirements mandated by the program:
- All requirements as specified in the All Minor Requirements section must be met.
- A minimum of 6 of the credits in the minor must be at the 300 level or higher.
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