Women’s Studies Minor

The minor in Women’s Studies affirms the equality and value of women in the university community and curriculum. Significant women in the Wesleyan/holiness movement have consistently contributed to Christian feminism as a central principle of academic and church life. Point Loma has developed a sequence of courses of interest to both women and men that examines important gender issues across a wide variety of academic fields, in light of the university’s commitment to the Christian faith.

The minor in Women’s Studies is for students who wish to complement study in another area with an interdisciplinary study of women’s status and contribution to the world. The program consists of an introductory course, a capstone course, and a selection of applied topics courses at the upper-division level.

Graduation with a minor in Women’s Studies requires the following lower-division and upper-division courses:

Lower-Division Requirements

POL 190 - The Politics of Race, Class, and Gender (GE/WS) (4)

Upper-Division Requirements

POL 330 - The Development of Feminist Thought (WS) (4)

A minimum of nine units from:

COM 312 - Gender and Communication (WS) (3)
ECO 440 - Racial and Gender Issues in Economics and Education (WS) (2)
FCS 340 - Nutrition in Women’s Wellbeing (WS) (2)
HIS 475 - Topics in Women’s History (WS) (4)
LIN 404 - Seminar: Special Topics in Linguistics (3)
LIT 437 - Women Writers (WS) (3)
NSG 446 - Health of Women in a Multicultural World (WS) (3)
NSG 447 - Family Violence (3)
POL 415 - Women and Politics (WS) (4)
THE 310 - Women in Christianity (WS) (3)

Total: 13 Units

Note(s):

A two-unit departmental internship, agreed upon by the sponsoring department and the Director of Women’s Studies, can apply to the minimum of nine additional units necessary for the minor.

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