Women’s Studies

Area of Social Learning

Updated Fall 2012

The women’s studies minor supports the following goals of Milligan College:

  • Students will demonstrate sound scholarship through their ability to read and think analytically and critically, to communicate clearly and effectively, to evidence knowledge and competencies in the liberal arts and social sciences,

  • Students will gain an enriched quality of life and preparation for graduate studies and a rewarding career or profession

The women’s studies minor is designed to educate and empower women to make wise informed choices and apply all their abilities. The minor will help both women and men learn to value the contributions of women in leadership and recognize, affirm, and cultivate women’s leadership gifts. The minor is intentionally interdisciplinary, incorporating psychology, sociology, literature, history, theology, professional studies and the arts.

Women’s Studies minor

Required courses in the minor:

    • HUMN 211 Introduction to Women’s Studies OR
    • SOCL 312 Gender and Society (3 hrs)

Elective courses from the following list (15 hrs):

    • BADM 301 Introduction to Leadership in Organizations (3 hrs)
    • BIBL 328 Jesus, Paul, and Women (3 hrs)
    • ECON 370 Personal Finance (3 hrs)
    • ENGL 365 Literature by Women (3 hrs)
    • HIST 250 Christ, Hitler, and Women (3 hrs)
    • LS 330 Family Law (3 hrs)
    • MUSC 311 Women in Music (3 hrs)
    • PSYC 254 Adolescent Development (3 hrs)
    • PSYC 380 Media Effects on Children and Adolescents (3 hrs)
    • PSYC 470 Human Sexuality (3 hrs)
    • SOCL 303 Family (3 hrs)
    • SOCL 312 Gender and Society (3 hrs)

Total number of required hours: 18