A minor in Women's Studies enables students who major in another area to develop an expertise in the interdisciplinary study of women and gender.  A minor consists of five (5) courses or 15 credits in Women's Studies and crosslisted coursework. (NEW NUMBERS ARE ON THE LEFT)

To be eligible for the minor, you must have the following or its equivalent:

1. The credits must include WMST 101 (50) (3 credits)

2. 12 credits chosen from at least two of the four following  interdisciplinary      perspectives:  Historical Studies; Fine Arts & Humanities; Social Sciences; and Basic & Applied Sciences.

 

Historical Studies: AFRI 261 (61), AFRI262 (62), CLAS 242 (42), CLAS 245 (45), CLAS 240 (51), WMST 237, WMST 253 (53), WMST 289 and any crosslisted History course

Basic & Applied Sciences: MHCH 603 (103) and HBHE 563 (160)

Fine Arts & Humanities: WMST 064, WMST 066, WMST275 (46), WMST 363 (WMST 90B/ENGL90B), WMST 294 (94A), WMST 297 (97), WMST 231 (131), WMST 436 (137), WMST 656 (143), CLAS 269 (69), WMST 350, WMST 352 and crosslisted courses from Art, Asian
Studies, Communication Studies, Comparative Literature, Drama, English, French, German, Music, Philosophy, Religion, Russian, Slavic Languages, and
Spanish

Social Sciences:  WMST 51 (006E), WMST 111, WMST 265 (67), WMST 368 (68), WMST 278 (78), WMST 285 (85), WMST 388 (88), WMST 281 (81), WMST 293 (93), WMST 410 (102), WMST 436 (136), WMST 553 (153), WMST 458 (158), WMST 477 (164) and crosslisted courses from African/Afro-American Studies, Anthropology, City & Regional Planning, Economics, Folklore, International Studies, Leisure Studies, Exercise & Sport Science, Geography, Journalism and Mass Communication, Linguistics, Political Science, Religious Studies and Sociology

1. Women's Studies courses include both courses exclusively in Women's Studies and those courses which are cross-listed in other departments.
2. WMST 391 (190), An internship/practicum in Women's Studies, can be counted towards three (3) of the fifteen (15) credits.
3. Crosslisted courses in the student's major department may NOT count both toward the student's major and minor in Women's Studies.
4. Courses not cross-listed with Women's Studies must be approved by the Chair in the Department of WMST in order to count toward a minor.

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To declare your minor, please see your College Advisor in the Steele Building (962-1164). If you are in a professional school, please see your school's adviser.

If additional information is needed, please contact the Department of Women's Studies at 962-3908 or come by Room 201 Smith Building.

PLEASE NOTE: THE REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS THAT APPLY TO ALL UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC MINORS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

1. A student may have a maximum of 3 areas of concentration. This may consist of 2 majors and 1 minor or 1 major and 2 minors.

2. A student may have no more than 2 minors, regardless of the student's major degreee program. Departments may exclude certain minors from being elected and completed by students majoring in these departments.

3. At least nine hours of the minor must be completed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and NOT at other academic institutions. Certtain minor departments may require that more than nine hours be completed at the University.

4. Some departments or curricula may disallow the use of courses in the minor as General Education courses.

5. A minimum of twelve (12) hours of C (not C-) grades or better is required in the minor, though some minors may require more.

6. All courses in the minor must be taken for a regular letter grade, though one exception will be allowed, as with courses in the major (i.e., one PS/D+/D/F course taken before the declaration of the minor, may count toward that minor).

7. If students plan to pursue the completion of a minor, they are encouraged to declare their minor early in the junior year.

8. Currently students may use a maximum of twenty-four (24) professional school hours as electives to fulfill their Arts and Sciences semester hour graduation requirements.

9. For students pursuing a major and 5-course double minor, 2 of the 5 required WMST classes can be counted for both minors (with either their major or first minor). With a 4-course double minor, students can have only one course that overlaps.

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