Sexuality Studies Minor
The minor in sexuality studies coordinates scholars and students from a range of disciplines to study, teach, and create knowledge about human sexuality in its myriad functions and forms.
Requirements
In addition to the program requirements listed below, students must:
- take at least nine hours of their minor "core" requirements at UNC–Chapel Hill
- earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.000 in the minor core requirements. Some programs may require higher standards for minor or specific courses.
For more information, please consult the degree requirements section of the catalog.
The five courses required for the minor must include at least one core course and involve work in at least three different departments or curricula.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Requirements | ||
| Core courses (at least one of the following) | 3 | |
| Sexuality and Visual Culture | ||
 Introduction to Gay and Lesbian Culture and Literature | ||
| The History of Sexuality in America | ||
| Gender and Sexuality in Western Christianity H | ||
| Sex and Gender in Society | ||
| Introduction to Sexuality Studies H | ||
| Additional courses (see list below) 1 | 12 | |
| Total Hours | 15 | |
| H | Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply. |
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Where appropriate, courses taken at Duke University or in a study abroad program also may count toward the minor.
As an example, a minor in sexuality studies could be constructed from WGST 111, AMST 269, HIST 236, HIST 535, and WGST 101, for a minimum of 15 hours from at least three departments or curricula.
Additional Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| AAAD 232/WGST 266 | Black Women in America | 3 |
| AMST/ENGL/POLI 248/WGST 249 | Intersectionality: Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Social Justice | 3 |
| AMST 269 | Mating and Marriage in America | 3 |
| AMST 371 | LGTBQ Film and Fiction from 1950 to the Present | 3 |
| ANTH 442 | Health and Gender after Socialism WGST 440 | 3 |
| ANTH/FOLK 473 | Anthropology of the Body and the Subject | 3 |
| ANTH/LING/WGST 302 | Language and Power | 3 |
| ANTH/WGST 277 | Gender and Culture | 3 |
| ANTH/WGST 443 | Cultures and Politics of Reproduction | 3 |
| ANTH/WGST 458 | Archaeology of Sex and Gender | 3 |
| ARTH 586 | Cultural Politics in Contemporary Art | 3 |
| ASIA/JWST/PWAD 235 | Israeli Cinema: Gender, Nation, and Ethnicity H | 3 |
| ASIA/ECON 469 | Asian Economic Systems | 3 |
| CLAS/WGST 242 | Sex and Gender in Antiquity | 3 |
| CMPL 254 | Horror and the Global Gothic: Film, Literature, Theory | 3 |
| CMPL 453 | The Erotic Middle Ages | 3 |
| CMPL 468 | Aestheticism | 3 |
| CMPL 487 | Literature and the Arts of Love | 3 |
| COMM 549 | Sexuality and Visual Culture | 3 |
| COMM 652 | Media and Difference | 3 |
| EDUC 375 | Identity and Sexuality | 3 |
| ENGL 153 | Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in the Premodern World | 3 |
| ENGL 279 | Migration and Globalization | 3 |
| ENGL/WGST 140 | Introduction to Gay and Lesbian Culture and Literature | 3 |
| ENGL/WGST 363 | Feminist Literary Theory H | 3 |
| ENGL 661 | Introduction to Literary Theory | 3 |
| ENGL/WGST 665 | Queer Latina/o Literature, Performance, and Visual Art | 3 |
| ENGL/WGST 666 | Queer Latina/o Photography and Literature | 3 |
| FREN 285 | Sex, Philosophy, and Politics: Revolutionary Literature in Translation | 3 |
| HIST 236 | Sex and American History | 3 |
| HIST 398 | Undergraduate Seminar in History (with approval, based on topic) H | 3 |
| HIST 535 | Women and Gender in African History H | 3 |
| HIST 566 | The History of Sexuality in America | 3 |
| HIST 361/WGST 360 | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Histories in the United States | 3 |
| HIST 475/WGST 476 | History of Feminism H | 3 |
| HIST/WGST 479 | History of Female Sexualities | 3 |
| JWST/RELI 444/WGST 448 | Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Judaism | 3 |
| PLAN 52/WGST 51 | First-Year Seminar: Race, Sex, and Place in America | 3 |
| POLI/WGST 265 | Feminism and Political Theory | 3 |
| RELI/WGST 244 | Gender and Sexuality in Western Christianity H | 3 |
| RELI 368/WGST 370 | Race, Sexuality, and Disability in the History of Western Christianity H | 3 |
| RELI/WGST 424 | Gender Theory and the Study of Religion | 3 |
| RELI/ASIA 485 | Gender and Sexuality in Islam | 3 |
| RELI/WGST 450 | Sexuality in Jewish Tradition and History | 3 |
| RUSS 277 | Love, Sex, and Marriage in Soviet Culture | 3 |
| SOCI/WGST 124 | Sex and Gender in Society | 3 |
| WGST 101 | Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies H | 3 |
| WGST 231 | Gender and Popular Culture | 3 |
| WGST 270 | Introduction to Transgender Studies | 3 |
| WGST 272 | Masculinities | 3 |
| WGST 285 | African American Women in the Media | 3 |
| WGST 388 | The International Politics of Sexual and Reproductive Health | 3 |
| WGST 410 | Comparative Queer Politics | 3 |
| WGST 405 | Gender, Sexuality, Empire and Asian Pacific America | 3 |
| WGST 460 | The Social Construction of Gendered Bodies | 3 |
| WGST 553 | Theorizing Black Feminisms | 3 |
| WGST 610 | Feminism, Sexuality, and Human Rights | 3 |
| H | Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply. |
See the program page here for special opportunities.
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Department of Women’s and Gender Studies
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