Gender Studies

The Gender Studies program at North Georgia College & State University was established in 2006, after a decade of faculty and student self-organization in the form of Women and Leadership conferences, committees, and lectures. Along with fostering teaching, research, and discussion at North Georgia, the program seeks to reach out into public areas where sex, gender, and sexuality come together with other intellectual, artistic, and political expressions.
Housed in the Department of English, the program offers courses focused on gender and sexuality, highlighting curricula from the diverse fields of literature, history, sociology, psychology, criminal justice, political science, education, and nursing. With a wide range of courses open to all, regardless of major, students may elect a Gender Studies (GNST) minor. Please contact Dr. Alvaro Torres-Calderon atcalderon@northgeorgia.edu or Dr. Kelly Cate, klcate@northgeorgia.edu for more information.

  

Simone de Beauvoir Award: Excellence in Feminist Theory & Practice
2006: Karen Roop 

2007: Sonya Whetstone

2009: Allison Harris

2010: Denise Ray

2011: co-winners Chelsea Gibson and Helen Davies

Structure of Minor

Last revised 11/2011

 The interdisciplinary Gender Studies Minor offers students a chance to combine study of various fields to achieve a better understanding of concepts of gender, the ideologies surrounding them, and the impact of these ideologies.  Outcomes of this minor include the following:

•  To achieve a basic knowledge of the issues and theories of gender, implied and/or addressed in areas such as literature, history, politics, social structures, religion, music and art.
•  To practice and improve upon critical thinking, research skills, and analytical skills.
•  To increase awareness of gender concepts and their effects.
•  To increase ability to function and succeed in an increasingly diverse society and workforce.

Structure of minor:

As dictated in the current NGCSU bulletin, students will complete 15-18 hours of coursework in gender studies, beginning with the Introduction to Gender Studies course, GNST/ENGL 2140. At least 9 of these minor credits must be upper level coursework either listed on the Gender Studies website or approved by the Gender Studies Council.  The student may apply up to two independent studies.  Independent study courses, once designed by the student and the course instructor, must be approved by the minor advisor in order to count toward the minor.  As a final requirement of the minor, students will present to their advisor a major project completed in any upper level gender studies course (including independent studies or advisor-approved courses).  The project must be a research paper, complete with a list of Works Cited, focused on issue(s) of gender.  Students will obtain advisor approval for the final project at least one semester before the advisor signs off on the minor Plan of Study.  (Gender Studies advisors are listed on the website.) 

Courses applicable to minor:

CRJU 4350     Family Violence

ENGL 2140/   Introduction to Gender Studies

GNST 2140

GNST 3170     Feminist Theory

ENGL 3020    Linguistics

ENGL 3220    Poetry and Poetics

ENGL 3340    Women Writers in World Literature

ENGL 3450    English Literature of the Restoration and 18^th Century

ENGL 3460    English Literature of the 19^th Century: Romanticism

ENGL 3470    English Literature of the Victorian Era

HIST 3155      U.S. Women’s History

HIST 3640      Modern Japan

HIST 4310      Gender and Sexuality in Latin America

HIST 4860      Studies in World War II

POLS 3208     Politics of Latin America

POLS 4160     Women and Politics

POLS 4210     Politics of Development

PSYC 3520     Human Sexuality

PSYC 3600     Psychology of Women

SOCI 2100      Constructions of Difference

SOCI 3230      Social Change

SOCI 3335      Sociology of Popular Culture

SOCI 3435      Visual Sociology

SOCI 3500      Occupations and Organizations

SOCI 3800      The Sociology of Gender

SPAN 3030     Mexican Cultures

SPAN 4180     Women Writers of Latin America and Spain

SPAN 4250     Latin American Literature I

SPAN 4260     Latin American Literature II

*We are currently in the process of building a Gender Studies website.  Check back for updates.

Affiliated Faculty: Faculty who teach Gender Studies Courses