Skip to main content
University of Nebraska Omaha logo University of Nebraska Omaha
APPLY MY UNO DIRECTORY

Students Faculty Staff Community
University of Nebraska Omaha logo
College of Arts and Sciences Women's & Gender Studies
APPLY MY UNO DIRECTORY
Students Faculty Staff Community
  • About Us Backback to Main menu
    • Our Mission
    • Faculty Directory
    • Lamanna Award
    • Contact Us
    • WGS Forms
    • WGS Committee
  • Academics Backback to Main menu
    • Undergraduate Academics
    • Women's & Gender Studies Minors
    • Knowledge & Skills Gained
    • Academic Advising
    • Senior Seminar Topics
    • Approved Courses for Women's & Gender Studies Major and Minor
  • Student Opportunities Backback to Main menu
    • UNO Triota
    • Career Opportunities
    • Study Abroad
    • Internships
  • News & Events
  • Community Engagement
  • Research
  • Support Us

Women's & Gender Studies Minors

  1. UNO
  2. College of Arts and Sciences
  3. Women's & Gender Studies
  4. Academics
  5. Women's & Gender Studies Minors

  • Related Resources

  • Undergraduate Catalog
  • CAS Academic Advising

Helping you understand the ways gender has shaped lived experience in both the past and the present around the world.

Women's & Gender Studies Minors
Women's & Gender Studies catalog information Advisor: Dr. Patrice J. Proulx
LGBTQ/Sexuality Studies catalog information Advisor: Dr. Patrice J. Proulx

Women's & Gender Studies Minor

Our undergraduate minor complements a wide variety of majors. The knowledge and skills that Women’s and Gender Studies minors develop help them find employment in business, health care, education, government, and the non-profit sector.

Women’s and Gender Studies minors can take courses in a wide variety of fields (e.g., History, Sociology, English, Psychology, Geography, Black Studies). With proper planning the minor can be integrated with most majors.

The Women’s and Gender Studies program will allow students to double-count up to 9 hours of classes (i.e., classes that count for the WGST minor and a student’s major). Students should check with their major advisor to see how many courses their major will allow them to double-count.

Coursework

Required Core Courses ( hours total):

  • WGST 2010 – Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies: Social and Behavioral Science
  • WGST 2020- Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies: Humanities

Plus, 4 upper-division (3000 level and above) WGST elective courses taken from the major list of approved WGST electives.


LGBTQ/Sexuality Studies Minor

LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer)/Sexuality Studies is an interdisciplinary field that examines the identities, experiences, and social positions of queer and trans-spectrum people.

Sexuality is an important distinguishing factor of our lives on par with race, social class, and gender.

Through this minor, you will gain increased knowledge in the following:

  • Sexual identity, orientation, and behaviors, including heterosexualities, homosexualities, gay sexualities, lesbian sexualities, bisexualities, queer sexualities, etc.
  • Gender identities including trans* gender, genderqueer, trans man, trans woman, gender non-conforming, etc.
  • Intersectionality of sexuality with race, class, gender, religion, ability, nationality, and other social characteristics.
  • Sexology, or the study of sex and sexual behaviors, and human sexuality broadly
  • Sexual health such as STIs, HIV, and sexual reproduction
  • Theories of identity development, queer theory, and other social theories related to sexuality
  • Diversity of human behavior

This field includes topics such as:

Identity formation of non-heterosexual sexualities, non-gender binary identities, health and wellbeing of sexual minorities, subcultural groups, the politics of identity, and representations of queer lives in popular culture.

Coursework

Required Core Courses (9 hours total):

  • WGST 2010 or 2020 – Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies: Social and Behavioral Science or Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies: Humanities
  • SOC 3700 - Introduction to LGBTQ Studies
  • HED/WGST 3080 – Health Concepts in Sexual Development

Supplemental Courses (pick 2 courses (6 hours)):

  • ART 4930 – Special Topics – Gender and Sexuality in Antiquity
  • ART 4930 – Special Topics – Fashion in Modern Art & Culture
  • ENGL 4960/WGST 4690 – Special Topics - Language, Gender, and Sexuality
  • ENGL 4960 – Special Topics - LGBTQ Representations in Contemporary Film
  • ENGL 4960/WGST 4050 – Special Topics – Writing Women’s Lives
  • HED/WGST 4700 - Women’s Health and Issues of Diversity
  • PSCI/WGST 3130 – Women and Politics
  • PSCI/WGST 3100 – LGBT Politics
  • PSYC 4320 – Hormones and Behavior
  • PSYC 3540 – Adolescent Development
  • RELI/WGST 4040 – Religion and Homosexuality
  • SOC 3300 Sociology of Gender
  • SOC 4310 Sociology of Sexualities
  • Other courses per approval of the advisor

Undergraduate students will be expected to complete at least 15 credit hours of LGBTQ/Sexuality courses with a grade of C or higher (Nine credit hours must be upper division (3000 or higher)).

A rainbow flag.

Diversity Education & Marketability

Employers value an awareness and sensitivity to issues of gender, culture, class, race and ethnicity. Successful employees are comfortable working with colleagues and customers/clients of diverse backgrounds. These topics are front and center in our classes, as they are inextricably tied to understanding how we interact and interpret the world around us.

Contact Us

  • 301C Arts & Sciences Hall
  • 6001 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE 68182
  • Phone: 402.554.4839

  • Dr. Patrice J. Proulx, Program Director: pproulx@unomaha.edu

Related Resources

  • Undergraduate Catalog
  • CAS Academic Advising

College of Arts and Sciences

Contact Us
  • 220 Arts & Sciences Hall
  • College Advising Office
Social media
College Resources
  • For Faculty and Staff
  • Math-Science Learning Center
  • The Writing Center
Arts and Sciences Hall building with large white columns in front of a pink and orange sunset.

Next Steps

  • Visit UNO
  • Request Information
  • Apply for Admission
  • The UNO Advantage
  • Our City (Omaha)

Just For You

  • Future Students
  • Current Students
  • Work at UNO
  • Faculty and Staff
  • A-Z List

Popular Services and Resources

  • my.unomaha.edu
  • Academic Calendar
  • Campus Buildings & Maps
  • Library
  • Pay Your Bill
  • Course Catalogs
  • Internships & Career Development
  • The Maverick Store
  • MavCARD Services
  • Military-Connected Resource Center
  • Speech Center
  • Writing Center
  • Human Resources
  • Center for Faculty Excellence

Affiliates

  • University of Nebraska System
  • NU Foundation
  • Buffett Early Childhood Institute
  • Daugherty Water for Food Institute
  • National Strategic Research Institute
  • Peter Kiewit Institute
  • Rural Prosperity Nebraska
  1. University Policies
  2. Privacy Statement
  3. Accessibility
  1. 402.554.2800

University of Nebraska Omaha
University of Nebraska Omaha, 6001 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE, 68182
  • ©  
  • Emergency Information Alert
  • MavsReport

Social Media


Omaha Skyline

Our Campus. Otherwise Known as Omaha.

The University of Nebraska does not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, and/or political affiliation in its education programs or activities, including admissions and employment. The University prohibits any form of retaliation taken against anyone for reporting discrimination, harassment, or retaliation for otherwise engaging in protected activity. Read the full statement.