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            Interdisciplinary Minor in Gender and Women's Studies
            The Gender and Women's Studies Program sponsors an interdisciplinary 
            minor. Students must satisfy the following requirements: 
            
              -  a. Students must officially declare their minor by registering 
                with the Gender and Women's Studies adviser.
 
                
                -  b. The program of study must be approved by the Gender and Women's 
                Studies Program adviser to ensure its coherence.
 
               
                 - c. A minimum grade point average of 2.75 is required for completion 
                of the minor.
 
               
             
            E-mail: wsp@uiuc.edu 
             
           
            
               
                | Hours | 
                Requirements | 
               
               
                |  6 | 
                 Two of the 
                  following three Womens Studies courses: | 
               
               
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                  GWS 250Gender Studies Humanities 
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                  GWS 260Gender Studies Soc Sci 
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                  GWS 350Intro to Feminist Theory 
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                |  15 | 
                 Other courses 
                  either offered by or cross-listed with the Gender and Womens 
                  Studies Program, or related courses from other departments approved 
                  by the Gender and Womens Studies adviser, which must include 
                  9 hours of 400-level GWS courses or approved advanced courses 
                  from other units.  | 
               
               
                |  21 | 
                 Total hours | 
               
             
             
            Teacher Education Minor in Women's 
              Studies
            Teacher education minors are available only to students seeking to 
            add additional teaching fields to their teaching majors. This minor 
            does not lead to an endorsement in an additional teaching field. 
             
            E-mail: wsp@uiuc.edu 
             
            Web address for department: http://www.womstd.uiuc.edu/ 
             
            
               
                | Hours | 
                Requirements | 
               
               
                |  3 | 
                 GWS 250Gender 
                  Studies Humanities | 
               
               
                |  3 | 
                 GWS 260Gender 
                  Studies Soc Sci | 
               
               
                |  3 | 
                 Course in 
                  sex-role socialization | 
               
               
                |  15 | 
                 Other courses, 
                  no more than 6 at the 100 level, either offered by or cross-listed 
                  with the Gender and Womens Studies Program. These courses 
                  should form a coherent program, planned in consultation with 
                  an adviser in the Gender and Womens Studies Program, and 
                  an adviser in the students major. At least four of the 
                  elective courses must be from either humanities (in the College 
                  of Liberal Arts and Sciences or the College of Fine and Applied 
                  Arts) or the social sciences and behavioral sciences (in the 
                  College of Liberal Arts and Sciences or the Department of Economics). | 
               
               
                |  24 | 
                 Total womens 
                  studies courses | 
               
             
            
              
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