Discover the Women's and Gender Studies Curriculum
Women's and Gender Studies at USD provides students with a range of knowledge, perspectives, methodologies and skills that will equip them well to make positive social change and to be engaged, active members of their communities.
Minor
Women's and Gender Studies is an interdisciplinary academic minor that takes as its focus the history, development and consequences of culturally acquired sexual identities. It is a field of study as complex as the many disciplines it weaves together.
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Program Requirements
Each student declares their major(s) and minor(s) under a single catalog of record that is identified on the student's degree audit (available on Degree Works).
The program requirements below are based on the current course catalog and may not be applicable if a student is declared in an earlier catalog.
Find all previous course catalogs on our Archived Catalogs of Record page.
18 units
Minor
Minor unit estimates include preparation for the minor requirements as well as minor unit requirements.
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