At-A-Glance | University of Portland

At-A-Glance

This interdisciplinary minor enriches students’ study within their major program(s) by bringing them into contact with perspectives from different disciplines on issues of gender.

Faculty

Program Co-Ordination

Brandy Daniels- Theology 
Lara-Zuzan Golesorkhi- Political Science

Advisory Committee

Maria Echenique – International Languages & Cultures
Jeff Gauthier – Philosophy
Lara-Zuzan Golesorkhi – Political Science & Global Affairs
Christin Hancock – History
Giannina Reyes-Giardiello – International Languages & Cultures
Sarina Saturn – Psychological Sciences
Lara Trout – Philosophy

Course of Study

Required Introductory Course (3 cr.)

SW/SOC 357 Perspectives on Gender and the Body

Required Course (1 from list) (3 cr.)

PHL 314: Philosophy and Feminism
THE 358/458 Intercultural Feminist Theology

Elective Courses (3 from list) (9 cr.)

CST 411 Communication across Barriers
ENG 370 Studies in Women Writers
ENG 401 Seminar in British Literature: Otherness
GRM 401 Multicultural Society in Germany
GRM 405 German Women’s Writing
HST 321 American Women
PHL 412 Philosophy of Law
PHL 491 Race, Gender, and Colonialism
POL 319 Politics and Identity
SOC 339 Sociology of the Family
SOC 432 Gender and Violence
SPN 350 Latin American Women’s Voices
SPN 430 Cervantes: Don Quixote and Beyond
SW/PSY 356 Perspectives on Human Sexuality
THE 317/417 Trickery, Gender, Power, and Politics in the bible
THE 331 Sexual Ethics
THTR 445 History of Fashion

Required Summative Course (1 cr.)

ENG 492 (or COM 492, GRM 492, etc.) Capstone Experience

Total Credit Hours: 16