SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Women's Studies Minor
Program Chair: Dr. Sarah Whitney
814-898-6641; sew17@psu.edu
Women's Studies at Penn State Erie is also gender studies. It is designed to address the concerns and interests of both women and men, and it strives not only to interpret their experiences but also to change social expectations and conditions.
Penn State Erie faculty believe that Women's Studies should offer information of value to all students. Courses are taught in a variety of fields including communication, economics, history, literature, psychology, and science.
To obtain a minor in Women's Studies, students are required to complete 18 credits of coursework, 6 prescribed and 12 supporting. The supporting credits, which students choose from a program-approved list, must include at least 3 credits each in arts and humanities and natural or social sciences, and 3 credits focusing on non-Western women or on women of color in the United States.
When students complete the minor requirements, they receive a certificate and the minor is noted on their official transcript.