The Gender and Women's Studies Department offers a graduate minor in Gender and Women's Studies and a graduate minor in Queer Studies.
The graduate minor in Gender & Women's Studies offers sophisticated training in feminist theory and methodology to graduate students who want to incorporate Gender & Women's Studies into their degree work. Because gender has become a central category of analysis in many disciplines and fields, the graduate minor strengthens students' formal credentials and offers a versatile area of specialization. Students should submit any inquiries to gws-grad-advising@mx.uillinois.edu.
The graduate minor in Queer Studies offers students the opportunity to gain expertise in queer theory and methodology as part of their graduate degree work. It also offers students a versatile interdisciplinary framework to complement and strengthen their research and pedagogy in their chosen field of study. Students who wish to pursue a graduate minor in Queer Studies may elect to express their intent do so at this link: GWS Graduate Minor application .
Graduate students have to officially declare their minor through a petition that goes through the Grad College. Students completing a graduate minor must submit a curriculum change request to the Graduate College prior to graduation in order for this credential to appear on their transcripts.
The requirements to complete the minor are listed below. Each are 3 classes for a total of 12 hours. Prof. Beauchamp can verify the classes that you listed below.
You should fill out the application on the graduate website (https://grad.illinois.edu/gsas/gradpetition) and outline all the classes that you have taken for the minor, submit it, and then the grad college will contact the department for approval. Once your courses are approved through the grad system, your minor would be officially declared for the minor.
Requirements for the Graduate Minor in Gender and Women's Studies
| Required Courses | Required Hours |
| GWS 550, Feminist Theories and Methods | 4 |
| GWS 590, Topics in Gender & Women's Studies | 4 |
| An additional 400 or 500 level GWS course selected from a list of approved courses maintained in the department office by the GWS advisor. An independent study in GWS may also serve as the additional course. | 4 |
| Total Hours | 12 |
| Other Requirements* | |
| In addition to the minor requirements, students must also complete the requirements of their major degree. Hours counted toward completion of a minor may not also be applied toward any other transcripted credential. |
Requirements for Graduate Minor in Queer Studies
| Required Courses: | Required Hours |
| GWS 580, Queer Theories & Methods | 4 |
| GWS 581, Topics in Queers Studies | 4 |
| One additional 400 or 500 level course selected from a list of approved courses maintained in the department office by the GWS Advisor. An independent study in GWS may, with the approval of the GWS Advisor, also serve as the additional course. | 4 |
| Total Hours | 12 |
| Other Requirements* | |
| In addition to the minor requirements, students must also complete the requirements of their major degree. Hours counted toward completion of a minor may not also be applied toward any other transcripted credential. |
Students completing a graduate minor must submit a curriculum change request to the Graduate College prior to graduation in order for this credential to appear on their transcripts. For more info on the process refer above or for specific questions please email to gws-grad-advising@mx.uillinois.edu.