The minor in Women’s Studies affirms the equality and value of women in the university community and curriculum. Significant women in the Wesleyan/holiness movement have consistently contributed to Christian feminism as a central principle of academic and church life. Point Loma has developed a sequence of courses of interest to both women and men that examines important gender issues across a wide variety of academic fields, in light of the university’s commitment to the Christian faith.

The minor in Women’s Studies is for students who wish to complement study in another area with an interdisciplinary study of women’s status and contribution to the world. The program consists of an introductory course, a capstone course, and a selection of applied topics courses at the upper-division level.

Graduation with a minor in Women’s Studies requires the following lower-division and upper-division courses:

Course List

Code	Title	Units
Lower-Division Requirements
POL 1090	The Politics of Race, Class, and Gender (GE)	4
Upper-Division Requirements
POL 3030	The Development of Feminist Thought	4
Choose a minimum of nine (9) units from the following:		9
CHU 3040	Women in the Christian Tradition (GE)
COM 3012	Gender and Communication
ECO 4040	The Economics of Race, Class, and Gender
ENG 3053	Diverse Voices of Women Writers (GE)
HIS 4077	Gender and Law in the U.S.
NUT 3040	Nutrition in Women's Wellbeing
POL 4015	Women and Politics
PSY 3060	Human Sexuality
Total Units		17