Gender and Diversity Studies Minor
Dr. Margo Heydt & Dr. Tyrone Williams, 2008-2009 Co-Directors
The Gender and Diversity Sudies (GDST) Minor acquaints students with scholarship on gender and diversity in their broadest, most inclusive sense. Courses in the minor facilitate the development of students' critical thinking skills, knowledge base, and intellectual frameworks for analyzing and exploring the nature of diversity including socioeconomic, political, psychological, and cultural experiences and positions between and among individuals and groups defined by gender, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, socioeconomic class, age, religious beliefs, and physical/mental abilities. Students in the minor examine the individual and collective experiences of traditionally disenfranchised as well as privileged social groups, investigating the conceptual roots of identity as well as similarities and differences among them.
The minor is a 15-hour interdisciplinary program open to all Xavier undergraduates and compatible with any major. Courses can be arranged to overlap with core curriculum and major requirements. Successful completion of the minor will be noted on the student's transcript.
A sampling of commonly offered courses includes:
- Volunteer Income Tax Assistance 1 & 2 (Accounting)
- History of Arts 2 (Arts)
- Ecology & People (Biology)
- Ancient Egypt & Nubia (Classics)
- Macroeconomic Principles (Economics)
- Studies in Black Literature (English)
- Feminism and Literature (English)
- History of South Africa (History)
- Human Resources in a Diverse Society (Human Resources)
- World Music (Music)
- Health and Culture (Nursing)
- Medieval Islamic & Jewish Philosophy (Philosophy)
- Community Building and Social Change (Political Science)
- Processes of Intergroup Dialogue (Psychology)
- Women/Men: Myth & Reality (Social Work)
- LGBTQ Studies (Social Work)
- Hispanic Literature & Moral Imagination (Spanish)
- Christian Sexual Ethics (Theology)
- Faith, Culture and Ethnicity (Theology)
Students in the minor will work closely with faculty who are active in the study of gender and diversity worldwide.
The gender and diversity studies minor is in concert with the educational mission of Xavier University—to educate students about issues of peace and justice and to develop awareness of the variety of human cultural experiences. Graduates with concentrations in gender and diversity studies regularly enter graduate and professional schools. Others work in business, government, health, social services, schools and museums.
For more information regarding the minor, please contact:
Dr. Margo Heydt
152 Cohen
Phone: 513 745-3244
Email: heydt@xavier.edu
Dr. Tyrone Williams
208 Hinkle Hall
Phone: 513-745-2014
Email: williamt@xavier.edu