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Approved GDST electives
GDST minors admitted after 2011 may take up to 9 credit hours of courses at the 100-level. Those admitted prior to 2011 may only take 6 credit hours at the 100-level. GDST majors must choose electives from the 200-level and above. GDST majors are encouraged to choose their core courses from among the GDST approved electives.
 
100-level:
 

ASLN 101 Elementary American Sign Language I
HIST 162 Asian History II
ASLN 102 Elementary American Sign Language II
MATH 125 Women and Mathematics
BIOL 120 Life: Ecology & People (tied to instructor, Blair)
MUSC 105 Hip-Hop Music and Culture
ENGL 128 Studies in Black Literature
MUSC 110 World Music
ENGL 132 Studies in Women’s Literature
MUSC 116 Women in Music
HIST 123 African History I
NURS 132 Health and Culture I
HIST 124 African History II
SOCI 101 Introduction to Sociology
HIST 144 U.S. History Since 1865 – (tied to instructor, Anderson)
SOCI 180 Culture and Society
HIST 151 Latin American History I
SOCW/CJUS/SOCI 167 Survey of Society in Social Work
HIST 152 Latin American History II
SPMG 195 History of American Sport
HIST 161 Asian History I

 
 200-level and above:
 

ARTS 272 Art of the Twentieth Century
HIST 427 Race and Nation in Modern Latin America (R)
ARTS 273 History of American Art
HIST 479 Sem: Contact, Conquest & New Wrld Orders (R)
ARTS 274 Women, Art & Society (W)
HOCS 323 Occupational Justice I: Foundations
ASLN 201 Intermediate American Sign Language I
HOCS 405 Occupational Justice II
BLAW 300 Legal Environment
NURS 484 Hispanic Focus Elective (R)
CJUS 365 Women in the Criminal Justice System (W)
POLI 219 Irish Government and Politics
COMM 323 Race, Class, Gender & the Media*
POLI 224 Middle East Politics
COMM 324 Sex and Violence in Media* (W)
POLI 280 Irish Political Culture 
ECON 201 Macroeconomic Principles (tied to instructor, Bertaux)
POLI 316 Globalization*
EDCH 320 Multi-Cultural Literature for Children
POLI 320 Global Islamic Politics (R)
EDEL 260 Cultural Diversity In Education
POLI 367 Gender & Politics: Women, Elections and Representation (W)
 (all sections of ENGL 205 tied to instructors)
PSYC 365 Psychology of Women (W)
ENGL 205 Lit & The Moral Imagination Focus on Marginalized Voices and Borderlands (O’Leary)
PSYC 353 Violence Against Women and Girls (W) 
ENGL 205 Lit & The Moral Imagination: Focus on Colonialism, Crime and the Family (Williams) (R)
SHRM 200 Human Resources In a Diverse Society
ENGL 205 Literature & Moral Imagination Focus on Media, Gender, & Identity (Winkelmann) (W)
SOCI 250 Racial & Ethnic Minorities (R)
ENGL 205 Literature & Moral Imagination Focus on Gender & Violence (Winkelmann) (W)
SOCI 262 Women in American Society (W) 
ENGL 205 Literature & Moral Imagination Focus on Subcultures (Yandell)
SOCI 270 Irish Historical Sociology
ENGL 205 Literature & Moral Imagination focus on the Family (Wyett)
SOCI 365 Social Theory and Social Inequality
ENGL 205 Literature & Moral Imagination Focus on Power of Storytelling (Wyett)
SOCI 310 Family in the 21st Century
ENGL 205 Literature & Moral Imagination Focus on Literature and the Environment (Wyett)
SOCI 375 Sociology of Health and Illness
ENGL 205 Literature & Moral Imagination Focus on Coming-of-Age Stories (Wyett)
SOCI 399 Internship - Freedom Center: Half the Sky (offered one-time only, Spring 2013)
ENGL 205 Literature & Moral Imagination Focus on Building a Good Society (Getz)
SOCW 204 Contemporary Social Problems
ENGL 205 Literature & Moral Imagination: Leadership and Community/Crosstown Connections (Getz)
SOCW 206 Introduction to Gender & Diversity Studies
ENGL 320 Topics in Linguistics—Gender and Language (tied to instructor, Winkelmann) (W)
SOCW 299 Child Welfare and Development
ENGL 335 Post-Humanist Literature
SOCW 315 Values, Poverty and Society (formerly Social Institutions as a System)*
ENGL 344 Major Black Authors (R)
SOCW 316 Social Policy & Contemporary Issues
ENGL 352 African Literature (R)
SOCW 318 Trends in Modern Society: Race Relations* (R)
ENGL 359 Gender and Diversity in Film*
SOCW 325 Women/Men: Myth & Reality (W) 
ENGL 360 Women Writers (W)
SOCW 338 Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer Studies (W) 
ENGL 364 Jane Austen: Then and Now (W)
SOCW/THEO 404 Religion, Ethics, and Professional Practice*
ENGL 366 Feminist Theory (W)
SOCW 444 Addictive Behaviors
ENGL 370 Writing By Sexual Minorities (W)
SPAN 351 Latin American Civilization I (R)
ENGL 411 Medieval Women's Writing (W)
SPAN 352 Latin American Civilization II (R)
ENGL 441 18th-Century British Literature
SPMG 410 Sport Ethics*
ENGL 465 18th-Century British Novel
THEO 210 Christian Tradition II (tied to instructor, Suna-Koro)
ENGL 484 African-American Literature (R)
THEO 218 Women in Early Christianity (W)
ENGL 489 American Minority Literature(R)
THEO 267 African-American Biblical Interpretation (R)
FREN 205 French Literature and the Moral Imagination
THEO 270 New Testament and Politics
HIST 222 The Harlem Renaissance (R)
THEO 308 The Religious Thought of Martin Luther King, Jr. (R)
HIST 231 Slavery in the Atlantic World (R)
THEO 316 Globalization*
HIST 233 Women in American History (W)
THEO 319 Anti-Semitism: The Great Hatred (R)
HIST 275 Urban Imaginaries in India (R)
THEO 322 Black Theology* (R)
HIST 306 Civil War and Reconstruction (R)
THEO 326 Women and Religion (W)
HIST 307 Immigration and Ethnicity (R)
THEO 283, Jewish/Christian Dialogue Today
HIST 309 Age of Big Business
THEO 335 African Religions (R)
HIST 314 Africa Since 1945 (R)
THEO 355 Introduction to Islam (R)
HIST 324 African-American Struggle for Equality* (R)
THEO 357 Islamic Philosophy and Theology (R)
HIST 343 Religion & Empire in Latin America (R)
THEO 358 Immigration, Theology, & Ethics* (R)
HIST 350 Globalization*
THEO 372 Disability, Ethics, and Theology*
HIST 395 History of South Africa (R)
 

* These courses fulfill the 300-level Intersectionality requirement.