Engineering Degree
Expand your views on the world and your opportunities as an engineer via a minor in the Gender Studies Program.
Add another angle to your engineering degree with a Gender Studies minor.
Why is only 13% of the engineering sector's workforce female?
How can an understanding of gender play a role in interpreting customer needs?
What organizations are helping young women to succeed in engineering?
How can a gendered analysis contribute to making public transportation more efficient and democratic?
How does the leaky pipeline reflect challenges women face in the STEM fields?
Consider another perspective with a Gender Studies minor (15 credits)
2 required courses (6 credits):
- Introduction to Gender Studies (fulfills SOSC requirement)
- Perspectives on Gender: Theory and Practice
3 elective courses (9 credits); use them to focus your minor:
Want to consider the impact of gender on engineering?
Design a Gender Studies minor focused on the role of gender in design, systems, and society.
Choose 3 electives from courses like*:
- Gender, Race and Science
- Anthropology of Everyday Life
- Gender and Space
- The Apartment Plot
- Socialization and the Life Course
- Gender and Archeology
Want to add some arts and humanities to your engineering degree?
Design a Gender Studies minor focused on arts and culture.
Choose 3 electives from courses like*:
- American “Chicks”
- The Movie Musical
- Fashioning American Identities
- Gender and Popular Culture
- Gender and Fan Studies
- Jane’s Heirs
- Media and Identity
*examples of recent course offerings; to see our current list of courses, visit undergraduate courses
Set yourself apart with a Gender Studies minor.
For more information, contact Dr. Pamela Butler: pbutler1@nd.edu
