Minor in Gender Studies
Minor in Gender Studies
Overview
Gender Studies is now a widely recognised interdisciplinary field of enquiry in the humanities and social sciences. The reason that this field has become prominent over the past thirty to forty years is closely tied to social changes in industrialised countries.
The Gender Studies Minor Programme aims to develop both conceptual knowledge and key abilities as a foundation for a systematic inquiry into gender-related matters. Conceptually, these courses help students to build up a nuanced understanding from different disciplinary perspectives of the ways in which gender exerts far-reaching impact on everyday encounters and lived realities.
Students who have undergone this programme are expected to be able to critically evaluate the merits of alternative interpretations by building arguments for or against particular explanations.
Academic Convenor
Dr Jennifer Estes
Requirements
- All courses read in fulfillment of the minor requirements should be graded. Courses taken on Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory basis may not be counted towards the minor requirements. (Cohort 2013 and before)
- Courses taken on Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory basis may be counted towards the minor requirements. (Cohort 2014 and after)
- Up to 8 units (40% of the unit requirements for a Minor) may be double counted and used to meet (i) the Minor requirement and (ii) another requirement, e.g., General Education (Cohort 2021 onwards), College (e.g., Common Curriculum), Faculty, Major, Second Major, Minor, Specialisation or other requirement, i.e., at least 12 units of the Minor must be distinct and not overlapping.
- Students are not allowed to count the new coded GET/GEH/GES/GER/GEQ courses towards both the Major or Minor requirements. (Cohort 2015 onwards)
- A minimum of 60% of the Minor requirements must be earned from courses read at NUS. Courses read at NUS include all courses taught, co-taught, supervised or co-supervised by NUS faculty member(s). These consist of graded courses or courses with an ‘S' or ‘CS' grade. The remaining units may be earned through credit transfers, advanced placement and exemptions, from courses deemed relevant to the particular Minor. For students on overseas exchange, unit transfer of up to 8 Units of relevant courses for the Minor may be accepted. (All cohorts)
Courses Offered
List of Gender Studies Minor Courses Offered in AY2026/2027
(courses for Semester 2 are subjected to changes)
Course Type
Note:
(A) GE3214 Geographies of Social Life was previously GE2224 Geographies of Social Life.
*GEH1014 for cohort 2020 and before; GEC1004 for cohort 2021 and after
Last updated: 13 July 2026
Courses Description
To view the courses description and timetable, please visit https://nusmods.com/courses.