Women’s studies is, by definition, an interdisciplinary academic field.The minor in women's studies enables students to explore numerous questions from a variety of perspectives regarding the women's experience throughout history. These include:

• roles women have played in the sciences, arts, politics, religion, and other fields
• obstacles that have affected women's lives, their words, their study, their status

Courses comprising the women's studies minor challenges dormant assumptions and promotes expansive thinking. It presents students with a curriculum that places equal emphasis on the sexes, which in turn fosters equal respect among the genders.