Curriculum

Major and Minior in WGSS

Students can major in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, or complete a major with a concentration in Women and Gender or with a concentration in Gender and Sexuality. A major requires 36 hours of coursework including 3 required WGSS courses (intro, theory and senior seminar) and 27 additional hours which may include WGSS 451 (internship), WGSS 499 (undergraduate research), and/or related courses from the Social/Natural Sciences and Humanities. Students who wish to complete a concentration are required to select electives with a more specific focus on the concentration areas. (For a list of courses that count toward the major and these concentrations, see below.)

For students with a major in another discipline, a minor in WGSS can also be completed by taking a total of 18 hours of WGSS and related courses. These include WGSS 100 and 400, either WGSS 365 or 451, and 3 coruses/9 hours from related courses.

WGSS Courses:

WGSS 100 Introduction to Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies (3)
WGSS 365 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Feminist Theory (3)
WGSS 400 Senior Seminar in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies (3)
WGSS 451 Community Service Internship (1-6)
WGSS 499 Undergraduate Research in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies (1-6)

Related Courses that serve as WGSS electives:

Social Science/Natural Sciences:

ANTH 350 Body, Disability and Culture
ANTH 361 Writing Gender
ANTH 425 Manhood and Masculinities (WG)
ECON 330 Women, Men and Work (3) (WG)
HWP 154 Women’s Health (3) (WG)
HWP 155 Men’s Health (3)
HWP 253 Health and Sexuality (3) (GS)
POLS 348 Women and Politics (4) (WG)
PSYC 333 Psychology of Women (3) (WG)
PSYC 367 Human Sexuality (3) (GS)
PSYC 368 Psychology of Close Relationships (3)
SOC 280 Sociology of Gender (3) (GS)
SOC 359 Women of Color and Feminism (3) (WG)
SOC 390 Queer Sociology (3) (GS)

Humanities Courses:

CLAS 350 Women in Antiquity (3) (WG)
CLAS 356 Ancient Sexualities (3) (GS)
HIST 301 Women in US History: 1890s to the Present (3) (WG)
HIST 358 European Feminisms (3) (WG)
HIST 383 Women in China (3) (WG)
LIT 359 Major Women Writers (3) (WG)
LIT 349 Post Colonial Literature (3) (WG)
LIT 389 Seminar in Major Authors: Virginia Woolf (3) (WG)
LIT 489 Seminar in Major Authors: Toni Morrison (3) (WG)
PHIL 302 Philosophy of Sex and Gender (3) (GS)
RELS 330 Women and Religion (3) (WG)

(Additional courses and special topics courses may be approved by the Program Director.)