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Major Requirements
A minimum of eight courses in the following areas:
Introductory Course in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
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WGSS 202Ìý-ÌýWomen's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
A student must receive a minimum grade of C in WGSS 202Ìýin order to be admitted to the major program.
Feminist Methodology
Courses fulfilling this requirement have an attribute of WSFM in the course offerings.
One course in Feminist Methodology:
Feminist Theory
Courses fulfilling this requirement have an attribute of WSFT in the course offerings.
One course in feminist theory:
- WGSS 260Ìý-ÌýIntersectionality in Theory and Practice
- WGSS 279Ìý-ÌýBlack Feminist Thinkers
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- EDUC 303Ìý-ÌýDecolonizing Development: Gender, Power & Education in Inter/national Development
- LGBT 303Ìý-ÌýQueer Identities and Global Discourses
- SOCI 369Ìý-ÌýWomen, Health, & Medicine
Divisions
- At least fourÌýmore courses from the following lists
- Must have two courses from each list
- At least one must count towards LGBTQ StudiesÌý(WGSS 202Ìýdoes not fulfill this requirement)
List A
Courses fulfilling this requirement have an attribute of WSDA in the course offerings.
- ENGL 208Ìý-ÌýSex and the Global City
- ENGL 305Ìý-ÌýThe Female Protagonist
- ENGL 333Ìý-ÌýAfrican/Diaspora Women's Narrative
- ENGL 158Ìý-ÌýSouth Asian Fiction and Food
- ENGL 405Ìý-ÌýThe Brontes
- ENGL 408Ìý-ÌýLiterature of Medieval Women
- FMST 350Ìý-ÌýHollywood and the World: Performing Gender and Sexuality Onscreen
- FREN 453Ìý-ÌýContemporary Literature in French
- FREN 455Ìý-ÌýFrancophone Voices from North Africa
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- LGBT 227Ìý-ÌýMachismo: Masculinity in Hispanic Cultures
- LGBT 303Ìý-ÌýQueer Identities and Global Discourses
- LGBT 321Ìý-ÌýGay's Anatomy
- MIST 210Ìý-ÌýArabic Literature in Translation
- PHIL 360Ìý-ÌýFeminist Philosophy
- RELG 253Ìý-ÌýLove, God, and Sex
- SPAN 474Ìý-ÌýContemporary Short Fiction in Spanish
- SPAN 488Ìý-ÌýLatin American Women Dramatists
- WGSS 260Ìý-ÌýIntersectionality in Theory and Practice
- WGSS 279Ìý-ÌýBlack Feminist Thinkers
- WRIT 242Ìý-ÌýStand and Speak: Feminist Rhetorics and Social Change
- WRIT 345Ìý-ÌýCrafting Bodies: Movement, Gender, and Performance
List B
Courses fulfilling this requirement have an attribute of WSDBÌýin the course offerings.
- ANTH 216Ìý-ÌýMen, Masculinities, and Power
- ANTH 228Ìý-ÌýWomen and Gender in Prehistory
- ANTH 315Ìý-ÌýGender and Culture
- ECON 234Ìý-ÌýGender in the Economy
- ECON 410Ìý-ÌýSeminar in Gender and Development
- EDUC 303Ìý-ÌýDecolonizing Development: Gender, Power & Education in Inter/national Development
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- GEOG 321Ìý-ÌýTransnational Feminist Geography
- HIST 211Ìý-ÌýWomen's Rights in US History
- HIST 304Ìý-ÌýSex and Sexualities in U.S. History
- LGBT 220Ìý-ÌýExploration in LGBTQ Studies
- LGBT 230Ìý-ÌýLGBTQ Health
- LGBT 350Ìý-ÌýSexuality, Gender, & the Law
- NAIS 310Ìý-ÌýIndigenous LGBTQ and Feminist Studies
- PCON 160Ìý-ÌýGender (In)Security
- POSC 364Ìý-ÌýPolitics of South Asia
- SOCI 220Ìý-ÌýGender, Sexuality, & Society
- SOCI 333Ìý-ÌýSociology of the Life Course andÌýÌý
- SOCI 367Ìý-ÌýSociology of Gender
- SOCI 369Ìý-ÌýWomen, Health, & Medicine
- WGSS 302Ìý-ÌýSpecial Topics: Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
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Senior Seminar
Other Courses
Courses fulfilling this requirement have an attribute of WSPR in the course offerings.
Other courses may countÌýtoward a Women's, Gender, and Sexuality StudiesÌýmajor, depending on the orientation of the course, the instructor's choice of syllabus, and/or the direction of the readings and student projects during a particular year. Such courses need the approval of the instructor and the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies director to be counted toward a Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major.ÌýStudents must check with their WGSS adviser about which of the following courses meet WGSS concentration requirements. WGSS credit cannot be granted once the course isÌýcompleted with a non-approved instructor.
These courses include:
- EDUC 204Ìý-ÌýChild and Adolescent Development
- ENGL 461Ìý-ÌýStudies in the Renaissance
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- SOCI 333Ìý-ÌýSociology of the Life Course andÌýÌý
- WGSS 291Ìý-ÌýIndependent Study
- WGSS 391Ìý-ÌýIndependent Study
- WGSS 491Ìý-ÌýIndependent Study
- WGSS 499Ìý-ÌýHonors in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Additional Information
Students' relationships with their advisers are a critical part of the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality StudiesÌýprogram. Following admission to the program, students, in consultation with their advisers, may develop a sequence of required and elective courses related to a particular topic. Some suggested topics are postcolonial and critical race studies;Ìýfamily studies; women in the United States; global perspectives on women; women, work, and family; women and social change; women and religion; and women, knowledge, and text.
Honors and High Honors
To be considered for Honors, concentrators must have a cumulative GPA of 3.30 in Women's Studies. Students who choose to pursue honors must announce their intention to do so by submitting proposals preceding their final term of study at ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ. Additionally, these honors projects must be completed and approved by faculty sponsors and by the program'sÌýdirector. High honors in women's studies may be awarded to successful honors candidates who have been invited to present the results of their written projects in oral form to the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies faculty. A committee of faculty will vote on granting high honors for exceptionally strong intersectional projects that engage feminist theory and communicate across disciplines
Women's Studies Program
For more information about the department, including Faculty,Ìýtransfer credit, awards, and more,Ìýplease visit theÌýÌýcatalogÌýpage.