2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Major in Women’s and Gender Studies (BA/BS)

36 credits

Required Courses

WGS 210Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies

3

WGS 220International Women's Issues

3

WGS 410Feminist Theory

3

WGS 499Women's and Gender Studies Capstone

3

Group 1: WGS electives, 3 credits from

WGS 310Special Topics in Women's and Gender Studies

3

WGS 369Paid Internship

1 TO 6

WGS 479Unpaid Internship

1 TO 6

WGS 498Independent Study

1 TO 3

Group 2: Humanities and fine arts electives, 3 credits from

AHS 265Feminist Art History

3

CC 302Women in Antiquity

3

COMM 385Movements of Marginalized Voices

3

ENG 214Introduction to Literature and Gender

3

ENG 217Introduction to Queer Literature and Queer Theory

3

ENG 328Language and Gender

3

ENG 490Literature and Gender

3

ENG 494Queer Literature/Queer Theory

3

HIST 215Women in American History

3

HIST 429Topics in the History of Gender and Sexuality

3

HIST 452Women in Modern European History

3

PHIL 406Feminist Ethics and Epistemology

3

RELS 206Sex and the Bible

3

Group 3: Social and biological sciences electives, 3 credits from

ANTH 241Gender, Sex, and Sexuality

3

CJC 211Race, Gender, and Justice

3

CJC 332Victimology

3

HSC 261Health, Sexuality, and Family Life

3

HSC 372Women and Health

3

POLS 241Family Law

3

POLS 474Women and Politics

3

PSYS 324Psychology of Women and Gender

3

PSYS 326Psychology of Diversity

3

CPSY 360Interrelational Aspects of Sexuality

3

PSYS 377Psychology of Sexual Behavior

3

SOC 235Sociology of Gender

3

SOC 424Family

3

SOC 434Sociology of Human Sexuality

3

SOCW 250Human Behavior and the Social Environment 1

3

15 additional credits from at least 2 of the groups

(at least 12 credits must be at the 300-400 level)

Total Credit Hours: 36