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One disciplinary methods/theory course (should be chosen in consultation with an advisor and dependent on WGS interests and proposed senior thesis) [WGS 134 or WGS 245--NOTE: Some courses also require WGS 353W]
Courses that will count (additional courses considered by petition):
AES 330 Theory and Methods of American Ethnic Studies (4) [AES 150; junior or senior standing; and at least one elective course in AES]
ARTH 362W Theories and Methodologies of Art History (4) [A 200-level art history course]
CCM 220W Analyzing Public Discourse (4) [no prerequisites]
HIST 306 History through Biography: Women in World History (4) [no prerequisites]
PHIL 335 History, Sexuality, and Power (4) [One Philosophy course or consent of instructor; closed to first year students]
PSYC 252W Research Methods and Analysis I (4) [PSYC 210 or consent of instructor]
FREN 285W Gender and Sexuality in African Literature and Cinema (4)
HIST 131 Culture, Power, Society (topic dependent) (4) [first and second-year students only]
HIST 262 Gender and Women's History in the United States (4) [no prerequisites]
HIST 306 History through Biography: Women in World History (4) (may count as methods/theory course instead) [no prerequisites]
HIST 375 Women and Gender in Medieval Europe (4) [no prerequisites]
PHIL 335 History, Sexuality and Power (4) (may count as methods/theory course instead) [One philosophy course or consent of instructor; closed to first-year students]
PPLE 351W Women in American Politics (4) [PPLE 210 or consent of instructor]
RUSS 245W From Russia with Love: Family and Sexuality in Twentieth-Century Russian Literature (4) [no prerequisites]
SOC 399 Topics in Sociology: (topic depending) (2-4) [SOC 186 or any 100-level Sociology course)
SPAN 435 Contemporary Latin American Women Writers (4)
WGS 390 Independent Study in Women's and Gender Studies (4) [WGS major or minor and consent of instructor]
WGS 394 Internship in Women's and Gender Studies (2-4) [WGS 353W, junior or senior standing, or consent of department chair]
No more than 4 total courses at the 100-200 level and no more than 3 courses with same departmental prefix (other than WGS) can count toward the WGS major.
Requirements for the Women's and Gender Studies Program Minor (20 semester hours)
There are 20 semester hours required for the WGSminor [prerequisites are listed in brackets behind each course]
1. Students must take at least one of the following courses: (4 semester hours)
FREN 285W Gender and Sexuality in African Literature and Cinema (4)
HIST 131 Culture, Power, Society (topic dependent) (4) [first and second-year students only]
HIST 262Gender and Women's History in the United States (4) [no prerequisites]
HIST 306 History through Biography: Women in World History (4) (may count as methods/theory course instead) [no prerequisites]
HIST 375 Women and Gender in Medieval Europe (4) [no prerequisites]
PHIL 335 History, Sexuality and Power (4) (may count as methods/theory course instead) [One philosophy course or consent of instructor; closed to first-year students]
PPLE 351W Women in American Politics (4) [PPLE 210 or consent of instructor]
RUSS 245W From Russia with Love: Family and Sexuality in Twentieth-Century Russian Literature (4) [no prerequisites]
SOC 399 Topics in Sociology: (topic depending) (2-4) [SOC 186 or any 100-level Sociology course)
SPAN 435 Contemporary Latin American Women Writers (4)