There are 36 semester hours required for the WGS major [prerequisites are listed in brackets behind each course]
One disciplinary methods/theory course (should be chosen in consultation with an advisor and dependent on WGS interests and proposed senior thesis) [WGS134 or WGS245--NOTE: Some courses also require WGS353W]
Courses that will count (additional courses considered by petition):
AES330 Theory and Methods of American Ethnic Studies (4) [AES150; junior or senior standing; and at least one elective course in AES]
ARTH362W Theories and Methodologies of Art History (4) [A 200-level art history course]
CCM220W Analyzing Public Discourse (4) [no prerequisites]
HIST306 History through Biography: Women in World History (4) [no prerequisites]
PHIL335 History, Sexuality, and Power (4) [One Philosophy course or consent of instructor; closed to first year students]
PSYC252W Research Methods and Analysis 1 (4) [PSYC210 or consent of instructor]
SOC402W Qualitative Methods in Social Research (4) [SOC303 or WGS353W]
WGS499W Senior Thesis [WGS353W and at least one disciplinary methods course plus senior standing]
CCM258 Gender and Mass Media in Asia (4)
CCM341 Feminist Media Before 1920 (4)
CCM342 Feminist Media Since 1920 (4)
CCM361 Citizenship and the Public Sphere (4) [CCM220W, CCM 221, WGS245 or WGS353W or consent of instructor]
CLAS247 Women in Roman Literature and Life (4) [no prerequisites]
CLAS260 Gender and Sexuality in Greek Society (4) [no prerequisites]
ENGL355 Feminist Film Criticism (4) [Previous course in ENGL, FILM, or WGS, or consent of instructor]
ENGL381 Latinx Literature and Culture (4) [ENGL101W or other]
FREN285W Gender and Sexuality in African Literature and Cinema (4)
HIST 131 Culture, Power, Society (topic dependent) (4) [first and second-year students only]
HIST262 Gender and Women's History in the United States (4) [no prerequisites]
HIST306 History through Biography: Women in World History (4) (may count as methods/theory course instead) [no prerequisites]
HIST375 Women and Gender in Medieval Europe (4) [no prerequisites]
PHIL335 History, Sexuality and Power (4) (may count as methods/theory course instead) [One philosophy course or consent of instructor; closed to first-year students]
PPLE351W Women in American Politics (4) [PPLE210 or consent of instructor]
RUSS245W From Russia with Love: Family and Sexuality in Twentieth-Century Russian Literature (4) [no prerequisites]
SOC399 Topics in Sociology: (topic depending) (2-4) [SOC186 or any 100-level Sociology course)
SPAN435 Contemporary Latin American Women Writers (4)
SPAN438 Contemporary Spanish Women Writers (4) [SPAN340, SPAN352, SPAN353, SPAN355, SPAN356, or consent of instructor]
SPAN445 Topics in Medieval and Early Modern Spanish Literature (topic dependent) (1) [SPAN340, SPAN352, SPAN353, SPAN355, SPAN356, or consent of instructor]
WGS390 Independent Study in Women's and Gender Studies (4) [WGS major or minor and consent of instructor]
WGS394 Internship in Women's and Gender Studies (2-4) [WGS353W, 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.
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