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Requirements

Requirements for the Women's and Gender Studies Program Major (36 semester hours)

There are 36 semester hours required for the WGS major [prerequisites are listed in brackets behind each course]

1. Students must take at least one of the following courses: (4 semester hours)

  • WGS134 Thinking Sex (4)

  • WGS245 Feminism, Gender, and Society (4)

2. Students must take the following three required courses: (12 semester hours)

  • WGS353W Feminist Theory (4) [WGS134 or WGS245]

  • 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]

3. Five additional courses chosen from the following: (20 semester hours)

  • 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, 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)

  • HIST131W 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.

Requirements for the Women's and Gender Studies Program Minor (20 semester hours)

There are 20 semester hours required for the WGS minor

1. Students must take at least one of the following courses: (4 semester hours)

  • WGS134 Thinking Sex (4)

  • WGS245 Feminism, Gender, and Society (4)

2. Students must take the following required course: (4 semester hours)

3. Three additional courses of the following, at least one of which must be at the 300 level or higher: (12 semester hours)

  • 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)

  • CLAS247 Women in Roman Literature and Life (4)

  • CLAS260 Gender and Sexuality in Greek Society (4)

  • ENGL355 Feminist Film Criticism (4)

  • ENGL381 Latinx Literature and Culture (4)

  • FREN285W Gender and Sexuality in African Literature and Cinema (4)

  • HIST131W Culture, Power, Society (4)

  • HIST262 Gender and Women's History in the United States (4)

  • HIST306 History through Biography: Women in World History (4)

  • HIST375 Women and Gender in Medieval Europe (4)

  • PHIL335 History, Sexuality and Power (4)

  • PPLE351W Women in American Politics (4)

  • RUSS245W From Russia with Love: Family and Sexuality in Twentieth-Century Russian Literature (4)

  • SOC399 Topics in Sociology: (topic depending) (2-4)

  • SPAN435 Contemporary Latin American Women Writers (4)

  • SPAN438 Contemporary Spanish Women Writers (4)

  • SPAN445 Topics in Medieval and Early Modern Spanish Literature (topic dependent) (1)

  • WGS390 Independent Study in Women's and Gender Studies (4)

  • WGS394 Internship in Women's and Gender Studies (2-4)

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