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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)

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

  • WGS 353W Feminist Theory (4) [WGS 134 or WGS 245]
  • 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]
      • SOC 402W Qualitative Methods in Social Research (4) [SOC 303 or WGS 353W]
  • WGS 499W Senior Thesis [WGS 353W and at least one disciplinary methods course plus senior standing]

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

  • CCM 258 Gender and Mass Media in Asia (4)
  • CCM 265 Rhetorics of Sex and Gender (4) [CCM 220W, CCM 221, or WGS course]
  • CCM 341 Feminist Media Before 1920 (4)
  • CCM 342 Feminist Media Since 1920 (4)
  • CCM 360 Topics in Public Discourse (topic depending) (4) [CCM 220W or CCM 221 or consent of instructor]
  • CCM 361 Citizenship and the Public Sphere (4) [CCM 220W, CCM 221, WGS 245 or WGS 353W or consent of instructor]
  • CLAS 247 Women in Roman Literature and Life (4) [no prerequisites]
  • CLAS 260 Gender and Sexuality in Greek Society (4) [no prerequisites]
  • ENGL 355 Feminist Film Criticism (4) [Previous course in ENGL, FILM, or WGS, or consent of instructor]
  • ENGL 381 Latinx Literature and Culture (4) [ENGL 101W or other]
  • 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)
  • SPAN 438 Contemporary Spanish Women Writers (4) [SPAN 340, SPAN 352, SPAN 353, SPAN 355, SPAN 356, or consent of instructor]
  • SPAN 445 Topics in Medieval and Early Modern Spanish Literature (topic dependent) (1) [SPAN 340, SPAN 352, SPAN 353, SPAN 355, SPAN 356, or consent of instructor]
  • 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 WGS minor [prerequisites are listed in brackets behind each course]

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

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)

  • CCM 258 Gender and Mass Media in Asia (4)
  • CCM 265 Rhetorics of Sex and Gender (4) [CCM 220W, CCM 221, or WGS course]
  • CCM 341 Feminist Media Before 1920 (4)
  • CCM 342 Feminist Mdia Since 1920 (4)
  • CCM 360 Topics in Public Discourse (topic depending) (4) [CCM 220W or CCM 221 or consent of instructor]
  • CCM 361 Citizenship and the Public Sphere (4) [CCM 220W, CCM 221, WGS 245 or WGS 353W or consent of instructor]
  • CLAS 247 Women in Roman Literature and Life (4) [no prerequisites]
  • CLAS 260 Gender and Sexuality in Greek Society (4) [no prerequisites]
  • ENGL 355W Feminist Film Criticism (4) [Previous course in ENGL, FILM, or WGS, or consent of instructor]
  • ENGL 381 Latinx Literature and Culture (4) [ENGL 101W or other]
  • 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)
  • SPAN 438 Contemporary Spanish Women Writers (4) [SPAN 340, SPAN 352, SPAN 353, SPAN 355, SPAN 356, or consent of instructor]
  • SPAN 445 Topics in Medieval and Early Modern Spanish Literature (topic dependent) (4) [SPAN 340, SPAN 352, SPAN 353, SPAN 355, SPAN 356, or consent of instructor]
  • 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]

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Women’s and Gender Studies