Program Details

BACHELOR OF ARTS IN WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES

30 Semester Credit Hours/10 Classes:

Required courses (15 Credits)

Courses should be taken in the order listed below

  • WOS 240 (Spring): How to do things with Feminism 
  • WOS 306 (Fall): Transnational Feminism 
  • WOS 399 (Spring): Women of Color and Material Culture 
  • WOS 405 (Fall): Feminist Theory (or PHI 405; formerly WOS/PHI 385), prerequisite: 6 additional WOS credits 
  • WOS 410 (Spring): Feminist Research Methodologies (Capstone), prerequisite WOS 240 and 6 additional WOS credits
  • Elective Courses (15 credits)
    • With an advisor, students may choose other WOS and cross-listed courses
    • No more then 3 courses/ 9 credits may be taken in any one department (except Women's and Gender Studies)
    • At least 2 courses/6 credits must be completed at the 300-400 level

MINOR IN WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES

18 Semester Credit Hours/6 Classes:

  • Two Required Courses
    • WOS 225: Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies 
    • One WOS 400 level course: WOS405 - Feminist Theory; WOS407 - Queer Theory;  or WOS410 - Feminist Methodologies (prereq-student must have taken two prior WOS courses) 
  • Four Elective Courses:
    • Students may choose other WOS and cross-listed courses
    • No more than two courses may be taken in a single department (except in Women's and Gender Studies)
    • Additional courses may be applied to the minor with the approval of the Chair of  Women's and Gender Studies

MINOR IN SEXUALITY STUDIES

18 Semester Credit Hours/6 Classes:

  • Two Required Courses:
    • WOS 276: Sexual Identity and Culture
    • WOS 407: Queer Theory  
  • Two Electives:
    • ENG 240 Language, Gender, & Sexuality
    • HIS 368 Gay America
    • NSG 109 Health Issues of Women
    • NSG 234 Current Trends in LGBTQA Health
    • WOS 303: Intro. to LGBTQ & Sexualities & Activism in the US
    • NSG 317 Women's Sex & Sexuality
    • WOS 335: Gender, Race and Science
    • PSY 430 Human Sexual Behavior
    • SOC 362 Sexuality in Society
    • SWO 491 Human Sexuality for Helping Professionals
    • WOS 350 Lesbian Studies
    • WOS 366 Gender, Labor & Globalization
    • WOS 368 Violence, Systems & Resistance

 

 

 

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