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2021-2022 College of Liberal Arts
Women’s and Gender Studies Major
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Major effective prior to 2011.
Modifications Made to Curriculum: Fall 2014, Fall 2020
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Requirements for the Major (44 credits)
Click on the hyperlinked course subject/number to view course details including prerequisites and course attributes. Students should speak with the instructor if they do not meet any prerequisites for the course and wish to register.
II. Intermediate and Upper-Level (20 credits)
Five elective courses (20 credits), chosen in consultation with the adviser, of which at least three courses (12 credits) must be at the upper-level. No more than 2 courses (8 credits) from any single department; no more than two courses (8 credits) may be completed in a study abroad program. Students may choose from the following but should also consult the list published each semester by the department for additional courses.
- WGST 103 - Gender and Literature
- WGST 104 - Sexuality and Literature
- WGST 207 - Women and Religion
- WGST 211 - Interdisciplinary Topics in Women’s Studies
- WGST 212 - Anthropology of Gender
- WGST 225 - Sociology of Gender
- WGST 233 - Policing and the Rule of Law: Gender, Race, and Citizenship
- WGST 235 - Gender, Sexuality, and the Power of Language in French Texts (in English) , or FREN 235
- WGST 236 - Women in Music
- WGST 253 - Gender, Sexuality and Performance in Spanish Theater
- WGST 265 - Women in Theatre
- WGST 281 - Spirituality, Gender and the Media or REL 281
- WGST 301 - Filming American Feminisms
- WGST 311 - Advanced Topics in Women’s and Gender Studies
- WGST 303 - Gender and Contemporary Anglophone Literature
- WGST 304 - Sexuality and Gender in 19th Century Literature and Culture
- WGST 313 - Gender and US Politics
- WGST 314 - Engendering Prisons
- WGST 315 - Political Economy of Race, Class, and Gender
- WGST 318 - Gender and Globalization
- WGST 321 - American Women’s History
- WGST 324 - Sociology of Reproduction
- WGST 331 - Advanced Topics in Gender and Culture
- WGST 332 - Reading Nation, Gender, and Ethnicity in Latin American Culture
- WGST 338 - Women in Modern European History
- WGST 349 - Global Discourse on Human Rights , or PSCI 349
- WGST 354 - Gender in Contemporary Hispanic Fiction and Film
- WGST 361 - Seminar in Gender Violence and Women’s Resistance
- WGST 362 - Seminar in the Psych of Women
- WGST 363 - Women in Asian Traditions
- WGST 367 - Seminar on Gender and International Politics
- WGST 370 - History of Sexuality
- WGST 372 - Global Women’s History , or HIST 372 , REL 372
- WGST 385 - Applied Performance: Addressing Sexual Harassment, Violence, and Discrimination through Interactive Performance
- WGST 390 - Advanced Seminar in Women’s and Gender Studies
- PAST 240 - Philosophy of Race and Gender
- THEA 367 - Enter Laughing: On Women, Men and Comedy
III. Internship (4 credits)
Selected in consultation with the advisor, and to be planned as experience/praxis linked to an aspect of the student’s major. IV. Independent Senior Project (4 credits)
Notes
Majors, particularly those intending to pursue graduate studies, are strongly encouraged to have a Minor in a traditional discipline rather than in an interdisciplinary field. Other courses may be applied to the Major if they are proposed to and approved by the Women’s and Gender Studies Committee.
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