Women's and Gender Studies

30 Semester Credit Hours:

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
    
    

18 Semester Credit Hours:

• WOS 225: Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies (Required)
• WOS 405: Feminist Theory OR any WOS 400 level course  (prereq-student must have taken two prior WOS courses) 
• Elective Courses (four of them):
  
  • 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
  • WOS 305 is strongly encouraged
    
    

18 Semester Credit Hours/6 Classes

FOUR REQUIRED COURSES

• WOS 276: Sexual Identity and Culture
• WOS 303: Intro. to LGBTQ & Sexualities & Activism in the US
• WOS 335: Gender, Race and Science
• 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
  • NSG 317 Women's Sex & Sexuality
  • 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