Department Details
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES
30 Semester Credit Hours:
Required courses (15 Credits)
Courses should be taken in the order listed below
- WOS 240: How to do things with Feminism
- WOS 306: Transnational Feminism
- WOS 399: Women of Color and Material Culture
- WOS 405: Feminist Theory ( or PHI 405; formerly WOS/PHI 385) prereg 6 additional WOS credits
- WOS 410: Feminist Research Methodologies (Capstone) (prereq WOS240 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:
- 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
MINOR IN SEXUALITY STUDIES
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
