Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies B.A.
Note: Students who choose the Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) B.A. must register with the WGSS advisor, who will supervise their program.
Bachelor of Arts - Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
College of Humanities & Sciences
Degree Specific Credits: 32
Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0
Catalog Year: 2020-21
General Education Requirements
Information regarding these requirements can be found in the General Education Section of the catalog.
Summary
Required Courses | 14 | |
Electives | 18 | |
Humanities Electives | ||
Social Science Electives | ||
Total Hours | 32 |
Required Courses
Note: Students must arrange a WGSS 398 internship with the WGSS Director prior to beginning their senior year. A list of available internships is available in the WGSS Office.
Code | Title | Hours |
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Complete all of the following courses: | ||
WGSS 163L | Hist/Lit Persp Women | 3 |
WGSS 263S | Social and Political Perspectives on Gender and Sexuality | 3 |
WGSS 363 | Feminist Theory and Methods | 3 |
WGSS 398 | Coop Education/Internship | 3 |
WGSS 463 | WGS Capstone | 2 |
Total Hours | 14 |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Electives
Rule: Of the 18 elective credits, 11 credits must be upper-division.
Note: Interdisciplinary courses and courses that appear on the WGSS curriculum list that do not fall within the Humanities and Social Science lists may be substituted with the approval of co-directors. WGSS Internship/Independent Study (392, 398, 492) courses may count for either the Humanities Core or the Social Science Core, depending on the topic. The following is a list of regularly offered courses that would fulfill the WGSS elective credits. Unless indicated, all courses are 3 credits. These courses are offered, in general, every one, two, or three years. Students are advised to check with the WGSS Office for individual semester course listings.
Humanities Electives
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Complete 9 credits from the following courses: | 9 | |
AAST 141H | Black: From Africa to Hip-Hop | |
CLAS 320 | Women in Antiquity | |
COMX 380 | Gender and Communication | |
COMX 447 | Rhetorical Contruction of Women | |
COMX 449 | Rhetoric of Women's Activism | |
GH 151L | Introduction to Western Humanities Antiquity | |
GH 152L | Introduction to the Humanities Medieval to Modern | |
GH 329 | Fathers and Daughters in Western Literary Traditions | |
HSTA 342H | Afr Amer Hist to 1865 | |
HSTA 343H | Afr Amer Hist Since 1865 | |
HSTA 347 | Voodoo, Muslim, Church: Black Religion | |
HSTA 361 | The American South | |
HSTA 370H | Wmn Amer Colonial to Civil War | |
HSTA 371H | Wmn Amer Civil War to Present | |
HSTA 377 | Alcohol in American History | |
HSTA 385 | Families & Children in America | |
HSTA 415 | The Black Radical Tradition | |
HSTA 417 | Prayer & Civil Rights | |
HSTA 471 | Writing Women's Lives | |
LIT 304 | U.S. Writers of Color | |
LIT 337L | Gender & Sexuality in Eng Fict | |
LIT 378L | Gay and Lesbian Studies | |
NASX 235X | Oral/Written Trads Native Amer | |
NASX 304E | Native American Beliefs/Philos | |
RLST 370 | Mysticism | |
WGSS 250 | Media Representations of Women, Men, and Sexuality | |
Total Hours | 9 |
Minimum Required Grade: C-
Social Science Electives
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Complete 9 credits from the following courses: | 9 | |
ANTY 330X | Peoples and Cultures of World | |
ANTY 427 | Anthropology of Gender | |
COUN 242S | Intimate Relationships | |
COUN 485 | Counseling Theories | |
ENST 489S | Environmental Justice Issues & Solutions | |
NASX 231X | Indig World View Perspectives | |
NASX 303E | Ecological Perspectives in Native American Traditions | |
NASX 306X | Contemp Global Iss Indg People | |
PSYX 348 | Psychology of Family Violence | |
PSYX 362 | Multicultural Psychology | |
S W 323 | Women & Soc Action Amer | |
SOCI 220S | Race, Gender & Class | |
SOCI 275S | Gender and Society | |
SOCI 325 | Social Stratification | |
SOCI 332 | Sociology of the Family | |
SOCI 346 | Rural Sociology | |
SOCI 355 | Population and Society | |
SOCI 441 | Capstone: Inequal and Soc Just | |
SOCI 443 | Sociology of Poverty | |
SOCI 446 | Prost & Human Trafficking | |
SOCI 471 | Gender and Global Development | |
Total Hours | 9 |
Minimum Required Grade: C-