Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies B.A.
Bachelor of Arts - Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
College of Humanities & Sciences
Catalog Year: 2022-23
General Education Requirements
Information regarding these requirements can be found in the General Education Section of the catalog.
Summary
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | 15 | |
| Electives | 18 | |
| Total Hours | 33 | |
Degree Specific Credits: 33
Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Complete all of the following courses: | ||
| WGSS 163L | History and Literature: Perspectives of 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 499 | Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Capstone | 3 |
| Total Hours | 15 | |
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 | |
| Black: From Africa to Hip-Hop | ||
| Black Women: Race, Gender and Sexuality | ||
| Women in Antiquity | ||
| Gender and Communication | ||
| Rhetorical Construction of Women | ||
| Rhetoric of Women's Activism | ||
| Introduction to Western Humanities: Antiquity | ||
| African American History to 1865 | ||
| African American History Since 1865 | ||
| Voodoo, Muslim, Church: Black Religion | ||
| The American South | ||
| Women in America: Colonial Period to Civil War | ||
| Women in America: From the Civil War to the Present | ||
| Alcohol in American History | ||
| Families & Children in America | ||
| The Black Radical Tradition | ||
| Prayer & Civil Rights | ||
| Writing Women's Lives | ||
| U.S. Writers of Color | ||
| Gender & Sexuality in English Fiction | ||
| Oral and Written Traditions of Native Americans | ||
| Native American Beliefs and Philosophy | ||
| Mysticism | ||
| Media Representations of Women, Men, and Sexuality | ||
| Total Hours | 9 | |
Social Science Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete 9 credits from the following courses: | 9 | |
| Peoples and Cultures of World | ||
| Anthropology of Gender | ||
| Intimate Relationships | ||
| Environmental Justice Issues & Solutions | ||
| Indigenous World View Perspectives | ||
| Ecological Perspectives in Native American Traditions | ||
| Contemporary Global Issues of Indigenous People | ||
| Politics of Social Movements | ||
| Psychology of Family Violence | ||
| Multicultural Psychology | ||
| Women & Social Action in America | ||
| Race, Gender & Class | ||
| Gender and Society | ||
| Social Stratification | ||
| Sociology of the Family | ||
| Rural Sociology | ||
| Population and Society | ||
| Capstone: Inequality and Social Justice | ||
| Sociology of Poverty | ||
| Prostitution & Human Trafficking | ||
| Gender and Global Development | ||
| Total Hours | 9 | |