Women’s and Gender Studies, B.A.

Notes:

* Students who have completed the Experiential Learning requirement via an approved study abroad experience (versus a credit earning course) will also need to complete an additional 3 credit hours selected from among the courses listed below to reach the required hours in the major.

Political and Social Organization:

Courses that emphasize the institutional structures that shape and define human societies.

• AAST 366 Race-Ethnic Relations (3)
• LACS 310 Race, Gender, and Ethnicity in Latin America and the Caribbean (3)
• LACS 332 Latin American Politics and Society in Film (3)
• MGMT 308 Managing Diversity (3)
• PHIL 206 Topics in Law and Morality (3) *
• POLI 214 LGBT Politics (3)
• POLI 292 Topics in Gender, Theory, and Law (3)
• POLI 332 Women and Politics (3)
• SOCY 364 Gender and Society (3)
• SOCY 366 Race and Ethnic Relations (3)
• SOCY 103 Sociology of the Family (3)
• WGST 350 Gender, Violence and Prevention (3)
• WGST 120 Studies in Women’s and Gender Studies (3)
• WGST 320 Special Topics in Women’s and Gender Studies (3)
• WGST 321 Special Topics in Social & Political Organization (3)
• WGST 400 Independent Study (3)
• WGST 420 Seminar in Women’s and Gender Studies (3-4)
• WGST 499 Bachelor’s Essay (6)

Historical and Global Perspectives:

Courses that ask students to understand a world different from their own.

• CLAS 242 Images of Women in the Classical World (3)
• CLAS 345 Love, Beauty, and Sexuality in the Greco-Roman World (3)
• ENGL 353 African Women Writers (3)
• HIST 221 Women in the United States (3)
• HIST 225 History of South since 1865 (3)
• HIST 252 Women in Europe (3)
• HIST 307 History of the United States: Cold War America, 1945 - Present (3)
• POLI 350 Comparative Gender Politics (3)
• THTR 318 History of Fashion and Manners (3)
• WGST 120 Studies in Women’s and Gender Studies (3)
• WGST 320 Special Topics in Women’s and Gender Studies (3)
• WGST 322 Special Topics in Historical & Global Perspectives (3)
• WGST 400 Independent Study (3)
• WGST 420 Seminar in Women’s and Gender Studies (3-4)
• WGST 499 Bachelor’s Essay (6)

Culture and Representation:

Courses that examine expressive meaning-making and the construction of culture.

• AAST 315 Black Women Writers (3)
• AAST 319 Contemporary Constructions of Black Womanhood (3)
• AAST 330 Black Images in the Media (3)
• AAST 333 Studies in Black Feminism (3)
• ANTH 341 Introduction to Psychological Anthropology (3)
• ANTH 346 Anthropology of Gender (3)
• COMM 336 Addressing Problems in Context (3) *
• COMM 410 Analysis of Communication Practice (4) *
• ENGL 315 Black Women Writers (3)
• ENGL 336 Women Writers (3)
• ENGL 390 Special Topics in Film (3) *
• PHIL 165 Philosophy of Sex and Gender (3)
• PHIL 275 Feminist Theory (3)
• RELS 185 Women and Religion (3)
• RELS 285 Religion and Feminism (3)
• RUST 250 Vampires (3)
• RUST 300 Gender & Sexuality in Russian Culture (3)
• THTR 315 Feminist Theatre (3)
• WGST 120 Studies in Women’s and Gender Studies (3)
• WGST 320 Special Topics in Women’s and Gender Studies (3)
• WGST 323 Special Topics in Culture & Representation (3)
• WGST 333 Studies in Black Feminism (3)
• WGST 356 Conservative Voices in Women’s and Gender Studies (3)
• WGST 400 Independent Study (3)
• WGST 420 Seminar in Women’s and Gender Studies (3-4)
• WGST 499 Bachelor’s Essay (6)

Mind and Body:

Courses that focus on human society from the level of the individual.

• BIOL 343 Animal Behavior (3)
• HEAL 217 Human Sexuality (3)
• HEAL 323 Women’s Health Issues (3)
• PSYC 330 Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination (3)
• PSYC 350 Psychology of Gender (3)
• SOCY 337 Prejudice (3)
• WGST 120 Studies in Women’s and Gender Studies (3)
• WGST 320 Special Topics in Women’s and Gender Studies (3)
• WGST 324 Special Topics in Mind & Body (3)
• WGST 400 Independent Study (3)
• WGST 420 Seminar in Women’s and Gender Studies (3-4)
• WGST 499 Bachelor’s Essay (6)

Select an additional 12 credit hours from any of the category lists above.