2025-2026 Academic Catalog

Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Major

Requirements for a Major in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies

Bachelor of Arts

Foundations
GSWS 101Introduction to Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies3
Select one of the following:3
Sex and Culture
Social Inequality
Other approved course
Theory
Select one of the following (Of the courses completed for the theory and application groups, at least two must be at the 300-level or above):3
Seminar in Black Studies
Ancient Sexualities
Feminist Literary Theory
Comparative Feminist Theories
Intersectionality:Theory/Practice
Gender, Sex and Society
Other approved course
Application
Select six of the following (Of the courses completed for the theory and application groups, at least two must be at the 300-level or above): 118
Images of Women in Ancient Art
Women in the Arts
Introduction to Black Studies
Ancient Women Writers
Rhetoric of the Body
Special Topics in Criminology
Human Trafficking
Human Rights:Sanctions & Survivors
Toni Morrison's Communities
Women in French Literature
Writing Women's Lives
Gender and Film
Gender Issues in Communication
T:Special Topics
Protest and Dissent in American History
Six Wives of Henry VIII
The Lives of Wives
The History of Witchcraft
Global Women in WWII
Women & Gender in Chinese History
Women of the Black Freedom Movement
Gender-based Violence in the Ancient World
The Female Self in Lorca's Drama
Identity Politics
Sex, Gender, and the Bible
Women and Religion
Women and Christianity
Sex and Culture
Sociology of the Family
Childhood and Society
Introduction to Black Studies (should be Intro to Black Studies)
Social Inequality
Social Perspectives on Motherhood
Race and Ethnic Relations
Human Rights: Culture and Conflict
Other approved course
Experiential Capstone
GSWS 400Topics in Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies Research1
Complete one of the following:3
Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Research
Field Studies in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
Internship in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies (Unpaid)
Total Hours31
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Students may select GSWS/SOCI 202 or SOCI 247 as an applications option if the course is NOT being used as an option for the foundations requirement.

Double majors may elect to substitute a capstone outside of GSWS for the GSWS capstone. Education majors may elect to substitute three hours of student teaching for the GSWS capstone. In both cases, students must complete any additional hours towards the 30-31 hours for the major with GSWS courses above the 200 level.