Requirements for a Major in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Bachelor of Arts
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Foundations | ||
| GSWS 101 | Introduction to Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies | 3 |
| 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 | ||
| Feminist Literary Theory | ||
| Ancient Sexualities | ||
| 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): 1 | 18 | |
| Images of Women in Ancient Art | ||
| Women in the Arts | ||
| Introduction to Black Studies | ||
| Rhetoric of the Body | ||
| Special Topics in Criminology | ||
| Human Rights:Sanctions & Survivors | ||
| Toni Morrison's Communities | ||
| Ancient Women Writers | ||
| Women in French Literature | ||
| Writing Women's Lives | ||
| Lives of Wives | ||
| Gender and Development | ||
| The History of Witchcraft | ||
| Gender and Change in the Maya Diaspora | ||
| Gender and Film | ||
| Gender Issues in Communication | ||
| T:Special Topics | ||
| Global Women in WWII | ||
| Women & Gender in Chinese History | ||
| Women of the Black Freedom Movement | ||
| T:Special Topics | ||
| Gender-based Violence in the Ancient World | ||
| The Female Self in Lorca's Drama | ||
| Six Wives of Henry VIII | ||
| 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 African-American Studies (should be Intro to Black Studies) | ||
| Social Inequality | ||
| Human Rights:Culture and Conflict | ||
| Social Perspectives on Motherhood | ||
| Race and Ethnic Relations | ||
Other approved course | ||
| Experiential Capstone | ||
| GSWS 400 | Topics in Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies Research | 1 |
| 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 | ||
| Total Hours | 31 | |
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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 minors 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.