Requirements for the Major
Major Requirements
Eleven Courses total, distributed as follows:
- One Introductory Course (choose one out of three theoretical emphases: gender, race & ethnicity, & sexuality):
- WMST 1001UN - Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies OR SOCI 3302UN - Sociology of Gender
- WMST 2150BC - Practicing Intersectionality OR CSER 1040UN - Critical Studies of Race and Ethnicity
- WMST 3125BC - Pleasures and Power: An Introduction to Sexuality Studies OR SOCI 3318V - Sociology of Sexuality
- WMST 2140BC - Critical Approaches in Social and Cultural Theory
- WMST 3311UN - Feminist Theory
- WMST 3514BC - Historical Approaches to Feminist Questions
- WMST 3915UN - Gender and Power in Global (Transnational) Perspective
- OR other approved course in transnational gender/feminist studies, e.g. HIST 4999BC - Transnational Feminism
- TOTAL of 5 Electives, TWO (2) of which must be Advanced Research Seminars
- WMST 3903BC - Senior Seminar I: Knowledge, Practice, Power
NOTES:
- The advanced seminars must be 4-credit courses and must require a research paper assignment. One of the advanced electives may be the Advanced Writing-Intensive Research Seminar (Senior Seminar II: Honors Thesis)
- WMST 3903BC - Seniors Seminar I: Knowledge, Practice, Power is restricted to WGSS Seniors and is only offered in the fall semester.