Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies B.A.

Note: Students who choose the Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) B.A. must register with the WGSS advisor, who will supervise their program.

Bachelor of Arts - Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

College of Humanities & Sciences

Degree Specific Credits: 32

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0

Catalog Year: 2021-22

General Education Requirements

Information regarding these requirements can be found in the General Education Section of the catalog.

Summary

Required Courses		14
Electives		18
Humanities Electives
Social Science Electives
Total Hours		32

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	Hist/Lit Persp 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 463	WGS Capstone	2
Total Hours		14

Minimum Required Grade: C-

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
AAST 141H	Black: From Africa to Hip-Hop
CLAS 320	Women in Antiquity
COMX 380	Gender and Communication
COMX 447	Rhetorical Contruction of Women
COMX 449	Rhetoric of Women's Activism
GH 151L	Introduction to Western Humanities Antiquity
GH 152L	Introduction to the Humanities Medieval to Modern
GH 329	Fathers and Daughters in Western Literary Traditions
HSTA 342H	Afr Amer Hist to 1865
HSTA 343H	Afr Amer Hist Since 1865
HSTA 347	Voodoo, Muslim, Church: Black Religion
HSTA 361	The American South
HSTA 370H	Wmn Amer Colonial to Civil War
HSTA 371H	Wmn Amer Civil War to Present
HSTA 377	Alcohol in American History
HSTA 385	Families & Children in America
HSTA 415	The Black Radical Tradition
HSTA 417	Prayer & Civil Rights
HSTA 471	Writing Women's Lives
LIT 304	U.S. Writers of Color
LIT 337L	Gender & Sexuality in Eng Fict
LIT 378L	Gay and Lesbian Studies
NASX 235X	Oral/Written Trads Native Amer
NASX 304E	Native American Beliefs/Philos
RLST 370	Mysticism
WGSS 250	Media Representations of Women, Men, and Sexuality
Total Hours		9

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Social Science Electives

Code	Title	Hours
Complete 9 credits from the following courses:		9
ANTY 330X	Peoples and Cultures of World
ANTY 427	Anthropology of Gender
COUN 242S	Intimate Relationships
COUN 485	Counseling Theories
ENST 489S	Environmental Justice Issues & Solutions
NASX 231X	Indig World View Perspectives
NASX 303E	Ecological Perspectives in Native American Traditions
NASX 306X	Contemp Global Iss Indg People
PSYX 348	Psychology of Family Violence
PSYX 362	Multicultural Psychology
S W 323	Women & Soc Action Amer
SOCI 220S	Race, Gender & Class
SOCI 275S	Gender and Society
SOCI 325	Social Stratification
SOCI 332	Sociology of the Family
SOCI 346	Rural Sociology
SOCI 355	Population and Society
SOCI 441	Capstone: Inequal and Soc Just
SOCI 443	Sociology of Poverty
SOCI 446	Prost & Human Trafficking
SOCI 471	Gender and Global Development
Total Hours		9

Minimum Required Grade: C-