Program Details

30 Semester Credit Hours/10 Classes:

Required courses (15 Credits)

Courses should be taken in the order listed below

WOS 240 (Spring): How to do things with Feminism
WOS 306 (Fall): Transnational Feminism
WOS 399 (Spring): Women of Color and Material Culture
WOS 405 (Fall): Feminist Theory (or PHI 405; formerly WOS/PHI 385), prerequisite: 6 additional WOS credits
WOS 410 (Spring): Feminist Research Methodologies (Capstone), prerequisite WOS 240 and 6 additional WOS credits
Elective Courses (15 credits)
- With an advisor, students may choose other WOS and cross-listed courses
- No more then 3 courses/ 9 credits may be taken in any one department (except Women's and Gender Studies)
- At least 2 courses/6 credits must be completed at the 300-400 level

18 Semester Credit Hours/6 Classes:

Two Required Courses
- WOS 225: Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies
- One WOS 400 level course: WOS405 - Feminist Theory; WOS407 - Queer Theory; or WOS410 - Feminist Methodologies (prereq-student must have taken two prior WOS courses)
Four Elective Courses:
- Students may choose other WOS and cross-listed courses
- No more than two courses may be taken in a single department (except in Women's and Gender Studies)
- Additional courses may be applied to the minor with the approval of the Chair of Women's and Gender Studies

18 Semester Credit Hours/6 Classes:

Two Required Courses:
- WOS 276: Sexual Identity and Culture
- WOS 407: Queer Theory
Four Electives:
- ENG 240 Language, Gender, & Sexuality
- HIS 368 Gay America
- NSG 109 Health Issues of Women
- NSG 234 Current Trends in LGBTQA Health
- NSG 317 Women's Sex & Sexuality
- PSY 430 Human Sexual Behavior
- SOC 362 Sexuality in Society
- SWO 491 Human Sexuality for Helping Professionals
- WOS 303: Intro. to LGBTQ & Sexualities & Activism in the US
- WOS 335: Gender, Race and Science
- WOS 350 Lesbian Studies
- WOS 366 Gender, Labor & Globalization
- WOS 368 Violence, Systems & Resistance