MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
(effective 2003 - 2004)
Note: If you are a student who has taken classes that meet the requirements for the older version of our major, please refer to the form that you can access by clicking here.
Otherwise, all new majors must follow the new requirements.
The Major in Women's & Gender Studies consists of 36 credits: 18 credits of required 988 courses and 18 credits in approved cross-listed courses with a grade of "C" or better.
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988:101 Women, Culture, and Society (3)
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988: 202 Gender, Culture, & Representation (3)
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988:235 Dynamics of Race, Class, Sex (3)
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988: 201Feminist Practices (3)
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988: 301 Feminist Theory: Historical Provocations (3)
(Pre-req: 988:101, 201, 202 or 235, or by special permission)
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988:302 Feminist Theory: Contemporary Engagements (3)
(Pre-req: 988:101, 201, 202 or 235, or by special permission)
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988:303 Comparative Feminisms (3)
(Pre-req: 988:101, 201, 202 or 235, or by special permission)
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988:370 Feminist Inquiry (3)
(Pre-req:988:301) Required for all honors students
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A 300 or 400 level WGS Elective
Choose one:
988:310 South Asian Feminism
988:312* African Feminism (Pre-req: 988:101 or 235)
988:317* Gender and Consumption (Pre-req: 988:101, 201, or 235)
988:318 The Gendered Body
988:321 Queer Contexts: Same Sex Desire, Culture & Representations
988:329* Race, Gender, Nation (Pre-req:101, 201, 202, or 235)
988:330 Memoir & Autobiography
988:331 Theorizing Gender and Sexuality
988:332 The Color of AIDS: The Politics of Race During the AIDS Crisis
988:333 Power, Subjectivity & Resistance in US & Globally
988:341* Gender & Popular Culture (Pre-req: 988:101, 201, or 235)
988:350 Gender & Spirituality
988:368 Gender, Race Subjectivity
988:369 Feminism, Space & Visuality
988:371 Women & Social Movements to 1945
988:372 Women & Social Movements since 1945
988:387 Feminism, Signs & Representation
988:392 Thinking Bodies
988:398 Freud & Feminism (continued on back)
988:405* Gender & Human Rights (Pre-req: 988:101 or 235)
988:406 Women, Work & Social Change
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988:425 Internship in Women's & Gender Studies (3)
For more information, please visit our department or make an appointment with Barbara Balliet
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988:490 Seminar: Women & Contemporary Issues (3)
Every semester the topics in these Seminars differ. This course offers a unique focus on the professor's specialty.
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988:491,492Special Topics (3)
(Pre-req: 988:301, 302, or 303)
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Six (6) WGS Electives
Elective courses chosen from either the Women's & Gender Studies core course list or the approved cognate course list or other courses approved by a program adviser. At least four of these six elective courses must be at the 300-level or above.
Note that only a few select courses are available each term. You may also obtain a list at our Department. To see current semester course listings click here.
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