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Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Major

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Nine courses are required for the major.

    Intro and Theories Courses

    • WGS 120: Introduction to Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
    • 1 theories course, either WGS 300: Theories or WGS 310: Queer Theories

    Practicum, Methods, and Senior Seminar

    • WGS 290: Practicum
    • WGS 340: Methods
    • WGS 400: Senior Seminar

    Four WGS Electives

    • 4 courses from the categories of core, cross-listed, affiliated courses, or approved courses of Individualized Study.
    • 1 of the 4 must be a core or cross-listed course above the 100-level that focuses in-depth on gender, sexuality, and/or the experiences of women, outside the United States, and Europe.
    • 1 of the 4 must be a core or cross-listed course above the 100-level that focuses in-depth on the experiences of historically marginalized women, or on the ways that gender intersects with other forms of inequality, or on LGBT or Queer scholarship.
    • No more that two of the elective courses may be from the category of affiliated courses.