Major Requirements

Course Requirements

Common Core

• WGS 100 WOMEN'S LIVES:RACE/CLASS/GENDER (Students are encouraged to take this before taking additional coursework in the major)
• WGS 200 WOMEN'S STUDIES IN TRANSNATIONAL CONTEXTS
• WGS 250 FEMINIST FRAMEWORKS
• WGS 300 FEMINIST THEORIES
• WGS 391 METHODS AND SCHOLARSHIP IN WOMEN'S STUDIES
• WGS 395 WOMEN'S STUDIES ADVANCED SEMINAR

Concentration

Students must also complete a four-course concentration. Concentrations include: International Perspectives; Gender, Culture, and the Arts; Gender and Human Development; Social Justice and Public Policy; Theoretical Perspectives; Perspectives on Race and Class; or Individualized.

Major Field Electives

Three additional electives chosen by the student from the list of courses approved for the Women’s and Gender Studies major.

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