Program checklist · Majors and Minors

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Major

Colgate University · Hamilton, NY

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Program

Award: Majors and Minors
CIP: 05.0212
Catalog edition: 2026-2027
Checklist type: degree-program
SOC: 25-1062

Identifiers

IPEDS UNITID: 190099
CourseShelf checklist: CK_190099_b75ba7ab
CollegeTransfer.Net: Institution Transfer Profile
Source: CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Major Requirements

0 items

Introductory Course in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

2 items

WGSS 202
Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
As published: “Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies”
1.00
A student must receive a minimum grade of C in WGSS 202 in order to be admitted to the major program.
Not resolved to a course

Feminist Methodology

1 item

WGSS 301
Feminist Methodologies: Theory and Praxis
1.00

Feminist Theory

7 items

WGSS 260
Intersectionality in Theory and Practice
1.0
WGSS 279
Black Feminist Thinkers
WGSS 339
Critical and Feminist Disability Studies
As published: “/EDUC 339 - Feminist Disability Studies”
1
WGSS 341
Corridors of Black Girlhood
As published: “/ALST 341 - Corridors of Black Girlhood”
1.0
EDUC 303
Decolonizing Development: Gender, Power & Education in
As published: “Decolonizing Development: Gender, Power & Education in Inter/national Development”
LGBT 303
Queer Identities and Global Discourses
1.00
SOCI 369
Women, Health, & Medicine
1.00

Divisions

3 items

At least four more courses from the following lists
Not resolved to a course
Must have two courses from each list
Not resolved to a course
At least one must count towards LGBTQ Studies (WGSS 202 does not fulfill this requirement)
Not resolved to a course

List A

23 items

ENGL 208
Sex and the Global City
1.00
ENGL 305
The Female Protagonist
1.00
ENGL 333
African/Diaspora Women's Narrative
As published: “African/Diaspora Women’s Narrative”
1.00
ENGL 158
South Asian Fiction and Food
1.00
ENGL 405
The Brontes
1.00
ENGL 408
Literature of Medieval Women
1.00
FMST 350
Hollywood and the World: Performing Gender and Sexuality Onscreen
FREN 453
Contemporary Literature in French
1.00
FREN 455
Francophone Voices from North Africa
1.00
JWST 213
The Bible and/as Literature
As published: “/RELG 273 - The Bible as/and Literature”
1.00
JWST 343
Gender and Judaism
As published: “/RELG 343 - Gender and Judaism”
1.00
LGBT 227
Machismo: Masculinity in Hispanic Cultures
1.00
LGBT 303
Queer Identities and Global Discourses
1.00
LGBT 321
Gay's Anatomy
As published: “Gay’s Anatomy”
1.0
MIST 210
Arabic Literature in Translation
Not resolved to a course
PHIL 360
Feminist Philosophy
RELG 253
Love, God, and Sex
1.00
SPAN 474
Contemporary Short Fiction in Spanish
1.00
SPAN 488
Latin American Women Dramatists
1.0
WGSS 260
Intersectionality in Theory and Practice
1.0
WGSS 279
Black Feminist Thinkers
WRIT 242
Stand and Speak: Feminist Rhetorics and Social Change
1.00
WRIT 345
Crafting Bodies: Movement, Gender, and Performance
1.00

List B

23 items

ANTH 216
Men, Masculinities, and Power
1.0
ANTH 228
Women and Gender in Prehistory
1.00
ANTH 315
Gender and Culture
1.00
ECON 234
Gender in the Economy
1.00
ECON 410
Seminar in Gender and Development
1.0
EDUC 303
Decolonizing Development: Gender, Power & Education in
As published: “Decolonizing Development: Gender, Power & Education in Inter/national Development”
EDUC 319
Dreams, Love, and Education Futurities
1.0
EDUC 339
Feminist Disability Studies
As published: “/ WGSS 339 - Feminist Disability Studies”
GEOG 321
Transnational Feminist Geography
1.00
HIST 211
Women's Rights in US History
As published: “Women’s Rights in US History”
1.00
HIST 304
Sex and Sexualities in U.S. History
LGBT 220
Exploration in LGBTQ Studies
1.00
LGBT 230
LGBTQ Health
Not resolved to a course
LGBT 350
Sexuality, Gender, & the Law
1.00
NAIS 310
Indigenous LGBTQ and Feminist Studies
Not resolved to a course
PCON 160
Gender (In)Security
1.00
POSC 364
Politics of South Asia
Not resolved to a course
SOCI 220
Gender, Sexuality, & Society
1.00
SOCI 333
Sociology of the Life Course
As published: “Sociology of the Life Course and SOCI 333L”
SOCI 367
Sociology of Gender
1.00
SOCI 369
Women, Health, & Medicine
1.00
WGSS 302
Special Topics: Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
As published: “Special Topics: Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies”
WGSS 341
Corridors of Black Girlhood
As published: “/ALST 341 - Corridors of Black Girlhood”
1.0

Senior Seminar

1 item

WGSS 490
Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies Senior Seminar
As published: “Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Senior Seminar”

Other Courses

8 items

EDUC 204
Child and Adolescent Development
ENGL 461
Studies in the Renaissance
1.00
JWST 208
Hebrew Bible in America
As published: “/RELG 272 - Hebrew Bible in America”
SOCI 333
Sociology of the Life Course
As published: “Sociology of the Life Course and SOCI 333L”
WGSS 291
Independent Study
WGSS 391
Independent Study
WGSS 491
Independent Study
WGSS 499
Honors in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
As published: “Honors in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies”
1.00

Additional Information

0 items

Honors and High Honors

0 items

Women’s Studies Program

0 items

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