WGST

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

3 hours; 3 credits Concepts, theories, and texts central to the study of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer experience: definitions of sex, gender, sexuality, sexual orientation; queer theory; intersections of sexuality, race, gender, ethnicity, (dis)ability, and class; study of LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) politics, communities, identities, and new social movements; representations of gender and sexuality in popular culture, religion, arts, literature, and visual culture; examinati of different disciplinary and methodological approaches. permission of the coordinator.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

Core Curriculum 1230 or WGST 1001 or

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

4 hours; 4 credits Black women novelists, short story writers, and essayists. Cross-cultural comparisons with African and Caribbean novelists. Readings of selected essays in Black feminist criticism. This course is the same as English 3162 and Africana Studies 3260. [24.1], 3221 [24.2], 3360 [44.6]; or English 1010 [1], 1.7; or Core Studies 1; or Core Curriculum 1110 [1.1]; or Classics 1110; or Women's and Gender Studies 1001 [12] or 3115 [33].

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

one of the following: Africana Studies 24, 3220

4 hours; 4 credits Sex and sexuality in the Caribbean and its diaspora; exploration of how sexuality intersects with and diverges from culture, nationalism, notions of gender, race, and ethnicity. Social science and literary texts explore a range of experiences from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries, including heterosexuality, interracial relationships, homosexuality, love, Women's and Gender Studies 535 violence, and desire; critical and theoretical texts examine the structures of gender and sexual relations, and relationships between sex and race. This course is the same as Africana Studies 3246, Caribbean Studies 3118, and Comparative Literature 3620.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

English 1010

4 hours; 4 credits Sexual roles and the sources of sexual conflict in English and American literature. Problems of sensibility, style, and audience. Function of literary images of women. This course is the same as English 3187.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

English 1010 or 1.7.

and Music 3 hours; 3 credits Aspects of American women's experience reclaimed from their own records in arts, crafts, letters, diaries, and folk songs. How criteria have been established for defining art; the social on influences that encouraged women to limit themselves to certain "acceptable" media. Contemporary validation of women's creativity, readings, slide presentations, and audiovisual presentations. permission of the program coordinator.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

Women's and Gender Studies 1001 [12] or

the Media 3 hours; 3 credits Role of mass media-music, television, advertising, film, video games-in shaping the cultural meanings of gender. Formation of gender identities as inseparable from the formation of other axes of identity such as race, religion, age, class, sexuality, ethnicity, and physical ability. This course is the same as Television, Radio and Emerging Media 3434. or Women's and Gender Studies 1001 [12] or permission of the coordinator.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

Television, Radio and Emerging Media 1165 [6.5]

3 hours; 3 credits Development and re-organization(s) of U.S. welfare state in the 20th and 21st centuries, emerging directions and systems, underlying theoretical frameworks. Takes a theoretical approach to understanding social welfare systems in relation to larger social struggles over political and economic power, labor markets, and social inequality. Examines changes in policy in relationship to the state, economy, and corporations, and how policy changes impact low income communities. Situates welfare policy in relation to social movements and both the maintenance of and changes in class, race, and gender stratification, as well as historical changes in social constructions of race and gender. This course is the same as Sociology 3303.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

WGST 1001 or Sociology 1101.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

3 hours; 3 credits Examination of metaphysical, epistemological and ethical issues arising from the experience of the LGBT community, including: philosophical critiques and defenses of the concept of sexual orientation; homosexuality in the Western philosophical tradition; LGBT marriage and familial relations; the ethics of outing and of being closeted; ethical issues affecting LGBT people in medicine, education and the law. This course is the same as Philosophy 3726.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

3 hours; 3 credits The various images of women in film from the beginning to the present. Readings and discussions of myths, fears, and fantasies that have led to the production of such images. The star system and its relationship to women performers. Screenings include films made by and about women. This course is the same as Film 3122.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

Film *1101 [1] or permission of the chairperson.

Alias

FILM 3122

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

3 hours; 3 credits Selected topics in the humanities examined from the perspective of the study of women. Topics vary from term to term. Course description may be obtained in the program office before registration. Students may take Women's Studies 3165 [58] or 59 for credit twice, or 3165 [58] and 3550 [59] for credit once each, but may not repeat topics. permission of the program coordinator.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

Women's and Gender Studies 1001 [12], or

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

3 hours; 3 credits Cross-cultural analysis of women's lives. Problems of nature and nurture, gender stereotyping and self-images, the position of women in all cultural spheres, and changes over the life cycle. This course is the same as Anthropology 3170. 1300 or 1400 or a Pathways required or flexible core course or Women's and Gender Studies 1001 or permission of the chairperson.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

Anthropology *1000 or 2100 or 1100 or 1200 or

e 3 hours; 3 credits This course will explore the role of gender in classical Jewish texts from the Bible to the Mishnah, Talmud, Midrash, and the Zohar, with a particular emphasis on Talmud and Midrash. From the creation story to homoeroticism, gender ambiguity, and marital law, this course will cover a range of topics looking at biblical and rabbinic Judaism through the lens of gender theory. This course is the same as Judaic Studies 3020.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

English 1010 or equivalent

from 1800 3 hours; 3 credits History of women, gender, and sexuality in Europe from the era of revolution, industrialization, and demographic transition to the

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

in American History 3 hours; 3 credits Rich variety of U.S. women’s historical experiences from precolonial times to the present. Gender intersections with race, class, ethnicity, sexuality, and nationality in the areas of work, education, legal status, public lives, family lives, religion, and popular culture. Social movements including feminism and civil rights. Changing images of women; debates over gender roles and expectations. This course is the same as HIST 3418. History 3005 or permission of the program coordinator.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

Core Studies 4 or Core Curriculum 1220 [2.2] or

Alias

HIST 3418

U.S. 3 hours; 3 credits Survey of the literature in the Sociology of Work. Covers both historical and contemporary nature of work. Shifts in the labor market. Race, gender, immigration and work. This course is the same as Sociology 3607. higher, Core Studies 3 with a grade of B- or higher, or Sociology *1101 [5].

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

: Core Curriculum 1230 [2.3] with a grade of B- or

3 hours; 3 credits Definitions of feminism; feminists in the Renaissance and early modern Europe; feminist demands arising from the French Revolution; early radical feminism in the United States, France, and the Germanies; liberal and Marxist feminism; women's movements from the 1850s to World War I in the West; the development of women's movements outside of Europe and America; imperialism, feminism, and national independence; the "second wave": women's liberation movements since 1968. This course is the same as History 3335. History 3005 or permission of the program coordinator.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

Core Studies 4, or Core Curriculum 1220 [2.2] or

3 hours; 3 credits Sexuality in practice and thought in North and South America since colonial times. Surveys continuities, commonalities and differences from cultural, geographic and temporal perspectives, looking at the effects of major social movements including nationalism, industrialization and globalization. Uses secondary sources and a wide variety of primary sources from Inquisition documents to Flapper films. Students explore the topic both through theory and careful historical contextualization. This course is the same as History 3328. Studies 1001 [12] or permission of the coordinator.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

Core Curriculum 1230 [2.3] or Women’s or Gender

Women's and Gender Studies 537 3 hours; 3 credits History of the socioeconomic position of women; evidence on the changing economic position of women in the post-civil rights era; assessments of the welfare-to-work transition; political economy of marriage and childbearing decisions. (This course is the same as Economics 3154.)

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

Women's and Gender Studies 1001 [12].

Family Life in the Contemporary United States 3 hours; 3 credits Sociological exploration of the competing responsibilities of paid work and family work in the contemporary United States. Perspectives of women, men, and children on work-family negotiations and conflicts. Diversity of work-family arrangements as organized by the intersection of gender, race/ethnicity, class, sexuality and nationality. Social policy for work-family balance. This course is the same as Sociology 3609. Prerequisite and/or corequisite: Core Curriculum 1230 [2.3] with a grade of B- or higher, or Core Studies 3 with a grade of B- or higher, or Sociology *1101 [5], or Women's or Gender Studies 1001 [12], or Sociology 3607 [43.2] or permission of the program coordinator.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

and Capital 3 hours; 3 credits Theories on labor and work. History of labor struggles and worker's rights in the U.S. and globally. Relationship between the labor movement and immigrant groups. Development of worker centers as a response to declining labor union density. This course is the same as Sociology 3608. Prerequisite and/or corequisite: Core Curriculum 1230 [2.3] with a grade of B- or higher, Core Studies 3 with a grade of B- or higher, or Sociology *1101 [5], or Women's or Gender Studies 1001 [12] or permission of the program coordinator.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

3 hours 3 credits An interdisciplinary study of women's relationship to war, peace and militarism, including the theoretical debate over women as "essentially" maternal and therefore more pacifistic. Women's roles within the military and militarized societies Military policy depends upon notions of masculinity and femininity. Relationship between war, militarism, gender inequality and racism. Similarity and differences between personal violence against women (rape, battering) and state organized and supported violence. Relationship between feminism and peace activism. permission of the program coordinator.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

Women's or Gender Studies 1001 [12], or

3 hours; 3 credits Concepts and theories of the political, social, and cultural construction of sexuality. Investigation of the intersection of gender, sexuality, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, and class as forms of power and identification in America. Diverse social movements that have been built around issues of sexualities in the 20th and 21st centuries. This course is the same as Political Science 3155.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

3 hours; 3 credits Traces continuities and changes in women’s lives in the geopolitical area of South Asia, mainly India, from the nineteenth century to the present. Effects of British colonial rul on different groups of women; women’s question and nationalism; construction and transformation of gender roles; women’s involvement in organizational activities, freedom struggles and other resistance movements; women and partition of India and Pakistan; women in family and state; contemporary issues related to democracy, women’s rights, uniform civil code, and others. This course is the same as History 3545. Prerequisite and/or corequisite: History 3543 preferred, or Women’s and Gender Studies 1001.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

and Nation-State -- A Cross-Cultural Perspective 3 hours; 3 credits Exploration of gender, family, and households, and their connection with nation and state formation; social construction of gender, different forms of families and households, class- caste-racial hierarchies, the life-course, sexualities, gender, labor, and family inequalities across time in various geopolitical contexts, socio-cultural and political-economic processes. This course is the same as History 3336 and Children and Youth Studies 3338.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

English 1010 or permission of the Coordinator

Women in the United States 3 hours; 3 credits Economic and political analysis of women's power in United States society. Women as paid workers in the formal economic structure and as unpaid workers in the parallel home economy. Social class, gender, and race in the allocation of economic and political power. Formal and informal challenges to the legal and political system. permission of the program coordinator.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

Women's and Gender Studies 1001 [12] or

Women in the United States Programs and Courses of Instruction 4 hours; 3 credits Economic and political analysis of women's power in the United States society. Women as paid workers in the formal economic structure and as unpaid workers in the parallel home economy. Social class, gender, and race in the allocation of economic and political power. Formal and informal challenges to the legal and political system. Writing intensive section. e permission of the program coordinator; and English *1012 [2].

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

Women's and Gender Studies 1001 [12] or

4 hours; 4 credits This course will study sexual orientation and gender identity in international rights institutions and discourses. Topics will include: the criminalization of sexual and gender minorities; tensions between presumptively universalist constructions of sexual orientation and gender identity and regional formations of sexual and gender non-conformity; legacies of colonialism and strategies of resistance to neo-colonial impositions; sexual rights; queering development; homonationalism; movements against “gender ideology”; the phenomena of moral panics/sex panics. This course is the same as POLS 3417 and AMST 3342. Political Science course in the 1000 range, or English 1010 or equivalent, or permission of department

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

Core Studies 3 or Core Curriculum 1230 or any

Alias

POLS 3417

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

4 hours; 4 credits Analysis of the role of women in the black freedom struggle concentrating on the period from 1940-1980. Focus on women activists, theorists, and women-led organizing efforts that helped to define and orient the black freedom struggle. Examine interlocking issues of gender, sexuality, class, and race in postwar America and the development of the modern civil rights movement. This course is the same as Political Science 3157 and Africana Studies 3127. 1004, 1005, or 1006 or Core Curriculum 1230[2.3]; or Women’s and Gender Studies 1001 or Africana Studies 1020.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

Political Science *1001[1.51], 1002[1.7], 1003,

3 hours; 3 credits Women and politics in the context of the United States of America. Gaining the right to vote; the Equal Rights Amendment; women as political leaders; racial and ethnic diversity of U.S. women; the "gender gap." Policy issues including the feminization of poverty and social welfare. This course is the same as Political Science 3152. permission of the program coordinator.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

Women's and Gender Studies 1001 [12] or

4 hours; 4 credits Study of transgender as an identity, as sets of practices, as social movements, as interventions in gender studies and queer theory. Theoretical overview of key early texts in gender theory. Subsequent readings on social and legal constructions of sex in the United States and internationally and on social and political movements for transgender rights and gender self- determination. Examination of trans as both as a particular kind of claim for gender recognition and as a move away from norms organized around the gender binary. This course is the same as Political Science 3446 and Sociology 3446. Political Science course in the 1000-level range, or Women’s and Gender Studies 1001 or Sociology 1101 or permission of the Chairperson, or English 1010 or equivalent, or permission of department.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

Core Studies 3 or Core Curriculum 1230, or any

3 hours; 3 credits Concepts and theories of the political, social, and cultural construction of masculinity/masculinities and femininity/femininities. The investigation of the intersection of gender, sexuality, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, and class as forms of power and identification in the lives of American men. Exploration of the variations in men’s experiences across racial/ethnic, class, and sexual lines. This course is the same as Political Science 3153. Prerequisite or corequisite: Core Curriculum 1230 [2.3] or Women’s and Gender Studies 1001 [12] or English 1010 [1] or English *1012 [2] or permission of the coordinator.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

3 hours; 3 credits Examination of the theory and practice of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender politics in the US including: the many ways the state regulates sexuality and gender through law and policy; the Women's and Gender Studies 539 emergence of modern civil rights movements of sexual minorities, and brings in several theoretical approaches including queer theory, Black queer studies, and transgender studies. This course is the same as Political Science 3442. permission of the program coordinator.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

Women's and Gender Studies 1001 [12] or

3 hours; 3 credits Exploration and examination of women’s history of, participation in, and contributions to the performing arts as actresses, playwrights, directors, theorists. Combines theory and practice. This course is the same as THEA 3506. course in Exploring literature or Exploring global connections, or WGST 1001 or permission of the coordinator.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

THEA 3501 or an Upper-Tier Core Curriculum

Alias

THEA 3506

3 hours; 3 credits Analysis of political concepts of identity, power, citizenship, race, nation and class in relation to gender and sexuality. Examination of the way ideologies of gender are deployed within the political theory tradition. Sameness/difference debate, identifying the forms of gender-based domination and resistance, and antiracist approaches to feminism. This course is the same as Political Science 3411. permission of the coordinator.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

Women's Studies 10.7 or WGST 1001 [12] or

3 hours; 3 credits Study of gender politics and policy around the globe. Examination of women's citizenship and impact of gender on public policy and of public policy on gender in a range of societies. Exploration of the gendered foundations and impacts of the international processes of globalization, militarization, and democratization. Exposure to several types of political analysis such as political ethnography and feminist comparative policy. (This course is the same as Political Science 3341.) range or Women's and Gender Studies 1001 [12] or permission of the instructor.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

Any Political Science course in the 1000-level

4 hours; 4 credits Identity politics as an approach to organizing and political change; critiques of identity politics from the left and the right; theoretical perspectives on identity politics; examination of contemporary iterations, including movements based on race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, indigeneity, and disability. This course is the same as POLS 3447 and AMST 3358. permission of department

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

WGST 1001 or English 1010 or equivalent, or

Alias

POLS 3447

4 hours, 4 credits Introduction to the concepts and themes associated with the development of the field of Queer Theory. Investigation of the connections among debates regarding the concepts of identity and power in Queer Theory and in the fields of Political Theory, Women’s Studies, and Lesbian and Gay Studies. Examination

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

3 hours; 3 credits Analysis of the role of gender in the greater Caribbean as it intersects with race and ethnicity in shaping nation-building, th economy, political relations, notions of citizenship, rights, policymaking, familial and societal relations, and cultural practices. This course is the same as Africana Studies 3341, Caribbean Studies 3115 and POLS 3247. permission of the chairperson.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

English 1012 [2] or sophomore status or

3 hours; 3 credits Interdisciplinary study of women's sexualities, women's lives and strategies of lesbian survival, bisexual and transgendered people's survival, primarily in male dominated societies. Struggle for lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered self- expression in historical and cultural context. Past and present views of women's sexualities. Interrelationship of feminist, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered movements. Materials drawn from history, psychology, sociology, literature, and the arts. permission of the program coordinator.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

Women's and Gender Studies 1001 [12] or

3 Hours; 3 Credits Relationships between men and women in America today. Cultural consequences of biological differences. Sexual stereotypes in mass media. Legal position and education of women in comparison with men. Different work opportunities and the problems of combining work and family. Role of minority group women. Movement toward sexual equality. This course is the same as Sociology 2600. higher, or Core Studies 3 with a grade of B- or higher, or Sociology *1101 [5], or permission of the coordinator.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

Core Curriculum 1230 [2.3] with a grade of B- or

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Programs and Courses of Instruction 3 hours; 3 credits Global perspectives on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ) sexualities and genders; study of the LGBTIQ global movement for human rights; consideration of global sexualities and genders in relation to the Western sex/gender system; changing theoretical frameworks in the investigation of global LGBTIQ sexualities and genders. Studies 1001 [12] or permission of the coordinator.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

Core Curriculum 1230 [2.3] or Women’s or Gender

3 hours; 3 credits Problems women experience as a part of city living, including e housing, employment, crime, healthcare, childcare, education, community involvement, family responsibility, and social supports. Study of services presently available to women. Critique of institutional responses to women's needs. Focus on the influence of ethnicity, race, and social class on women's urban experiences. or 1230 [2.3] or History 3005 or permission of the program coordinator.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

Core Studies 3 or 4, or Core Curriculum 1220 [2.2]

3 hours; 3 credits Interpretation and critical evaluation of the history, role, and image of the Black woman in America; emphasis on the burdens of racism, sexism, the economy, the Black"matriarch", health care, feminism and womanism, andcontemporary issues. This course is the same as Africana Studies 3360. 9 or Core Curriculum 1230 or 3207 [20.07], Women's and Gender Studies 1001, or permission of chairperson.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

Africana Studies 1020 or 3260, Core Studies 3 or

3 hours; 3 credits Explorations of gender-based inequality and the way African women exercise formal power. African women scholars' and activists' theoretical and practical analyses of feminism and the consequences of such analyses on gender relations in the continent. Theoretical readings and case studies. Course may have a national, regional, or continental focus. This course is the same as Political Science 3412 and Africana Studies 3365. Studies 9, or any Political Science course in the 1000-level range, or Africana Studies 1001, or Women's and Gender Studies 10.7 or 1001, or English 1010 or equivalent, or permission of department.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

Core Studies 3 or Core Curriculum 1230 or Core

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

3 hours; 3 credits Historical constructions of race and gender; difference as it contributes to structural and institutional inequalities; ideological debates among marginalized groups within nation states,

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

3 hours; 3 credits An interdisciplinary course on women's experiences of fertility control, childbirth, sex education, teen pregnancy, reproductive technologies, and reproductive hazards. Major themes include the influences of historical period, political perspectives, race, ethnicity, and social class on the perceptions and realities of reproductive rights for women. coordinator.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

permission of the Women’s and Gender Studies

3 hours; 3 credits A focus on theories, conceptual developments, debates, epistemological and methodological issues. Critical interrogation of different feminist intellectual traditions. Important feminist theories examined include: liberal feminism; radical feminism; Marxist feminism/socialist feminism; postmodern feminism; postcolonial feminism. Feminist traditions examined from explicitly interdisciplinary perspectives, highlighting methodological contributions made by feminist scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds. permission of the instructor or program coordinator.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

Women’s and Gender Studies 1001 [12] or

3 hours; 3 credits Selected topics in the social sciences examined from the perspective of the study of women. Topics vary from term to term. Course description may be obtained in the program office before registration. Students may take Women's Studies 3550 [59] or 3165 [58] for credit twice, or Women's Studies 3165 [58] and 3550 [59] for credit once each, but may not repeat topics. permission of the program coordinator.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

Women's and Gender Studies 1001 [12], or

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

3 hours; 3 credits An interdisciplinary study of gender in cyberculture, science, and technology. The evolutions of gender and feminist theories as well as activism will be considered in terms of rapid advances in technology and sciences information. This course does not require prior knowledge of technoscience. permission of the program coordinator.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

Women's and Gender Studies 1001 [12] or

3 hours; 3 credits Study of social, historical, cultic, and literary contexts of gender roles, the body, and sexuality in ancient Greco-Roman religions, ancient Judaisms, and early Christianities. Application of modern theory to ancient evidence. This course is the same as Classics 3238 and Studies in Religion 3042.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

English 1010 or permission of the chairperson.

and Rome 3 classroom hours plus conference and independent research; An exploration into the ways in which individual sexual experience was categorized and evaluated by society in the ancient world, with special attention to questions of gender role, sexual orientation, and the intersection of the personal and the political. Evidence from such literary and nonliterary sources as lyric poetry, epigram, drama, oratory, history, philosophy, epigraphy, and the visual arts. Emphasis on research methodologies. This course is the same as Classics 4032. (Not open to students who have completed Classics 14 or 62.3.) permission of chairperson.

Subject

WGST

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Credit unit

credits

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

English 1012 and at least sophomore standing; or

Minimum of 9 hours conference and independent work; 3 credits Independent or group project approved by a faculty committee. The project must involve more than one department in the college. Achievement evaluated by the participating faculty. Students may repeat the course once, but may not repeat topics. Gender Studies 1001 [12]; and three electives from those listed under program requirements; and permission of the program coordinator and at least one sponsoring faculty member.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

junior or senior standing; and Women's and

42 hours fieldwork; 1 credit Community service experience working at a site approved by the program, linked with enrollment in one of the following courses: Women's Studies 1001 [12] Introduction to Women's

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

6 hours conferences and independent work; 3 credits In-depth experience in a working/learning supervised internship in an approved woman-focused community agency or women's organization; conferences with instructor; report or term project; students are encouraged to meet with instructor one term prior to registration to discuss and arrange placement. permission of the instructor or program coordinator.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

Women's and Gender Studies 1001 [12] or

3 hours; 3 credits Selected topics in the humanities and social sciences examined within the context of LGBTQ Studies. Topics vary from term to term. Course description may be obtained in the program office before registration. Students may take Women's Studies 4407 one time. or permission of the program coordinator.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

Women’s and Gender Studies 1001 [12] or 2100

Minimum of 9 hours conference and independent work; 3 credits Independent course of study supervised by a faculty member. Regular conferences. Written reports. Students may only take this course once. or senior status and permission of the coordinator. Programs and Courses of Instruction

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

Women's and Gender Studies 1001, upper junior

3 hours; 3 credits Required advanced seminar to study interdisciplinary theory and methodology applied to a selected theme. Colloquia and research and/or fieldwork. Senior thesis written individually or collectively. A student completing the course with distinction is recommended for honors. (Not open to students who have completed Humanities 83.1 or Social Science Interdisciplinary Studies 83.1.) Writing intensive course. Studies 1001 [12]; and at least two courses in Women's Studies approved by the program coordinator.

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu

Prerequisite

English *1012 [2]; and Women's and Gender

45 hours; 3 credits The construction of knowledge pertaining to women; theoretical aspects of the challenges to traditional thinking about women. The main theories or schools of thought to be studied are liberal, radical, lesbian, socialist, and Third World feminism, as well as feminist perspectives on psychoanalysis and representation. Women's and Gender Studies 335

Subject

WGST

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-graduate

Source

www.brooklyn.edu