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Program checklist · Major in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Major in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

State University of New York at New Paltz · New Paltz, NY

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
Major in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
CIP
05.0207
Total credits (published)
39
Credits (computed from items)
39
Catalog edition
2025-2026
Checklist type
degree-program
SOC
25-1062
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
196176
CourseShelf checklist
CK_196176_780f7f9b
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

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

I. Core Courses (18 Credits)

major core · 0 items

    All WGSS majors must take the following courses:

    major core · 5 items
    1. WOM 220
      Introduction to Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    2. WOM 321
      Feminist Methods
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    3. WOM 421
      Feminist Theory
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    4. WOM 420
      Practicum in WGSS
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    5. WOM 490
      Senior Seminar in WGSS
      Not resolved to a course
      4

    II. Clusters (12 Credits)

    1 item
    1. Select one course from each of the following four clusters, including no more than three (3) lower-division credits.
      Not resolved to a course
      12

    History and Political Contexts:

    5 items
    1. WOM 311
      Gender, Race, and Work
      Not resolved to a course
    2. WOM 314
      Violence Against Women
      Not resolved to a course
    3. WOM 316
      Hst Women In US To 1880 1
      Not resolved to a course
    4. HIS 307
      The History of Women in the United States
      As published: “The History of Women in the United States 1”
      3
    5. POL 379
      Women in Politics
      Not resolved to a course

    Culture and Representation:

    8 items
    1. WOM 222
      The Queer Experience
      Not resolved to a course
    2. WOM 310
      Motherhood and Mothering
      Not resolved to a course
    3. WOM 313
      Women and Drugs
      Not resolved to a course
    4. WOM 319
      Feminist Art and Subculture
      Not resolved to a course
    5. WOM 325
      Women and Popular Culture
      Not resolved to a course
    6. WOM 335
      Performing Feminism
      Not resolved to a course
    7. THE 327
      Race Gender and Performance
      Not resolved to a course
    8. THE 421
      Queer Theatre
      Not resolved to a course

    Race, Culture, Nation:

    5 items
    1. BLK 221
      3
    2. WOM 340
      Transnational Feminism
      Not resolved to a course
    3. WOM 350
      Native American Feminisms
      Not resolved to a course
    4. WOM 430
      Women in the Caribbean
      Not resolved to a course
    5. HIS 480
      Women in China
      As published: “Women in China 1”
      3

    Gender, Sexuality, and Queer Studies:

    6 items
    1. WOM 315
      Queer Women
      Not resolved to a course
    2. WOM 318
      Women Love and Sex
      Not resolved to a course
    3. WOM 322
      Masculinities
      Not resolved to a course
    4. WOM 330
      Intro to Queer Studies
      Not resolved to a course
    5. SOC 360
      Sociology of Gender
      Not resolved to a course
    6. SOC 410
      Sociology of Sex & Sexualities
      Not resolved to a course

    III. Individualized Program (9 Credits)

    1 item
    1. Select three (3) electives around a theme or, for double majors, that relate to the other major, including no more than three (3) lower-division credits. 2
      Not resolved to a course
      9

    IV. History Requirement (0 Credits)

    0 items

      To satisfy the History Requirement, majors must take one of the history-designated courses listed below as part of their Cluster requirement or Individualized Program or as an additional elective in excess of the 39 required major credits.

      electives · 4 items
      1. WOM 316
        Hst Women In US To 1880
        Not resolved to a course
      2. HIS 305
        3
      3. HIS 307
        3
      4. HIS 480
        3
      Source. State University of New York at New Paltz, catalog 2025-2026 — https://catalog.newpaltz.edu/undergraduate/college-liberal-arts-sciences/womens-gender-sexuality-studies/major-womens-gender-sexuality-studies/. Captured page pages/0350.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.