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Program checklist · B.A.

Women’s and Gender Studies Major

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC

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
B.A.
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
CIP
05.0212
Total credits (published)
24
Credits (computed from items)
498
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
SOC
25-1062
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
199120
CourseShelf checklist
CK_199120_9213feda
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

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

Requirements

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    Core Requirements

    major core · 0 items

      Four intellectual and theoretical foundations courses:

      7 items
      1. WGST 101
        Introducing Intersectionality: Gender, Race, Class, and Sexuality
        As published: “Introducing Intersectionality: Gender, Race, Class, and Sexuality H”
        3
      2. WGST 202
        3
      3. WGST 695
        Senior Seminar: Principles of Feminist Inquiry
        As published: “Senior Seminar: Principles of Feminist Inquiry H”
        or: WGST 691H Honors in Women's Studies
        3
      4. One course on minority/Third World/non-Western women or gender (see list below).
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      5. Three interdisciplinary perspectives courses chosen from at least two of the three categories (see lists below).
        Not resolved to a course
        9
      6. One course in the theory and practice of women’s and gender studies from the following options:
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      7. WGST 393
        Internship in Women's and Gender Studies
        As published: “Internship in Women's and Gender Studies 1”
        3

      A fourth course chosen from one of the three interdisciplinary perspectives categories

      1 item
      1. WGST 692H
        Honors in Women's Studies
        As published: “Honors in Women's Studies 2”
        3

      Minority/Third World/Non-Western Women or Gender

      35 items
      1. AAAD/WGST 200
        Gender and Sexuality in Africa
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. AAAD/WGST 386
        Comparative Studies in Culture, Gender, and Global Forces
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. AAAD 232/WGST 266
        Black Women in America
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. AAAD 388
        3
      5. ANTH/WGST 277
        Gender and Culture
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      6. ASIA/WGST 127
        Iranian Women Writers
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      7. ASIA/WGST 418
        Family and Gender in Early Modern China and Korea
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      8. ASIA/GEOG/WGST 447
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      9. ASIA/HIST/WGST 537
        Women in the Middle East
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      10. COMM/WGST 561
        Performance of Women of Color H
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      11. ENGL/WGST 665
        Queer Latina/o Literature, Performance, and Visual Art
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      12. ENGL/WGST 666
        Queer Latina/o Photography and Literature
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      13. HIST/WGST 280
        Women and Gender in Latin American History
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      14. HIST 385/WGST 382
        African American Women's History
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      15. HIST/WGST 576
        The Ethnohistory of Native American Women
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      16. MEJO/WGST 442
        Gender, Class, Race, and Mass Media
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      17. PLAN/WGST 662
        Gender Issues in Planning and Development
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      18. SPAN/WGST 620
        Women in Hispanic Literature
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      19. WGST 64
        3
      20. WGST 211
        3
      21. WGST 233
        3
      22. WGST 281
        3
      23. WGST 285
        3
      24. WGST/HIST 313
        Women and the Law in Africa and the Middle East
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      25. WGST 337
        3
      26. WGST 350
        3
      27. WGST 352
        3
      28. WGST 368
        3
      29. WGST 388
        3
      30. WGST 405
        3
      31. WGST 410
        3
      32. WGST 415
        3
      33. WGST 465
        3
      34. WGST 553
        3
      35. WGST 583
        3

      Interdisciplinary Perspectives Courses–Historical Studies

      32 items
      1. AAAD 201
        3
      2. AAAD/WGST 200
        Gender and Sexuality in Africa
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. AMST/JWST/WGST 253
        A Social History of Jewish Women in America
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. ASIA/HIST/WGST 537
        Women in the Middle East
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      5. CLAS/WGST 240
        Women in Greek Art and Literature H
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      6. CLAS/WGST 241
        Women in Ancient Rome H
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      7. CLAS/WGST 242
        Sex and Gender in Antiquity
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      8. COMM/FOLK/HIST/WGST 562
        Oral History and Performance H
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      9. HIST/EURO/WGST 259
        Towards Emancipation? Women in Modern Europe
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      10. HIST/PWAD 354/WGST 353
        War and Gender in Movies H
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      11. HIST/PWAD/WGST 517
        Gender, Military, and War
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      12. HIST 361/WGST 360
        Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Histories in the United States
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      13. HIST/WGST 144
        Women in United States History
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      14. WGST/CMPL/KOR 237
        Rebel, Lover, Martyr: Gender and Sexuality in North and South Korean Screen Cultures
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      15. HIST/WGST 264
        Gender in Russian History
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      16. WGST 272
        3
      17. HIST/WGST 280
        Women and Gender in Latin American History
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      18. HIST/WGST 375
        History of Gender in America
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      19. HIST 385/WGST 382
        African American Women's History
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      20. HIST/WGST 479
        History of Female Sexualities
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      21. HIST/WGST 500
        Gender, Empire, and Nation
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      22. HIST/WGST 568
        Women in the South
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      23. HIST/WGST 576
        The Ethnohistory of Native American Women
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      24. WGST 253
        3
      25. WGST/HIST 313
        Women and the Law in Africa and the Middle East
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      26. WGST 330
        3
      27. WGST 337
        3
      28. WGST 360
        3
      29. WGST 370
        Race, Sexuality, and Disability in the History of Western Christianity
        As published: “Race, Sexuality, and Disability in the History of Western Christianity H”
        3
      30. WGST 382/HIST 385
        African American Women's History
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      31. WGST 560
        3
      32. WGST 583
        3

      Interdisciplinary Perspectives Courses–Humanities and Fine Arts

      54 items
      1. AAAD 388
        3
      2. AMST/WGST 325
        Encountering Art in the Unexpected: Borderlands and Story in Contemporary American Visual Art
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. ANTH/LING/WGST 302
        Language and Power
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. ANTH/FOLK 537/WGST 438
        Gender and Performance: Constituting Identity
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      5. ANTH/WGST 222
        Prehistoric Art
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      6. ARTH/WGST 254
        Women in the Visual Arts I
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      7. ARTH/WGST 451
        Women in the Visual Arts II
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      8. ASIA/CMPL/WGST 380
        Almost Despicable Heroines in Japanese and Western Literature
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      9. CMPL 374/WGST 373
        Modern Women Writers
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      10. COMM/WGST 224
        Introduction to Gender and Communication H
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      11. COMM/WGST 345
        Gender and Film
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      12. COMM/WGST 524
        Gender, Communication, and Culture
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      13. COMM/WGST 561
        Performance of Women of Color H
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      14. ENGL/WGST 140
        Introduction to Gay and Lesbian Culture and Literature
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      15. ENGL/WGST 263
        Literature and Gender H
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      16. ENGL/WGST 361
        Asian American Women's Writing
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      17. ENGL/WGST 363
        Feminist Literary Theory H
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      18. ENGL/WGST 374
        Southern Women Writers
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      19. ENGL/WGST 446
        American Women Authors H
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      20. ENGL/WGST 665
        Queer Latina/o Literature, Performance, and Visual Art
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      21. ENGL/WGST 666
        Queer Latina/o Photography and Literature
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      22. GERM/WGST 220
        Women in the Middle Ages
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      23. GERM/CMPL/WGST 271
        Women, Gender and Sexuality in German Cinema
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      24. MUSC/WGST 188
        Introduction to Women and Music
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      25. MUSC/WGST 248
        Gender on the Musical Stage
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      26. PHIL/WGST 275
        Moral and Philosophical Issues of Gender in Society H
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      27. PHIL/WGST 475
        Philosophical Issues in Gender, Race, and Class
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      28. RELI/WGST 362
        Mary in the Christian Tradition H
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      29. RELI 665/WGST 664
        Body and Suffering in Christian Mysticism
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      30. RUSS/WGST 486
        Exploration of Russian "Women's Prose" and Svetlana Alexievich (Nobel Prize in Literature 2015)
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      31. SPAN/WGST 620
        Women in Hispanic Literature
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      32. WGST 64
        3
      33. WGST 66
        3
      34. WGST 68
        3
      35. WGST/ASIA 127
        Iranian Women Writers
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      36. WGST 202
        3
      37. WGST 211
        3
      38. WGST 215
        3
      39. WGST 230
        3
      40. WGST 231
        3
      41. WGST 232
        3
      42. WGST 233
        3
      43. WGST 281
        3
      44. WGST 285
        3
      45. WGST 315
        3
      46. WGST/ASIA 329
        Middle East Women Writers
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      47. WGST 350
        3
      48. WGST 352
        3
      49. WGST 402
        3
      50. WGST 405
        3
      51. WGST 415
        3
      52. WGST 465
        3
      53. WGST/ASIA 471
        Gender and Sexuality in Middle Eastern Literature
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      54. WGST 555
        3

      Interdisciplinary Perspectives Courses–Social Sciences

      37 items
      1. AAAD/WGST 200
        Gender and Sexuality in Africa
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. AAAD/WGST 386
        Comparative Studies in Culture, Gender, and Global Forces
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. AAAD 232/WGST 266
        Black Women in America
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. ANTH/WGST 277
        Gender and Culture
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      5. ANTH/WGST 278
        Women in Science
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      6. ANTH/WGST 441
        The Anthropology of Gender, Health, and Illness
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      7. ANTH/WGST 443
        Cultures and Politics of Reproduction
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      8. ANTH/WGST 445
        Migration and Health
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      9. ANTH/WGST 458
        Archaeology of Sex and Gender
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      10. ANTH 442/WGST 440
        Health in Socialist, Liberal, and Illiberal Upheavals
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      11. ASIA/GEOG/WGST 447
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      12. EXSS/WGST 260
        Women and Sport
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      13. GEOG/WGST 225
        Space, Place, and Difference
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      14. JWST/RELI 444/WGST 448
        Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Judaism
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      15. MEJO/WGST 442
        Gender, Class, Race, and Mass Media
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      16. PLAN 52/WGST 51
        First-Year Seminar: Race, Sex, and Place in America
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      17. PLAN/WGST 662
        Gender Issues in Planning and Development
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      18. POLI/WGST 217
        Women and Politics
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      19. POLI/WGST 265
        Feminism and Political Theory
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      20. POLI/WGST 477
        Advanced Feminist Political Theory
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      21. RELI/WGST 244
        Gender and Sexuality in Western Christianity H
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      22. RELI/WGST 371
        Women Mystics
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      23. RELI/WGST 424
        Gender Theory and the Study of Religion
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      24. RELI/WGST 450
        Sexuality in Jewish Tradition and History
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      25. SOCI/WGST 124
        Sex and Gender in Society
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      26. SOCI/WGST 444
        Race, Class, and Gender
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      27. WGST 111
        H
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      28. WGST 270
        3
      29. WGST 340
        3
      30. WGST/PLCY 365
        Sexuality, Gender, and Public Policy
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      31. WGST 368
        3
      32. WGST 388
        3
      33. WGST 410
        3
      34. WGST/ASIA/RELI 482
        Sex, Gender, and Religion in South Asia
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      35. WGST 553
        3
      36. WGST 573
        3
      37. WGST 695
        Senior Seminar: Principles of Feminist Inquiry
        As published: “Senior Seminar: Principles of Feminist Inquiry H”
        3
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