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50 courses with the subject WGS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.

WGS 201SIntroduction to Women's3

Gender, and Sexuality Studies 341 Women's Studies (BS)

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu

WGS 226SHonors: Gender and Sexuality in a Changing3

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu

WGS 300/400-level course3

Elective course 3 Elective course 3 3 Minor or Elective 3 15 Credit Hours 15

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu

WGS 301Feminist Foundations3

or WGS 302W Dimensions of Diversity: Intersectionality Among

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu

WGS 302WDimensions of Diversity: Intersectionality3

3 Among Women

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu

WGS 303Queer Studies3

12 WGS 460W Feminist and Queer Theory 3 With prior approval other courses from PHIL, REL, or WGS, such as topics courses, may be counted toward both majors.

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu

WGS 304Gender and Sexuality in Film ()3

This course introduces students to feminist methods of analyzing media, with a focus on gender and sexuality in film. Key questions include: How do films influence and reflect our social locations? What are the points that they raise about the intersections of gender, race, and sexuality? Students will interrogate if, and in what ways, film can be a tool to effect social change.

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu
Prerequisite: WGS 201S or instructor approval

WGS 305Queer Literature ()3

This course provides a historical sampling of queer literary voices in the U.S. Students explore fiction, poetry, drama, and visual literary forms through the lens of queer theory. Students investigate the ways in which queer authors and subjects have been excluded from the traditional canon and how readers, academics, critics, and authors of anthologies have ignored or obscured queer possibilities and homoeroticism in literary works. Students also explore the benefits of thinking of queer literary works as queer literatures (in the plural sense rather than the singular Queer Literature) and attempt to answer the question, is there such a thing as Queer

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu

WGS 306Women, the Environment, and Climate3

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu

WGS 368Internship ()3-6

This course provides an opportunity to gain experience working in organizations and government agencies. Students' work should engage with women's issues at the local, regional, national, and/or global levels. Students must work for at least 50 hours per course credit. instructor approval

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 6
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu
Prerequisite: A minimum of one WGS course, junior standing and

WGS 390TWomen, Gender, and Technology3

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu

WGS 395Topics in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality

Studies (Women, the Environment and

Subject: WGS
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu

WGS 396Topics in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality

Subject: WGS
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu

WGS 400History of U.S. Women's Activism3

or HIST 363 Women in U.S. History 3 WGS 401W Women: A Global Perspective 3

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu

WGS 401WWomen: A Global Perspective3

3 Elective Credit 3 Elective credit will be needed to meet the minimum requirement of 120

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu

WGS 402/502 Feminisms and Sexualities ()3

This course will examine feminist approaches to the subject of sexuality in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The course examines theorizations of sexuality, such as radical, critical race, and transnational feminisms, queer theory, and trans studies. Key questions will be: how have feminists theorized sexualities? What does sexuality have to do with feminist studies or practices? How do other identities, such as race and class, inform sexuality?

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu
Prerequisite: WGS 201S, WGS 390T, or instructor approval

WGS 405/505 Gender and Media ()3

This course examines media-based sites of knowledge production using a feminist approach, in order to imagine new and more complex ways to think about media rhetorics; celebrity culture; digital media; and the politics of representation. Key questions will be: What roles do media play in shaping social movements? What are the promises and pitfalls of activist interventions in the realm of commercial culture? In what ways might we complicate narratives of co-optation or selling out? The class explores these questions using an intersectional lens attentive to the complex interconnections of race, class, gender, and sexuality. Case studies will include national, international, and transnational media events.

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu
Prerequisite: WGS 201S, WGS 390T, or instructor approval

WGS 406/506 Gender, Fashion & the Body ()3

This interdisciplinary class explores the body as a canvas for both history and the future of our concept of individualism. Students will have the opportunity to reflect not only on their own understanding of the body but also that of the body across a variety of experiences. Students will complete auto-ethnographic essays and a course paper on the body relating to her/his/ their academic research interests. Old Dominion University Undergraduate Catalog 2025-2026 1000

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu
Prerequisite: WGS 201S

WGS 410/510 Sexing the Body ()3

This course will explore the spectrum of what it means when we consider humans to exist in a gendered and sexed world. Students will critique their own preconceived notions of sex, probe issues of equality and social justice, and discuss what these questions mean both in the United States and globally. The course will culminate with a restructuring of how we understand the ways in which we define sex, sexuality, and sexual practice, taking into consideration how our own identities are impacted by culture and society.

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu
Prerequisite: WGS 201S

WGS 415/515 Migration and Refugee Studies ()3

This course explores the international context of refugees and migrants from a humanitarian perspective. Global conditions that lead to forced migration are analyzed to inform a larger understanding of human displacement. The course works directly with refugee resettlement organizations at the national and local levels.

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu
Prerequisite: WGS 201S

WGS 460WFeminist and Queer Theory3

With prior approval other courses from PHIL, REL, or WGS, such as topics courses, may be counted toward both majors.

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu

WGS 470Feminist Research Methods3

3 Select four of the following: 12

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu

WGS 495Topics in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality3

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu

WGS 496Topics in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality

Subject: WGS
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu

WGS 497/597 Independent Study ()1-6

Independent study of an interdisciplinary topic in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, or a reading plus internship project to be selected under the direction of a faculty member. Conferences and papers as appropriate. department

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 6
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu
Prerequisite: WGS 201S and approval of instructor and chair of

WGS 498/598 Independent Study ()1-6

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 6
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-undergraduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu
Prerequisite: WGS 201S and approval of instructor and chair of

WGS 500History of U.S. Women's Activism ()3

This course historicizes U.S. women's social, political, and rhetorical activism over the last 200 years, tracing their entry into and shaping force upon public life. The course examines the development of women's activism in the nineteenth century, the twentieth-century women's (or feminist) movement, and its current status, particularly in relation to postfeminism an a 'third' wave.

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu
Prerequisite: WGS 201S

WGS 501Women: A Global Perspective ()3

An analysis of the global forces that impact women's lives throughout the world. Particular emphasis is placed on the status of women in the developing world, international institutions that protect women's rights, and efforts to promote gender equality worldwide. ENGL 231C

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu
Prerequisite: WGS 201S and a grade of C or better in ENGL 211C or

WGS 502Feminisms and Sexualities ()3

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu
Prerequisite: WGS 201S, WGS 390T, or instructor approval

WGS 505Gender and Media ()3

This course examines media-based sites of knowledge production using a feminist approach, in order to imagine new and more complex ways to think about media rhetorics; celebrity culture; digital media; and the politics of representation. Key questions will be: What roles do media play in shaping social movements? What are the promises and pitfalls of activist interventions in the realm of commercial culture? In what ways might we complicate narratives of co-optation or selling out? The course explores these questions using an intersectional lens attentive to the complex interconnections of race, class, gender, and sexuality. Case studies will include national, international, and transnational media events.

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu
Prerequisite: WGS 201S, WGS 390T, or instructor approval

WGS 506Gender, Fashion & the Body ()3

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu
Prerequisite: WGS 201S

WGS 510Sexing the Body ()3

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu
Prerequisite: WGS 201S

WGS 515Migration and Refugee Studies ()3

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu

WGS 560Feminist and Queer Theory ()3

This course will examine feminist and queer theories, specifically intersectional, transnational, and radical perspectives. It explores how feminist and queer scholars approach research, writing, and knowledge production, and applies these insights to students’ own interests. The course analyzes how feminist and queer scholars have written about storytelling, the body, and desire, and links these discussions to how to produce positive social change in our world. This course is fundamentally interdisciplinary; students are encouraged to make connections between the course materials, their research interests, and other fields of study. This is a writing intensive d course. ENGL 211C or ENGL 231C

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu
Prerequisite: WGS 201S or WGS 302W and a grade of C or better in

WGS 570Feminist Research Methods3

Additional Courses */** 9 Total Credit Hours 15 * Additional courses must be approved for the Women's and Gender Studies curriculum. In addition to Women's and Gender Studies (WGS-listed) courses, students may draw from various disciplines (e.g., Art History, English, History, Humanities, International Studies, Philosophy, Political Science & Geography, Sociology & Criminal Justice). At least one of the courses must be at or above the 600 level. With the exception of Women's and Gender Studies courses, students may not take more than six credit hours in any single field. ** Students planning to teach Women's and Gender Studies courses at the post-secondary level in Virginia must complete an additional three credit hours, for a total of 18 credit hours, in order to meet accreditation requirements.

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu

WGS 595Topics in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (3

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu

WGS 596Topics in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (3

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu

WGS 597Independent Study ()1-6

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 6
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu
Prerequisite: WGS 201S and approval of instructor and chair of the

WGS 598Independent Study ()1-6

Independent study of an interdisciplinary topic in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, or a reading plus internship project to be selected under the direction of a faculty member. Conferences and papers as appropriate. department

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 6
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu
Prerequisite: WGS 201S and approval of instructor and chair of

WGS 668Internship ()3-6

Course provides an opportunity to gain experience working in organizations and government agencies. Students' work should engage with women's issues at the local, regional, national, and/or global levels. Students must work for at least 50 hours per course credit.

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 6
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu
Prerequisite: Graduate standing and instructor approval required

WGS 695Topics in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (3

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu

WGS 696Topics in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (1-3

Subject: WGS
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu

WGS 697Independent Study ()1-3

Independent study of an interdisciplinary women's studies topics to be selected under the direction of a women's studies faculty member. Conferences and papers as appropriate.

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu
Prerequisite: Graduate standing

WGS 698Independent Study ()3

Independent study of an interdisciplinary women's studies topics to be selected under the direction of a women's studies faculty member. Conferences and papers as appropriate.

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu
Prerequisite: Graduate standing

WGS 715Advanced Migration and Refugee Studies ()3

This seminar course explores the international context of refugees and migrants from a humanitarian perspective. Global conditions that lead to forced migration are analyzed to inform a larger understanding of human displacement. Through analysis at the community, national, and international levels, participants will gain both in-depth content on this contemporary human rights topic and tools for application in a number of fields.

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu

WGS 795Topics in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (3

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu

WGS 797Independent Study ()1-3

Independent study of an interdisciplinary women’s studies topic to be selected under the direction of a women’s studies faculty member. Conferences and papers as appropriate.

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu
Prerequisite: Graduate standing

WGS 815Advanced Migration and Refugee Studies ()3

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu

WGS 895Topics in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (3

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu

WGS 897Independent Study ()1-3

Independent study of an interdisciplinary women's and gender studies topic to be selected under the direction of a women's and gender studies faculty member. Conferences and papers as appropriate. WLC - World Languages Cultures

Subject: WGS
Credits (min): 1
Credits (max): 3
Type: course
Edition: 2025-2026-graduate
Source: catalog.odu.edu
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing

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