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Program checklist · Bachelor of Arts Women's Studies (BA)

Bachelor of Arts Women's Studies (BA)

Old Dominion University · Norfolk, VA

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Program
Award
Bachelor of Arts Women's Studies (BA)
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
CIP
05.0207
Total credits (published)
80-92
Credits (computed from items)
139-157
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
232982
CourseShelf checklist
CK_232982_299d5bfd
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

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

Lower-Division General Education

general education · 12 items
  1. Written Communication
    Not resolved to a course
    6
  2. Oral Communication
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  3. Mathematics
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  4. Language and Culture
    Not resolved to a course
    0-6
  5. Information Literacy and Research
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  6. Human Behavior
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  7. Human Creativity
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  8. Interpreting the Past
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  9. Literature
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  10. Philosophy and Ethics
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  11. The Nature of Science
    Not resolved to a course
    8
  12. Impact of Technology
    Not resolved to a course
    3

Women's Studies Major

major core · 0 items

    General Education

    general education · 3 items
    1. Complete lower-division requirements
      Not resolved to a course
      38-44
    2. Complete upper-division requirements (minimum of 6 credit hours)
      Not resolved to a course
      6
    3. Complete foreign language coursework through the 202 level
      Not resolved to a course
      0-6

    Women's Studies

    25 items
    1. WGS 201S
      Introduction to Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    2. WGS 301
      Feminist Foundations
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    3. WGS 302W
      Dimensions of Diversity: Intersectionality Among Women
      Not resolved to a course
      or: QUST 302W Dimensions of Diversity: Intersectionality Among Women
      3
    4. WGS 390T
      Women, Gender, and Technology Worldwide
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    5. WGS 400
      History of U.S. Women's Activism
      Not resolved to a course
      or: HIST 363 Women in U.S. History
      3
    6. WGS 401W
      Women: A Global Perspective
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    7. WGS 460W
      Feminist and Queer Theory
      Not resolved to a course
      or: QUST 460W Feminist and Queer Theory
      3
    8. ENGL 463W
      Women Writers
      Not resolved to a course
      or: ENGL 477 Language, Gender and Power
      3
    9. Select four of the following:
      Not resolved to a course
      12
    10. WGS 303
      Queer Studies
      Not resolved to a course
      or: QUST 303 Queer Studies
    11. WGS 304
      Gender and Sexuality in Film
      Not resolved to a course
    12. WGS 305
      Queer Literature
      Not resolved to a course
      or: QUST 305 Queer Literature
    13. WGS 306
      Women, the Environment, and Climate Change
      Not resolved to a course
    14. WGS 368
      Internship
      Not resolved to a course
    15. WGS 395
      Topics in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
      Not resolved to a course
      or: QUST 395 Topics in Queer Studies
    16. WGS 396
      Topics in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
      Not resolved to a course
    17. WGS 402
      Feminisms and Sexualities
      Not resolved to a course
      or: QUST 402 Feminisms and Sexualities
    18. WGS 405
      Gender and Media
      Not resolved to a course
    19. WGS 406
      Gender, Fashion & the Body
      Not resolved to a course
    20. WGS 410
      Sexing the Body
      Not resolved to a course
    21. WGS 415
      Migration and Refugee Studies
      Not resolved to a course
    22. WGS 470
      Feminist Research Methods
      Not resolved to a course
    23. WGS 495
      Topics in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
      Not resolved to a course
      or: QUST 495 Topics in Queer Studies
    24. WGS 497
      Independent Study
      Not resolved to a course
    25. WGS 498
      Independent Study
      Not resolved to a course

    Courses other than WGS approved by the department

    0 items

      Double Majoring in Philosophy and Women's & Gender Studies

      major core · 6 items
      1. PHIL 365
        Race & Power
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. PHIL 402
        Gender and Philosophy
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. REL 403
        Gender and Sexuality in Islam
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. WGS 302W
        Dimensions of Diversity: Intersectionality Among Women
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      5. WGS 303
        Queer Studies
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      6. WGS 460W
        Feminist and Queer Theory
        Not resolved to a course
        3

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

      major core · 0 items
        Source. Old Dominion University, catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.odu.edu/undergraduate/arts-letters/womens-studies/womens-studies-ba/. Captured page pages/0599.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.