Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies Program

Course Requirements

Core Courses

1. GSWS 205

   Introduction to Gender, Sexuality, & Women's Studies
   3
2. GSWS 405

   Feminist Theory
   3
3. Select one of the following:

   Not resolved to a course
   3
4. GSWS 490

   Senior Seminar
   3-4
5. GSWS 495

   Honors
   3
6. GSWS 496

   Honors
   3

Focus Areas

1. Select one course with a focus on gender and international issues (outside of the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain) (list available from major advisor and on the GSWS webpage);

   Not resolved to a course
   3
2. Select one course with a focus on LGBTQ issues (list available from major advisor and on the GSWS webpage);

   Not resolved to a course
   3
3. Select one course with a focus on gender and race/ethnicity issues (list available from major advisor and on the GSWS webpage);

   Not resolved to a course
   3

Approved Electives

Major Writing Requirement

1. GSWS 405

   Feminist Theory
   3

Additional Courses Eligible for Major or Minor

Freshman Seminars: in topics related to Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies (most disciplines; check schedule)

1. AMST 470

   Topics American Studies

   As published: “Topics American Studies (e.g., Multiculturalism in America; Masculinity in America)”
   1-4
2. AFST 205

   Introduction to Africana Studies
   3
3. ENGL 465

   Special Topics in English

   As published: “Special Topics in English (e.g., Love and the Novel: Lesbian Fictions)”
   1-3
4. ENGL 475

   Seminar in English

   As published: “Seminar in English (e.g., Woolf; The Brontes; 20th Century American Women Writers)”
   4
5. FREN 355

   Contemp Women French Writers
   3
6. GOVT 360

   Building the American Welfare State
   3
7. GOVT 390& GOVT 391

   Topics in Governmentand Topics in Government (e.g., Varieties of Feminist Ideology)

   Not resolved to a course
   3
8. HIST 211& HIST 212

   Topics in Historyand Topics in History (e.g., Southern Women)

   Not resolved to a course
   3
9. HIST 221

   United States Women's History, 1600 to 1877
   3
10. HIST 222

    United States Women's History since 1877
    3
11. HIST 349

    The Queer South
    3
12. HIST 490C

    Senior Colloquium

    As published: “Senior Colloquium (e.g., Black Women in the Americas; Gender and the Civil War)”

    or: HIST 491C Senior Colloquium
    4

International Studies 390: Topics

1. HHP 460

   Topics Course

   As published: “Topics Course (e.g., Sport, Body and Culture)”
   1-4
2. MUSC 365

   Special Topics in Music

   As published: “Special Topics in Music (e.g., Music and Gender)”
   4
3. RELG 208

   Topics in Religion

   As published: “Topics in Religion (e.g., Women in the Christian Tradition)”
   3
4. RELG 308

   Topics in Religion

   As published: “Topics in Religion (e.g., History of Adam and Eve; Women and Their Bible; Theologies of Liberation)”
   3-4
5. RUSN 308

   Topics in Russian Literature and Culture (Taught in English)

   As published: “Topics in Russian Literature and Culture (Taught in English) (e.g., Women in Russian Literature)”
   1-4
6. RUSN 309

   Topics in Russian Cinema (Taught in English)

   As published: “Topics in Russian Cinema (Taught in English) (e.g., Women in Russian Film)”
   3-4
7. SOCI 342

   Families and Kinship
   3
8. SOCI 333

   Globalization and International Development
   3
9. SOCI 356

   Sociology of Work
   3
10. SOCI 415

    Sociology of Sexualities
    3
11. SOCI 405

    Special Topics in Sociology

    As published: “Special Topics in Sociology (e.g., Race, Gender and Health; Gender and Sexuality in Cross Cultural Perspective)”
    3