Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, B.A.

Three units of:

• WGS 111: Introduction to Women, Gender and Sexuality (1 Unit)

• One unit of either:

• WGS 360: Feminist Theory (1 Unit)

• OR

• WGS 364: Black & Queer Feminist Theory (1 Unit)
• One additional unit with a WGS prefix

Five units of elective coursework

These courses must include two at the 200-level and three at the 300-level and must be selected from at least three different departments (which may include WGS).  Special topics classes can count for the electives with the approval of the WGS department chair. 

• ARTH 320: Feminist Art (1 Unit)
• ARTH 326: Issues in Contemporary Art (1 Unit)
• ARTH 310: Women and Art (1 Unit)
• ARTH 214: Baroque Art (1 Unit)
• ARTH 219: Impressionism: Précis to Prologue (1 Unit)
• BIOL 368: Behavioral Ecology (1 Unit)
• COMM 207: Communicating Gender (1 Unit)
• E&M 351: Women in Business and Leadership (1 Unit)
• ENGL 233: Writing Women in America 1 unit
• ENGL 260: Immigration in Literature 1 unit
• ENGL 285: LGBTQ+ Literature 1 unit
• ENGL 321P: Redeeming Eve: Renaissance Women’s Writing 1 unit
• ENGL 324P: The Age of Elizabeth 1 unit
• ENGL 327: The 20th Century in English Literature 1 unit
• ENGL 352P: Toni Morrison 1 unit
• ENGL 362P: Love in the 19th Century 1 unit
• ENGL 373: Victorian Sexualities 1 Uint
• ENGL 380P: The Novel and the New 1 unit
• ENGL 385: Literary Theory 1 unit
• FREN 320: French Women Writers and Feminist Criticism (1 Unit)
• HIST 294: The First World War (1 Unit)
• HIST 340: History of Women in the U.S., 1877-Present (1 Unit)
• HIST 365: Women, Society, and Gender in East Asia 1 Unit
• PHIL 335: Philosophical Issues in the Law (1 Unit)
• PLSC 372: Gender, Sex and International Politics (1 Unit)
• PSYC 251: Child and Adolescent Development (1 Unit)
• PSYC 254: Lifespan Development (1 Unit)
• RS 206: Women, Gender, Islam (1 Unit)
• RS 320: Gender in the Bible (1 Unit)
• SOC 230: Men and Masculinities (1 Unit)
• SOC 333: The Sociology of Sex and Gender (1 Unit)
• SOC 360: Intimate Violence (1 Unit)
• THEA 210: Women in the American Theatre (1 Unit)
• WGS 240: Sexualities, Histories and Culture (1 Unit)
• WGS 250: Gender and the Global Garden

Senior Capstone Experience

• One .5 unit or up to 1 unit of a capstone experience:  directed study, honors thesis, practicum, or internship.  *Note: A senior exit interview will be used for assessment.