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

Degree Requirements

A major in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies is achieved by the completion of the following requirements, in addition to the General Education and electives required for the degree:

Required Core Courses

WGS 124	Intro: Decolonizing Feminism	1 Course Credit
WGS 200	Inst Queer/Transgender Studies	1 Course Credit
WGS 206	Feminist&Queer Dis/Ability Std	1 Course Credit
WGS 208	Black Feminist Theory	1 Course Credit

Required Capstone Course

WGS 450

Capstone: Intersectionality

1 Course Credit

Required Collateral Methods Course

One (1) course chosen from the following:

ENG 270	Intro to Methods in English	1 Course Credit
HIS 200	Intro to Historical Study	1 Course Credit
PSC 235	Research Methods	1 Course Credit
PSJ 300	Ethnographic Methods	1 Course Credit
SOC 335	Methods of Social Research	1 Course Credit

Collateral courses do not count towards credits within the major.

Required Distribution Courses

(Four total credits)

One (1) course in women's studies:

WGS 103/PSJ 103	Intro Latina/o/x Studies (PSJ)	1 Course Credit
WGS 135/ENG 135	Afr-Amer Women Writers (ENG)	1 Course Credit
WGS 202/AFR 202/PSC 202	Women Afr Amer-Pol(AFR/PSC/PSJ	1 Course Credit
WGS 230	Psych of Women & Gender (PSY)	1 Course Credit
WGS 232/THR 232	Feminist Solo Performance(THR)	1 Course Credit
WGS 236/HLT 236	Women & Health (HLT)	1 Course Credit
WGS 243/ARH 243	Women in Art (ARH)	1 Course Credit
WGS 310/COM 310	Communication and Gender (COM)	1 Course Credit
WGS 325/SOC 325	Gender and Sex Roles (SOC)	1 Course Credit

Other approved courses

One (1) course in sexuality studies:

WGS 103/PSJ 103	Intro Latina/o/x Studies (PSJ)	1 Course Credit
WGS 111/HLT 111	Human Sexuality (HLT)	1 Course Credit
WGS 201	Sexualty Everyday Life CFS,SOC	1 Course Credit
WGS 232/THR 232	Feminist Solo Performance(THR)	1 Course Credit
WGS 233/THR 233	Queer Theatre (THR)	1 Course Credit

Other approved courses

One (1) course in race studies:

WGS 103/PSJ 103	Intro Latina/o/x Studies (PSJ)	1 Course Credit
WGS 135/ENG 135	Afr-Amer Women Writers (ENG)	1 Course Credit
WGS 202/AFR 202/PSC 202	Women Afr Amer-Pol(AFR/PSC/PSJ	1 Course Credit
WGS 204	Race, Gender and Media (COM)	1 Course Credit
WGS 207/CFS 207	Family Relations (CFS)	1 Course Credit
WGS 232/THR 232	Feminist Solo Performance(THR)	1 Course Credit
WGS 240/AST 240	Kinshp/Gen SE Asia (AST)	1 Course Credit
WGS 366/CFS 366	Cross-Cultrl Persp-Fam(CFS)	1 Course Credit
AFR 204	African Amer Intellect Thought	1 Course Credit
AFR 242/HIS 242	African American Cinema (HIS)	1 Course Credit
AFR 250	Patriotic Gore (HIS)	1 Course Credit
ARH 230	Topics in Latin American Art	1 Course Credit
AST 229/HIS 229	Contesting Empires (HIS)	1 Course Credit
PSJ 200	Latino Migrations to the U.S.	1 Course Credit

Other approved  courses

One (1) course in activism studies:

APS 229	Contemporary Issues-Appalachia	1 Course Credit
ECO 370	Envr Issue Public Pol (SENS)	1 Course Credit
PSJ 100	Fnd of Peace & Social Justice	1 Course Credit
PSJ 205	Movements & Commnty Organizing	1 Course Credit
PSJ 210	Diversity and Social Justice	1 Course Credit
PSJ 218	Voices of Non-violence	1 Course Credit
PSJ 301	Restorative Justice	1 Course Credit
PSJ 305	Peacebuilding	1 Course Credit
SENS 100	Intro-Sustainability & Environ	1 Course Credit
SOC 341	Soc of Dev & Social Change	1 Course Credit
WGS 103/PSJ 103	Intro Latina/o/x Studies (PSJ)	1 Course Credit
WGS 202/AFR 202/PSC 202	Women Afr Amer-Pol(AFR/PSC/PSJ	1 Course Credit
WGS 225	Envr Justice(AFR/SENS/PSJ/APS)	1 Course Credit
WGS 233/THR 233	Queer Theatre (THR)	1 Course Credit

Other approved courses