Women and Gender Studies (WGS) is a multidisciplinary program offering both a minor and a certificate. WGS acquaints students with the growing research on women, gender, and sexuality studies by addressing the intersections of gender, race, class, sexualities, and abilities and by promoting active learning and social engagement. By analyzing competing perspectives and integrating knowledge across traditional academic boundaries, students learn to identify and examine cultural assumptions and biases and to recognize their consequences on individual, social, and cultural levels.

Program Requirements

A student may complete an interdisciplinary Women and Gender Studies minor by taking 18 hours as indicated below.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Required Courses
Core Courses
WGS 201	Intro to Women & Gender Studies	3
WGS 400	Feminist Theory and Practice	3
Electives
Choose from twelve hours of the following:		12
WGS 132	Introduction to the Family
WGS 205	Sexualities and Social Issues
WGS 300	Topics in Women and Gender Studies:___
WGS 303	Women in American History
WGS 304	Gender Perspectives on Contemporary Terrorism
WGS 305	Domestic Violence
WGS 306	Masculinity & Popular Culture
WGS 308	Trans Studies
WGS 309	Women and Trauma
WGS 311	Biology of Sex
WGS 331	Marriage and Intimate Relationships
WGS 344	Violence Against Women
WGS 349	Applied Learning in Women and Gender Studies
WGS 364	Women's Literature
WGS 365	Women, Gender, and Religion
WGS 366	Queer Theory and Literatures
WGS 378	Black Women in History
WGS 380	Gender and Work in the U.S.
WGS 399	Gender and Society
WGS 420	The Psychology of Women and Gender
WGS 446	The Politics of Sex
WGS 451	Principles and Politics of Human Rights
WGS 495	Independent Study: Women and Gender Studies
WGS 591	Women's Health
WGS 592	Human Sexuality
Gender- or intersectionality-specific courses from other programs with departmental approval
Total Hours		18

Note: Average GPA of courses applied to the minor must be 2.25 or better.