A total of 39 credit hours with grades of C or better, including 18 credit hours at the 300-level or above Formal Admission to the major requires a grade point average of 2.00 (on a 4.00 scale) and the approval of the program director WGS majors are advised to fulfill the University Mathematics Requirement by taking STAT-202 Basic Statistics

Course Requirements

• WGST-125 Gender in Society 4:1
• WGST-150 Women's Voices Through Time 2:1
• WGST-300 Feminist and Gender Theory
• WGST-392 Cooperative Education Field Experience or WGST-491 Internship in Women's and Gender Studies
• WGST-500 Current Issues and Reserch in Women's and Gender Studies
  One course on women and/or gender in multicultural perspective from the following:
  • ANTH-215 Sex, Gender, and Culture 3:2
  • ANTH-342 Women and Work
  • SIS-400 Senior Seminar in International Relations: Women and Development
  • JWST-320 Topics in Jewish Culture (approved topics)
  • SOCY-235 Women in the Third World 3:2
  • WGST-350 Interpreting Gender in Culture (approved topics)
    or another course approved by the program director

Electives (9 credit hours)

Special Opportunities:
Students in the University Honors Program have the opportunity to graduate with University Honors in their major. To fulfill requirements for University Honors in Women's and Gender Studies, students may enroll in Honors Colloquia with topics focused on women's and/or gender studies, or may arrange an Honors supplement to a regular course or an Honors independent study in Women's and Gender Studies.