Gender and Women’s Studies Major – B.A. Degree

Gender and Women’s Studies Major (36-39 cr)

B. Concentration (12 cr)

Select four courses from one of the following two areas:

• Women and Society
• Women in Literary, Historical, and Theoretical Perspectives

C. Elective Requirements (12 cr)

Select any four courses from the core or concentration not previously selected.

Note:Successful completion of the major requires a minimum of eighteen credit hours of 300- or 400- level courses, no more than three courses taken in any one department other than WST, and no more than six credit hours each of WST 399 and 498.

D. Cognate Requirements (0-3 cr)

Any approved computer and information literacy course -OR- passing the computer information literacy competency exam.

Gender and Women’s Studies - Areas of Study for Major and Minor

WOMEN AND SOCIETY

ANT 300 - Sex and Gender Across Cultures credit: 3
ANT 369 - Human Sexuality: Cross-Cultural Studies credit: 3
BRC 350 - Children, Women, and Minorities in the Media credit: 3
COM 322 - Female-Male Communication credit: 3
COM 370 - Persuasion and Social Movements credit: 3
COM 422 - Intercultural Communication credit: 3
CPS 391 - Introduction to Family Systems credit: 3
ECO 151 - The Economics of Gender credit: 3
MGT 480 - Women in Management credit: 3
PBJ 360 - Discrimination in the Workplace: A Legal Perspective credit: 3
PBJ 361 - Family Law credit: 3
PED 325 - Women in Sport credit: 3
POL 415 - Women and Politics credit: 3
PSY 344 - Psychology of Women credit: 3
SOC 381 - Sociology of Gender Roles credit: 3
WST 396 - Gender and the Workplace credit: 3
WST 498 - Internship credit:
WST 499 - Independent Study credit: 3
WST 260 - Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender credit: 3
-OR-
SOC 260 - Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender credit: 3

WOMEN IN LITERARY, HISTORICAL, AND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES

ART 357 - Gender and the Visual Arts credit: 3
ENG 357 - Black Women Writers credit: 3
ENG 370 - Women in Literature credit: 3
ENG 470 - Feminist Theory credit: 3
HIS 212 - Women in History credit: 3
HIS 248 - Women in American History to 1865 credit: 3
HIS 249 - Women in American History, 1865 to Present credit: 3
HIS 328 - History of Women in Modern Europe credit: 3
HIS 348 - Women in Twentieth Century United States credit: 3
HIS 381 - History of Human Trafficking credit: 3
HIS 412 - Seminar in Women’s History credit: 3
MUS 323 - Women and Music credit: 3
NAS 340 - Native American Women credit: 3
PHL 348 - Philosophy and Feminism credit: 3
POL 363 - Feminist Social and Political Theory credit: 3
THT 308 - Women and the Theatre credit: 3
THT 359 - Costume and Culture credit: 3
WST 498 - Internship credit:
WST 499 - Independent Study credit: 3
ART 110 - Gender and Contemporary Visual Culture credit: 3
-OR-
WST 110 - Gender and Contemporary Visual Culture credit: 3

Gender and Women’s Studies Major – B.A. Degree

Gender and Women’s Studies Major (36-39 cr)

A. Core Requirements (12 cr)

Select one course from the following:

Select one course from the following:

Select one course from the following:

B. Concentration (12 cr)

Select four courses from one of the following two areas:

C. Elective Requirements (12 cr)

D. Cognate Requirements (0-3 cr)

Gender and Women’s Studies - Areas of Study for Major and Minor

WOMEN AND SOCIETY

WOMEN IN LITERARY, HISTORICAL, AND THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES