Gender and Women’s Studies Major (B.A.)

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Major Requirements:

IDS 480 - Senior Seminar 3 Credits

Six of the following core courses:

ENG 233 - Women of the Third World 3 Credits
GWS 265 - Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies 3 Credits
GWS 266 - Ecofeminism 3 Credits
GWS 331 - Feminist Theory 3 Credits
HIS 209 - Gender in the United States Landscape 3 Credits
HIS 260 - Gender in Modern Europe 3 Credits
NAS 215 - Native American Women’s History 3 Credits
SOC 234 - Sociology of Gender 3 Credits
SOC 236 - Sociology of Sexuality 4 Credits
SOC 381 - Undoing Racism 3 Credits

Eight of the following courses not previously taken:

BIO 343 - Biology of AIDS 3 Credits
ENG 216 - The Contemporary Novel 3 Credits
ENG 228 - Literature of the Arab World 4 Credits
ENG 234 - Dystopias: Ecology&Gender in SciFi 4 Credits
ENG 233 - Women of the Third World 3 Credits
GWS 265 - Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies 3 Credits
GWS 266 - Ecofeminism 3 Credits
GWS 331 - Feminist Theory 3 Credits
HIS 209 - Gender in the United States Landscape 3 Credits
HIS 260 - Gender in Modern Europe 3 Credits
HIS 266 - American Material Culture/Objects in Everyday Life and History 3 Credits
HIS 357 - Gender in Total War 3 Credits
NAS 211 - Native American History and Experience 3 Credits
NAS 215 - Native American Women’s History 3 Credits
NAS 283 - American Indian Literature 3 Credits
NAS 333 - Native American World Views 3 Credits
OED 279 - Access and Diversity 3 Credits
SOC 226 - Social Movements 3 Credits
SOC 234 - Sociology of Gender 3 Credits
SOC 236 - Sociology of Sexuality 4 Credits
SOC 301 - Mass Media and Popular Culture 3 Credits
SOC 336 - The Nature of Social Inequality 4 Credits
SOC 368 - Global Inequality 4 Credits
SOC 374 - Human Rights and Social Justice 3 Credits
* 490 - Independent Study
* 491 - Field Experience

*A 490 Independent Study or 491 Field Experience (service course) can be taken in any discipline as long as the focus is relevant to gender and women’s studies. Approval of the Gender and Women’s Studies Program Coordinator and course instructor is required.

Total Gender and Women’s Studies Major: 45-48 Credits

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