Program: Gender and Women’s Studies Major (B.A.) - Northland College

Apr 13, 2025

2023-2024 Catalog

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
GWS 343 - Queer Ecologies 3 Credits
HIS 209 - Gender in the United States Landscape 3 Credits
HIS 260 - Gender in Modern Europe 3 Credits
NAS 340 - Indigenous Gender Studies 3 Credits
NAS 362 - Native Women’s Activism 3 Credits
NAS 380 - Indigenous Women Writers 3 Credits
REL 341 - Theologies of Liberation 3 Credits
SOC 234 - Sociology of Gender 3 Credits
SOC 236 - Sociology of Sexuality 4 Credits
SOC 381 - Undoing Racism 3 Credits

Seven of the following courses not previously taken:

EDU 160 - Education for Social Justice 3 Credits
ENG 216 - The Contemporary Novel 3 Credits
ENG 233 - Women of the Third World 3 Credits
ENG 234 - Dystopias: Ecology & Gender in SciFi 4 Credits
ENG 372 - Nature & Gender in Lat Am Lit 3 Credits
GWS 265 - Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies 3 Credits
GWS 266 - Ecofeminism 3 Credits
GWS 331 - Feminist Theory 3 Credits
GWS 343 - Queer Ecologies 3 Credits
HIS 209 - Gender in the United States Landscape 3 Credits
HIS 215 - Black Natures 3 Credits
HIS 260 - Gender in Modern Europe 3 Credits
HIS 266 - American Material Culture/Objects in Everyday Life and History 3 Credits
HIS 315 - American Foodways 3 Credits
HIS 357 - Gender in Total War 3 Credits
NAS 211 - Native American History and Experience 3 Credits
NAS 260 - Indigenous Environmental Justice 3 Credits
NAS 283 - American Indian Literature 3 Credits
NAS 340 - Indigenous Gender Studies 3 Credits
NAS 342 - Gender in Indigenous Borderlands 3 Credits
NAS 362 - Native Women’s Activism 3 Credits
NAS 380 - Indigenous Women Writers 3 Credits
OED 221 - Group Process and Leadership 4 Credits
OED 279 - Access and Diversity 3 Credits
OED 385 - Urban Outdoor Education 3 Credits
REL 210 - Exploring Religion and Spirituality 3 Credits
REL 341 - Theologies of Liberation 3 Credits
SCD 235 - Forces of Change 3 Credits
SCD 345 - Culture and Revitalization 3 Credits
SOC 234 - Sociology of Gender 3 Credits
SOC 236 - Sociology of Sexuality 4 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 3-4 Credits
* 491 - Field Experience 3-4 Credits

*A 490 Independent Study or 491 Field Experience 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.

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

Major Requirements:

Six of the following core courses:

Seven of the following courses not previously taken:

Total Gender and Women’s Studies Major: 42-50 Credits