Major & Minor Requirements
Requirements for a major in Women's and Gender Studies:
The minimum requirement for a major in women's and gender studies is eight courses. Students majoring in women's and gender studies must distribute their courses as follows:
WMST 150: Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies
One of the following courses:
WMST 220: Introduction to Feminist Theory in Practice
WMST 230: Feminist Philosophy (crosslisted as PHIL 230)
One of the following courses:
WMST 221: Passion and Perversion in Japanese Film (crosslisted as EAST 222)
WMST 232: Gender and Sexuality in South Asia (crosslisted as ANTH 232)
WMST 233: Global Feminism and Religion (crosslisted as RELI 233)
WMST 241: Women in Chinese Literature (crosslisted as EAST 241)
WMST 248: Religions of the African Diaspora (crosslisted as RELI 248)
WMST 251: Women and Development
WMST 271: Dance and Culture (crosslisted as ANTH 271)
WMST 273: Women Writing Culture (crosslisted as ANTH 273)
EAST 232: Romance in Chinese Literature
ENGL 227: Contemporary Caribbean Literature: Voyage of Discovery
GEOG 323: Gender and Geography
SPAN 295: Escritoras Hispanoamericanas
One of the following courses:
WMST 212: Southern Exposure (crosslisted as ENGL 211)
WMST 219: Contemporary Religion: Race, Gender, Sexuality (crosslisted as RELI 219)
WMST 222: Queer Studies
WMST 236: Unemployment and Poverty (crosslisted as ECON 236)
WMST 239: Queering (Christian) Theology (crosslisted as RELI 239)
WMST 315: Unsettling Memories (crosslisted as ENGL 315)
WMST 318: Economic History of Women in the United States (crosslisted as ECON 319)
WMST 328: Mating and Marrying in America (crosslisted as SOCI 328)
WMST 332: Women and the Penal System (crosslisted as SOCI 332)
ENGL 235: Gender and Film
ENGL 392: Contemporary African-American Novels
SOCI 280: Twentieth-century Afro-Carribean/African-American Thought
SOCI 327: Race, Citizenship and Human Rights
SOCI 433: Seminar in Law and Society
Three courses from the women's and gender studies approved course list selected in consultation with a women's and gender studies adviser.
WMST 400: Advanced Seminar in Women's and Gender Studies
WMST 400 serves as the Culminating Experience (CE) for majors.
No more than two 100-level courses can count toward the major.
The women's and gender studies program urges majors to take WMST 150 as early as possible in their major coursework, as this requirement is designed to introduce students to a number of important subject areas that may be studied in greater depth in subsequent courses. These courses include formal instruction in information literacy within the major.
The women's and gender studies program urges majors to take WMST 220 or WMST/PHIL 230 relatively early in their major coursework, as this requirement is designed to introduce students to a number of theoretical developments in the field that will be explored further in subsequent courses. These courses include formal instruction in writing within the major.
Women's and gender studies majors may participate in the honors program, subject to the general guidelines of the University Honors Council. Applications should be made to the women's and gender studies Coordinating Committee, after selecting an honors adviser from among the women's and gender studies faculty.
Requirements for the minor in Women's and Gender Studies:
WMST 150 (Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies)
One of the following courses:
WMST 220 Introduction to Feminist Theory in Practice
WMST 221 Passion/Perversion: Japan Film (crosslisted as EAST 222)
WMST 230 Feminist Philosophy (crosslisted as PHIL 230)
WMST 232 Gender and Sexuality in South Asia (crosslisted as ANTH 232)
WMST 233 Global Feminism and Religion (crosslisted as RELI 233)
WMST 239 Queer Theology (crosslisted as RELI 239)
WMST 248 Religions of the African Diaspora (crosslisted as RELI 248)
WMST 251 Women and Development
WMST 271 Dance and Culture (crosslisted as ANTH 271)
WMST 273 Women Writing Culture (crosslisted as ANTH 273)
EAST 232 Romance in Chinese Literature
ENGL 227 Contemporary Caribbean Literature: Voyages of Discovery
GEOG 223 Gender and Geography
SPAN 295 Escritoras Hispanoamericanas
One of the following courses:
WMST 212 Southern Exposure (crosslisted as ENGL 211)
WMST 219 Contemporary Religion: Race, Gender, Sexuality (crosslisted as RELI 219)
WMST 222 Queer Studies
WMST 236 Unemployment and Poverty (crosslisted as ECON 236)
WMST 239 Queering (Christian) Theology (crosslisted as RELI 239)
WMST 315 Unsettling Memories (crosslisted as ENGL 315)
WMST 318 Economic History of Women in the United States (crosslisted as ECON 319)
WMST 328 Mating and Marrying in America (crosslisted as SOCI 328)
WMST 332 Women and the Penal System (crosslisted as SOCI 332)
ENGL 235 Gender and Film
ENGL 392 Contemporary African-American Novels
SOCI 280 Twentieth-century Afro-Carribean/African-American Thought
SOCI 327 Race, Citizenship and Human Rights
SOCI 433 Seminar in Law and Society
Two courses from the women's and gender studies approved course list.
No more than two of the five courses for the minor may share a departmental designation other than WMST.
Study off campus and/or abroad is strongly encouraged for both majors and minors in women's and gender studies. Internships and field experience also are possible for course credit but must be planned and approved at least six months in advance of the semester in which they are to be taken.
Students wishing to declare a women's and gender studies major or minor should contact a women's and gender studies advisor.
