Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies (BA in Interdisciplinary Studies)

Required Credit Hours: 32

Major Writing Requirement:

GSWS 405 - Feminist Theory Credits: (3)

Core Requirements:

An interdisciplinary major in Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies requires a minimum of 32 credit hours. No more than 9 credits of introductory courses, excluding GSWS 205 , and 6 credits of independent study may count toward the major. All students must complete at least 32 credit hours distributed across five groups of courses, all meeting approved Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies criteria, as follows. These courses must be cross-listed in at least three different departments.

Three ‘Core’ Courses (10 Credits), including:

GSWS 205 - Introduction to Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies Credits: (3)
GSWS 405 - Feminist Theory Credits: (3)
One of the following:
GSWS 490 - Senior Seminar Credits: (3-4)
GSWS 495 - Honors Credits: (3)
GSWS 496 - Honors Credits: (3)

One course in each of the following areas:

One course with a focus on gender and international issues (outside of the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain) (list available from major advisor and on the GSWS webpage);
One course with a focus on LGBTQ issues (list available from major advisor and on the GSWS webpage);
One course with a focus on gender and race/ethnicity issues (list available from major advisor and on the GSWS webpage);

Electives:

Approved electives.

Note:

Students must take courses grounded in three different departments and cross-listed with GSWS.

GSWS 391 courses fulfill the requirement for gender and international issues; GSWS 392 courses fulfill the requirement for LGBTQ issues; and GSWS 393 courses fulfill the requirement for race/ethnicity issues. Other courses that fulfill these requirements will be designated with “GIN” for gender and international issues; “LGBT” for LGBTQ issues; and “GRE” for gender and race/ethnicity issues. GSWS 490 (Senior Seminar) courses will be assigned an attribute based on their subject matter.