Program Overview
The Women's and Gender Studies program spans a wide range of disciplines to offer courses that focus on the analysis of gender as a category. Courses associated with the program pay particular attention to the social construction of gender identity and gender relations and to the intersection of gender with other categories, including race, class, and sexuality. The Women's and Gender Studies program values student engagement with feminist discourses and practices and seeks to help students understand representations and realities of gender in multicultural and global contexts.
All students who complete the Concentration in Women’s and Gender Studies engage in either an independent study or an internship, depending on their interests and needs. The Concentration in Women’s and Gender Studies is designed to complement majors and career goals in many different fields, including government, non-profit agencies, non-governmental organizations, education, human resources, social work, counseling, law, medicine, and the arts.
Students who complete a Concentration in Women's and Gender Studies choose from many disciplines to complete their requirements and are encouraged to explore gender through the lens of multiple academic fields. The concentration includes a practicum—either an internship or an independent study—to provide students with professional preparation and opportunities to explore specific interests in greater depth.
Students should work closely with their advisors to select courses that support their personal and professional aspirations and to determine what form of practicum best suits their educational and career objectives.
Course List
Code |
Title |
Hours |
WGS/ENG/SOC 075 | INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES | 3 |
1 | 12 |
| ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELIGION | |
| GLOBAL REPRODUCTIVE POLITICS | |
| TRANSRACIAL ADOPTION | |
| SPECIAL TOPICS | |
ANTH 158 | | |
| GLOBAL POLITICAL VIOLENCE | |
| MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY | |
| DOCUMENTING LIVES | |
| GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIC ART | |
| PERSPECTIVES IN RACE, ETHNICITY, AND GENDER | |
| TOPICS IN LITERARY HISTORY | |
| APPROACH TO AMERICAN LITERATURE BEFORE 1900 | |
| TOPICS IN CULTURE AND IDENTITY (RACIAL IDENTITY) | |
| READING RACE AND ETHNICITY | |
| RHETORIC IN POPULAR CULTURE | |
| READING GENDER | |
| READING AND WRITING ABOUT CLASS | |
| AUTOBIOGRAPHIES AND MEMOIRS | |
| ADVANCED TOPICS IN HISTORY AND TRADITION | |
| ADVANCED TOPICS IN CULTURE AND IDENTITY (FEMINISM IN AMERICAN FILM) | |
| ADVANCED TOPICS IN FILM (FILM NOIR) | |
| MAJOR HISTORICAL FIGURES (EMILY DICKINSON) | |
| ADOLESCENT LITERATURE | |
| GENDER AND HORROR | |
| ARGUMENTATION AND ADVOCACY | |
| SALEM WITCHCRAFT TRIALS | |
| 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE | |
| LITERATURE OF SOUTH AFRICA | |
| LATINO/A LITERATURE | |
| THEORIES OF LANGUAGE AND DISCOURSE | |
| EUROPEAN WOMEN'S HISTORY | |
| NATIVE AMERICA | |
| SEX, POWER, AND WAR: THE AZTEC EMPIRE | |
| WOMEN AND GENDER IN EARLY AMERICA | |
| WOMEN AND GENDER IN MODERN AMERICA | |
| SELECTED TOPICS (HISTORY OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND MEDICINE) | |
| SELECTED TOPICS (RACE, GENDER AND POLITICS IN AMERICAN SPORTS) | |
| WOMEN & HEBREW SCRIP | |
| WOMEN & THE LAW | |
| LAW AND THE BORDERS OF BELONGING | |
| REPRODUCTIVE LAW AND POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES | |
| UNCOMFORTABLE TRANSACTIONS | |
| CLASS, RACE, GENDER AND LAW | |
| CONTEMPORARY ETHICAL PROBLEMS | |
| WOMEN IN POLITICS | |
| TOPICS IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS | |
| TOPICS IN COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS | |
| HUMAN TRAFFICKING | |
| GENDER AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | |
| GENDER AND WAR | |
| HUMAN SEXUALITY | |
| PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER | |
| SOCIOLOGY OF THE FAMILY | |
| SELECTED TOPICS | |
| POVERTY & SOCIETY | |
| SOCIAL RESEARCH PRACTICUM | |
| ISSUES IN RACE AND ETHNICITY | |
SOC 165 | | |
| FEMINIST THEORIES | |
| THEORIES OF INEQUALITY | |
| GENDER AND VIOLENCE | |
| CULTURAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES | |
| SPECIAL TOPICS (WOMEN, POWER, AND STATUS) | |
2 | 3 |
| INTERNSHIP | |
| INDEPENDENT STUDY | |
Total Hours | 18 |