Curricular options---Students
may either major or minor in women, gender, and sexuality. The requirements
for both are listed below.
The major in women, gender, and sexuality---Majors
are required to complete, with grades of C- or better, 13 course credits
in women, gender, and sexuality, which must include the following:
- Four core courses
- WMGS 101. Women, Gender, and Sexuality
- WMGS 301. Western Feminist Thought
- WMGS 369. Queer Studies: Issues and Controversies
- WMGS 401. Senior Seminar, or a
departmental senior seminar cross-listed with women, gender,
and sexuality
- Five courses in a concentration---By the spring of junior year,
each student will design a concentration. These may be in a discipline
or field (e.g., sociology, history, queer studies), on a theme
(e.g., race and ethnicity), or on a problem (e.g., violence
against women).
- Four other courses in women, gender, and sexuality (one course credit of a 2-credit thesis may count toward the elective total.)
In order to ensure rigor, breadth, and diversity,
the concentration and elective courses must include the following:
- Four courses at the upper level (300 and above; one of which must
originate in the women, gender, and sexuality program).
- Two courses from arts and humanities and two courses from social
and natural sciences
- Two courses from a list of transnational and multicultural courses,
at least one of which must be a transnational course, chosen in
consultation with the program director.
- Up to two cognate courses and a one-credit internship may be counted
toward the major.
Honors---The award
of honors in women, gender, and sexuality will be based on a grade point
average of 3.5 or better in the courses for the major and completion of
a senior thesis with a grade of A- or better. Application to complete a
senior thesis should be made to the director of women, gender, and
sexuality the semester before the thesis is undertaken.
The minor in women, gender, and sexuality---The
minor consists of six courses completed with a C- or better: two
required core courses in women, gender, and sexuality; three electives
in women, gender, and sexuality; and a senior seminar.
- The core courses (recommended in sequence)
- WMGS 101. Introduction to Women, Gender, and Sexuality (ordinarily taken in the first or sophomore year)
- WMGS 301. Western Feminist Thought or
WMGS 369. Queer Studies: Issues and Controversies
- The electives---Students planning a minor in women, gender, and sexuality will, in consultation with the program director, select three electives chosen from a list of cross-listed women, gender, and sexuality courses. As a rule, this selection will be made in the sophomore year. One elective course must be taken in both the arts and humanities and the social sciences and natural sciences
- WMGS 401. Senior Seminar
- Course offerings---The core courses are offered every year.
The other women, gender, and sexuality courses vary somewhat from
year to year but are offered on a fairly regular basis.
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