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Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies Requirements
Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies (GWSS) is an interdisciplinary field that promotes social justice and full citizenship by asking when and how gender intersects with sexuality, class, race, ethnicity, nationality, globalization, and physical ability in ways that can exclude and oppress but that also can enrich cultures and expand opportunities. GWSS trains students to investigate how gender and sexuality shape challenges people face in areas such as the environment, culture and the media, education, health, violence, and the economy. Critical thinking and analysis and development of expertise in writing, research, and presentation provide the program's graduates with the professional skills they will need to pursue careers or graduate study in a wide variety of fields or academic disciplines.
Undergraduate Core (3 courses, 9 s.h.) |
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All of these: GWSS:1001 Intro to Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies GWSS:1002 Diversity & Power in the U.S. GWSS:3005 GWSS Practicum |
Distribution Requirements (4 courses, 12 s.h.) |
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Theory One of these: GWSS:3100 LGBTQ/Queer Studies GWSS:3200 Theories for GWSS |
Transnational Theory One of these: GWSS:3010 Transnational Sexualities GWSS:3326 The Politics of Progress: NGOs, Development, Sexuality GWSS:3350 Transnational Feminism As well as: One GWSS course with a global/comparative focus One GWSS course with a race/ethnicity in the U.S. focus |
Electives (4 courses, 12 s.h.) |
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Students must complete at least four electives (minimum of 12 s.h.), earning at least 6 s.h. in courses numbered 3000 or above. |
Capstone (2 courses, 6 s.h.) |
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Students pursing a degree in Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies complete at total of 39 s.h. of coursework for the major. |