Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Major
Check Sheet
Nine courses are required for the major.
WGS Core Courses
- WGS 120: Introduction to Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- WGS 300: Theories OR and approved alternative
- SYS 208: Gender & Sexuality, Practicum in Advocacy & Social Change OR additional elective
WGS 320: Practicum counts for those who completed the Practicum prior to Fall 2026 - WGS 400: Senior Seminar
Five WGS Electives
- 5 courses from the categories of core, cross-listed, affiliated courses, or approved courses of Individualized Study.
- 1 of the 5 must be a core or cross-listed course above the 100-level that focuses in-depth on gender, sexuality, and/or the experiences of women, outside the United States, and Europe.
- 1 of the 5 must be a core or cross-listed course above the 100-level that focuses in-depth on the experiences of historically marginalized women, or on the ways that gender intersects with other forms of inequality, or on LGBT or Queer scholarship.
- No more that two of the elective courses may be from the category of affiliated courses.