Students are required to complete 12, 3-credit courses (with a grade of C or better) in the major, for a total of 36 credits.
18 credits must be in required 988 courses, and 18 credits must be in elective 988 courses or in
approved cognate courses from other departments.
I. 988:101 Introduction to Gender, Race, and Sexuality (3 credits)
or
988:130 Knowledge and Power (3 credits)
II. 988:201 Feminist Practices (3 credits)
or
988:284 Feminist Knowledge Production¿¿(3 credits)
III. 01:988:301 Feminist Theory: Historical Perspectives (3)
(Prerequisites: 01:988:101, 201, 202, or 235, or by special permission)
or
01:988:302 Feminist Theory: Contemporary Engagements (3)
(Prerequisites: 01:988:101, 201, 202, or 235, or by special permission)
IV. 01:988:303 Global Feminisms (3)
(Prerequisites: 01:988:101, 130, 201, 202, or 235, or by special permission)
or
One approved WGSS Transnational Feminism Course
Approved WGSS courses that focus on transnational feminisms
01:888:338 Transnational Sexualities
01:988:270 War: Critical Perspectives
01:988:310 South Asian Feminism
01:988:312 African Feminism
01:988:337 Globalization, Sex, and Families
01:988:405 Gender and Human Rights
01:988:407 Women's Global Health Movements
01:988:408 Impacts of Economic Inequality on Women's Health
01:988:409 The Growth Imperative, Global Ecology, and Women's Health
01:988:410 Debt, Crisis, and Women's Health
01:988:411 Gendered Health Impacts of Structural Adjustment Programs
01:988:412 Health Consequences of Global Trade in Food Commodities
01:988:413 Health Consequences in the Global Trade in Pharmaceuticals
01:988:414 Gendered Professions and the Transnational Care Economy
01:988:416 Women's Global Health: Special Topics
01:988:447 Gender-Based Violence as Human Rights Violations: Histories and Trajectories (3)
01:988:486 Gender, Development, Environment: Policies, Politics, Perspectives
V. 988:235 Dynamics of Class, Race, and Sex (3 credits)
or
One approved WGSS Intersectionality Course
VI. Internship (988:422 or 988:426) or Senior Seminar (988:490) or 400-level special topics (988:491 or 988:492) or Honors Seminar (988:497 or 988:498)
VII. 6 elective courses
At least 4 approved electives must be 300 level or above
