The major consists of 36 credits as follows:
12 credits of required core courses:
21:988:201 or 202 Introduction to Women's Studies (3) or 21:988:325 Politics of Sexuality (3)
21:988:301 Feminist History and Theory (3)
21:988:389 or 390 Topics in Women's Studies (3)
21:988:401 Individual Research in Women's Studies (3) or 21:988:425 Women's Studies Internship (3)
9 credits in humanities and social sciences from among the following:
21:350:362 Women in Literature (3)
21:512:337 History of the Family in the United States (3)
21:512:373,374 History of Women in the United States (3,3)
21:790:356 Sex, Law, and Public Policy (3)
21:830:373 Psychology of Women (3)
21:920:306 Marriage and the Family (3)
21:920:337 Sociology of Sex and Gender (3)
15 credits in a minimum of three departments, which include a gender-informed perspective, from courses including:
African American studies
anthropology
art
economics
English
history
philosophy and religion
political science
psychology
sociology
Spanish and Portuguese studies