The major consists of 36 credits as follows:
1. 12 credits of required core courses:
21:988:201 or 202 Introduction to Women's Studies (3,3)
21:988:205 Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Studies (3)
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 (3,3)
2. 9 credits of required elective courses in humanities and social sciences from among the following:
21:014:255 Race, Gender, and American Film (3)
21:014:305 Black Women in the United States (3)
21:014:370 Women's Literature of the African Diaspora (3)
21:350:360 Topics in Women and Literature (3)
21:350:361, 362 Women in Literature (3,3)
21:512:273 History of Women in the United States to 1877 (3)
21:512:274 History of Women in the United States from 1877 to Present (3)
21:512:337 History of the Family in the United States (3)
21:512:473 Topics in Women's History (3)
21:790:356 Sex, Law, and Public Policy (3)
21:830:373 Psychology of Women (3)
21:830:469 Psychology of Sexual Orientation (3)
21:910:345 Human Diversity (3)
21:920:306 Marriage and the Family (3)
21:920:337 Sociology of Sex and Gender (3)
21:988:401 Individual Research in Women's Studies (3)
21:988:425 Women's Studies Internship (3)
3. 15 credits of required relevant courses from a minimum of three departments, which include a gender-informed perspective from courses including:
African American and African Studies
Anthropology
Art
Biological Sciences
Criminal Justice
Economics
Urban Education
English
History
Philosophy and Religion
Political Science
Psychology
Sociology
Spanish and Portuguese Studies
