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Africana Studies 014
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Women's and Gender Studies 988
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  Newark Undergraduate Catalog 2022-2024 School of Arts and Sciences-Newark Academic Programs and Courses Women's and Gender Studies 988 Major Requirements  

Major Requirements


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:
  Africana Studies
  Anthropology
  Art
  Biological Sciences
  Criminal Justice 
  Economics
  English
  History
  Philosophy
  Political Science
  Psychology
  Sociology
  Spanish and Portuguese Studies
  Urban Education

For more information and current requirements, visit the Department Website.
 
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