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PGWS - Gender & Women's Studies Major

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Gender and Women's StudiesUndergraduateBachelor of Arts

Program Overview

Learning Outcomes

Requisites

Requirements for the Major in Gender & Women’s Studies

  1. Four core gender & women’s studies courses: course/FGSS 026 SC or FGSS 036 SC; course or equivalent as approved by coordinator; course; course - Senior Thesis

  2. Two additional courses in feminist theory, to be chosen from course; course; or other courses approved by the GWS coordinator.

  3. Three additional electives, at least one of which must be cross-listed with one of the ethnic studies programs.

Requirements for the Gender & Women’s Studies Major with Disciplinary Tracks

*Students cannot complete the GWS Major and a second major in one of the areas in which GWS offers a disciplinary focus except in extremely rare cases, by petition and with approval from GWS and the second department.

  1. Four core gender & women’s studies courses: course or FGSS 026 SC; course or equivalent as approved by coordinator; course; course.

  2. One course in feminist theory, to be chosen from course; course; or another course approved by the GWS coordinator.

  3. Three electives in GWS including one course cross-listed with GWS and a department of disciplinary focus and one course cross-listed with one of the ethnic studies programs.

  4. The following courses in the department or program of the disciplinary track:

  • Anthropology (ANTH). course, course, course, and 3 electives in ANTH (from anywhere in the consortium) determined in consultation with Anthropology advisor. 

  • Asian Studies (ASIA). Student selects an area or region emphasis and eight courses as follows: four courses, three of which are in the selected geographical area (country or region) and an additional course outside the selected geographical area; two courses in Asian studies within the disciplinary focus of GWS (ANTH 088 PZ, course, course or course); two semesters of study of Chinese, Japanese or Korean for students emphasizing East Asia, China, Japan or Korea. Students emphasizing India, or Southeast or South Asia, who do not take one of these languages, can take two elective courses in Asian studies that will substitute for the language requirement.

  • Art History (ARHI). course, one studio art course; and three 100-level courses, one of which must be a seminar.

  • Economics (ECON). course, course, course, course, course and two electives, at least one of which must have an intermediate theory course as a prerequisite.

  • English (ENGL). Emphasis on Literature: course; two courses in the periods before 1900; one Advanced Studies Seminar (ENGL 170-series); and two additional courses. Emphasis on Writing: course, an Advanced Creative Writing Seminar (ENGL 183-series); two courses in the periods before 1900; one Advanced Studies Seminar (ENGL 170-series); and one additional course.

  • French (FREN). course (or equivalent placement) and seven courses numbered course or higher, of which one focuses on pre-19th-century literature or culture.

  • History (HIST). One European history course; one other Western Hemisphere course; one course on Africa; one course on Asia; a course in the HIST 100 series; and two electives.

  • Media studies (MS). course or course or course; one course from the MS 147-149 PO series; one production course (digital, video or film); four additional courses in media studies.

  • Politics (POLI). Three core courses chosen from the four sub-fields of the major (American politics, international politics, comparative politics, political theory); three electives, two of which must be intermediate (10-99) or advanced (100-190); and one senior seminar.

  • Psychology (PSYC). course, course, course, course or course; one elective; and one advanced seminar from course, course, or course.

  • Religious studies (RLST). Seven courses, in consultation with the chair of the department.

  • Science, technology and society (STS). Two courses from the sequence History of Science course, STS 081 PZ and HIST 082 HM (offered by PO, HM, PZ); STS 010 HM; course; and three courses in mathematics, science and/or engineering (including experimental and physiological psychology). These courses must be in one department and count toward the major in that department, or be necessary prerequisites to courses that count toward a major in that department. In the Mathematics Department, these courses must include course or course.

  • Sociology (SOC). course, course, course, course, course and three sociology electives.

  • Theatre (THEA).  A THEA 001-series course or course; course or course; course or course.