Required Courses (3 credit hours)

• GWSS 105 - Introduction to Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Credits: 3

• or

• GWSS 305 - Advanced Fundamentals of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Credits: 3

Electives (12 credit hours)

Electives can be chosen from GWSS course offerings, or from courses from other departments that have been approved for Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies credit (see list below).

Overlay Requirements

• ONE elective (3 credit hours) must be a GWSS course.
• ONE elective must be numbered 500 or higher.
  (A GWSS course numbered 500+ would meet both of these requirements, but these requirements can also be fulfilled separately).

• AMETH 353 - Latina/o Perspectives Credits: 3 (Art & Activism)
• AMETH 354 - Asian American Perspectives Credits: 3 (Identity Politics in Asian American Drama)
• AMETH 354 - Asian American Perspectives Credits: 3 (Racist Love: Asian Americans and the Model-Minority Myth)
• AMETH 370 - Politics of Women of Color Credits: 3 (Politics of Women of Color)
• AMETH 450 - Comparative Ethnic Studies Credits: 3 (The Political Body)
• AMETH 461 - Transformative Thought Credits: 3
• AMETH 560 - Topics in American Ethnic Studies Credits: 1-4 (Erotic Justice: Audre Lorde)
• AMETH 560 - Topics in American Ethnic Studies Credits: 1-4 (Intersections of Crime)
• AMETH 560 - Topics in American Ethnic Studies Credits: 1-4 (Race, Sex, and Science Fiction)
• AMETH 560 - Topics in American Ethnic Studies Credits: 1-4 (Hollywood Latina Images)
• ANTH 305 - Cultures of South Asia Credits: 3
• ANTH 328 - Topics in Linguistic Anthropology Credits: 3
• ANTH 528 - Topics in Linguistic Anthropology Credits: 1-4 (Language and Gender)
• ANTH 710 - Writing Cultures: Ethnographic Methods Credits: 3
• CLSCS 502 - Topics in Classical Studies Credits: 3 (Real Men Play Naked)
• COMM 420 - Gender Communication Credits: 3
• COMM 630 - Special Topics in Rhetoric and Communication Credits: 3 (Gender and Communication)
• DAS 355 - Introduction to Nonviolence Studies Credits: 3
• DAS 590 - Applied Nonviolence Credits: 3
• EDACE 750 - Women, Education, and Work Credits: 2-3
• ENGL 285 - Introduction to American Ethnic Literatures Credits: 3 (African-American Women Writers)
• ENGL 315 - Introduction to Cultural Studies Credits: 3
• ENGL 386 - African American Literatures Credits: 3
• ENGL 387 - American Indian Literatures Credits: 3
• ENGL 388 - Asian American Literatures Credits: 3
• ENGL 389 - Latina/o Literatures Credits: 3
• ENGL 395 - Topics in English Credits: 1-3 (Shakespeare: Comedy, Gender, and Performance)
• ENGL 420 - Topics in Film Credits: 3 (Violence and War)
• ENGL 420 - Topics in Film Credits: 3 (Gender in Horror)
• ENGL 450 - Literature and Society Credits: 3 (Women in Television)
• ENGL 485 - Topics in Rhetoric and Literacy Credits: 3 (Girl Talk: Women’s Words)
• ENGL 525 - Women in Literature Credits: 3
• ENGL 605 - Readings in Medieval Literature Credits: 3 (The Idea of Work in the Middle Ages; Medieval Others: Dragons, Damsels, & Death)
• ENGL 625 - Readings in 18th Century British Literature Credits: 3 (Restoration Drama)
• ENGL 625 - Readings in 18th Century British Literature Credits: 3 (Austen)
• ENGL 625 - Readings in Eighteenth-Century British Literature Credits: 3 (Ghosts and Goths)
• ENGL 635 - Readings in Twentieth-Century British Literature Credits: 3 (The Bloomsbury Group)
• ENGL 650 - Readings in Twentieth-Century American Literature Credits: 3 (Queer Native Literatures)
• ENGL 655 - Readings in American Ethnic Literature Credits: 3 (What is African American Literature?)
• ENGL 655 - Readings in American Ethnic Literature Credits: 3 (Dream Acts: Immigration in Ethnic Literature)
• ENGL 660 - Readings in Major Authors Credits: 3 (Gender and Performance)
• ENGL 660 - Reading in Major Authors Credits: 3 (The Brontes)
• ENGL 660 - Readings in Major Authors Credits: 3 (Gender and Performance)
• ENGL 660 - Readings in Major Authors Credits: 3 (American Gothic)
• ENGL 660 - Readings in Major Authors Credits: 3 (Austen and Her Legacy)
• ENGL 660 - Readings in Major Authors Credits: 3 (George Eliot)
• ENGL 660 - Readings in Major Authors Credits: 3 (Erdrich and Alexie)
• ENGL 660 - Readings in Major Authors Credits: 3 (Louise Erdrich)
• ENGL 660 - Readings in Major Authors Credits: 3 (American Indian Literatures)
• ENGL 670 - Topics in British Literature Credits: 3 (Women in 18th Century Literature, Downton Abbey in Context, 18th Century Women Writers)
• ENGL 680 - Topics in American Literature Credits: 3 (In the Shadows of American Literature)
• ENGL 680 - Topics in American Literature Credits: 3 (Latina/Latino Literature)
• ENGL 680 - Topics in American Literature Credits: 3 (Asian-American Literature)
• ENGL 680 - Topics in American Literature Credits: 3 (Two-Spirit Literatures)
• ENGL 695 - Topics in Literature Credits: 3 (African-American Children’s Literature, Innocence and Experience, or Postcolonial Literature)
• ENGL 705 - Theories of Cultural Studies Credits: 3
• ENGL 710 - Studies in Literary Genre Credits: 3 (Black to the Future)
• ENGL 710 - Studies in a Literary Genre Credits: 3 (Gender & Sexuality in American Indian Literature)
• ENGL 710 - Studies in Literary Genre Credits: 3 (Romances and Saints’ Lives)
• ENGL 720 - Studies in a Major Author Credits: 3 (Comedy and Gender)
• ENGL 720 - Studies in a Major Author Credits: 3 (Shakespeare)
• ENGL 720 - Studies in a Major Author Credits: 3 (The Brontes)
• ENGL 720 - Studies in a Major Author Credits: 3 (Alcott and Twain)
• ENGL 730 - Studies in a Literary Period Credits: 3 (Classic Girls in a Modern Age)
• ENGL 740 - Studies in Literary Theory Credits: 3 (African American Literary Theory)
• ENGL 755 - Studies in Composition and Rhetoric Credits: 3 (Power and Persuasion)
• HDFS 350 - Family Relationships and Gender Roles Credits: 3
• GRMN 515 - Topics in German Cultural Studies Credits: 3 (Brothers Grimm and Beyond)
• GRMN 701 - Topics in Eighteenth Century German Literature and Culture Credits: 3
• GWSS 105 - Introduction to Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Credits: 3
• GWSS 300 - Selected Studies of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Credits: 3 (Can be repeated with change in topic)
• GWSS 305 - Advanced Fundamentals of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Credits: 3
• GWSS 321 - Latina’s Life Stories Credits: 3
• GWSS 325 - Queer Studies: Concepts, History, and Politics Credits: 3
• GWSS 345 - Women & Aging: Looking at Multicultural Female Aging Through a Gendered Lens Credits: 3
• GWSS 350 - Gender in American Film Credits: 3
• GWSS 380 - Women and Global Social Change Credits: 3
• GWSS 405 - Resistance and Movements for Social Change Credits: 3
• GWSS 410 - Feminist Thought Credits: 3
• GWSS 450 - The Stories of a Young Girl Credits: 3
• GWSS 460 - Coming Out and Sexual Identity Credits: 3
• GWSS 480 - Seminar in Gender, Environment and Justice Credits: 3
• GWSS 499 - Honors Project Credits: 3
• GWSS 500 - Topics in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Credits: 1-3 (Can be repeated with change in topic)
• GWSS 505 - Independent Study in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Credits: 1-3
• GWSS 510 - Research Methods in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Credits: 3
• GWSS 550 - Women and Popular Culture Credits: 3
• GWSS 560 - Women and Violence Credits: 3
• GWSS 580 - Women and Religion Credits: 3
• GWSS 585 - Women and Islam Credits: 3
• GWSS 605 - Social Change: Field-Experience Credits: 3
• GWSS 610 - Capstone Seminar in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Credits: 3
• GWSS 700 - Advanced Topics in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Credits: 1-3 (Can be repeated with change in topic)
• GWSS 784 - Internship in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Credits: 1-12
• GWSS 799 - Independent Study for Graduate Students or Advanced Undergraduate Students Credits: 1-3 (Can be repeated with change in topic)
• HIST 538 - Women in Sport Credits: 3
• HIST 540 - Women in America, 1600 to the Civil War Credits: 3
• HIST 542 - Women in America, Civil War to the Present Credits: 3
• HIST 598 - Topics in Non-Western History Credits: 1-3 (Women, Gender, and Islam)
• LEAD 430 - Women and Leadership Credits: 3
• MC 612 - Gender, Class, Race, and the Media Credits: 3
• MUSIC 311 - Women in Music Credits: 3
• PHILO 150 - Introduction to Philosophy of Feminism Credits: 3
• PHILO 331 - Philosophy of Gender Credits: 3
• PHILO 590 - Topics in Philosophy Credits: 3 (Philosophy of Feminism)
• POLSC 606 - Gender and Politics Credits: 3
• PSYCH 540 - Psychology of Women Credits: 3
• PSYCH 563 - Gender Issues in the Workplace Credits: 3
• SOCIO 510 - Social Welfare as a Social Institution Credits: 3
• SOCIO 545 - The Sociology of Women Credits: 3
• SOCIO 633 - Gender, Power, and International Development Credits: 3
• SOCIO 635 - Sociology of Human Trafficking Credits: 3
• SOCIO 665 - Women and Crime Credits: 3
• SOCIO 670 - Diversity and Social Interaction in the Workplace Credits: 3
• SOCIO 701 - Problems in Sociology Credits: 1-18 (Human Trafficking)
• SOCWK 510 - Social Welfare as a Social Institution Credits: 3
• THTRE 782 - Women in Theatre Credits: 3

Total credit hours: (15)