REQUIREMENTS

Below find the list of courses required for the new GWS major that we launched in Fall Semester 2009. Students must take 42 hours in addition to the pre-major requirements. In addition, 24 hours must be at the 300 level or above. 

Pre-major Requirements (6 hours)
Core Courses Requirements (15 hours)
GWS and Approved Departmental Electives (15 hours)
Allied Courses (i.e. no GWS prefix) (12 hours)

I. Pre-Major Requirements (6 hours are required)

1. GWS 200  Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies in the Social Sciences. (offered Fall and Spring semesters)
2. GWS 201  Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies in the Humanities. (offered Fall and Spring semesters)

II. Major Requirements (30 major credit hours, which includes 15 in core courses and 15 in GWS electives or GWS approved electives)

A. Core Courses (15 hours)

1. GWS 250 - Gender and Social Movements (offered fall semester)
2. GWS 340 - History of Feminist Thought to 1985 (normally offered in the fall semester. Will not be offered until Fall 2010)
3. GWS 350 - Introduction to Feminist Theorizing (normally offered in the spring semester. Will be offered Fall 2009)
4. GWS 400 - Doing Feminist Research (offered in the spring semester. Will be offered Spring 2010)
5. GWS 599 - Seminar (offered in the spring semester. Will be offered Spring 2011)

B. Current GWS Electives

1. GWS 300 Topics in Gender and Women’s Studies
2. GWS 395 Independent Study in GWS
3. GWS 399 Internship in GWS
4. GWS 416 Gender Roles in Cross-Cultural Comparison
5. GWS 430 Gender, Power and Violence
6. GWS 595 Issues in Gender and Women’s Studies

C. Approved Departmental Electives

The Program creates a list of courses that count towards the Major every semester at least two weeks before Registration. 

III. Allied Courses (12 hours)

These course electives must be outside GWS (i.e. without the GWS prefix), but related to your GWS interests. They may include foreign language courses.

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