Bachelor of Arts in Gender Studies

Required credits: 36

Eighteen credits toward the major must be taken at the 300 level or above.
GS 100 Introduction to Gender Studies

Four electives in the social sciences

GS 225/SOC 225 Women’s and Gay Rights Social Movements
GS 215/EC 215 Women in the Economy
GS 248/PSY 248 Psychology of Gender
GS 254/SOC 254 Sociology of the Family
GS 258/PSY 258 Human Sexual Behavior
GS 281/SOC 281 Women in Society
GS 326/SOC 326 Sexuality and Social Conflict
GS 315/SOC 315 Sociology of Gender and Sexuality
GS 353W/POL 353W Gender, Law, and Policy
GS 372/SOC 372 Women and Crime

Four electives in the humanities

GS 330/CMM 330 Gender and Sexuality in Popular Culture
GS 250/PHI 250 Philosophy of Love and Sexuality
GS 251W/RPW 251W Rhetorics of Gender Activism
GS 222/HIS 222 History of Women in America
GS 232/HIS 232/REL 232 European and American Witchcraft
GS 319/ ENG 319 The 19th-Century Heroine
GS 370/ENG 370 Gay and Lesbian Literature
GS 350/PHI 350 Ethics of Gender and Sexuality
GS 340W/RPW 340W Writing in Gender-Based Activist Organizations
GS 305/ENG 305/AFS 305 African American Women Writers
GS 318/CMM 318 Women and the Media
GS 328/ENG 328 Studies in Women’s Writing
GS 354/CIN 354 Women in Film
GS 343/ART 343 Visualizing Gender
GS 383W/PHI 383W Gender, Knowledge, and Values

Two unrestricted electives

AUCS 150 Gender, Identity, and Society
GS 202 Men and Masculinity
GS 290, 390, 490 Special Topics in Gender Studies
GS 291, 391, 491 Studies in Gender and Sexuality
GS 420 Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Theory
GS 450 Internship
GS 451 Independent Study

GS 450 Internship or GS 451 Independent Study

Students must meet prerequisites for courses listed for the major. See full course descriptions of electives under departmental listings. All courses taken to satisfy the major requirements must be taken for a letter grade and may not be taken on a Pass/No Pass basis. Gender studies majors must have a GPA of 2.0 in the gender studies courses presented for the major.

Learning Outcomes for the BA in Gender Studies

1) Majors will be able to demonstrate the ability to utilize their knowledge of gender studies through either analysis of, or practical application to, a gender studies related question or issue.

2) Majors will be able to demonstrate a good working knowledge of the core concepts and skills used in the theoretical, historical, and empirical investigation of gender across the variety of academic disciplines that comprise the field of gender studies.

3) Majors will be able to demonstrate an historical understanding of the development of the discipline of gender studies and the relationship of this historical evolution to social, cultural, economic, and political conditions, to a variety of social movements and activism, and to legal, political, institutional, and cultural changes.