Courses

Women’s and Gender Studies courses are cross-listed with courses from the departments and programs below. 

See our current Women's and Gender Studies course offerings here. 

Anthropology
     ANTH 138: Global Reproductive Politics
     ANTH 143: Transracial Adoption
     ANTH 150: Constructing Normal
     ANTH 158: Representing Race
     ANTH 170: Global Political Violence
     ANTH 175: Medical Anthropology
     ANTH 176: Documenting Lives

Art & Design
     ART 112: Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Islamic Art

Education
     EDUC 164: Perspectives in Race, Ethnicity, and Gender

English
     ENG 040: Renaissance Women
     ENG 042: Approaches to American Literature, Pre-1900
     ENG 066: Reading Race and Ethnicity
     ENG 068: Rhetoric and Pop Culture
     ENG 077: Reading Gender
     ENG 086: Reading & Writing About Class
     ENG 112: Autobiography and Memoir
     ENG 124: Topics: Victorian Secrets
     ENG 125: Feminism in American Film and Fiction
     ENG 129: Film Noir
     ENG 135: Adolescent Literature
     ENG 137: Gender and Horror
     ENG 138: Argumentation and Advocacy
     ENG 151: Salem Witch Trials
     ENG 152: 19th Century American Lit
     ENG 158: South African Literature
     ENG 164: Latino/a Literature
     ENG 174: Theories of Language and Discourse

History
     HIST 099: European Women's History
     HIST 115: Native America
     HIST 156: Sex, Power, and War in the Aztec Empire
     HIST 172: Women and Gender in Early America
     HIST 173: Women and Gender in Modern America
     HIST 194: History of Public Health and Medicine
     HIST 194: Race, Gender, and Politics in American Sports

Honors
     HONR 191: Women and Hebrew Scriptures
     HONR 195: Women and the Law

Law, Politics, and Society
     LPS 031: Law and the Borders of Belonging
     LPS 138: Reproductive Law and Politics in the U.S.
     LPS 147: Uncomfortable Transactions

Philosophy
     PHIL 091: Contemporary Ethical Problems

Politics
     POLS 112: Women in Politics   
     POLS 119: Gender and Sexuality in American Politics
     POLS 149: Sites of Memory 
     POLS 154: Human Trafficking
     POLS 161: Gender and International Relations
     POLS 162: Gender and War

Psychology
     PSY 137: Psychology of Gender

Sociology
     SOC 050: Sociology of the Family
     SOC 161: Race and Ethnicity
     SOC 150: Women and Work
     SOC 154: Poverty and Society
     SOC 165: The Art of the Interview
     SOC 174: Feminist Theories
     SOC 175: Theories of Inequality
     SOC 177: Gender and Violence

See the catalog listing for a complete list of courses that count toward the WGS concentration.

WGS 075: Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies, 3 credit hours
This course is designed to familiarize students with women's experiences as well as with the ways in which society shapes notions of gender. The course also provides ways to identify and analyze how a society's notions of gender shape the ways in which a society sees and organizes itself. Class members examine the construction of women's social roles and their personal experiences, discussing points of congruence and dissonance. In this interdisciplinary course, reading and discussion materials are drawn from fields such as religion, sociology, psychology, political science and literature, among others, so students may examine the views, status and contributions of women. Class sessions consist of a mixture of lectures, guest speakers, films and discussion. Frequent writing and revision. Cross-listed with ENG 075/SCSS 075.

WGS 145: Special Topics, 3 credit hours
Course focusing on special topics, concepts, themes, or issues within the field of women’s and gender studies.

WGS 191: Internship, 3 credit hours
Opportunity for practical application of theoretical and research issues in applied work situations, with faculty supervision and evaluation. Prerequisites: Nine credit hours of completed work in women's and gender studies, written consent of women's and gender studies faculty advisor, and minimum WGS grade point average of 3.0.

WGS 192: Independent Studies, 3 credit hours
Directed independent study. Prerequisites: Nine credit hours of completed work in women's and gender studies and written consent of instructor.