Women’s Studies B.A./B.S.
In addition to meeting the general University degree requirements, the student majoring in Women's Studies must complete a required core program of 36 credits and 20 credits of WS electives (with a minimum of 16 upper-division credits) for a total of 56 credits to complete the major.
Each student pursuing a Women's Studies major will select or be assigned an adviser who is knowledgeable in the student’s area(s) of academic interest.
Courses taken under the undifferentiated grading option (pass/no pass) are not acceptable toward fulfilling major requirements with the following exceptions: one Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies elective course, WS 404 Cooperative Education/Internship, or WS 409 Practicum.
Requirements
Core courses (28 credits)
| WS 101 | Introduction to Women's Studies | 4 |
| WS 301 | Gender and Critical Inquiry | 4 |
| WS 305 | Women of Color Feminist Theory | 4 |
| WS 307 | Women, Activism and Social Change | 4 |
| WS 315 | Feminist Analysis | 4 |
| WS 412 | Feminist Methodologies | 4 |
| WS 415 | Senior Seminar | 4 |
Experiential learning (8 credits)
Electives (20 credits; with a minimum of 16 upper-division credits)
| WS 306 | Global Gender Issues | 4 |
| WS 308 | Topics in Gender, Literature, and Popular Culture | 4 |
| WS 310 | Psychology of Women | 4 |
| WS 312 | Feminist Philosophy | 4 |
| WS 317 | Writing as Activism | 4 |
| WS 330 | Women of Color in the United States | 4 |
| WS 331/Intl 331 | Women in the Middle East | 4 |
| WS 332 | Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality in the United States | 4 |
| WS 337 | Communication and Gender | 4 |
| WS 340 | Women and Gender in America to 1848 | 4 |
| WS 341 | Women and Gender in America 1848-1920 | 4 |
| WS 342 | Women and Gender in the U.S. 1920 to the Present | 4 |
| WS 343 | American Family History | 4 |
| WS 346/Bi 346 | Genes & Society | 4 |
| WS 347/Sci 347 | Science, Gender, and Social Context | 4 |
| WS 348/Sci 348 | Science, Gender, and Social Context | 4 |
| WS 351 | Gender and Education | 4 |
| WS 360 | Introduction to Queer Studies | 4 |
| WS 365/Sci 365 | The Science of Women's Bodies | 4 |
| WS 370 | History of Sexualities | 4 |
| WS 372/Eng 372 | Topics in Literature, Gender, and Sexuality | 4 |
| WS 375 | Topics in Sexuality Studies | 4 |
| WS 377 | Topics in Feminist Spirituality | 4 |
| WS 380 | Women and Politics | 4 |
| WS 387 | Feminist Organizations: Theory and Practice | 4 |
| WS 410 | Selected Topics | 1-6 |
| WS 417 | Women in the Economy | 4 |
| WS 424/PS 425 | Women and the Law | 4 |
| WS 425/Soc 425 | Sociology of Gender | 4 |
| WS 426 | Gender & Mental Health | 4 |
| WS 428 | Lesbian History | 4 |
| WS 431/ArH 431 | Women in the Visual Arts | 4 |
| WS 443 | British Women Writers | 4 |
| WS 444 | British Women Writers | 4 |
| WS 445 | American Women Writers | 4 |
| WS 446 | American Women Writers | 4 |
| WS 452/Comm 452 | Gender and Race in the Media | 4 |
| WS 467 | Work and Family | 4 |
| WS 470 | Asian American Women?s Studies | 4 |
| WS 471 | Global Feminisms | 4 |
| WS 479 | Women and Organizational Psychology | 4 |
| WS 480 | Introduction to Critical Disability Studies | 4 |
| WS 481 | Disability and Intersectionality | 4 |
Total Credit Hours: 56