Women’s and Gender Studies Advising Guide

Introduction

Women’s & Gender Studies is an academic department that fosters innovative teaching and cutting-edge research by focusing on how relations of gender, intersecting with race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, nation and other differences, affect every aspect of society. With a core faculty of three professors and more than 15 contributing faculty, our department is truly interdisciplinary in its scope, breadth and depth. We offer courses that explore women’s and men’s historical lives and contemporary experiences around the world, cross-cultural analyses of gender, gendered economies around the world, women’s and men’s roles in religion, same-sex sexualities, and theories of gender, sexualities and intersectionality.

Introductory courses appropriate for prospective majors   

WGST 101-01 Modern Women Writing War
WGST 135-01 & WGST 135-02, Psychology of Women and Gender
WGST 200-01 Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies
WGST 278-01 European Women’s History 

Courses satisfying graduation requirements

Division Ib:                 
WGST 101-01, Modern Women Writing War
WGST 300-02, I Am Yours: Feminine Identity, Sexuality, and Power in Italian Cinema and Media                        

Division II:                 
WGST 135-01 & WGST 135-02, Psychology of Women and Gender 
WGST 200-01, Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies
WGST 202-01, Transnational Women’s Movements
WGST 220-01, History of American Feminism
WGST 250-01, Methods in Women’s and Gender Studies
WGST 278-01, European Women’s History
WGST 300-01, Race, Gender and the Body
WGST 300-03, Gender and Politics    

US Diversity:              
WGST 101-01, Modern Women Writing War
WGST 135-01 & WGST 135-02, Psychology of Women and Gender
WGST 200-01, Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies

Writing Intensive        
WGST 220-01, History of American Feminism 
WGST 250-01, Methods in Women’s and Gender Studies 

For course descriptions and requirements for the Major, refer to the Academic Bulletin: Women’s and Gender Studies.  

Internships

Students must participate in an internship related to Women’s & Gender Studies.