Introductory WGSS Electives
These courses have no prerequisites and are appropriate for prospective majors and minors.
100 Level Courses
English - ENGL 101 | WGSS 101: Southern Women Writers, taught by Carol Ann Johnston
English - ENGL 101 | WGSS 101: LGBTQ Literature in the US, taught by Sarah Kersh
English - ENGL 101 | WGSS 101: Women Write War, taught by Claire Seiler
American Studies - AMST 101 | WGSS 101: Disorderly Women, taught by Jerry Philogene
200 Level Courses
Philosophy - PHIL 261 | WGSS 201: Feminist Epistemology, taught by Jeffrey Engelhardt
Philosophy - PHIL 261 | WGSS 201: Philosophy of Race & Gender, taught by Jeffrey Engelhardt
Philosophy - PHIL 261 | WGSS 201: Sex, taught by Jeffrey Engelhardt
Spanish, Film Studies - SPAN 231 | FLST 210 | WGSS 201: Writing About Sexuality and Cinema, taught by Margaret Frohlich
English, Writing Program - ENGL 221 | WRPG 211 | WGSS 201: Writing, Identity, & Queer Studies: In & Out, Either/Or, and Everything in Between, taught by Sarah Kersh
Art/Art History - ARTH 219 | WGSS 201: Gender and Sexuality in Modern American Art, taught by Elizabeth Lee
Judaic Studies, Religious Studies - JDST 240 | RELG 250 | WGSS 201: Women, Gender and Judaism, taught by Andrea Lieber
Art/Art History - ARTH 216 | WGSS 201: Goddesses, Prostitutes, Wives, Saints, and Rulers: Women and European Art 1200-1680, taught by Melinda Schlitt
Anthropology, Africana Studies - ANTH 245 | AFST 220 | WGSS 202: Gender in Africa , taught by Jim Ellison
Economics - ECON 230 | WGSS 202: Political Economy of Gender, taught by Ebru Kongar
Political Science - POSC 233 | WGSS 202: Gender, Politics, and Policy in the U.S., taught by Katie Marchetti
American Studies, Africana Studies - AMST 200 | AFST 320 | WGSS 202: Black Feminist Thoughts , taught by Jerry Philogene
Sociology - SOCI 228 | WGSS 202: Sociology of Sexualities, taught by Amy Steinbugler
History - HIST 278 | WGSS 202: European Women's History, taught by Regina Sweeney
Advanced WGSS Electives
These courses require a minimum of one WGSS course as a prerequisite and may have other prerequisites (depending on the topic).
300 Level Courses
Music - MUAC 210 | WGSS 301: Music, Gender and Performance, taught by Ellen Gray
Africana Studies, English - AFST 320 | ENGL 321 | WGSS 301: African American Women Writers, taught by Lynn Johnson
Africana Studies, English - AFST 320 | ENGL 321 | WGSS 301: Toni Morrison, taught by Lynn Johnson
English - ENGL 321 | WGSS 301: LGBTQ History and Literature, taught by Sarah Kersh
English - ENGL 321 | WGSS 301: Victorian Sexualities, taught by Sarah Kersh
Italian, Film Studies - ITAL 323 | FMST 310 | WGSS 301: I am Yours: Feminine Identity, Sexuality and Power in Italian Cinema and Media, taught by Nicoletta Marini Maio
Italian, Film Studies - ITAL 323 | FMST 310 | WGSS 301: Sex and the Sacred City: Gender and Sexuality in Italian Film and Media, taught by Nicoletta Marini Maio
English - ENGL 341 | WGSS 301: Jane Austen in Her Time, taught by Wendy Moffat
English - ENGL 341 | WGSS 301: Forster's England, taught by Wendy Moffat
Theater/Dance - THDA | 316 WGSS 301: Dance History Seminar: Modernism and the Body, taught by Sarah Skaggs
English - ENGL 311 | WGSS 301: Chaucer's Women, taught by Chelsea Skalak
English - ENGL 341 | WGSS 301: Medieval Women Writers, taught by Chelsea Skalak
French, English - FREN 364 | ENGL 341 | WGSS 301: Sex in the City of Light: Early 20th-Century Women in Paris, taught by Adeline Soldin
History, Africana Studies - HIST 374 | AFST 320 | WGSS 302: African Women's History, taught by Jeremy Ball
History, Africana Studies - HIST 311 | AFST 320 | WGSS 302: Gender & Black Power in the U.S., taught by Say Burgin
History - HIST 311 | WGSS 302: Race and Second Wave Feminism in the U.S., taught by Say Burgin
Political Science, Law and Policy - LAWP 234 | POSC 234 | WGSS 302: Gender and Justice, taught by Katie Heard
Economics, International Studies - ECON 314 | INST 290 | WGSS 302: Gender and Development, taught by Ebru Kongar
History - HIST 377 | WGSS 302: Consumerism, Nationalism and Gender, taught by Regina Sweeney
History - HIST 378 | WGSS 302: Society and the Sexes, taught by Regina Sweeney
History, East Asian Studies - HIST 315 | EASN 306 | WGSS 302: Gender and Sexuality in Modern Japanese History, taught by Evan Young