Program Requirements

Required Courses (6 hours)

  • WS 2000 Introduction to Women’s Studies
  • WS 3100 Seminar in Women’s Studies

Elective Courses (12 hours)

  • WS 2990 Special Topics in Women’s Studies
  • AFAM 2900 Black Women in Africa and the Diaspora
  • ART 2150 Survey of Women Artists
  • CJ 4320 Women in Criminal Justice
  • ENG 4321 Black Women Writers
  • ENG 4390 Women’s Voices
  • GEOG 4280 Gender and DevelopmentHIST 4100 Women in the Middle Ages
  • HIST 4020 History of African American Women
  • HIST 4390/POL3370 Women in Politics
  • POL 3380 Women and the Law
  • PSYC 2200 Psychology of Gender
  • SOC 2230 Gender & Society
  • SOC 3230 Women & Social Action
  • SOC 4300 Sociology of the Black Family

Other Special Topics courses on Women & Gender with the approval of the W&GS Adviser or equivalents from other institutions will be considered. Women & Gender Studies courses may be used to satisfy the College of Arts & Sciences general education requirements.