I. Foundations (8 credits)

• GSWS 201 - Introduction to Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies 4 credits
• GSWS 300 - Explorations in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies 4 credits

II. Theory in Action (4 credits)

• GSWS 410 - Feminist and Queer Theory in Action 4 credits

Electives

Take at least 16 credits from the list below, at least 8 of which must be upper division.

• ARTH 345 - Activist Artists and Work in the Community 4 credits
• ARTH 399 - Special Studies 1 to 18 credits (as approved by program chair)
• ARTH 450 - Race, Gender, and Ethnicity in Art 4 credits
• COMM 351 - Gender and Communication 4 credits
• COMM 460 - Topics in Communication 4 credits (as approved by program chair)
• COMM 460A - Women Transforming Language 4 credits
• EC 330  /  GSWS 330 - Race, Gender, Sexuality, and the Economy 4 credits
• ENG 240 - Native American Narratives, Fiction, and Poetry 4 credits (when the topic is Native Narratives: Native Women’s Stories of Survival and Resistance)
• ENG 341 - Class, Culture, and Feminism in Victorian and Edwardian England 4 credits
• ENG 347 - Slumming in the Nineteenth Century 4 credits
• ENG 367 - British Women Writers 4 credits
• ENG 368 - Women Writers in the U.S. 4 credits
• ENG 372A - World War I and its Aftermath 4 credits
• ENG 381A - Narratives of Captivity 4 credits
• ENG 381B - Slave Narratives 4 credits
• ENG 418 - The British Novel after 1850 4 credits
• ENG 443 - Chicanx Literature 4 credits
• ENG 447 - Major Forces in Literature 4 credits (as approved by program chair)
• ENG 447A - Irish Literature 4 credits
• ENG 447B - Race in Britain: Literature after 1945 4 credits
• ENG 447C - The Decadent 1890s 4 credits
• ENG 447D - Trans Literature 4 credits
• ENG 447E - The Harlem Renaissance 4 credits
• ENG 447I - Utopian Literature 4 credits
• ENG 448A - James Baldwin 4 credits
• ENG 454 - U.S. Ethnic Literature 4 credits
• ENG 498 - Topics in Women’s Writing 4 credits
• GSWS 199 - Special Topics 1-8 credits
• GSWS 202 - Community Building in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies 2 credits
• GSWS 210 - Violence Prevention 4 credits
• GSWS 221 - Gender, Race, and Fandoms 4 credits
• GSWS 222 - Gender, Race, and Food Studies 4 credits
• GSWS 299 - Special Topics 1-8 credits
• GSWS 301 - Global Gender Movements 4 credits
• GSWS 302 - Contemporary U.S. Women’s Movements 4 credits
• GSWS 310 - Intersectionality 4 credits
• GSWS 311 - Masculinities 4 credits
• GSWS 312 - Trans Histories, Trans Futures 4 credits
• GSWS 313 - Fat Studies: Bodies, Culture, and Politics 4 credits
• GSWS 315 - Disability Justice 4 credits
• GSWS 321 - Media Studies in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies 4 credits
• GSWS 341 - Thinking Queerly: Exploring Queer Studies 4 credits
• GSWS 342 - LGBT2QIA+ Lives and Communities 4 credits
• GSWS 343 - Gender, Race, and the Body 4 credits / SOAN 343 - Gender, Race, and the Body 
• GSWS 344 - LGBT2QIA+ Health 4 credits
• GSWS 399 - Special Studies 1 to 18 credits
• GSWS 401 - Research 1 to 5 credits
• GSWS 405 - Reading and Conference 1 to 4 credits
• GSWS 407 - Seminar 1 to 4 credits
• GSWS 409 - Practicum 1 to 16 credits
• GSWS 411 - Theories in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies 4 credits
• GSWS 413 - Feminist Philosophy and Theory 4 credits
• GSWS 417 - Sexual Politics in U.S. History 4 credits
• NAS 368 - Native American Topics 4 credits
• NAS 368A - Queer Indigenous Studies 4 credits
• NAS 368B - Indigenous Masculinities 4 credits
• NAS 368C - Decolonizing Transgender 4 credits
• NAS 440 - American Indian Identities 4 credits
• PHL 373 - Philosophy and Sexuality 4 credits
• PHL 399 - Special Studies 4 credits (as approved by program chair)
• PSY 369 - Human Sexuality 4 credits
• PSY 492 - Psychology of Women 4 credits
• SOAN 304 - Poverty, Family, and Policy 4 credits
• SOAN 340 - Anthropology and Sociology of Gender 4 credits
• SOAN 342 - Trans*forming Institutions 4 credits
• SOAN 399 - Special Studies 1 to 18 credits (as approved by program chair)
• SOAN 407 - Seminar 1 to 4 credits (as approved by program chair)
• SOAN 474 - Antiracist Social & Feminist Theory 4 credits
• TA 348 - U.S. Burlesque History 4 credits

Notes

• Other courses may be approved to count for the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Certificate upon petition to the program chair.
• Students are strongly advised to plan their course of study with the program chair.

Combining Majors and Minors:

GSWS Majors are ineligible for a GSWS Certificate.