Women's and Gender Studies (BA)

This program was approved for students entering the university in the Summer 2011 - Spring 2012 catalog year. For more
information about catalog year, go to Catalog Year Information.

Bachelor of Arts in Women’s and Gender Studies

Major: WGST

Degree: BA

Unit: College of Arts and Sciences (AS)

Department: Women's and Gender Studies

Note: Admission to the major requires a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0 and a minimum grade point average
of 2.0 on courses in the major.

Completion of this degree requires work to be submitted for the department’s Learning Outcomes Measurement. For details,
contact the department.

General Education

All degrees require the completion of the University-wide General Education Program; see the General Education
requirements and the courses that fulfill them. Some General Education requirements may be met in the requirements for the
major or supporting coursework, in which case additional electives may be required to complete the minimum hours for the
degree.

Type Hours

General Education 34

Minimum Total 34

Arts & Sciences Programmatic Requirements

Type Hours

General 101: A&S Orientation 1

9 hours of electives in HUM or NS, 300+ (incorporated into supporting courses

requirement)

Foreign Language 12

WR (incorporated into other degree requirements)

Minimum Total 13

Women’s and Gender Studies Core Courses

Type Hours

Women's and Gender Studies 2012 3

Women's and Gender Studies 401 3

Women's and Gender Studies 5003 or 5013 3

Women's and Gender Studies Humanities electives

Choose 3, of which one must be at the 400+ level: Women's and Gender Studies
2032, 2072, 3032, 3202, 325, 326, 340, 3422 3, 3452, 346, 3602, 3733, 375, 3803,2, 9
381, 3952, 520, 5223, 560, 5713, 582

Women's and Gender Studies Social Science electives

Choose 3, of which one must be at the 400+ level: Women's and Gender Studies 300,
301, 312, 313, 323, 324, 3312, 3323, 3332, 343, 344, 3472, 3483, 349, 355, 364, 394, 410, 9
411, 414, 415, 512, 513, 530, 5313, 5323, 5333, 535, 538, 5403, 5433, 5563, 558, 584

Elective in Women/Gender and Race:

Women's and Gender Studies 3422,3, 3433, 344, 346, 3472, 3482, 349, 3802,
3
4103, 512, 513, 5403, 5433, 545, 582 (select one)

Elective in Women/Gender and History:

WGST 3312, 3323, 3332, 513, 530, 5313, 5323, 5333, 545, 584 (select one) 3

Elective in Women's and Gender Studies at the 300-level or above 3

Total 36

Supporting courses (choose one set)

1. Minor in SSC discipline (18-21 hours) with electives at 300+in HUM or NS (9

hours)
2. Minor in NS discipline (18-22 hours) with electives at 300+in SSC or HUM (9
27-33
hours)
3. Minor in HUM discipline (18-24 hours) with electives at 300+ in SSC or NS (9
hours)

Minimum electives 5-11

Minimum Total 121

1
Consult your WGS advisor about how topics and independent study courses count in your major (WGST 390, 391, 3923,
3933, 396, 3973, 398, 3993, 490, 491, 4923, 4933, 4983, 4993, 589, 590, 591, 5923, 593, 5943).
2
Fulfills General Education requirement.
3
Fulfills WR requirement.