Major in Women's and Gender Studies
Women’s and Gender Studies majors are required to complete 39 units with a grade equivalent of 2.00 or higher from among the following courses. In addition, all Women's and Gender Studies majors must complete a minimum of 18 units toward the major at Towson University, with at least 12 units at the upper (300-400) level.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| WMST 337 | FEMINIST THEORY | 3 |
| Perspective Course | ||
| Select one from the following: | 3 | |
| WOMEN IN PERSPECTIVE | ||
| HONORS WOMEN IN PERSPECTIVE | ||
| INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES OF WOMEN | ||
| Culminating Experience | ||
| WMST 485 | SEMINAR IN WOMEN'S STUDIES | 3 |
| Focus Area | ||
| Students must select 12 units from one of the four focus areas listed below (minimum 6 units must be from WMST) | 12 | |
| Distribution Requirement | ||
| Students must select 6 units from each of the remaining three focus areas | 18 | |
| Total Units | 39 | |
Focus Areas
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Women, Gender, Culture and Creativity | ||
| AMERICAN WOMEN AND POPULAR CULTURE | ||
| WOMEN'S WORDS, WOMEN'S LIVES | ||
| TOPICS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES 1 | ||
| CHRISTIAN SEXUAL ETHICS | ||
| MASCULINITIES IN PERSPECTIVE | ||
| WOMEN'S SPIRITUAL PRACTICES | ||
| TOPICS IN AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES 1 | ||
| WOMEN IN ART | ||
| IDENTITY AND CULTURE 1 | ||
| COMMUNICATION AND GENDER | ||
| GENDER IN FILM AND MEDIA | ||
| HONORS SEMINAR IN LITERATURE 1 | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS: LITERATURE OF WOMEN | ||
| STUDIES IN ONE OR TWO AUTHORS 1 | ||
| WOMEN IN 20TH CENTURY U.S. HISTORY | ||
| WOMEN IN WESTERN MUS | ||
| RACE, CLASS AND GENDER | ||
| PHILOSOPHY OF THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX | ||
| FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY | ||
| Women, Gender, Diversity and Global Contexts | ||
| INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES OF WOMEN | ||
| WOMEN, ENVIRONMENT, AND HEALTH | ||
| B-MORE: BALTIMORE AND URBAN COMMUNITIES | ||
| TOPICS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES 1 | ||
| CHRISTIAN SEXUAL ETHICS | ||
| ANIMAL RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS | ||
| MASCULINITIES IN PERSPECTIVE | ||
| WOMEN'S SPIRITUAL PRACTICES | ||
| TOPICS IN AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES 1 | ||
| ANTHROPOLOGY OF GENDER | ||
| FEMINIST GEOGRAPHIES | ||
| WOMEN IN ANTIQUITY | ||
| GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN IMPERIAL CHINA | ||
| UNITED STATES LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, AND QUEER HISTORIES | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER STUDIES | ||
| PHILOSOPHY OF THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX | ||
| GENDER IDENTITY IN TRANSITION | ||
| RACE, GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND JUDAISM | ||
| SOCIOLOGY OF RACE, CLASS AND GENDER | ||
| Women, Gender, Health and Sexuality | ||
| AMERICAN WOMEN AND POPULAR CULTURE | ||
| WOMEN AND SEXUALITY | ||
| WOMEN, ENVIRONMENT, AND HEALTH | ||
| TOPICS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES 1 | ||
| CHRISTIAN SEXUAL ETHICS | ||
| ANIMAL RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS | ||
| SEXUAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| ISSUES IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | ||
| LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER FAMILIES | ||
| UNITED STATES LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, AND QUEER HISTORIES | ||
| WOMEN'S HEALTH | ||
| SEXUALITY IN A DIVERSE SOCIETY | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER STUDIES | ||
| PHILOSOPHY OF THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX | ||
| PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER | ||
| GENDER IDENTITY IN TRANSITION | ||
| MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY | ||
| Women, Gender, Leadership and Community | ||
| WOMEN, WORK, AND FAMILY | ||
| WOMEN, ENVIRONMENT, AND HEALTH | ||
| B-MORE: BALTIMORE AND URBAN COMMUNITIES | ||
| TOPICS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES 1 | ||
| CHRISTIAN SEXUAL ETHICS | ||
| ANIMAL RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS | ||
| MASCULINITIES IN PERSPECTIVE | ||
| WOMEN'S SPIRITUAL PRACTICES | ||
| ISSUES IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | ||
| WOMEN, CRIME, AND JUSTICE | ||
| GRANT AND ADVOCACY WRITING | ||
| FUNDAMENTALS OF LEADERSHIP IN THE NON-PROFIT SECTOR | ||
| WOMEN IN 20TH CENTURY U.S. HISTORY | ||
| UNITED STATES LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, AND QUEER HISTORIES | ||
| PHILOSOPHY OF THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX | ||
| COMPARATIVE PUBLIC POLICY | ||
| SPEC TOPICS POSC 1 | ||
| SEMINAR IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC POLICY | ||
| SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER | ||
| WORK AND OCCUPATIONS | ||
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Please contact the Department of Women's and Gender Studies for acceptable topics related to women and gender.
Suggested Four-Year Plan
Based on course availability and student needs and preferences, the selected sequences will probably vary from those presented below. Students should consult with their adviser to make the most appropriate elective choices.
| Freshman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Term 1 | Units | Term 2 | Units |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | Elective in Women, Gender, Culture and Creativity | 3 |
WMST 231 (Core 13) | Elective in Women, Gender, Diversity and Global Contexts | 3 | |
WMST 232 (Core 13) | Core 2 (or Core 1) | 3 | |
WMST 233 (Core 12) | Core 4 | 3 | |
| Core 1 (or Core 2) | 3 | Core 5 | 3 |
| Core 3 | 3 | ||
| Core 12 or Core 13 | 3 | ||
| Elective | 3 | ||
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Sophomore | |||
| Term 1 | Units | Term 2 | Units |
| Elective in Women, Gender, Health and Sexuality | 3 | Elective in Women, Gender, Culture and Creativity | 3 |
| Elective in Women, Gender, Leadership and Community | 3 | Elective in Women, Gender, Diversity and Global Contexts | 3 |
| Core 6 | 3 | Core 8 | 4 |
| Core 7 | 4 | Core 10 | 3 |
| Core 9 | 3 | Core 11 | 3 |
| 16 | 16 | ||
| Junior | |||
| Term 1 | Units | Term 2 | Units |
| WMST 337 | 3 | WMST course in Selected Focus Area | 3 |
| Core 14 | 3 | Elective in Women, Gender, Health and Sexuality | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | Elective | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | Elective | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | Elective | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Senior | |||
| Term 1 | Units | Term 2 | Units |
| Elective in Women, Gender, Leadership and Community | 3 | WMST 485 | 3 |
| WMST course in Selected Focus Area | 3 | Elective | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | Elective | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | Elective | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | Elective | 1 |
| 15 | 13 | ||
| Total Units 120 | |||
- Shows ability to use feminist methodologies and theories to analyze women's experience.
- Demonstrates an understanding of the social forces that construct and constrain gender identity.
- Shows the ability to apply gender as an analytical category in order to critique cultural and social institutions.
- Shows understanding of the authority of women's experiences and in women as perceivers and knowers.
- Shows an ability to examine commonalities and diversity among women, across and within culture.