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.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| WMST 337 | FEMINIST THEORY | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| WOMEN IN PERSPECTIVE | ||
| HONORS WOMEN IN PERSPECTIVE | ||
| INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES OF WOMEN | ||
| Required Culminating Experience | ||
| WMST 485 | SEMINAR IN WOMEN'S STUDIES | 3 |
| Focus Area | ||
| Select a focus area from the four listed below (6 units must be WMST courses) | 12 | |
| Distribution Requirement | ||
| Select 6 units in each of the remaining three focus areas other than the one selected. | 18 | |
| Total Units | 39 | |
Focus Areas
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Women, Gender, Culture and Creativity | ||
| Select four of the following: | 12 | |
| AMERICAN WOMEN AND POPULAR CULTURE | ||
| WOMEN'S CULTURE AND CREATIVITY | ||
| WOMEN'S WORDS, WOMEN'S LIVES | ||
| TOPICS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES (Women's Spiritual Practices) | ||
| THE EROTIC IMAGINATION IN CHRISTIANITY AND HINDUISM | ||
| CHRISTIAN SEXUAL ETHICS | ||
| MASCULINITIES IN PERSPECTIVE | ||
| TOPICS IN AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES (Womanism and Black Feminist Thought) | ||
| WOMEN IN ART | ||
| IDENTITY AND CULTURE (Gender and Media in Global Perspective) | ||
| GENDER IN FILM AND MEDIA | ||
| HONORS SEMINAR IN LITERATURE (Emily Dickinson) | ||
| HONORS SEMINAR IN LITERATURE (Austen and the Brontes) | ||
| WORLD LITERATURE WRITTEN IN ENGLISH (African Women Writers) | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS: LITERATURE OF WOMEN | ||
| WOMEN WRITERS | ||
| VOICES OF MEDIEVAL WOMEN | ||
| STUDIES IN ONE OR TWO AUTHORS (Virginia Woolf) | ||
| TOPICS IN WORLD LITERATURE (Black Women Writers) | ||
| TOPICS IN BRITISH LITERATURE (Unfortunate Women) | ||
| TOPICS IN BLACK AMERICAN LITERATURE (African American Women Writers) | ||
| WOMEN IN 20TH CENTURY U.S. HISTORY | ||
| WOMEN IN WESTERN MUS | ||
| RACE, CLASS AND GENDER | ||
| PHILOSOPHY OF THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX | ||
| FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY | ||
| HISPANIC POPULAR CULTURES (Mexican Cultural Symbols: La Malinche, LaVirgen de Guadalupe and La Llorona) | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN SPANISH (Latin American Women Writers) | ||
| Women, Gender, Diversity and Global Contexts | ||
| Select four of the following: | 12 | |
| INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES OF WOMEN | ||
| B-MORE: BALTIMORE AND URBAN COMMUNITIES | ||
| WOMEN, ENVIRONMENT, AND HEALTH | ||
| TOPICS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES (Women's Spiritual Practices) | ||
| TOPICS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES (Women of Color) | ||
| TOPICS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES (Women and Development) | ||
| TOPICS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES (Intersectionality and Policy Analysis) | ||
| THE EROTIC IMAGINATION IN CHRISTIANITY AND HINDUISM | ||
| CHRISTIAN SEXUAL ETHICS | ||
| ANIMAL RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS | ||
| MASCULINITIES IN PERSPECTIVE | ||
| TOPICS IN AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES (Womanism and Black Feminist Thought) | ||
| ANTHROPOLOGY OF GENDER | ||
| LATINAS IN THE AMERICAS | ||
| IDENTITY AND CULTURE (Gender and Media in Global Perspective) | ||
| WORLD LITERATURE WRITTEN IN ENGLISH (African Women Writers) | ||
| TOPICS IN WORLD LITERATURE (African American Writers) | ||
| TOPICS IN WORLD LITERATURE (Black Women Writers) | ||
| TOPICS IN BLACK AMERICAN LITERATURE (African American Women Writers) | ||
| GAYS & LESBIANS IN U.S. HISTORY | ||
| HISTORICAL THEMES (African American Women in History) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER STUDIES | ||
| PHILOSOPHY OF THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX | ||
| PSYCHOLOGY OF LESBIAN CULTURE | ||
| GENDER IDENTITY IN TRANSITION | ||
| WOMEN IN WORLD RELIGIONS | ||
| SOCIOLOGY OF RACE, CLASS AND GENDER | ||
| HISPANIC POPULAR CULTURES (Mexican American Cultural Symbols: La Malinche, LaVirgen de Guadalupe and LaLlorona) | ||
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN SPANISH (Latin American Women Writers) | ||
| Women, Gender, Health and Sexuality | ||
| Select four of the following: | 12 | |
| AMERICAN WOMEN AND POPULAR CULTURE | ||
| WOMEN AND MEDICINE | ||
| WOMEN AND SEXUALITY | ||
| WOMEN, ENVIRONMENT, AND HEALTH | ||
| TOPICS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES (Intersectionality and Policy Analysis) | ||
| CHRISTIAN SEXUAL ETHICS | ||
| ANIMAL RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS | ||
| ISSUES IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | ||
| LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER FAMILIES | ||
| GAYS & LESBIANS IN U.S. HISTORY | ||
| WOMEN'S HEALTH | ||
| SEXUALITY IN A DIVERSE SOCIETY | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER STUDIES | ||
| RACE, CLASS AND GENDER | ||
| PHILOSOPHY OF THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX | ||
| SEX DIFFERENCES: PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES | ||
| PSYCHOLOGY OF LESBIAN CULTURE | ||
| GENDER IDENTITY IN TRANSITION | ||
| MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY | ||
| Women, Gender, Leadership and Community | ||
| Select four of the following: | 12 | |
| WOMEN, WORK, AND FAMILY | ||
| WOMEN AND MEDICINE | ||
| WOMEN, ENVIRONMENT, AND HEALTH | ||
| B-MORE: BALTIMORE AND URBAN COMMUNITIES | ||
| TOPICS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES (Women's Spiritual Practices) | ||
| TOPICS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES (Women and Development) | ||
| TOPICS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES (Intersectionality and Policy Analysis) | ||
| THE EROTIC IMAGINATION IN CHRISTIANITY AND HINDUISM | ||
| CHRISTIAN SEXUAL ETHICS | ||
| ANIMAL RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS | ||
| MASCULINITIES IN PERSPECTIVE | ||
| TOPICS IN AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES | ||
| ISSUES IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | ||
| WOMEN AND CRIME | ||
| ECONOMIC ISSUES OF GENDER | ||
| FUNDAMENTALS OF LEADERSHIP IN THE NON-PROFIT SECTOR | ||
| WOMEN IN 20TH CENTURY U.S. HISTORY | ||
| GAYS & LESBIANS IN U.S. HISTORY | ||
| PHILOSOPHY OF THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX | ||
| COMPARATIVE PUBLIC POLICY | ||
| SPEC TOPICS POSC (Women, Public Policy and Social Change) | ||
| SEMINAR IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC POLICY | ||
| SOCIOLOGY OF RACE, CLASS AND GENDER | ||
| SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER | ||
| WORK AND OCCUPATIONS | ||
| ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETY | ||
* These courses are offered very infrequently. For information on these or any other courses, contact the chair of Women’s Studies or the department offering the course.
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 |
| WMST 231 or 232 | 3 | Elective in Women, Gender, Culture and Creativity | 3 |
| WMST 233 | 3 | Elective in Women, Gender, Diversity and Global Contexts | 3 |
| TSEM 102 (Core 1) | 3 | ENGL 102 (Core 2) | 3 |
| Core | 3 | Core | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | Core | 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 | 3 | Core | 3 |
| Core | 3 | Core | 3 |
| Core | 3 | Core | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Junior | |||
| Term 1 | Units | Term 2 | Units |
| WMST 337 | 3 | WMST course in Selected Focus Area | 3 |
| Core | 3 | Elective in Women, Gender, Health and Sexuality | 3 |
| Core | 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 | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 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
