Women's and Gender Studies Concentration (WGSTc)
The Women's and Gender Studies Concentration offers students the opportunity to complement their major field with an interdisciplinary focus on women and gender.
Requirements for the Concentration
Six courses will be required from the following three groups. The range of courses must include at least two disciplines.
I. Women's and Gender Studies 110: Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies
II. Core Courses (4 courses or 24 credits):
ARTH 223 Women in Art
CAMS 225 Film Noir: The Dark Side of the American Dream (not offered in 2012-2013)
CLAS 114 Gender and Sexuality in Classical Antiquity (not offered in 2012-2013)
ENGL 218 The Gothic Spirit
ENGL 319 The Rise of the Novel
ENGL 327 Victorian Novel (not offered in 2012-2013)
HIST 122 U.S. Women's History to 1877 (not offered in 2012-2013)
HIST 123 U.S. Women's History Since 1877 (not offered in 2012-2013)
HIST 203 Papacy, Church and Empire in the Age of Reform (not offered in 2012-2013)
HIST 229 Working with Gender in U.S. History (not offered in 2012-2013)
HIST 236 Women's Lifes in Pre-Modern Europe
HIST 259 Women in South Asia: Histories, Narratives and Representation
HIST 280 Africans in the Arab World
HIST 286 Africans in the Arab World: On Site
HIST 330 Gender, Ethics and Power in Medieval France (not offered in 2012-2013)
JAPN 234 Modern Japanese Novel in Translation: Mothers/Daughters; Fathers/Sons (not offered in 2012-2013)
JAPN 236 Classical Japanese Fiction: The Tale of Genji and Its World in Translation (not offered in 2012-2013)
POSC 355 Identity, Culture, and Rights* (not offered in 2012-2013)
SOAN 226 Anthropology of Gender
WGST 200 Feminist Ways of Knowing
WGST 234 Feminist Theory
III. Capstone Seminar: Sociology/Anthropology 395 for 2012-2013. Other advanced seminars may be substituted for the designated capstone seminar only with the approval of both the instructor and the Women’s and Gender Studies director.