The major in gender, women’s, and sexuality studies requires the following:
- Introduction to Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies (GWS 111)
- Theory and Methodology in Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies (GWS 249, offered fall only)
- Five courses (20 credits) from at least three of the four thematic rubrics listed below:
- sexuality and queer studies
- cross-cultural and transnational approaches
- literary criticism and visual culture
- political/philosophical/historical/social analyses
- At least two of these five courses (or 8 credits) must be at the 300-level
- Senior Seminar in Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies (GWS 495, offered spring only; only open to graduating majors)
Please consult the Course Schedule, available online at the Registrar’s page, for complete course information, including course descriptions and days and times of course offerings. Please note that each course can only be used to fulfill a single elective category (ABCD).
| Course # | Title | Professor | Major Category |
|---|---|---|---|
AMS-295-01
|
ST: The School-to-Prison Pipeline | Scott/Nyden | D |
AMS-305-01
|
Cultural Politics of Fashion | Gibel Mevorach | B/D |
ANT-295-02
|
ST: Pol of Cuisine & Cnsmptn of Other | Gibel Mevorach | B |
| ENG-277-01 | American Literary Traditions I | Andrews | C |
| ENG-274-01 | Sex, Gender, and Critical Theory | Garrison | A |
| ENG-360-01 | Seminar in Postcolonial Literature | Sutaria | C |
| GWS-111-01 | Intro to GWSS | Allen | INTRO |
| GWSS-111-02 | Intro to GWSS | Beauboeuf-Lafontant |
INTRO |
| GWS-111-03 | Intro to GWSS | Staff | INTRO |
| GWS-235-01 | Feminism and Popular Culture | Nikolopoulou | C |
| GWS-295-01 | ST: Trans Film and Media | A. Lewis | C |
| GWS-395-01 | ST: Gender, Sexuality, and Disability | A. Lewis | A |
HIS-221-01
|
Being Muslim in America | Elfenbein | B |
| HIS-326-01 | 19th Century American Pop Culture | Purcell | D |
HUM-295-01
|
ST: Digital Stories for Social Justice | Nyden/Walden | D |
| MUS-201-01 | Music, Mind, and Brain | Cha | C |
| PHI-265-01 | Psychoanalysis & Intersubjective Const | Meehan | D |
| PHI-295-03 | ST: Intersubjectivity & Recognition | Meehan | D |
| POL-219-01 | Constitutional Law and Politics | Hanson | D |
| SOC-240-01 | Social Movements | Oberlin | B/D |
| SOC-260-01 | Human Sexuality in United States | Erickson | A/D |
| SOC-270-01 | Gender and Society | Etienne | D |
| SOC-275-01 | Race & Ethnicity in America | Etienne | B |
| SOC-360-01 | Work in the "New" Economy | Erickson | D |
| Course # | Title | Professor | Major Category |
|---|---|---|---|
AMS-220-01
|
Racing Through Genetics | Gibel Mevorach | B |
AMS-235-01
|
Anthropology of American Culture | Gibel Mevorach | B/D |
| ARH-232-01 | Art Since 1945 | Anger | C |
| BIO-240-01 | Animal Behavior w/lab | Brown | A |
| EDU-295-01 | ST: Literacy and Black Women | Jones | C |
| ENG-225-01 | Intro to Postcolonial Literatures | Sutaria | C |
| ENG-228-01 | American Literary Traditions II | Andrews | C |
| ENG-232-01 | Traditions of Ethnic American Literature | Phan | C |
| ENG-273-01 | Feminism and Difference | Kapila | B |
| ENG-327-01 | The Romantics | E. Simpson | C |
| FRN-312-01 | French Literature From Knights to Libertines | Tricoire | C |
| GWS-111-01 | Intro to GWSS | Allen | INTRO |
| GWS-111-02 | Intro to GWSS | A. Lewis | INTRO |
| GWS-211-01 | Foundations of LGBTQ Studies | Allen | A |
| GWS-295-01 | ST: Race, Gender, Migration, Capitalism | Nikolopoulou | B |
GWS-295-03
|
ST: Feminist Literatures from the German-speaking World | Pötzl | C |
| GWS-395-01 | ST: Educating Women | Beauboeuf-Lafontant | D |
| GWS-495-01 | Senior Seminar: Disruptive Bodies | Beauboeuf-Lafontant | Senior Majors Only |
HIS-210-01
|
Historical Perspectives on US Education | Michaels | D |
| HIS-212-01 | Democracy in America: 1789-1848 | Purcell | D |
| HIS-214-01 | Amer Civil War and Reconstruction | Purcell | D |
| HIS-227-01 | African American History | Lacson | B/D |
| HIS-266-01 | History of the Modern Middle East | Elfenbein | B/D |
| HIS-325-01 | American Indian Reservations | Lacson | B |
| MUS-201-01 | Music in Interdisciplinary Conversations | Cha | C |
| MUS-202-01 | Topics in American Music: Hip Hop | Laver | C |
| POL-259-01 | Human Rights, Fndtns, Chllngs, Choices | Moyer | D |
| POL-319-01 | Advanced Constitutional Law | Hanson | D |
| REL-295-01 | ST: Women and Religion | Chen | B/D |
| SOC-240-01 | Social Movements | Haenfler | B/D |
| SOC-250-01 | Sociology of Religion | Snook | D |
| SOC-265-01 | Sociology of Health and Illness | Ferguson | D |
| SPN-317-01 | Readings in Us Latinx Literature & Cult | Petrus | A |