Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies Course List 2024–25
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANT-210-01 (02) | Illness, Healing and Culture | Tapias, M | D |
| BIO-220-01 | Racing Through Genetics | Gregg-Jolly, L | B/D |
|
BIO-240-01 |
Animal Behavior w/Lab | Queathem, L | A |
|
EAS-295-02 -HIS-295-02 |
ST: Gender/Power Chinese History | Chen, X | B/D |
|
EDU-215-01 -Cross-list ENG-215-01 |
Reading & Writing Youth Culture | Staff | C/D |
| ENG-210-01 | Studies in Genre | Lavan, M | D |
| ENG-225-01 | Intro to Postcolonial Literature | Kapila, S | C |
| FRN-231-01 | American Literature Traditions III | Phan, H | C |
| ENG-327-01 | The Romantics | Simpson, E | C |
|
GWS-211-01 |
Foundations of LGBTQ Studies | Torralba, S | A |
|
GWS-243-01 -Cross-list PHI-243-01 |
Epistemic Injustices | Nyden, T | B/D |
| GWS-395-02 | ST: Black Feminist Thought | Johnson. L | B |
| GWS-395-01 | ST: Abolitionist Feminisms | Montague, C | D |
|
HIS-266-01 (02) |
History of Modern Middle East | Staff | B/D |
|
HIS-295-02 -Cross-list EAS-295-02 |
ST: Gender/Power Chinese History | Chen, X | B/D |
| HIS-311-01 | Political History in Early American Republic | Purcell, S | D |
| LAS-221-01 | Intro to U.S. Latinx Studies | Petrus, J | B |
|
PHI-243-01 -Cross-List GWS-243-01 |
Epistemic Injustices | Nyden, T | B |
| POL-219-01 | Constitutional Law & Politics | Hanson, P | D |
| POL-319-01 | Advanced Constitutional Law | Hanson, P | D |
| SOC-240-01 | Social Movements | Haenfler, R | B/D |
| SOC-350-01 | Christian Nationalism | Snook, J | B/D |
| SOC-360-01 | Work in the “New” Economy | Erickson, K | D |
| SPN-317-01 | Readings in US Latinx Literature/Culture | Petrus, J | A |
| Course # | Title | Professor | Major Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMS-215-01 | Foundations of U.S. Popular Culture | Purcell, S | C/D |
| ANT-275-01 | American Transgender/Intersex History | Reznick, J | A/D |
| ANT-285-01 | Anthro, Violence, & Human Rights | French, B | B |
| ENG-210-01 | Studies in Genre | Smith, P | C |
|
ENG-227-01 |
American Literature Traditions I | Andrews, S | C |
| ENG-360-01 | Seminar in Postcolonial Literature | Kapila, S | C |
| FRN-305-01 | Contemporary Francophone Culture | Staff | B/C |
| FRN-312-01 | French Literature from Knights/Libertines | Harrison, D |
C |
| GWS-235-01 | Feminism and Popular Culture | Johnson, L | C |
| GWS-365-01 | Black Feminist Thought | Johnson, L | B/D |
|
GWS-395-01 |
ST: Trans Aesthetics | Torralba, S | A |
| HIS-214-01 | American Civil War/Reconstruction | Purcell, S | D |
| HIS-215-01 | Foundations of US Popular Culture | Purcell, S | C/D |
| HIS-222-01 | Women in American History | Lewis, C | D |
|
HIS-285-01 -Cross-List REL-285-01 |
Islamic Law Theory/Practice | Saba, E | B |
| HIS-325-01 | American Indian Reservations | Lacson, A | B/D |
|
REL-285-01 -Cross-List HIS-285-01 |
Islamic Law Theory/Practice | Saba, E | B |
| SOC-250-01 | Sociology of Religion | Snook, J | D |
| SOC-260-01 | Human Sexuality U.S. | Erickson, K | A/D |
| SPN-379-01 | U.S. Latinx Identity & Sexuality | Petrus, J | A |