The courses students can choose from to complete a graduate specialization or minor in Women's and Gender Studies are below. Course descriptions can be found in each department's pages in the Graduate Catalog.
Crosslisted courses count towards the home department, not WMNS. Please keep this in mind when choosing the required coursework outside your home discipline.
With the approval of the Women's and Gender Studies Advisory Board, students may substitute courses not on this list. Each semester the WGS program also publishes a course description schedule with the current WGS courses.
Courses that Count
Women’s and Gender Studies
WMNS 885. Feminist Theories, Feminists’ Perspectives
WMNS 891. Special Topics in Women’s and Gender Studies (Graduate Students Only)
WMNS 896. Independent Study in Women’s and Gender Studies (up to 3 credits)
WMNS 897. Internship in Women’s and Gender Studies (Pass/No Pass only)
Anthropology
ANTH 876. Human Rights, Environment, and Development
Architecture
ARCH/IDEAS 881. Women in Design
Art History
AHIS 898. Special Topics - Global Anxieties: The Art Object in the 1960s (Anania)
AHIS 998. Seminar in Modern Art - Hot Messes and Trash Fires: Waste in Contemporary Art and Design (Anania)
Classics
CLAS/WMNS 840. Gender and Sexuality in the Ancient World
Communication Studies
COMM 850. Seminar in Gender and Communication
COMM 950D. Feminist Temporalities & Communication (Hoerl)
COMM 950D. Rhetoric of Masculinities and Race (Kelly)
COMM 998. Special Topics: Rhetoric, Race, and Masculinities (Kelly)
COMM 998. Special Topics: Rhetorical Bodies (Kelly)
Children Youth and Families
CYAF 846. Addictions & Families
Economics
ECON/WMNS 845. Gender, Economics and Social Provisioning
Educational Psychology
EDPS 991. Sex Positivity, Diverse Sexualities, and Professional Psychology
English
ENGL/WMNS 801K. LGBTQ Drama and Popular Culture
*ENGL 813/913. Film
ENGL/WMNS 814. Women’s Literature
ENGL/WMNS 814B. Modern & Contemporary Women Writers
*ENGL 830A. Shakespeare
*ENGL/ETHN 845. Ethnic Literature
ENGL/WMNS 875A. Rhetorical Theory: Rhetoric of Women Writers
ENGL 892. Special Topics: Queer Theory (Owens)
ENGL 914. Seminar in Women Writers
ENGL 918. Body Studies Seminar (Capuano)
French
FREN 882. Short Fiction: French Fairy Tales (Peterson; taught in French)
History
HIST/WMNS 802. Sexuality in 19th & 20th Century America
HIST/WMNS 841. Seminar in U.S. Women’s and Gender History
HIST/WMNS 859. Women and Gender in African Societies
HIST/ETHN/WMNS 876A. Gender and Sexuality in Latin America
HIST/WMNS 951. Women, Gender, and Empire
Political Science
POLS 842. Civil Liberties: Freedom of Expression & Conviction
In order for this course to count towards the WGS Graduate Specialization/Minor, students must meet with Professor Sara Houston in advance of taking the course to tailor assignments towards WGS themes/issues. This would also need to be approved in advance by program director Shari Stenberg.
POLS 843. Civil Liberties: Issues of Fairness and Equality
Psychology
PSYC/WMNS 821. Psychology of Gender
PSYC/EDPS/CYAF/SOCI 871. Human Sexuality and Society
Sociology
SOCI 812. Religion, Gender, and Sexuality
SOCI/WMNS 886. Sociology of Gender (formerly, SOCI/WMNS 890)
SOCI 907. Seminar in Sex and Gender
Spanish
SPAN 854. Gender and Sexuality in Spain (taught in Spanish)
SPAN/LAMS 870. Feminisms in Latin America (taught in Spanish)
SPAN 990. Masculinities in Contemporary Spain (taught in Spanish)
Teacher Learning and Teacher Education
TEAC 840. Special Topics: “Language and Power" (Sarroub)
TEAC 921D. Seminar in Literacy Studies: Language, Culture and Education (Sarroub)
Textiles, Merchandising, and Fashion Design
TMFD 810/WMNS 810A. Body, Dress and Identity
TMFD/WMNS 877. Gender and Material Culture
* Course must include a significant gender/sexuality component. Check with instructor prior to enrolling.
Special Topics and other Seminar Courses
In addition to the courses listed above, Special Topics or Seminar courses with the appropriate emphasis in a variety of departments may be used towards the specialization. In the past special topics or seminar courses in the departments of French, Spanish, English, History, Sociology, Communication Studies, Psychology, Children Youth and Families, and Textiles, Merchandising, and Fashion Design have been included.