WGS Major - Women and Gender Studies - Grand Valley State University

Women and Gender Studies
WGS Major

Women and Gender Studies
underwok@gvsu.edu

229 LOH
1 Campus Drive
Allendale, MI 49401

The Women & Gender Studies Program provides students:

an interdisciplinary program of study grounded in the liberal arts;
a culminating academic experience through which students link the insights of separate courses; and
opportunities to apply theory to meaningful research or action projects, including internships, field work and service learning.

WGS majors take five core courses and five electives.

Core Courses:
Introduction to Gender (WGS 200)
WGS Theory and Methods (WGS 300)
Foundations of Feminism (WGS 360)
Global Feminisms (WGS 450)
WGS Capstone (WGS 495)

Electives may be chosen from this list; the bottom portion also count for WGS credit.

WGS/ENG 236	Introduction to Writing by Women
WGS 310	Sexual Orientation and the Law
WGS/CJ 320	Crimes Against Women
WGS 335	Women Health & Environment
WGS/SS 351	Family and Gender in the Developing World
WGS/AAA 352	Black Women's Culture and Communities
WGS/LS 370	Women and the Law
WGS/COM 373	Women and Minorities in Film and Television
WGS/SOC 375	Perspectives on Masculinity
WGS/SPA 460	Spanish Women Authors
AAA 351	Perspectives on African American Males
ANT 370	Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Gender
BIO 325	Human Sexuality
ECO 350	Gender and Economics
ENG 436	Women and Literature
HST 312	History of American Women
HST 371	History of Gender, Family, Sexuality
PHI 370	Feminist Philosophy
PSY 315	Psychology of Sex Differences
SOC 323	Families in Society
SOC 381	Class, Race, Gender and Sexuality

Last Modified Date: November 17, 2009

Grand Valley State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution