Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Minor
NEW Requirements – Effective Fall 2018
Students must apply for the WGSS or QST minor in the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies office well in advance of graduation for transcript evaluation. In order to be eligible for the minor, students must complete all degree requirements and a major in another academic department.
Students declaring a major prior to Fall 2018 have the option to follow the old requirements.
WGSS Minor Degree Worksheet
24 Credits
Choose one: WGS introductory courses (4 credits total) | |||||
WGS 101 Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies |
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Choose one: WGS 200 level course (4 credits total) | |||||
WGS 201 Introduction to Queer Studies |
WGS 211 Black Feminist Histories |
WGS 221 Bodies and Power |
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WGS 250 Gender, Literature and Culture |
WGS 251 Transnational and Indigenous Feminisms |
WGS 261 Gender and Popular Culture |
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Choose three: WGS 300 and/or 400 level courses (12 credits total) | |||||
WGS 303 Women, Gender and History |
WGS 311 Black Feminist Theories |
WGS 315 Feminist Theory |
WGS 321 Feminist Perspectives: Identity, race, culture |
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WGS 322 Queer Theory |
WGS 331 Science, Technology & Gender |
WGS 341 Women, Work and Class |
WGS 350 Literature as Feminist Theory |
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WGS 351 Decolonial Feminisms |
WGS 361 Gender, Film and Media |
WGS 407 Seminar |
WGS 409 Practicum |
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WGS 410 Experimental course |
WGS 411 Feminist Praxis |
WGS 421 Bodies and Embodiment |
WGS 422 Sexuality Studies |
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WGS 432 Gender, Environment and Development |
WGS 450 Literature and Feminist World-Making |
WGS 451 Global Perspectives on Gender |
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Choose one: 300 or 400 level WGS OR approved course from another subject code (4 credits total) |
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Additional requirements:
- No more than 8 credits may be taken pass/no
- All graded courses in the minor must be completed with grades of C-
- At l least 16 credits applied to the WGS minor must be taken at the University of Oregon.
- No more than 8 credits from another major or minor may count toward the WGS minor.