Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Major
NEW Requirements – Effective Fall 2018
The Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies offers an undergraduate major in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies leading to a Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Bachelor of Science (BS) degree. You can keep track of your requirements using the degree worksheet.
Students declaring a major prior to Fall 2018 have the option to follow the old requirements.
WGSS Major Degree Worksheet
48 Credits
Take: WGS introductory courses (4 credits total) | |||||||
WGS 101 Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies |
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Choose two: WGS 200 level courses (8 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 level courses and five WGS 400 level courses OR Choose four WGS 300 level courses and four WGS 400 level courses (32 credits total) |
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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 421 Bodies and Embodiment |
WGS 422 Sexuality Studies |
WGS 432 Gender, Environment and Development |
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WGS 450 Literature and Feminist World-Making |
WGS 451 Global Perspectives on Gender |
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Take: WGS Feminist Praxis (4 credits total) | |||||||
WGS 411 Feminist Praxis |
Additional requirements:
- No more than 8 credits may be taken pass/no
- All graded courses in the major must be completed with grades of C-
- At least 16 credits applied to the WGS major must be taken at the University of Oregon
- Up to 12 credits at the upper division level may be approved in other subject codes with advisor approval.
- No more than 8 credits from another major or minor may count toward the WGS major.