In fall 2009, the Women's and Gender Studies program was relaunched with a new curriculum. But the study of women and gender has a long history at Marquette, dating from the early 1980s when the grass-roots women's faculty group ALPHA lobbied for and won Marquette's first program in Women's Studies -- the point of origin for the rich and varied network of research and teaching about women, gender, and sexuality at Marquette today.
Currently, the WGST major can be either a primary or a secondary major. 30 credit hours are
required:
- Introductory Course, WGST 1001 (3 hours)
- 4 Exploratory Courses (12 hours total)
- 4 Integrative Courses (12 hours total)
- and the Capstone Course, WGST 4997 (3 hours)
Exploratory Courses enable students to recognize and explore issues having to do with
gender as they arise within particular disciplines.
Examples include:
- ANTH 3330 Women and Men in Cross-Cultural Perspective
- EDUC 1210 Introduction to Schooling in a Diverse Society
- ENGL 4860/5860 Survey of Women’s Literature
- HEAL 1025 Culture and Health
- PHIL 3770 Feminist Philosophy
- PSYC 3210 Psychology of Prejudice
- THEO 4030/5030 Women in the Bible
Integrative Courses combine theory with practice or link distinct subjects together.
Examples include:
- COMM 5100 Mass Media and the American Family
- CRLS 4130 Women, Crime, and Criminal Justice
- ECON 196 Economics of the Family
- HIST 4150/5150 Childhood in America
- POSC 4361/5361 Politics of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender
- PSYC 3550 Psychology of Gender Roles
- SOCI 3550 Race, Gender, Medicine
WGST Minor:
18 credit hours are required, including WGST 1001 as well as at least one exploratory
course and at least one integrative course, with courses distributed among at least three disciplines.
Women's and Gender Studies Mission Statement
