Current Courses

• Fall 2013 courses
• Spring 2013 courses
• Fall 2012 courses
• Spring 2012 courses
• Fall 2011 courses
• Summer 2011 courses
• Spring 2011 courses
• Summer 2010 courses

Requirements for the WGST Major

WGST 1001, WGST 4997, plus 12 credit hours of Exploratory Courses and 12 credit hours of Integrative Courses, with courses distributed among at least 3 disciplines (30 credit hours total).

Requirements for the WGST Minor

WGST 1001, plus 15 credit hours, including at least one Exploratory Course and at least one Integrative Course, with courses distributed among at least three disciplines (18 credit hours total).

Curriculum

• Introductory Course:  WGST 1001
  
• Capstone Course:  WGST 4997

Exploratory Courses

• ANTH 3330 Women and Men in Cross-Cultural Perspective
  
• CMST 4120 Gender and Communication
  
• EDUC 1210 Introduction to Schooling in a Diverse Society
  
• ENGL 4860 Survey of Women’s Literature 
  
• HEAL 1025 Culture and Health
  
• HEAL 2045 Normal and Therapeutic Nutrition
  
• HIST 4145 A History of Women in America
  
• HIST 4245 Women in Western Civilization
  
• PHIL 3770 Feminist Philosophy
  
• PSYC 3201 Social Psychology
  
• PSYC 3210 Psychology of Prejudice
  
• PSYC 4720 Psychology of Marriage and Family
  
• SOCI 2200 The Family
  
• THEO 4030 Women in the Bible

Integrative Courses

• COMM 4100 Mass Media and the American Family
  
• COMM 4500 Race and Gender Issues in Mass Media
  
• CMST 4110 Family Communication)
  
• CMST 4360 Rhetoric of Social Movements
  
• CRLS 4130 Women, Crime, and Criminal Justice
  
• CRLS 4640  Family Violence and Public Intervention
  
• EDUC 3100 Parenting and Family Issues
  
• ENGL 4870 Studies in Women and Literature
  
• HEAL 1200 Women’s Health
  
• HEAL 4200 Natural Family Planning
  
• HIST 4150 Childhood in America 
  
• MANA 3035 Diversity in Organizations
  
• ORLE 2150 The Culturally Diverse Organization
  
• POSC 4361 Politics of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender
  
• PSYC 3220 Human Sexuality
  
• PSYC 3550 Psychology of Gender Roles
  
• SOCI 3550 Race, Gender, Medicine
  
• SOCI 2250 Sociology of Sex and Gender
  
• SOWJ 3370 Family Counseling and Therapy

Variable-Content Courses

(which will satisfy Integrative Course requirement with permission of the WGST director):

• CRLS 4931 Topics in Criminology
  
• CRLS 4996 Senior Experience
  
• ECON 4020 Economics of Labor Markets
  
• ECON 4953 Special Topics in Economics
  
• ENGL 2931 Topics in Literature and Culture
  
• ENGL 4460 The Romantic Period
  
• ENGL 4470 Victorian Literature
  
• ENGL 4480 The Modernist Period in British Literature
  
• ENGL 4490 The Postmodernist Period in British Literature
  
• ENGL 4520 American Literature from 1798 to 1865
  
• ENGL 4530 American Literature from 1865 to1914
  
• ENGL 4550 Twentieth-Century American Literature: The Modern Period
  
• ENGL 4560 The Contemporary Period in American Literature: 1945 to Present
  
• ENGL 4710 Studies in Genre
  
• ENGL 4810 Race, Ethnicity, and Identity in American Literature and Culture
  
• ENGL 4610 Studies of Individual Authors
  
• ENGL 4170 Studies in Language
  
• ENGL 4800 Studies in Literature and Culture
  
• ENGL 4820 Studies in Race and/or Ethnic Literature
  
• ENGL 4931 Special Topics in Literature or Writing
  
• HEAL 1300 Substance Abuse
• HEAL 1931 Topics in Health Care
  
• HEAL 3150 Alternative and Complementary Therapies
  
• HIST 4955 Seminar in History
  
• HIST 4953 Readings in History
  
• HIST 4931 Topics in History
  
• HIST 4996 Senior Experience
  
• PHIL 4931 Topics in Philosophy
  
• SOCI 4931 Topics in Sociology
  
• SPAN 4550 Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Spanish Literature
  
  NOTE: This list may include other courses from time to time

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