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Requirements for the Gender & Women's Studies Joint Major


1. Four core Gender & Women's Studies courses:
26: Introduction to Gender & Women's Studies
181: Feminist Community Engagement
190: Senior Seminar
191: Senior Thesis

2. One course in feminist theory, to be chosen from:
GWS 180: Transnational Feminist Theory
CM LIT 166: Introduction to Feminist Theory
BK ARHI 152: Black Women Feminism(s) & Social Change
BK ARHI 186L: Critical Race Theory, Representation, and the Rule of Law
PZ ENGL 142: Feminist & Queer Theories
or another course approved by the GWS coordinator

3. Three electives in GWS chosen from at least three disciplines, one in the second area of emphasis, and at least one of which must be cross-listed with Asian American Studies, Black Studies, Chicana/o Studies.

4. The following courses in the department or program of emphasis:
Art History (ARHI): 51A, 51B, and 52; one studio art course; and three 100-level courses, one of which must be a seminar.

Economics (ECON): 51, 52, 57, 101, 102, and two electives, at least one of which must have an intermediate theory course as a prerequisite.

English (ENGL): Emphasis on Literature: 67; one course in the period before 1700; one course in the period between 1700 and 1900; one Advanced Studies Seminar (170A-Z); and two additional courses. Emphasis on Writing: 67, 183; one course in the period before 1700; one course in the period between 1700 and 1900; one Advanced Studies Seminar (170A-Z); and one additional course.

French (FREN): 44 (or equivalent placement) and seven courses numbered 101 or higher, of which one focuses on pre-19th-century literature or culture.

History (HIST): One European history course; one other Western Hemisphere course; one course on Africa; one course on Asia; a course in the HIST 100 series; and two electives.

Media Studies (MS): 49; either 147 or 149; one production course (digital, video or film); four additional courses in media studies.

Politics (POLI): Three core courses chosen from the four sub-fields of the major (American Politics, International Politics, Comparative Politics, Political Theory); three electives, two of which must be intermediate (10–99), or advanced (100–190); and one senior seminar.

Psychology (PSYC): 51, 154, 158, 159, 160 or 162; one elective; and one advanced seminar from 180A, 180B, 180E, 180F, 180H, 180I, or 180J.

Religious Studies (RLST): Seven courses, in consultation with the chair of the department.

Science, Technology and Society (STS): Two courses from the sequence History of Science 80, 81, and 82 (offered by HM, PZ, PO); PZ PHIL 103 or 46; STS 1; STS 190; and three courses in mathematics, science and/or engineering (including experimental and physiological psychology). These courses must be in one department and count toward the major in that department, or be necessary prerequisites to courses that count toward a major in that department. In the Mathematics Department, these courses must include at least MATH 32 or 60.

Sociology (SOC): 51, 102 and 104, 154, 157, 190; and three electives.
Theatre (THEA): 1 or 3, 2, 115E, 190; one design course (80 or 81); two electives; and crewing for four semesters.
 


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