Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department Courses

Code	Name	Description
WGSS 200	Introduction to Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies	Introduction to the broad, interdisciplinary field of women, gender, and sexuality studies. Special attention will be paid to the meaning and history of the terms "gender" and "sexuality" and to the political movements mobilized around those terms. S...
WGSS 201	WILL Colloquium	Introductory course of the WILL Program. Examines the intersections of gender, race, ethnicity, class, and sexuality in women's lives with particular focus on an analysis of social justice activism and strategies for social change.
WGSS 202	Queer Theories	Explores a range of queer theoretical approaches. Special attention will be paid to intersectionality, the social construction of identities, and how these constructed identities impact knowing, ethical reasoning, and conduct. Engagement of the theor...
WGSS 203	Human Rights and Revolution in the Atlantic World (1750-1850)	(See History 240)
WGSS 257	Introduction to Digital Humanities	Explores applying computational methods including text analysis, mapping, and network analysis to humanities data.
WGSS 279	Selected Topics	Varying issues of current relevance and importance to women, gender and sexuality studies. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
WGSS 280	Gender and Work	Examines the gendered nature of both historical and contemporary workplace issues from a global perspective. Gender and workplace issues will be examined from theoretical, historical, comparative perspectives.
WGSS 301	WILL Senior Seminar	Capstone course for the WILL program.
WGSS 365	Gender, Sex, and Law	Laws both define and regulate social and individual lives based on gender and sex. In this course, students read landmark U.S. judicial decisions and model legislation concerning gender and sex, in order to critically explore their influence on civi...
WGSS 379	Selected Topics	Varying issues of current relevance and importance to women's studies. May be repeated for credit if topics differ.
WGSS 388	Individual Internship	No more than .5 units of internship may be applied to the women, gender, and sexuality studies major or minor. No more than 1.5 units of internship in any one department and 3.5 units of internship overall may be counted toward required degree units.
WGSS 398	Independent Study	Pass/fail grading may be designated by department for certain enrollments.
WGSS 406	Summer Undergraduate Research	Documentation of the work of students who receive summer fellowships to conduct research [or produce a creative arts project] in the summer. The work must take place over a minimum of 6 weeks, the student must engage in the project full-time (at leas...
WGSS 490	Senior Capstone Experience	Special topics seminar for senior WGSS students only, both majors and minors, but required only for majors. The special topics will be selected per Capstone professor's choice and designed to advance research in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.

Introduction to Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Introduction to the broad, interdisciplinary field of women, gender, and sexuality studies. Special attention will be paid to the meaning and history of the terms "gender" and "sexuality" and to the political movements mobilized around those terms. S...

WGSS 201

WILL Colloquium

Introductory course of the WILL Program. Examines the intersections of gender, race, ethnicity, class, and sexuality in women's lives with particular focus on an analysis of social justice activism and strategies for social change.

WGSS 202

Queer Theories

Explores a range of queer theoretical approaches. Special attention will be paid to intersectionality, the social construction of identities, and how these constructed identities impact knowing, ethical reasoning, and conduct. Engagement of the theor...

WGSS 203

Human Rights and Revolution in the Atlantic World (1750-1850)

(See History 240)

WGSS 257

Introduction to Digital Humanities

Explores applying computational methods including text analysis, mapping, and network analysis to humanities data.

WGSS 279

Selected Topics

Varying issues of current relevance and importance to women, gender and sexuality studies. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

WGSS 280

Gender and Work

Examines the gendered nature of both historical and contemporary workplace issues from a global perspective. Gender and workplace issues will be examined from theoretical, historical, comparative perspectives.

WGSS 301

WILL Senior Seminar

Capstone course for the WILL program.

WGSS 365

Gender, Sex, and Law

Laws both define and regulate social and individual lives based on gender and sex. In this course, students read landmark U.S. judicial decisions and model legislation concerning gender and sex, in order to critically explore their influence on civi...

WGSS 379

Selected Topics

Varying issues of current relevance and importance to women's studies. May be repeated for credit if topics differ.

WGSS 388

Individual Internship

No more than .5 units of internship may be applied to the women, gender, and sexuality studies major or minor. No more than 1.5 units of internship in any one department and 3.5 units of internship overall may be counted toward required degree units.

WGSS 398

Independent Study

Pass/fail grading may be designated by department for certain enrollments.

WGSS 406

Summer Undergraduate Research

Documentation of the work of students who receive summer fellowships to conduct research [or produce a creative arts project] in the summer. The work must take place over a minimum of 6 weeks, the student must engage in the project full-time (at leas...

WGSS 490

Senior Capstone Experience

Special topics seminar for senior WGSS students only, both majors and minors, but required only for majors. The special topics will be selected per Capstone professor's choice and designed to advance research in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.

Department: Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies