Women's and Gender Studies Major, BA

Campus: NYC

Major Completion Summary

Requirement Credits
University Core Requirements 44-55
Major Requirements 36
Open Electives 28-40
Total Credits 120

University Core Requirements (44-55 Credits)

See complete University Core requirements.

University Core
Complete University Core Requirements44-55
Total Credits44-55

Major Requirements (36-37 Credits)

Major Courses
Required Courses12-13
Intro to Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies through Civic Engagement
Gender, Race and Class
Feminist Research Methods
Capstone in Women's & Gender Studies
Select one of the following theory courses3
Global Activism and Transnational Feminist Theories
Queer Theory
Seminar in Feminist Theory
Major Electives
Choose seven major elective courses. A minimum of three courses must be WS courses. Course offerings from WS and other disciplines are below. Students may contact the department for course recommendations for a specialized focus. 121
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See WS department chair for guidance and to learn of newly approved electives. Note that most of the listed available elective courses are 3-credit ones.

Elective Courses from WS Department

WS 169Introduction to Queer Studies3
WS 180Non-Profit Skills for Social Justice3
WS 196ATopic: Gender, Science Fiction, and Fan Communities3
WS 220The Medieval Woman3
WS 234The Girl Child-A Global Perspective3
WS 250Queer Stories:LGBTQ People and Communities in Historical Context3
WS 267Meanings and Models of Motherhood in European History and Literature6
WS 268Men and Masculinities3
WS 269Lesbians in Literature and Film3
WS 296ETopic: Historical and Modern Sexual Revolutions3
WS 275Gay Male Experiences3
WS 277Women in the Arthurian Legends: Medieval to Modern3
WS 280Internship in Women's and Gender Studies1-6
WS 285Queer Cinema3
WS 288Women and Film: Past and Present3
WS 289Science Fiction and Gender3
WS 291Global Activism and Transnational Feminist Theories3
WS 293Transgender Studies3
WS 296Topics in Women's Studies3
WS 296DGender, Power, and Grassroots: Politics in American Society3
WS 296ETopic: Historical and Modern Sexual Revolutions3
WS 296FTopic: Living Under Fire - Women and Warfare3
WS 296STopic: Dress, Desire and Gesture: Sexualities of Renaissance Europe3
WS 296TTopic: Melodrama in America3
WS 296XTopic: Slumming and Tramping: The Queer America3
WS 297ATopic: Asian/American Women3
WS 297DTopic: Sexuality and Society3
WS 297E"How to Change the World": An Introduction to Feminist Activism and Social Change3
WS 297FTopic: Girl's Activism in the 21st Century3
WS 297GTopic: Sexualities and the City in North and South America3
WS 297HTopic: Women, Gender, and Feminisms in Latin America3
WS 297ITopics: Hot Latina/os? Race, Gender, and Sexualities in Latin America3
WS 297KAsexuality Studies3
WS 297PTopic: Queer/Trans Performance3
WS 297SInclusive Sex Education and Reproductive Health in the Nonprofit Sector3
WS 297XGender and Human Rights: an Introduction to Transnational Feminist Activism3
WS 297YCreative Writing for Social Justice: Feminist, Queer, and Trans Perspectives3
WS 297ZTopic: Black Sexualities and Creative Resistance3
WS 300Feminist Economics3
WS 305Women as Change Agents: Gender and Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector3
WS 325Mini-skirts and Headscarves: Gender, Nationality, and Migration in Modern Europe3
WS 340Queer Cinema/Theory3
WS 369Queer Theory3
WS 380Seminar in Feminist Theory3
WS 395Independent Study in Women's and Gender Studies1-9
WS 396ATopic: Gender Issues in Business3
INT 197ACrossroads and Crossfire: The struggle For Women's Rights in a Globalized World6
INT 197YComparative Racial and Gender Politics of South Africa and the U.S.6
INT 297JPerforming Identities: Cross-Dressing and Gendered Personas in Drama6
INT 198KGender and Television6
INT 198XTopic: New Media and Gender7
INT 297QUnderstanding Community and Diversity: Queer Cultures6

Elective Courses from Disciplines in Other Departments

ANT 115Kinship and the Family3
ANT 218Women and Gender Through a Global Perspective3
ANT 225Black Women in Cross Cultural Perspectives3
ANT 296DTopic: Anthropological Perspective of Women and Warfare3
ANT 296LWomen and Gender Through a Global Perspective3
ANT 296TTopic: Sexuality and Nation Building3
ANT 296WTopic: Sexuality and Culture3
BIO 115Human Sexuality3
CMS 206Family Communication3
CMS 214Interpersonal Communication3
CMS 292Hip-Hop Feminism and the Media3
CMS 309Girls’ Media Cultures3
CMS 335Media and Gender3
CRJ 296ETopic: Domestic Violence and Child Abuse3
CRJ 296XSpecial Topic: Women and the Criminal Justice System3
ECO 266Economics of Gender, Race and Class3
ECO 356Labor Economics3
ECO 272The Economics of Poverty and Income Distribution3
ECO 396BTopic: Economics of Women, Men, and Work3
ENG 215Rhetorics of the Body3
ENG 279AFeminist Issues: Women Writing About Their Lives-Fact to Fiction3
ENG 300Language and Gender3
FSS 155Freaks, Queers, and Outsiders: Filmmaking from the Margins3
HIS 113RThe American Experience: Changing Roles of American Women3
HIS 280History of American Women3
HIS 281European Women and Social Change3
INT 197CAmerican Women in Literature and Life: The Changing Roles of American Women7
LIT 211LSex, Gender, and Love in Early World Literatures3
LIT 211ULatina/o Voices: Transnational Currents in American Writing3
LIT 242RStudy in American Literature: American Women Poets3
LIT 290NSeminar: The Medieval Woman3
LIT 290QGoddesses: Ancient to Early Modern3
LIT 290RFairy Tales from Medieval to Modern: Feminist and Other Readings3
LIT 292MSeminar: American Family in Drama3
LIT 292NSeminar: Languages of Gender-Shakespeare's Comedies3
LIT 292QTopic: 19th Century American Women Writers3
LIT 292RSeminar: The Fairy Tale in Literary Context3
LIT 359The Female Gothic3
LIT 369AGreat Authors: Emily Dickinson3
LIT 369UTopic: Great Authors: Jane Austen3
LIT 379AFeminist Issues: Women Writing About Their Lives3
LIT 387GTopics Open Seminar: Virginia Woolf3
INT 296SBeyond the Veil: Women in Middle Eastern History and Literature6
INT 296WChildren in Urban Society6
LAS 150Modern Latin American Divas: Female Political, Social and Cultural Leadership in the Republican Era6
LIT 211WWomen in Literature I3
LIT 212WWomen in Literature II3
LIT 212YAmerican Women Writers3
LIT 303Introduction to Cultural Studies3
LIT 308Women and American Literature3
LIT 326African American Literature3
LIT 329Literary Theory and Criticism3
LIT 345Literatures of Diversity3
LIT 351AEarly Modern Literature: Early Modern Women's Writing3
LIT 363Shakespeare: Before 16003
LIT 369RGreat Authors: Jane Austen3
LIT 379Feminist Issues in Literature3
PJS 101Introduction to Peace and Justice Studies3
PJS 296BTopics: Women Activists for Peace and Justice3
PJS 296LTopic: Love Inc.: Capitalism, Philanthropy and Humanitarianism3
PJS 300Intersectionality, Conflict, and Peace3
POL 243Modern Political Theory3
POL 247International Law and Human Rights3
POL 249Feminist Political Theory3
POL 250Gender and Politics3
PSY 111CVIntro. to Psychlgy II (CAP) - Wonderwomen & Supermen:Sex, Gndr, Health & Behavior Learning Community3
PSY 207Intersectional Critical Liberation Psychology3
PSY 234Human Sexual Behavior3
PSY 227Psychology of Women3
PSY 296ZTopic: Children and Youth - A Global Perspective3
PSY 320Abnormal Psychology I3
RES 296DTopic: Women in World Religions3
SOC 116Sociology of Deviance3
SOC 212Families in Crisis3
SOC 215Sociology of the Family3
SOC 222Gender and Social Change3
SOC 223Sexuality, Reproduction and the Family3
SOC 248Social Movements3
SPA 480ASeminar: Women Writers of Spain and America3

Open Electives (28-40 Credits)

Open Electives
Select 28-40 credits28-40
Total Credits28-40

In addition to the courses listed below, students are required to complete two courses with the Anti-Racism Education attribute attached. These cour​ses may be taken during any semester of their education. See advisor for more information.

Plan of Study Grid
First Year
FallCredits
ENG 110 Composition 3
WS 115 Intro to Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 3
UNV 101 First-Year Seminar: Introduction to University Community 1
Take any one remaining Area of Knowledge course 3
Take any one remaining Area of Knowledge course and Learning Community (LC) course 6
 Credits16
Spring
WS 166 Gender, Race and Class 3
ENG 120 Critical Writing 4
MAT 102 Mathematics for Life (Or MAT 104 for double majors that require it) 3
One Lab science course 3-4
COM 200 Public Speaking 3
 Credits16-17
Second Year
Fall
One elective course in WS 3
One elective course in WS or cross-listed discipline 3
CIS 101 Introduction to Computing 3
First Second Language Course. See Advisor for guidelines 3
One Civic Engagement (CE) course or one major elective in subject WS 3
Take any one remaining Area of Knowledge course 3
 Credits18
Spring
One elective course in WS or cross-listed discipline 3
One elective course in WS 3
Take any one remaining Area of Knowledge course 3
ENG 201 Writing in the Disciplines 3
Second Language Course, if applicable 3
 Credits15
Third Year
Fall
One course in WS Theory (WS 291, WS 380, or WS 369) 3
One elective course in WS or cross-listed discipline 3
Take any one remaining Area of Knowledge course 3
Take any one remaining Area of Knowledge course 3
Open Elective Course (Writing Enhanced (WE) course) 3
 Credits15
Spring
One elective course in subject WS (Writing Enhanced (WE) course) 3
One elective course in subject WS 3
Take any one remaining Area of Knowledge course 3
Open Elective Course 3
Open Elective Course 3
 Credits15
Fourth Year
Fall
WS 399 Feminist Research Methods 3
Take any one remaining Area of Knowledge course 3
Open Elective Course 3
Open Elective Course 3
 Credits12
Spring
WS 499 Capstone in Women's & Gender Studies 3
Open Elective Course 3
Open Elective Course 3
Open Elective Course 3
 Credits12
 Total Credits119-120