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Current Approved-Related Courses for WGSST Major and Minor

The following courses are approved-related for the WGSS major and minor. This list may change periodically. Students may petition the WGSS advisor to add courses not on this list to our Approved-Related offerings.

African American and African Studies

  • AFAMAST 2230 - The Black Woman: Her Role In the Liberation Struggle
  • AFAMAST 2367.04 - Black Women Writers: Text and Context (Cross-listed)
  • AFAMAST 3230 - Black Women, Culture and Politics
  • AFAMAST 4535 - Topics in Black Masculinity
  • AFAMAST 4921 - Intersections: Approaches to Race, Gender, Class & Sexuality (Cross-listed)

Anthropology 

  • ANTHRO 3597.02 - Women, Culture and Development (formerly ANTHRO 4597.02)
  • ANTHRO 5602 - Medical Anthropology: Global Perspectives on Women's Health

Arabic

  • ARABIC 2702H - Modern Arabic Literature in Translation (Cross-listed)

Classics

  • CLAS 3215 - Sexuality and Gender in the Ancient World

Communication

  • COMM 3662 - Communication & Gender

Comparative Studies

  • COMPSTD 2343 - Slavery, Gender and Race in the Atlantic World
  • COMPSTD 2322 - Introduction to Latino/a Studies
  • COMPSTD 2367.02 - U.S. Latino/a Identity
  • COMPSTD 3604/H - Women in East Asian and Asian American Literature
  • COMPSTD 4845 - Gender, Sexuality and Science (Cross-listed)
  • COMPSTD 4921 - Intersections (Cross-listed)

East Asian Languages and Literatures

  • EALL 5475 - Women Writers, Culture and Society in East Asia

Education Studies: Cultural Foundations

  • ESCFE 4215 - Sexualities & Education

Kinesiology

  • KNSISM 5610 - Women's Sport History (formerly EDPAES 5610)

English

  • ENGLISH 2282 - Introduction to Queer Studies (Cross-listed)
  • ENGLISH 3372 - Special Topics in Science Fiction and/or Fantasy
  • ENGLISH 4580 - Special Topics in LGBTQ Literatures and Cultures
  • ENGLISH 4592 - Women in Literature and Culture
  • ENGLISH 4576.02 - History of Critical Theory: 1900 to Present
  • ENGLISH 4597.01 - Disability in the Contemporary World

Environment and Natural Resources

  • ENR 3530 - Women, Environment and Development (Cross-listed)

Human Development and Family Science

  • HDFS 3440 - Human Sexuality
  • HDFS 5440 - Human Sexuality in Context

Hebrew

  • HEBREW 2704 - Women in the Bible and Beyond

History of Art

  • HISTART 3010 - Gender and Sexuality in Western Art

History

  • HISTORY 2115 - Women and Gender in Latin America
  • HISTORY 2610 - Introduction to Women and Gender in the U.S. 
  • HISTORY 2620 - Women Changing the World: Histories of Activism & Struggle
  • HISTORY 2630 - History of Modern Sexualities
  • HISTORY 2750/H - Natives and Newcomers: U.S. Immigration and Migration (Cross-listed)
  • HISTORY 3086 - Black Women in Slavery and Freedom
  • HISTORY 3214 - Women, Gender, and Sexuality in the History of Christianity
  • HISTORY 3215 - Sex and Gender in the Ancient World
  • HISTORY 3411 - Gender and Sexuality in China
  • HISTORY 3600 - Studies in Women's and Gender History
  • HISTORY 3612 - Asian American Women: Race, Sex and Representations (Cross-listed)
  • HISTORY 3620 - LGBT History in the U.S. 1940-2003
  • HISTORY 3630 - Same Sex Sexuality in a Global Context
  • HISTORY 3640 - Medieval Women: Power, Piety and Production
  • HISTORY 3641 - Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe 1450-1750
  • HISTORY 3642 - Women and Gender in Modern Europe 18th Century-present
  • HISTORY 3650 - Families in a Historical Perspective
  • HISTORY 4625 - Seminar in Women's/Gender History

Linguistics

  • LING 2367.01 - Language, Sex and Gender in American Culture

Near Eastern Languages, Literatures and Cultures 

  • NELC 3205 - Women in the Muslim Middle East

Philosophy

  • PHILOS 3420 - Philosophical Perspectives on Issues of Gender
  • PHILOS 3430 - The Philosophy of Sex & Love

Political Science 

  • POLISCI 4138 - Women and the Law
  • POLISCI 4170 - Gender and Politics
  • POLISCI 4175 - Women, Government & Public Policy (Cross-listed)
  • POLISCI 4465 - Feminist Political Theory (Cross-listed)
  • POLISCI 4597 - Gender & Democracy (Cross-listed)

Psychology

  • PSYCH 2333 - Psychology of Human Sexuality
  • PSYCH 4543 - Psychology of Gender
  • PSYCH 4555 - Adolescent Sexuality

Religious Studies

  • RELSTDS 4875 - Gender, Sexuality and Religion (COMPSTD 4875 Gender, Sexuality and Religion)

Rural Sociology

  • RURLSOC 5570 - Women in Rural Society

Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures

  • SLAVIC 3310 - Science Fiction: East v. West (Cross-listed)
  • SLAVIC 3320 - Queer Comrades: Sexual Citizenship and LGBTQ Lives in Eastern Europe
  • SLAVIC 4560H - Cinderella's Fantasy: Gender and Women in Eastern and Western Europe
  • SLAVIC 5450 - Global Human Trafficking (Cross-listed)

Sociology

  • SOCIOL 3435 - Sociology of Gender
  • SOCIOL 4510 - Gender, Crime and the Criminal Justice System
  • SOCIOL 4608 - Gender, Race and Class in Mass Communication
  • SOCIOL 4635 - Men and Women in Society
  • SOCIOL 5605 - Sociology of Sexuality

Social Work

  • SOCWRK 5006 - Sexuality, Diversity and Social Work
  • SOCWRK 5010 - Women and Aging: International Perspective
  • SOCWRK 5016 - Affirmative Social Work Practice with LGBTQ Individuals, Couples, and Families