Undergraduate Major

Women's and Gender Studies addresses the influence and meaning of gender in the human experience as it intersects with ethnicity, sexuality, race, and various other elements of diversity. It is a liberal arts degree that emphasizes the development of critical thinking and effective communication skills, and can be applied to a variety of careers.

Note that requirements will change under semesters (beginning Fall '12).  Click here for information.

The Women's and Gender Studies Bachelor of Arts (BA4402) offers a wide range of courses that ensure a unique program of study for each student.  It is organized into three tracks: Global, Sexuality, and General. Students will choose one of these tracks to focus their cousework in, and then round out their programs with courses from either of the other two tracks. The major requires 28 credit hours in core courses and 20 hours in track courses, as follows:

Core requirements (28 hours):

All students must take:

WGS 100:  Introduction to Women's Studies
WGS 200:  Issues in Feminism
WGS 350:  Feminist Theory

One of the following:

WGS 360:  The Women and Work Internship
WGS 450:  Advanced Feminist Theory

One of the following Global courses:

WGS 410:  Global Feminisms
WGS 411:  Women and Globalization

One of the following Sexuality courses:

WGS 320:  Sexual Revolutions
WGS 460:  Gender, Sexuality, and Culture
WGS 461:  Queer Theory

One of the following:

WGS 480:  Capstone in Women's Studies
WGS 481:  Writing Gender


Track Requirements (20 hours):

Women's and Gender Studies majors must take 12 credit hours from a selected track and 8 credit hours from outside the selected track.

Note:  No more than 2 courses may be taken in any one discipline to fulfill Track requirements, nor can any single course be taken to fulfill both a Core and a Track requirement.  In addition, no single course may be taken to satisfy more than one track.

 

Global Track

ANTH 345  Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective
ANTH 349  Life History: The Individual and Culture
ANTH 363  Gender in Prehistory
CLAS 343  Women in the Ancient Mediterranean
CLWR 222Religion, Gender, and Sexuality
CLWR 432Women in Buddhist Traditions
GEOG 327ASocial Geographies
GEOG 348Gender, Environment, and Development
HIST 332    Women in the Middle East
HIST 339    Women in African History
HIST 360AWomen in Early Modern Europe
HIST 360BWomen in Modern Europe
HIST 360CWomen Warriors
ILML 336   Gay and Lesbian Writers in Latin America
ILML 339A  19th Century Russian Literature in English:  Women, Transgression, and Crime

ILML 339B  20th Century Russian Literature in English: Love, Sex, & Gender

SOC 421   Comparative Studies of the Family

WGS 410    Global Feminisms

WGS 411    Women and Globalization


Sexuality Track

AH 412    Queer Theory and Visual Representation
CFS 462A  Diversity in Families
CLWR 222Religion, Gender, and Sexuality
ENG 326    Lesbian and Gay Literature
ILML 336   Gay and Lesbian Writers in Latin America
ILML 339B  20th Century Russian Literature in English: Love, Sex, & Gender
MDIA 484  Age, Class, Gender, Race, and Sexuality in the Media
POLS 319   Gay and Lesbian Politics
POLS 421   Politics of Law and Sexuality
PSY 378     Psychology of Gender
WGS 320    Sexual Revolutions
WGS 460    Gender, Sexuality, and Culture
WGS 461    Queer Theory

 

General Track

 

AAS 345     The Black Woman
AAS 482     The Black Family
AH 411       Representation of Gender in the History of Art
COMS 320   Women and Health Communication
COMS 420   Gender & Communication
COMS 422   Communication in the Family
ECON 322   Economics of Human Resources
ENG 153A   Writing & Reading: Gender
ENG 306J    Women & Writing
ENG 325     Women & Literature
HIST 320A  Women in American History Before 1877
HIST 320B  Women in American History Since 1877
HIST 320C  Women's Health & Medicine in US History
HIST 381    History of the Family
HLTH 210   Health of Women
JOUR 413   Gender, Race, and Mass Media
LING 390    Language of Women and Men
MDIA 481   Women and Media
MDIA 486A Age, Class, Gender, Race, and Sexuality in the Media
POLS 420   Women, Law, and Politics
POLS 478   Feminist Political Theories and Movements
PSY 378     Psychology of Gender
SASM 400   Diversity in Sport

SOC 220     Introduction to the Family

SOC 407     Feminist Social Theory

SOC 421     Comparative Studies of Family

SOC 422     The American Family System

SOC 467     Violence Against Women

SOC 470     Sociology of Gender

SOC 471     Gender & Justice

WGS 210    Women, Gender, and Rock and Roll


For more information about the degree in Women's and Gender Studies, visit www.ohiou.edu/wgs/ or contact Lynette Peck, the Women's and Gender Studies advisor, at peck@ohio.edu.

The Bachelor of Arts in Women's & Gender Studies is an interdisciplinary major within the College of Arts and Sciences, and requires the completion of all College of Arts and Sciences requirements.Students are encouraged to complement their Women's & Gender Studies major with minors in other fields and/or double-majors that are consistent with their educational and professional interests.

See the OU Catalog page.