Women's Studies Major

The WMS major is composed of 36 credits that are completed in the following way: 

• Five (5) Core Courses for 15 credit hours as follows:

  • WMS 101: Introduction to Women’s Studies
  • WMS 201: Introduction to Feminist Theory (note: this course is a prerequisite for upper level feminist theory core course)
  • WMS 312: Feminist Research Methods
  • Upper level Feminist Theory Course (choose one):
    • WMS 302: Global Feminism
    • WMS 305: Contemporary Feminist Theory and Practice
    • WMS 306: Third Wave
    • WMS 307: Ecofeminism: Philosophy & Practice
  • WMS 499: WMS Capstone Seminar
    
• One (1) course in each of the following concentration areas for 12 credit hours:
  • Gender Studies
  • Politics, Justice and Policy
  • Cross-Cultural Inquiry
  • Arts and Letters
    
• Two (2) additional courses in one of the four concentration areas for a “specialization” (6 credits)
  
  
• One (1) elective in any of the concentrations or in feminist theory (3 credits)

Note: 7 of the 12 courses must be the upper level (300/400 level courses)