Gender Studies (B.A., B.S.)

Gender Studies Major (B.A. or B.S., 33-35 hours)

Core Requirements	15 hours
GEND 090 Introduction to Gender Studies	3 hours
GEND 227 Feminist Theories or PHIL 227 Feminist Theories	3 hours
GEND 250 Communication and Gender or COMM 250 Communication and Gender and GEND 222 Sociology of Gender or SOC 222 Sociology of Gender	3 hours
GEND 297 Practicum	1-8 hours

Electives (Select courses from the following; three different disciplines must be represented:)	15 hours
GEND 101 Masterpieces of Literature: Coming of Age or Sexualities or ENG 101 Masterpieces of Literature (Coming of Age or Sexualities)	3 hours
GEND 120 Psychology of Women or PSYCH 120 Psychology of Women	3 hours
GEND 125 Psychology of Gender or PSYCH 125 Psychology of Gender	3 hours
GEND 130P Philosophies of Race and Gender or PHIL 130 Philosophies of Race and Gender	3 hours
GEND 130R Women and Religion or RELIG 130 Women and Religion	3 hours
GEND 135 Family Violence or SOCWK 135 Family Violence	3 hours
GEND 137 History of Women in the United States or HIST 137 History of Women in the United States	3 hours
GEND 160 Music of Women Composers or MUSIC 160 Gender and Music	3 hours
GEND 170 Women and Power or POLSC 170 Women and Power	3 hours
GEND 173 Gender and the Art of Film or THTRE 173 Gender and the Art of Film	3 hours
GEND 204 Women's Health: Global Perspective or NURS 204 Women's Health: Global Perspective	3 hours
GEND 222 Sociology of Gender or SOC 222 Sociology of Gender (If not used in core requirements)	3 hours
GEND 240 Women Writing Across Cultures or ENG 240 Women Writing Across Cultures	3 hours
GEND 250 Communication and Gender or COMM 250 Communication and Gender	3 hours
GEND 255 Women of the American West or HIST 255 Women of the American West (if not used in core requirements)	3 hours
GEND 262 Contemporary Theatre: Performance of Gender Topic Only	3 hours
GEND 196 Special Projects or GEND 296 Special Projects	1-3 hours
GEND 197 Practicum or GEND 297 Practicum	1-3 hours

Research Methods requirement (Select one course from the following:)	3-5 hours
COMM 150 Research Methods	3 hours
ENG 298 Ways of Reading: Theory and Practice	3 hours
HIST 100 History: Theory and Method	3 hours
POLSC 100 Introduction to Statistics and SPSS and POLSC 200 Research Methods in Political Science	5 hours
PSYCH 111 Research Methods in Psychology	4 hours
SOC 236 Research Methods in Social Science I	3 hours
SOC 237 Research Methods in Social Science II	3 hours

Additional courses and appropriate selected topics courses may be used for the major with the approval of the Gender Studies Committee.

Senior Comprehensive	3 hours
GEND 299 Feminist Research	3 hours