Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Major

Requirements for the Major

A major in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies requires a minimum of 11 courses including senior thesis.

• FGSS026 SC  /GWS 026 PO Introduction to Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies or FGSS036 SC   - Introduction to Queer Studies
• FGSS184 SC Feminist Theories: Antiracist, Postcolonial and Queer Critiques  or FGSS183 SC   - Feminist and Queer Science 
• FGSS192 SC Antiracist Feminist and Queer Praxis: Theory, Ethics and Social Action   
• FGSS188 SC Advanced Topics in Feminist Gender and Sexuality Studies   
• Five courses that constitute a concentration* in FGSS. Three of the five courses must be upper-division FGSS courses, or equivalents. An upper-division FGSS course is one that requires at least FGSS026 SC as a prerequisite, or equivalent pre-requisite.
• GWS 190 PO - Senior Seminar or the equivalent
• FGSS191 SC Senior Thesis  

Note:

*Concentration to be decided upon in consultation with major adviser. Also, the student’s senior thesis needs to be on a topic related to the concentration. Examples of concentrations include:  Media; Transnationalisms; Science,Technology and Medicine; Politics; Art and Performance; Postcolonialisms; Settler Colonialisms; Imperialisms; Decolonialities; Ecology; Disability; Law and the Criminal Justice System.

Honors Requirements

Qualified students will be encouraged to apply for honors in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies in their junior year. In order to receive honors, a student must notify the department chair in the spring of their junior year and fulfill the following additional criteria:

1. Maintain an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher; GPA in major of 3.67 or higher.
2. Receive an A or A- on a two-semester thesis.
3. Present thesis work-in-progress for discussion and review by FGSS faculty at the end of the fall semester and participate in a thesis defense at the end of the spring semester.
4. Take two additional Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies courses (for a total of 12 courses).