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Undergraduate Majors in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies - Major Requirements

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To complete a Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Major students need at least 36 credits

Required Coursework: (27-30 credits total)

GWSS 1001: Intro to Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies or GWSS 1002 Politics of Sex

One of the following GWSS courses:

	1003W: Women Write the World
	3002: Gender, Race, Class: Women's Lives in the United States
	3003: Gender and Global Politics
	3004W: Point/Counter Point: Contemporary Feminist Debates

GWSS 3102W: Feminist Thought and Theory
GWSS 4402: Rebels, Radicals, and Revolutionaries: History of Western Feminism
Upper-Level Courses satisfying the GWSS Cultural Pluralism requirement
Upper-level course satisfying the GWSS International Studies Requirement
Upper-level Advanced Theory course
Two GWSS 4000/5000 courses, senior project completed in one of the 4000/5000 courses

Upper-level elective courses (excluding 3002, 3003, or 3004W) as needed to reach 36 credits.

IDIM & BIS MAJORS

Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies is great for incorporating into a Bachelor of Individualized Studies (BIS) or Individually Designed Interdepartment Major (IDIM). To find out how to include Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies courses in your major, ask to speak our Director of Undergraduate Studies at 612-624-6006.

Contact

For Questions, or to declare a Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Major Contact:
Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Undergraduate Advising
Telephone # (612) 624-6809
E-mail: GWSSadv@umn.edu

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