Optional Women’s Studies Concentration

Concentration Requirements

(To replace 18 credits of general elective requirements)

• WGS 101W - Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 3 CR
• WGS 301W - Classic and Contemporary Feminisms 3 CR
• WGS 353 - Sociology of Gender 3 CR

Complete any upper-level (300-400) women and gender studies course; the following are the UMA course options (3):

• WGS 304W - Girls on Fire: Feminism, Activism, and the Future  
• WGS 305 - Intersections of Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality  
• WGS 306 - American Fitness: Culture, Community, and Transformation  
• WGS 310W - Introduction to LGBT Studies  
• WGS 337 - American Masculinities  
• WGS 350W - Major Women Writers  

Complete any two Women and/or Gender Studies course; one of which must be upper-level (300-400); the following are the UMA course options (6):

• ENG 185W - Introduction to Mythology: Origins of Literature 3 CR
• HUS 233 - Trauma Recognition and Intervention 3 CR
• HUS 263 - Family Interactions 3 CR
• HUS 332 - Relational Systems that Support Substance Use Disorders (SUD) 3 CR
• HUS 352 - Interventions for Families with Children 3 CR
• JUS 222 - Family Law 3 CR
• JUS 305 - Women in Criminal Justice 3 CR
• JUS 307 - Violence in the Family 3 CR
• PSY 364 - Psychology of Men and Boys 3 CR
• SSC 110 - Introduction to Human Sexuality 3 CR
• SSC 314 - Gender Images in the Media 3 CR
• WGS 190 - Women, Music, and Culture 3 CR
• WGS 304W - Girls on Fire: Feminism, Activism, and the Future 3 CR
• WGS 305 - Intersections of Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality 3 CR
• WGS 306 - American Fitness: Culture, Community, and Transformation 3 CR
• WGS 310W - Introduction to LGBT Studies 3 CR
• WGS 337 - American Masculinities 3 CR
• WGS 350W - Major Women Writers 3 CR