Dec 11, 2024  
2019-2020 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2019-2020 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Women’s and Gender Studies Major


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BA Degree

The WGS major requires 36 credits that are completed in the following way:

Requirements


Core Courses: 15 credits


Students must successfully complete the following four core courses: WGS 101, WGS 201, WGS 312, and WGS 499. In addition, students must successfully complete any ONE of the four Upper-Level Feminist Theory courses (WGS 302, WGS 305, WGS 306, WGS 307).

Focus-Area Requirements - 12 credits


Students will be required to complete at least one course in each of the Women’s and Gender Studies’ four areas of concentration:

Politics, Justice, and Policy


Choose one:

Cross-Cultural and Transnational Inquiry


Choose one:

Politics of Cultural Representation


Choose one:

Specialization Requirement - 6 credits


Students will be required to successfully complete at least two additional courses (a total of six credits) in one of the four areas of focus: Intersectional Gender Studies; Politics, Justice, and Policy; Cross-Cultural and Transnational Inquiry; Politics of Cultural Representation.

Elective - 3 credits


Successfully complete one elective course in any of the four areas of concentration, or in feminist theory, or an internship (WGS 399).

Total credits: 36


Note: Seven of the twelve required courses must be upper-level courses (300/400-level).

University Studies Requirements


In addition to the requirements in the major, students will be required to complete the University Studies requirements. For more information: http://www.umassd.edu/generaleducation/universitystudies/universitystudiescurriculum/.

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