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Sep 08, 2024
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2023-2024 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:
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Core Courses: 15 credits
Students must successfully complete five core courses: WGS 101, WGS 201, one upper-level feminist theory course, the capstone course, and WGS 499.
Focus Area Requirements - 12 credits
Students must complete at least one course in each of the four focus areas:
Intersectional Gender Studies
Choose one:
Politics, Justice, and Policy
Choose one: Cross-Cultural and Transnational Inquiry
Choose one:
Politics of Cultural Representation
Choose one:
Specialization Requirement - 6 credits
Students must successfully complete at least two additional courses (a total of six credits) in one of the four focus areas: Intersectional Gender Studies; Politics, Justice, and Policy; Cross-Cultural and Transnational Inquiry; Politics of Cultural Representation.
Elective - 3 credits
Students must 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).
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