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Dec 11, 2024
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2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Major (BA)
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Degree Requirements
If this is the student’s only or primary major, the degree requirements below must be completed for graduation. See graduation requirements for more information.
Major Requirements
Complete at least 30 credits from ten courses.
Residency: At least six courses for the major must be taken through the Women’s and Gender Studies Department. At least five courses for the major must be completed at UMass Boston.
Course level: At least fifteen credits for the major must be at the 300-level or higher.
Course limits: No more than two independent study courses may be applied toward the major.
Electives (30 Credits)
Complete 10 courses from the list below. At least one course must be taken from each of the six course groups below.
Multicultural Awareness Courses
- WGS 110 - Gender in Global Context 3 Credit(s)
- WGS 225 - Latinas in the United States 3 Credit(s)
- WGS 268 - Global Bodies: Sex, Families, and Reproductive Rights in Transnational Perspective 3 Credit(s)
- WGS 270 - Native American Women in North America 3 Credit(s)
- WGS 295L - Introduction to Human Rights 3 Credit(s)
- WGS 300L - Women in African Cultures 3 Credit(s)
- WGS 345 - Gender, Religion and Politics in South Asia 3 Credit(s)
- WGS 355L - Gender, Development, & Globalization 3 Credit(s)
- WGS 357L - Women in South Asian Religions: Gender Ideology and Practice in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam 3 Credit(s)
- WGS 359L - Women in Modern China 3 Credit(s)
- WGS 360 - Gender, Culture, and Power 3 Credit(s)
- WGS 376L - Women of Color 3 Credit(s)
- WGS 401 - Advanced Topics in Human Rights 3 Credit(s)
- WGS 411 - Transnational Feminisms: Contexts, Conflicts, and Solidarity 3 Credit(s)
- WGS 412L - Gender, Human Rights, and Global Cinema 3 Credit(s)
- AFRSTY 230 - African-American Women’s History 3 Credit(s)
- AMST 228L - Asian Women in the United States 3 Credit(s)
- ASAMST 226 - Becoming South Asians 3 Credit(s)
- CINE 412L - Gender, Human Rights, and Global Cinema 3 Credit(s)
- ENGL 357 - African-American Women Writers 3 Credit(s)
- PSYCH 403 - Gender, Culture, and Health 3 Credit(s)
Historical Perspectives Courses
Interdisciplinary Research Courses
Internship/Field Experience Courses
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