{"id":177,"date":"2025-09-10T09:59:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T13:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/?page_id=177"},"modified":"2025-12-09T12:22:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T17:22:54","slug":"curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/academics\/womens-gender-and-sexuality-studies-ba\/curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Women\u2019s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, B.A.<\/h1>\n\n\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><nav class=\"is-responsive wp-block-navigation is-layout-flex wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Navigation 3\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/navigation\" 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wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/academics\/womens-gender-and-sexuality-studies-ba\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Overview<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/academics\/womens-gender-and-sexuality-studies-ba\/curriculum\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Curriculum<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/academics\/womens-gender-and-sexuality-studies-ba\/honors\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Honors<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a 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class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-curriculum\">Curriculum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-choose-a-specialization\">Choose a specialization<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019ll work closely with a faculty adviser affiliated with the Women&#8217;s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies degree program to refine your interests and develop an individualized area of specialization within the field. Areas of specialization cross at least two academic departments and form a coherent theme, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Women in comparative fiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gender and environment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gender, war,&nbsp;and militaries<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gender, identity,&nbsp;and sexuality<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Feminist critiques of globalization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column sidebar is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Choose a second major to support your specialization and to reinforce connections with other academic disciplines. Some popular combinations include:&nbsp;English,&nbsp;history,&nbsp;political science,&nbsp;psychology, and&nbsp;sociology. A minor&nbsp;or concentration in another field is required for students without a second major.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-light-warm-gray-background-color has-background is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-course-requirements\">Course requirements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>All women&#8217;s, gender, and sexuality&nbsp;studies majors must take ten women&#8217;s, gender, and sexuality courses.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Core courses in women&#8217;s, gender, and sexuality studies&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;Introduction to Women\u2019s and Gender Studies (WGS 110) and Introduction to Feminist Theory (WGS 200)&nbsp;\u2014 will provide you with a solid foundation in women\u2019s studies and gender analysis, while courses selected from many other departments will introduce you to a range of disciplinary approaches and perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students should take&nbsp;WGS 110 &#8211; Introduction to Women\u2019s and&nbsp;Gender&nbsp;Studies&nbsp;early in the program to define their topical areas of interest and guide advanced course selection.&nbsp; They should also take&nbsp;one&nbsp;theory course&nbsp;from the list below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ENG 231&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Queer Modernisms<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ENG 264&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Queer Victorians<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PSCI 210&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Sexuality and Politics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PSCI 178&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Gender&nbsp;and Political Theory<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Women&#8217;s, gender, and sexuality studies majors must take three&nbsp;elective courses&nbsp;from&nbsp;three&nbsp;different departments and three&nbsp;specialization courses&nbsp;from&nbsp;at least two&nbsp;different departments.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"color:inherit\" class=\"eyebrow  has-text-align-left\">Academic catalog<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-gray-700-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.clarku.edu\/preview_program.php?catoid=35&amp;poid=7159&amp;returnto=2879#majorrequirements\">major requirements<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-advanced-study\">Advanced study<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>After taking a skills or methods course to support advanced study in your area of specialization, you will be able to apply the knowledge and skills gained through WGS coursework to a culminating research project or applied experience through an advanced research seminar, internship, or a directed study with a faculty member. Our students contribute to the production of knowledge in both activist and scholarly spheres.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div style=\"color:inherit\" class=\"eyebrow  has-text-align-left\">Curriculum to careers<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/curriculum-and-careers\/www-content\/uploads\/sites\/324\/2023\/07\/Women-and-Gender-Studies-Major-Map.pdf\">Major map<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-lighter-orange-background-color has-background is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-minor\">Minor<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Women\u2019s, gender, and sexuality studies minors must take a minimum of six courses distributed over three components as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>One core course<\/strong>&nbsp;in Women\u2019s and Gender Studies: <em>WGS 110 Introduction to Women\u2019s Studies<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Four WGS elective courses<\/strong>, with at least&nbsp;<em>two<\/em>&nbsp;courses at the 200-level. It is recommended that these include both social sciences and humanities courses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>One Advanced Research or Internship Credit<\/strong>&nbsp;selected in consultation with a WGS adviser. <br><br>The research credit may be taken as an advanced capstone seminar or directed study (<em>WGS<\/em> <em>299<\/em>)<em>&nbsp;<\/em>designed around a special project. Academic internships (<em>WGS 298<\/em>) must be organized through Career Services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div style=\"color:inherit\" class=\"eyebrow  has-text-align-left\">Academic catalog<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-gray-700-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.clarku.edu\/preview_program.php?catoid=35&amp;poid=7160&amp;returnto=2879#minorrequirements\">minor requirements<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curriculum Choose a specialization You\u2019ll work closely with a faculty adviser affiliated with the Women&#8217;s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies degree program to refine your interests and develop an individualized area of specialization within the field. 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