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Twin Cities Campus
Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies B.A.
Gender, Women and Sexuality
College of Liberal Arts
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Requirements for this program are current for Fall 2008.
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Required credits to graduate with this degree: 120.
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Required credits within the major: 36.
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Degree: Bachelor of Arts.
Gender, women, and sexuality studies offers an interdisciplinary curriculum that looks at issues of gender and sexuality in the United States and around the world, taking into account the intersections and interrelations of generation, economic status, race, geographic location, and other social and historical variables. Gender, women, and sexuality studies also seeks to transform traditional fields of study by incorporating new data, methods, theories, and frameworks developed by feminist scholars.
In addition to the faculty in gender, women, and sexuality studies, several departments and centers lend their interdisciplinary teaching and advisory expertise. Among these are the Departments of African American and African Studies; American Studies; American Indian Studies; Anthropology; Chicano Studies; Communication Studies; Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society; English; French and Italian; German, Scandinavian, and Dutch; History; Philosophy; Sociology; and Spanish and Portuguese. Affiliated programs include the School of Nursing; the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs’ Center on Women and Public Policy; the Institute for Global Studies; the Interdisciplinary Program on Global Change, Sustainability, and Justice; Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture; and the Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sport.
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Admission Requirements
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For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the
Office of Admissions Web site.
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General Requirements
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All students are required to complete general University and college
requirements including writing and liberal education courses.
For more information about University-wide requirements, see the
liberal education requirements.
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Program Requirements
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Students are required to take 4 semester(s) of any second language.
Students must complete 27-30 credits of required courses plus upper level electives as needed to reach 36 credits. Major Courses
Courses in this list may not be used to fulfill the cultural pluralism, international studies, and advanced theory requirements. Courses cannot fulfill requirements for more than one category.
Take four courses from the following list.
GWSS 1001 - Gender, Power, and Everyday Life, CD, SSCI (3.0 cr)
or GWSS 1002 - Politics of Sex, CD, SSCI (3.0 cr)
GWSS 3102W - Feminist Thought and Theory., C/PE, OH, WI (3.0 cr)
GWSS 4402 - Rebels, Radicals, and Revolutionaries: History of Western Feminisms (3.0 cr)
GWSS 1003W - Women Write the World, IP, LIT, WI (3.0 cr)
or GWSS 3002 - Gender, Race, and Class: Women's Lives in the United States, C/PE, CD (3.0 cr)
or GWSS 3003 - Gender and Global Politics, IP, SSCI (3.0 cr)
or GWSS 3004W - Point/Counterpoint: Contemporary Feminist Debates, C/PE, OH, WI (3.0 cr)
Cultural Pluralism, International Studies, and Advanced Theory
Take one course from each category. Students should consult their departmental adviser if they wish to request any exceptions to major requirements, which must be done by petition and with departmental approval. Courses cannot fulfill requirements for more than one category. Notations following the course titles indicate which liberal education requirements that course may fulfill.
Cultural Pluralism
GWSS 3203W - Skin, Sex, and Genes, CD, OH, WI (3.0 cr)
or GWSS 3303W - Writing Differences: Literature by U.S. Women of Color, CD, LIT, WI (3.0 cr)
or GWSS 3403W - Jewish Women in the United States, CD, HP, WI (3.0 cr)
or GWSS 3409W - Asian American Women's Cultural Production, CD, WI (3.0 cr)
or GWSS 3410 - La Chicana, CD (3.0 cr)
or GWSS 3411 {Inactive}
or GWSS 3412 - American Indian Women: Ethnographic and Ethnohistorical Perspectives, CD, SSCI (3.0 cr)
or GWSS 4302H {Inactive}
or GWSS 4401 - Chicana/Latina Cultural Studies, CD (3.0 cr)
or GWSS 5403 - Chicana/Latina Feminisms (3.0 cr)
or GWSS 5405 - Chicanas: Women and Work (3.0 cr)
International Studies
GWSS 3003 - Gender and Global Politics, IP, SSCI (3.0 cr)
or GWSS 3404 - International Lesbian and Queer Studies (3.0 cr)
or GWSS 3405 {Inactive}
Advanced Theory
GWSS 4103H - Transnational Feminist Theories, H (3.0 cr)
or GWSS 4302H {Inactive}
or GWSS 4401 - Chicana/Latina Cultural Studies, CD (3.0 cr)
or GWSS 4403 - Queering Theory (3.0 cr)
or GWSS 5101 - Feminist Approaches to Ethnography (3.0 cr)
or GWSS 5102 - Feminist Approaches to History (3.0 cr)
or GWSS 5103 - Feminist Pedagogies (3.0 cr)
or GWSS 5201 - Global Processes and the Politics of Sexuality (3.0 cr)
or GWSS 5300 - Communication and Gender (3.0 cr)
or GWSS 5403 - Chicana/Latina Feminisms (3.0 cr)
Electives
Take 6 - 9 credit(s) from the following:
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GWSS 3xxx
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GWSS 4xxx
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GWSS 5xxx
Senior Project
The GWSS senior project has two components. Students complete two 4xxx-5xxx GWSS courses. In one of these courses, students complete a department-approved senior project. Students must receive instructor approval and complete a senior project contract prior to completing a senior project in the instructor's course.
GWSS 4xxx
GWSS 5xxx
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Program Sub-plans
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A sub-plan is not required for this program.
Honors UHP
This is an honors sub-plan.
Students admitted to the University Honors Program (UHP) must fulfill UHP requirements in addition to degree program requirements. For any course required in a degree program, UHP students must register for the honors version if one is offered. Honors courses used to fulfill degree program requirements will also fulfill UHP requirements.
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