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Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies Course List 2025–26

The major in gender, women’s, and sexuality studies requires the following:

  • Introduction to Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies (GWS 111)
  • Theory and Methodology in Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies (GWS 249, offered fall only)
  • Five courses (20 credits) from at least three of the four thematic rubrics listed below:
    • sexuality and queer studies
    • cross-cultural and transnational approaches
    • literary criticism and visual culture
    • political/philosophical/historical/social analyses
  • At least two of these five courses (or 8 credits) must be at the 300-level
  • Senior Seminar in Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies (GWS 495, offered spring only; only open to graduating majors)

Please consult the Course Schedule, available online at the Registrar’s page, for complete course information, including course descriptions and days and times of course offerings. Please note that each course can only be used to fulfill a single elective category (ABCD).

Fall 2025 Courses
Course #TitleProfessorMajor Category
AMS-275-01
U.S. Transgender/Intersex History
Reznick, J
 A/D
AMS-295-01
-Cross List ARH-295-02
ST: The Camera and the BodyReznick, JC
ANT-295-04The Anthropology of Gender and SexualityTrejo, MA/D
ANT-395-02Feminist and Decolonial AnthropologyTrejo, MA/B
ARB-295-02
-Cross List 
GLS-295-01
-Cross List
HUM-295-01
Women’s Lives through Arab LensYoussef, MC/D
ARH-231-01
Modern Art in Europe, 1900-1940
Anger, J
 C
ARH-295-02
-Cross List AMS-295-01
ST: The Camera and the BodyReznick, JC
BIO-220-01
Racing Through Genetics
Gregg-Jolly, L
 B/D
ENG-225-01Intro to Postcolonial LitKapila, SC
ENG-295-01
-Cross List GWS-295-01
ST: Queer & Transgender LiteraturesAllen, LA/C
ENG-332-01
The Victorians
Jacobson, C
 C
FMS-195-01Horror Film and OthernessEly, TB/C/D
GLS-295-01
-Cross List
ARB-295-02
-Cross List
HUM-295-01
Women’s Lives through Arab LensYoussef, MC/D
GWS-211-01
Foundations of LGBTQ Studies
 torralba, s
A
GWS-295-01
-Cross List  ENG-295-01
Special Topic: Queer & Transgender Literatures
 Allen, L
 A/C
GWS-395-02
-Cross List HIS-395-01
Special Topic: American Women's History
Herbst, C
D
HIS-314-01
US Civil War: History & Memory
Purcell, S
D
HIS-395-01
-Cross List GWS-395-02
Special Topic: American Women's History
Herbst, C
D
HUM-295-01
-Cross List
ARB-295-02
-Cross List 
GLS-295-01
Women’s Lives through Arab LensYoussef, MC/D
LAS-221-01
Introduction to U. S. Latinx Studies
Petrus, J
B
PHI-245-01
Philosophy of Art
Dobe, J
D
PHI-261-01
Philosophy of Race and Gender
 Acuna, J
B/D
POL-219-01
Constitutional Law & Politics
Hanson, P
D
POL-259-01
Human Rights: Foundation, Challenges, Choices
Justo, N
D
POL-319-01
Advanced Constitutional Law
Hanson, P
D
SOC-390-01Advanced Studies in GenderJanson, LA/B/C/D
SPN-320-02
Culture of Spanish Speaking World
Benoist, V
B/D
THD-253-01
Theatre & Identity: Queer Theatre
Miller, K
A

 

Spring 2026 Courses
Course #TitleProfessorMajor Category
ANT-210-01                   
Illness, Healing and Culture                               
Tapias, M
D
ANT-233-01
Anthropology of Borderlands
Kulstad, T
B/D
ARH-395-01
Special Topic: Madness & Moving Image
Ely, T
C
ENG-227-01
American Literature Traditions I
Andrews, S
C
ENG-273-01
Transnational & Postcolonial Feminism
Kapila, S
B/C
ENG-360-01
Seminar in Postcolonial Literature
Kapila, S
C
FRN-305-01
Contemporary Francophone Culture
Tricoire, M
B/C
FRN-312-01
French Literature From Knights/Libertines
Harrison, D
C
GWS-222-01
-Cross List HIS-222-01
Women in American History
Herbst, C
D
GWS-235-01
Feminism and Popular Culture
Johnson, L
C
GWS-295-01
Special Topic: Transnational Feminisms
torralba, s
B/D
GWS-395-01
Special Topic: Critical Transgender Studies
torralba, s
A/D
GWS-395-02
Special Topic: Feminist Inquiry
Beauboeuf, T
B/D
GWS 395-03ST: Feminist FuturesJohnson, LB/C
HIS-214-01
American Civil War/Reconstruction
Purcell, S
D
HIS-222-01
-Cross List GWS-222-01
Women in American History
Herbst, C
D
HIS-227-01
African American History
Lacson, A
B/D
HIS-325-01
American Indian Reservations
Lacson, A
B/D
PHI-264-01
-Cross List POL-264-01
Political Theory II
Acuna, J
D
POL-264-01
-Cross List PHI-264-01
Political Theory II
Acuna, J
D
PSY-314-01
Psychology of Collective Action
Vossoughi, N
D
REL-295-01ST: Womanist Rel ThoughtHills, DB/D
SOC-255-01
Sociology of Asian America
Quinsaat, S
B/D
SOC-330-01
Regimes and Resistance
Quinsaat, S
B/D
SPN-312-01
Women & Gender in Spanish Literature
Perez, M
B/C

 

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