Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies(WGSS)

WGSS 1200  Introduction to Women and Gender Studies    
3 credit hours  
Students are introduced to key issues and debates in women, gender and feminist studies from historical, contemporary, and transnational perspectives. Students address diverse experiences of, and ways of understanding, sex and gender, foregrounding how they intersect with race, class, ethnicity, ability, nationality, settler and other forms of colonialism, as well as other social identities and resources.
Note: Students may not receive credit for WGSS 1200 if they have already received credit for WMST 1200.

WGSS 1800-1825 Special topics in WGSS
6 credit hours
Course content varies from year to year.

WGSS 1826-1849 Special Topics in WGSS
3 credit hours
Course content varies from year to year.

WGSS 2100  Foundations in Sexuality Studies    
3 credit hours  
Prerequisite: WGSS 1200 though can be taken concurrently.
Students are introduced to key issues and debates in sexuality studies from historical, contemporary, and transnational perspectives. Students address diverse experiences of, and ways of understanding, sexuality, foregrounding how it intersects with gender, race, class, ethnicity, ability, nationality, settler and other forms of colonialism, as well as other social identities and resources.

WGSS 2800-2825 Special topics in WGSS
6 credit hours
Prerequisite: at least three (3) credit hours in WGSS
Course content varies from year to year.

WGSS 2826-2849 Special Topics in WGSS
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: at least three (3) credit hours in WGSS
Course content varies from year to year.

WGSS 3100  Interdisciplinary Studies in WGSS    
3 credit hours  
Prerequisite: WGSS 1200
Interdisciplinary WGSS researchers draw on theories, methods, and texts from a variety of fields of study such as literature, philosophy, history, sociology, and media studies, and bring them together in their work. Students examine the work of interdisciplinary researchers whose work centers questions of women, gender and sexuality in order to understand how knowledge is constructed and communicated within the field.
WGSS 3101  Women and Gender in a Transnational Context    
3 credit hours  
Prerequisite: A minimum of 24 credit hours of study. At least 9 credit hours of these should be in the Faculty of Arts.
Students place women's civic and political rights movements in a global perspective and question hegemonic divisions between "Western" and "Third World" feminisms. Students chart the growth of the transnational women's movements in the context of intersectionality, justice, activism, and coalition-building in a wide range of historical, cultural, and geopolitical locations.
WGSS 3205  A History of Women Artists  HIST 3205, IPHH 3205  
3 credit hours  
Students explore the history of women in the arts over the past 500 years from influential figures like Fontana, Gentileschi, Ruysch, or Bonheur. Inspired by the 1971 question, "Why have there been no great women artists?", students examine how academies of art, galleries, and historians came to ignore or erase their contributions. With a focus on Europe, the course extends to women’s creative works around the globe and may include field trips to galleries and museums.
Note: Recommended but not required HIST 2205.

WGSS 3800-3825 Special topics in WGSS
6 credit hours
Prerequisite: at least three (3) credit hours in WGSS
Course content varies from year to year.

WGSS 3826-3849 Special Topics in WGSS
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: at least three (3) credit hours in WGSS
Course content varies from year to year.

WGSS 4100  Advanced Studies in WGSS    
3 credit hours  
Prerequisite: WGSS 1200
Women, gender and sexuality studies is a field that is experiencing rapid growth and development. Students are offered an advanced exploration of new and emerging theories in the field, building on the theoretical, methodological, and historical work examined in previous WGSS courses.
WGSS 4101  Gendered and Sexualized Violence    
3 credit hours  
Prerequisite: A minimum of 45 credit hours
Students critically engage with debates around the relationships between gender, violence, and conflict in an interdisciplinary, ethics-informed context. Students focus on the following themes: gendered and sexualized experiences of violence, conflict and peace militarization, hegemonic manifestations of masculinities and femininities and their relationship to gender-based and sexual violence, and the institutionalization of such violence.

WGSS 4800-4825 Special topics in WGSS
6 credit hours
Prerequisite: at least twenty-four (24) credit hours in WGSS
Course content varies from year to year.

WGSS 4826-4849 Special Topics in WGSS
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: at least twenty-four (24) credit hours in WGSS
Course content varies from year to year.

WGSS 4850-4875 Directed Studies in WGSS
6 credit hours
Prerequisite: at least twenty-four (24) credit hours in WGSS
Courses allow the opportunity to pursue reading and research in a specific area of WGSS. Student and professor design program of study together. 

WGSS 4876-4899 Directed Reading in WGSS
3 credit hour course
Prerequisite: at least twenty-four (24) credit hours in WGSS
Courses allow the opportunity to pursue reading and research in a specific area of WGSS. Student and professor design program of study together.