WOMEN’S, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY STUDIES
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR
Program Director: Dr. Elizabeth Neiman (Elizabeth.Neiman@maine.edu)
WGS major (33 credits),
Required Courses (18 credits)
- WGS 101: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- WGS 103: Introduction to LGBTQ Studies
- WGS 280: Intersectionality and Social Movements, WGS 205; Intro to Feminist & Critical Day, orWGS 206: Investigating Equity
- WGS 410: Feminist, Gender and Queer Theory
- WGS 411: Internship in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies*
Plus any One of the following Four courses (WGS will offer at least one of these courses yearly and on a rotation):
- WGS 303: Social Media, Movements, and Change
- WGS 340: Transnational Feminisms
- WGS 351: Authorizing Women’s Sexuality
- WGS 371: Border Crossing: Gendered Perspectives on Modern Migration
Capstone requirement: fulfilled by either WGS 410 or WGS 411, to be taken with a 0-credit WGS 499
Elective courses, 15 credits, of which 6 must be at the 300 or 400 level
Courses that count towards WGS ELECTIVES
All courses are 3 credits and unless listed elsewise, are taught in person
WGS 101: – Introduction to Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies
WGS 102: – Introduction to Activism and Community Projects
WGS 103 – Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Studies
WGS 201 – Topics in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
WGS 203 – Men and Masculinities (asynchronous online)
WGS 205 – Introduction to Feminist and Critical Data Analysis
WGS 206 – Investigating Equity
WGS 230 – Women, Health and the Environment
WGS 250 – Women and Music
WGS 260 – Gardening as Social Justice
WGS 270 – Gender in Native American Cultures
WGS 280 – Intersectionality and Social Movements
WGS 301 – Intermediate Topics in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
WGS 303 – Social Movements, Media and Change
WGS 340 – Transnational Feminisms
WGS 351 – Authorizing Women’s Sexuality
WGS 360 – Gender and Cinema
WGS 371 – Border-crossing: Gendered Perspectives on Modern Migration
WGS 401 – Advanced Topics in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
WGS 410 – Feminist, Gender and Queer Theory
WGS 411 – Internship in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
DIS 300- Disability: Interaction of Human Diversity and Global Environments
DIS 400 -Disability: Interaction of Human Diversity and Global Environments
DIS 450- Disability as Diversity II
ANT 212 -Anthropology of Food
ANT 245 -Sex and Gender in Cross Cultural Perspective
ANT 411- Culture, Illness, and Healing
ANT 466 -Economic Anthropology
AVS 254: Intro to Animal Microbiomes
BIO 200 -Biology of Organisms
CIE 412 – Engineering Decisions
CHF 351 -Human Sexuality
CHF 451 -Family Relationships
CHF 452 -Violence in the Family
CMJ 405 -Gender In Communication
CMJ 420 -SL: Health Communication
CRJ 301 – Gender and Crime
CRJ 302 -Race and Crime
CRJ/SOC 324: Domestic Violence
ECO 180 -Citizens, Energy, and Sustainability
ENG 471 -Authorizing Women’s Sexuality
HTY 232 -Womanhood in America
MES 350 -Maine Women Credits
MUE 401 –Organization and Administration of Secondary Music Performance Programs
NMD 200 -Designing Humane Tech
NUR 300 -Health Assessment Through the Lifespan (for Nursing majors only)
NUR 413 -Nursing Care Management of Women, Infants and Families (for Nursing majors only)
NUR 452 –Community and Population Healthcare (for Nursing majors only)
PAX 401 -Women Activists: Warriors for Peace and Justice
PHI 351 — Topics in Philosophy and Literature
POS 385: Women and Politices
PSY 230 – Social Psychology
SOC 201 – Social Inequality
SOC 310 – Food Systems and Social Change. The Gender, Food, and the Body
SOC 340 -Gender and History of Psychiatry
SWK 330 -Contemporary Issues in Diversity and Pluralism
SWK 350 -Human Behavior in the Social Environment I
SWK 351 – Human Behavior in the Social Environment II
SWK 380 – Biological Person and the Environment
SWK 485 – Mental Health and Work
SPA 415 – Feminism and Literature (taught in Spanish)
*WGS is partnered with departments across the university– Please also check WGS website each semester for additional courses that count as WGS electives
Revised 10/15/2025
