The Major Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (33 Credits)
Program of Study Form(checklist)
Name:___________________________________________________________ Student ID:_________________________
Six Required Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGS) courses (18 Credits)
Course Term & Year Completed
WGS 101 Introduction to WGS _________________________
WGS 103 Introduction to LGBTQ _________________________
WGS 280 Intersectionality and Social Movement (offered Spring) WGS 205, Feminist & Critical Data Analysis
Or WGS 206: Investigating Equity (offered Fall) ________________________
WGS 410 Feminist, Gender, and Queer Theory (offered Fall) ________________________
WGS 411 Internship in WGS (3 credits) (offered Fall and Spring) _________________________
WGS 499: Capstone requirement* _________________________
*Fulfilled by either WGS 410 or WGS 411, to be taken with a 0-credit WGS 499
PLUS any one of the following four courses:
WGS 303: Social Media, Movements, and Change (offered every 2 to 3 years) _________________________
WGS 340: Transnational Feminisms (offered most springs) _________________________
WGS 351: Authorizing Women’s Sexuality (offered every 2 to 3 years) _________________________
WGS 371: Border Crossing: Gendered Perspectives on Modern Migration (offered every 2 to 3 years) ___________________
Five WGS Electives (15 Credits, of which 6 must be at the 300 or 400 level):see flip side for approved courses.
Course Term & Year Completed
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APPROVED LIST OF WGS ELECTIVES (all courses are 3 credits)
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 (Fall)
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
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
CHF 351- Human Sexuality
CHF 451 – Family Relationships
CHF 452 – Violence in the Family
CIE 415: – Engineering Decisions
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
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
ECO 180 – Citizens, Energy, and Sustainability
ENG 471 – (Gender in Literature) Authorizing Women’s Sexualities
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 – Philosophy and Literature
POS 385: Women and Politics
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)
10/2025
