Major Requirements
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 or WGS 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 466 Economic Anthropology
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
PSY 230 Social Psychology
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 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 12/11/2023