Dec 29, 2025

2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Gender and Women’s Studies 4-Year Plan

The Bachelor of Arts in Gender and Women’s Studies requires a minimum of 120 credit hours.

Suggested Four-Year Plan

Year 1

First Semester

CIS 110 - Composition and Communication I 3 Credit Hours
OR
WRD 110 - Composition and Communication I 3 Credit Hours
GWS 200 - Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies in the Social Sciences 3 Credit Hours
Foreign Language - First Semester Credit(s): 4
UK Core - Natural, Physical and Mathematical Sciences Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

CIS 111 - Composition and Communication II 3 Credit Hours
OR
WRD 111 - Composition and Communication II 3 Credit Hours
GWS 201 - Gender and Popular Culture 3 Credit Hours
Foreign Language - Second Semester Credit(s): 4
UK Core - Quantitative Foundations Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Year 2

First Semester

GWS 250 - Social Movements 3 Credit Hours
OR
GWS 340 - History of Feminist Thought to 1975 3 Credit Hours
Foreign Language - Third Semester Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Statistical Inferential Reasoning Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

GWS 302 - Gender Across the World: (Subtitle Required) 3 Credit Hours
Foreign Language - Fourth Semester Credit(s): 3
300+ GWS Elective 2 (A&S - Social Science) Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Arts and Creativity Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Year 3

First Semester

GWS 301 - Crossroads: (Subtitle Required) 1 - 3 Credit Hours
300+ GWS Elective 3 (A&S - Social Science) Credit(s): 3
300+ Course outside GWS Credit(s): 3
A&S - Humanities Credit(s): 3
A&S - Natural Science Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

GWS 350 - Introduction to Feminist Theorizing 3 Credit Hours
300+ GWS Elective 4 Credit(s): 3
200+ Course outside GWS Credit(s): 3
A&S - Natural Science Credit(s): 3
A&S - Lab Credit(s): 3

Year 4

First Semester

GWS 400 - Doing Feminist Research I: Methods 3 Credit Hours
300+ GWS Elective 5 - Allied Course without GWS prefix Credit(s): 3
300+ Course outside GWS Credit(s): 3
A&S - Humanities Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

GWS 599 - Doing Feminist Research II: Capstone 3 Credit Hours
Elective Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3
300+ Elective Credit(s): 3
300+ Course outside GWS Credit(s): 3