2024-2025 Course Catalog

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Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies (WGSS) Minor

Program Curriculum 

Required Minor Courses
To be taken in sequence
WGS 1824Introduction to Womens and Gender Studies3
or WGS 1114 Intro to LGBTQ+ Lives
WGS 2114Feminist Theory ((Pre: WGS 1824))3
WGS 4224Women's Studies Seminar ((Pre: WGS 1824 and WGS 2114))3
Subtotal9
Elective Courses6
Select two of the following:
The Black Woman in the U.S. (when course is focused on gender and race)
Human Sexuality
Asian American Experience (when the topic is women, gender, sexualities, masculinities, and/or diversity)
Race and Gender in Religion and Culture
Creativity, Power, & Politics
Race, Class, Gender, and Sexualities (when course is focused on women, gender, sexualities, masculinities, and/or diversity)
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Issues
Independent Study (variable credit; by arrangement with a professor)
Subtotal6
Select 3 credits at the 3000 and 4000 Level of the following:3
African American Images in Film
Topics in Literature by Women
Special Topics in Literature
Women in U S History
Women in U S History
Issues in Aging
Gender And Family Diversity
The Politics of Race, Ethnicity and Gender
Gender Relations
Gender and Work in the U.S.
Sociology of Aging
Appalachian Languages and Cultures
Topics in Culture
Contemporary Issues in Science, Technology, and Society
Topics in Feminism (may be repeated with a different topic)
Women and Gender in Islam
Global Feminisms
Gender, Environment, and International Development
Sexual Medicine
Gender and Science
Internship (by arrangement with professor)
Study Abroad
Independent Study (variable credit; by arrangement with professor)
Undergraduate Research (by arrangement with professor)
Subtotal3
Total Credits18

A minimum GPA of 2.0 in all courses taken to fulfill the minor is required.

The Minor in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) requires the completion of 18 credits as outlined below. Three specific courses are required and three elective courses. 

Advising: Questions may be answered by the Director of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Dr. Bonnie Zare, bonzare@vt.edu or Heath Furrow hafurrow@vt.edu.