UMass Boston

Current Undergraduate Students: Declare or change your minor by completing an Undergraduate Program Add/Change form.

Prospective Undergraduate Students: Apply for admission to UMass Boston by completing an application. Start by reviewing the first-year and transfer application pages for important information about requirements, deadlines, and application status checks. Use the links below to apply: 

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Introductory Course (3 Credits)

WGS 201 - Introduction to Sexuality Studies 3 Credit(s)

Electives (12 Credits)

Complete four courses from below.

At least one course must be at the 300-level or higher.

• WGS 179GL - Sexuality in Nature and Culture 4 Credit(s)
• WGS 207L - Queer Visual Culture: Sexuality, Gender & Visual Representation 3 Credit(s)

• WGS 210G - Gendered Bodies 3 Credit(s)
  or
• WGS 227GL - Gender & Sexuality in South Asia 3 Credit(s)
  or
• ASIAN 227GL - Gender & Sexuality in South Asia 3 Credit(s)
  or
• WGS 230G - Reproductive Rights and Wrongs 3 Credit(s)

• WGS 215L - Gender & Communication 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 268 - Global Bodies: Sex, Families, and Reproductive Rights in Transnational Perspective 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 302L - Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identities 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 310L - Love, Sex, and Media Effects 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 320 - Sexuality Education in the United States 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 325L - Sexual Identities in American Culture 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 345L - Gender, Religion, and Politics in South Asia 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 350 - Introduction to Queer and Transgender Studies 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 360 - Gender, Culture, and Power 3 Credit(s)
• AMST 228L - Asian Women in the United States 3 Credit(s)
• AMST 325L - Sexual Identities in American Culture 3 Credit(s)
• ANTH 364 - Anthropology of Adolescence: Biocultural Interactions 3 Credit(s)
• ART 207L - Queer Visual Culture: Sexuality, Gender, and Visual Representation 3 Credit(s)
• ASAMST 228L - Asian Women in the United States 3 Credit(s)
• COMM 215L - Gender & Communication 3 Credit(s)
• COMM 310L - Love, Sex, and Media Effects 3 Credit(s)
• CSP 302L - Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identities 3 Credit(s)
• ENGL 370 - Reading Sexualities: Queer Theory 3 Credit(s)
• HONORS 290 - Special Topics Sexuality and Social Change 3 Credit(s)
• PSYCH 236 - The Psychology of Women 3 Credit(s)
• PSYCH 468 - Science of Human Sexuality 3 Credit(s)

Capstone Courses (3 credits)

Complete one course from below.

• WGS 350 - Introduction to Queer and Transgender Studies 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 420 - Queer of Color Critique 3 Credit(s)
• POLSCI 451 - Queer Theory & Politics 3 Credit(s)

For more information on curriculum, including course descriptions and degree requirements, visit the Academic Catalog.

Complete 18 credits from six courses, including two core courses and four electives.

Pass/fail: No more than one course taken pass/fail may be applied toward the minor.

Residency: No more than three courses from another institution may be applied toward the minor.

Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies Department
Wheatley Hall, 5th Floor, Room 4A
617.287.6780
QT.MinorStudies@umb.edu