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Electives (18 Credits)

Take six courses from below.

At least one course must be from the introductory list.

At least one course must be from the multicultural awareness list.

At least one course must be from one of the four specific course groups.

Introductory Courses List

• WGS 100 - Introduction to Women, Gender, and Sexualities in the United States 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 110 - Gender in Global Context 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 150 - Women, Culture and Identity 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 201 - Introduction to Sexuality Studies 3 Credit(s)

Multicultural Awareness Course List

• WGS 110 - Gender in Global Context 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 225L - Latinas in the United States 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 229L - Latinx Sexualities 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 260 - Gender, Sexuality, and Health: Feminist Perspectives 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 263G - Transgender Studies: Scholarly and Community Perspectives 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 268 - Global Bodies: Sex, Families, and Reproductive Rights in Transnational Perspective 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 270 - Native American Women in North America 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 295L - Introduction to Human Rights 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 300L - Women in African Cultures 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 320 - Sexuality Education in the United States 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 355L - Gender, Development, & Globalization 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 357L - Women in South Asian Religions: Gender Ideology and Practice in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 359L - Women in Modern China 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 360 - Gender, Culture, and Power 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 373 - Sex and the City: The Politics of Race, Sexuality, and Mobility 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 376L - Women of Color 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 401 - Advanced Topics in Human Rights 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 411 - Transnational Feminisms: Contexts, Conflicts, and Solidarity 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 412L - Gender, Human Rights, and Global Cinema 3 Credit(s)
• AFRSTY 230 - African-American Women’s History 3 Credit(s)
• AMST 228L - Asian Women in the United States 3 Credit(s)
• ASAMST 226 - Becoming South Asians 3 Credit(s)
• ENGL 357 - African-American Women Writers 3 Credit(s)

Specific Group Course Lists

Historical Perspectives

• WGS 290 - The Legal Rights of Women 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 325L - Sexual Identities in American Culture 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 343L - The Cultural Politics of HIV/AIDS 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 359L - Women in Modern China 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 394L - Radical Voices of Resistance: Gender, Race and US Social Movements 3 Credit(s)
• AFRSTY 230 - African-American Women’s History 3 Credit(s)

Feminist Thought

• WGS 356L - Faiths & Feminisms: Women, Gender, Sexuality & Religion in the U.S. 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 347 - Feminisms, Intersectionality and Social Justice: Histories, Debates, Futures 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 420 - Queer of Color Critique 3 Credit(s)
• PHIL 230 - Philosophy and Feminism 3 Credit(s)

Interdisciplinary Research

• WGS 311L - American Oral History 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 370 - Feminist Research Seminar 3 Credit(s)
• WGS 498 - Honors Research Tutorial 3 Credit(s)

Field Experience

• WGS 490 - Internship in Women’s Studies 3 Credit(s)
• SOCIOL 460 - Internship: Sociology in the City 6 Credit(s)

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

Complete 18 credits from six courses.

Residency: At least three courses for the minor must be taken through the Women's and Gender Studies Department. At least three courses for the minor must be completed at UMass Boston.

Course level: At least three courses for the minor must be at the 300-level or higher.

Course Limits: No more than two independent study courses may be applied toward the minor.

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department
Wheatley Hall, 5th Floor, Room 4A
617.287.6780
Womens.Studies [@] umb.edu