Joint Major Requirements

Many students incorporate their Global Gender Studies degree with other departmental offerings across campus, either as a second major, joint major or a minor degree. 

Acceptance Criteria: Minimum 2.0 GPA overall
Total Credit Hours: 24
Required Courses:*

Core Curriculum:

• GGS 101 Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies
• GGS 205 Women in the Global System OR GGS 241 Women in Developing Countries
• GGS 228 Introduction to Feminist Theory
• GGS 330 Global Women's Voices OR GGS 414 Globalization and Gender

Electives:

One course from each area (Cultures and Identities; Women and Global Citizenship; and Gender and Public Policy) and one additional elective.

Cultures and Identities

• GGS 265 Sexuality and Cultures
• GGS 273 Fashion: Art and Practice
• GGS 308 Image and Gender
• GGS 368 Research on Sexuality and Religion
• GGS 369 Queer Theory
• GGS 379 Sex: Gender and Popular Culture
• GGS 415 Media and Gender

Women and Global Citizenship

• GGS 334 Women in the Middle East
• GGS 340 Women in Contemporary Asia
• GGS 347 Women in Latin America
• GGS 350 Gender Issues in Contemporary Africa
• GGS 421 Democracy and Gender
• GGS 425 Women's Movement
• GGS 466 Women Work and Social Change

Gender and Public Policy

• GGS 324 Controlling Reproduction
• GGS 325 Violence in a Gendered World
• GGS 353 Law Interprets Gender
• GGS 360 Women's Health: Problems and Practices
• GGS 487 International Organizations, Gender and Sustainability
• GGS 496 Women’s Studies Internship