Oct 04, 2024

2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog

2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies. B.A.

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College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences > Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program > Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies. B.A.

A major in Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies consists of 30 hours of designated WGSS courses (WGSS 2350 or 2360 + 27 additional hours, at least 21 of them advanced). The 21 advanced hours must include either 3350 or 3360; either 3321 or 3322, or equivalent; 4350; and 4360; plus 5 approved electives. At least 21 of the 30 hours must be taken in residence. A maximum of nine semester hours of approved transfer substitutes will be accepted toward the major. A minimum grade of C (2.00) is required for a course to count toward the minor, and a minimum 2.00 grade point average is required for the minor.

Required courses for the WGSS major

1. One Intro course

WGSS 2350: Intro to Women, Gender and Culture (Language, Philosophy & Culture CORE course) Credit Hours: 3.0

and/or

WGSS 2360: Intro to LGBT Studies (Language, Philosophy & Culture CORE course) Credit Hours: 3.0

2. One of the following:

WGSS 3350 - Gender, Society & Feminist Theory Credit Hours: 3.0
or
WGSS 3360 - Sexuality and Queer Theory Credit Hours: 3.0

3. One course from either of the following categories:

(it is recommended that a course from the other category be taken as an elective)

A. Gender and Transnational Studies course

WGSS 3321 - Gender in Transnational Perspective Credit Hours: 3.0
If not available, one of the following may be substituted:
WCL 3355 - Women East and West: Global Representations of Female Divinities Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 4384 - East Asian Women in Historical and Cross-Cultural Perspectives Credit Hours: 3.0
WCL 3382 - Global Queer Culture Credit Hours: 3.0
and petitioned courses on Transnational Gender Dynamics

B. Perspectives on the Intersectionalities of Identity

WGSS 3322 - Intersectionalities of Race, Class, Age, Disability & Gender Credit Hours: 3.0
If not available, one of the following may be substituted:
ANTH 3363 - Race in Anthropological Perspective Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3334 - Chicana History Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3326 - African American Women in Slavery and Freedom Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 4384 - East Asian Women in Historical and Cross-Cultural Perspectives Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 4389 - African American History and Culture in the 20th Century Credit Hours: 3.0
SOC 3327 - Race and Ethnic Relations in the United States Credit Hours: 3.0
SOC 3328 - Race and Ethnicity in World Perspective Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3316 - Race and Racism in American Science and Medicine Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3317 - Making of Ethnic America Credit Hours: 3.0
& petitioned courses on Race, Class, Age, Disability & Gender

4. WGSS 4350 - Issues in Feminist Research course

(includes a presentation of students’ work and includes primary-source analysis in the Shuart Women’s Archive in the UH Library)

5. WGSS 4360 - Capstone Internship Course

(includes a presentation of students’ work and includes primary-source analysis in the Shuart Women’s Archive in the UH Library)

6. Electives

Choose from the following options to fulfill the remaining 5 course credits for the major:

A. Senior Essay (one term) with approved faculty + 4 elective courses

B. Senior Thesis (two terms) for Honors credit with approved faculty + 3 elective courses

C. Five elective cross-listed courses from approved list, no more than 2 in one discipline

Distributive requirements:

At least two of a student’s electives must come from each area.

Humanities

ARAB 3314 - Women and Gender in Arabic Literature Credit Hours: 3.0
COMM 3376 - Media Effects Credit Hours: 3.0
COMM 3301 - Doctor-Patient Interaction Credit Hours: 3.0
COMM 3340 - Health Campaigns Credit Hours: 3.0
CLAS 3374 - Women in the Ancient World Credit Hours: 3.0
CLAS 4374 - Sex and Gender in Antiquity Credit Hours: 3.0
CLAS 4375 - Gender and Race in Greek Myths Credit Hours: 3.0
ENGL 3362 - Women in Literature Credit Hours: 3.0
ENGL 3367 - Gay and Lesbian Literature Credit Hours: 3.0
ENGL 4341 - Queer Theory Credit Hours: 3.0
ENGL 4378 - Women Writers Credit Hours: 3.0
ENGL 4396 - Senior Experience Seminar Topics Credit Hours: 3.0 (Title: Feminist Theory)
HIST 3302 - Sex and Society in American History Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3320 - U.S. Women’s History Since 1840 Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3326 - African American Women in Slavery and Freedom Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3300 - History of Private Life Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3334 - Chicana History Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3351 - Work and Family Life in Modern Europe Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 3378 - Modern Middle East Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 4323 - Witchcraft in the Old & New World Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 4365 - Women in Latin America Credit Hours: 3.0
HIST 4384 - East Asian Women in Historical and Cross-Cultural Perspectives Credit Hours: 3.0
ITAL 3309 - Women Writers and Filmmakers of Modern Italy Credit Hours: 3.0
PHIL 3356 - Feminist Philosophy Credit Hours: 3.0
SPAN 3350 - Women in Hispanic Literature Credit Hours: 3.0
WCL 3373 - Gender and Sexuality in World Film Credit Hours: 3.0
WCL 3382 - Global Queer Culture Credit Hours: 3.0
WCL 3384 - Jewish Women Through Biography Credit Hours: 3.0
WCL 4394 - Sexuality in Latino Culture Credit Hours: 3.0

Social and Natural Sciences

ANTH 3306 - Sex and Culture Credit Hours: 3.0
ANTH 3347 - Anthropology of Women Credit Hours: 3.0
ECON 4331 - Economics of Gender Credit Hours: 3.0
HLT 4302 - Health Aspects of Human Sexuality Credit Hours: 3.0
HLT 4306 - Women’s Health Issues Credit Hours: 3.0
KIN 4302 - Fitness and Human Sexuality Credit Hours: 3.0
POLS 3368 - Race, Gender and Ethnic Politics Credit Hours: 3.0
POLS 3390 - Women in Politics Credit Hours: 3.0
PSYC 3331 - Psychology of Gender Credit Hours: 3.0
SOC 3315 - Sexuality and Society Credit Hours: 3.0
SOC 3321 - African American Family Credit Hours: 3.0
SOC 3342 - Sociology of Work Credit Hours: 3.0
SOC 3350 - Sociology of the Body Credit Hours: 3.0
SOC 3371 - Sociology of the Family Credit Hours: 3.0
SOC 3372 - Mexican American Family Credit Hours: 3.0
SOC 3373 - Comparative Family Structures Credit Hours: 3.0
SOC 3390 - Sociology of Gender Credit Hours: 3.0
SOC 3397 - Sel-Topics in Sociology Credit Hours: 0.0 (Title: African American Women)
Additional courses will be added over time, and others may be petitioned, if 50% or more of the course will focus on women, gender and/or sexuality.