Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, BA

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Program Description

The Bachelor of Arts degree in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies is organized around the following areas of concentration: feminist activism, theory, and methods of inquiry; women and other marginalized peoples as subjects of study within multicultural and global contexts; and multiple fields of difference, experience, and identity related to gender and sexuality.

Admission Requirements

For admission into the undergraduate program, students must have a 2.0 GPA with a letter grade of “C” in WGS 2000: Introduction to Women and Gender Studies (Wright State Core Area 5). To graduate with a degree in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, students must complete, along with university and college requirements, a total of 120 credit hours, 40 hours of which must be at the 3000-level or above, and maintain a grade of “C” or higher in all required and elective WGS courses taken for the major.

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• Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, BA
• Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
• College of Liberal Arts

Program Requirements:

I. Wright State Core: 38 Hours

ELEMENT 1: COMMUNICATION: 6 HOURS

ELEMENT 2: MATHEMATICS: 3 HOURS

ELEMENT 3: GLOBAL AND CULTURAL STUDIES: 6 HOURS

ELEMENT 4: ARTS/HUMANITIES: 3 HOURS

ELEMENT 5: SOCIAL SCIENCES: 6 HOURS

ELEMENT 6: NATURAL SCIENCES: 8 HOURS

TWO ADDITIONAL CORE COURSES: 6 HOURS

* REQUIRED: WGS 2000 (PREREQUISITE FOR ALL UPPER-LEVEL WGS COURSES)

II. Program Requirements: 36 Hours

REQUIRED PREREQUISITES: 9 HOURS

• WGS 3000 - Critical Sexuality Studies Credit Hour(s): 3
• WGS 3500 - Feminist Activism Credit Hour(s): 3
• WGS 3600 - Feminist and Sexuality Theory Credit Hour(s): 3

CORE REQUIREMENTS: 15 HOURS

• WGS 3200 - Women in Multicultural Perspective Credit Hour(s): 3
• WGS 4000 - Topics in Gender and Sexuality Credit Hour(s): 3
• WGS 4200 - Women in International Perspective Credit Hour(s): 3
• WGS 4500 - Topics in Feminist Theory Credit Hour(s): 3
• WGS 4700 - Feminist Research Methods Credit Hour(s): 3
• or    WGS 4900 - Leadership and Action for Social Change Credit Hour(s): 3

* ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: 12 HOURS

One approved WGS course in Fine Arts
One approved WGS course in Humanities
One approved WGS course in Social Sciences
One approved WGS course in Any Discipline

*Electives must be 3000-level or above

III. Related Requirements:

IV. College Requirements: 18-22 Hours

FOREIGN LANGUAGE

THROUGH 2020 LEVEL (1010, 1020, 2010, 2020) OF ONE LANGUAGE: 12-16 HOURS

Arabic, Spanish, French, German, Greek, Latin, Chinese, American Sign Language or other.

METHODS OF INQUIRY

• PHL 3000 - Critical Thinking Credit Hour(s): 3
• WGS 3700 - Research Methods in Liberal Arts Credit Hour(s): 3

V. Electives: 24-28 Hours

Total: 120 Hours