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Jun 02, 2025
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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Gender & Sexuality Studies, BS (43-8852) (120 Hours)
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Major, Bachelor of Science in Gender & Sexuality Studies Degree
The graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Gender & Sexuality Studies will use the knowledge and skills obtained in the program to:
- Describe differing assumptions about gender and sexuality and the effect on the individual and society using an intersectional framework.
- Assess gender and sexuality issues from an interdisciplinary perspective.
- Utilize knowledge of gender and sexuality to participate in civic and community decision-making and activism.
- Demonstrate an understanding of past and present feminist and queer intellectual production and social justice activism.
- Demonstrate the ability to complete an advanced and interdisciplinary research and/or activist project.
Gender & Sexuality Studies, BS (43-8852) (4 Year Guide)
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Major Requirements: 33 Semester Hours
Required Courses: 15 Semester Hours
Electives from the following: 18 Semester Hours
- ANTH 4820 - Anthropology of Gender (3)
- CJ 4020 - Crime, Justice and Social Diversity (3)
- CJ 4403 - Sexual Assault and the Criminal Justice System (3)
- CJ 4920 - Gender and Crime (3)
- COMM 3320 - Communication of Social Movements (3)
- COMM 4285 - Women and Minorities in Media (3)
- COMM 4335 - Gender Communication (3)
- ECEL 2110 - Culture, Access, Opportunity, and Representation GE (3)
- ENGL 4560 - British Women Writers (3)
- ENGL 4660 - Women Writers of the United States (3)
- ENGL 4750 - Postcolonial Literature (3)
- GSS 3000 - Sex & Society (3)
- GSS 3100 - Gender, Literature, and Pop Culture (3)
- GSS 4000 - Internship (1-6)
- GSS 4810 - Special Projects in Gender & Sexuality Studies (1-6)
- GSS 4900 - Gender & Sexuality Studies Practicum (1-3)
- HDFS 1450 - Valuing Differences: Discovering Common Ground (1)
- HDFS 3230 - Family Systems and Lifespan Development (3)
- HDFS 4220 - Sexuality Across the Lifespan (3)
- HDFS 4850 - Family Policy and Advocacy (3)
- HIST 4310 - Women in America (3)
- HIST 4327 - African American Women, Gender, and Girlhood (3)
- ML 4244 - Cross-Cultural Cinema (3)
- NUR 2020 - Health: The Women’s Perspective (2)
- NUR 4030 - Human Sexuality (2)
- POLS 3553 - Women and Politics (3)
- PSY 4140 - Psychology of Human Sexuality (3)
- PSY 4320 - Psychology of Women (3)
- SOC 2854 - Changing Families (3)
- SOC 3830 - Protests, Movements & Social Change (3)
- SOC 4866 - Outsiders and Outcasts (3)
- SOC 4870 - Gender, Sexuality, & Inequality (3)
- SOWK 4610 - Special Topics in Social Work (1-3)
- SOWK 4650 - Social Policy and Economic Justice (3)
General Education Requirements: 30-33 Semester Hours
All students must complete a minimum of 42 credit hours in general education. See The General Education Program Requirements for the full listing of requirements. The following general education courses are required by this major: Free Electives: 54-57 Semester Hours
Minimum Total: 120 Semester Hours
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