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Major and Minor

Requirements for Major

Total of 36 credit hours with a minimum of 10 courses:

  • WGS 200 (3) (Introduction to WGSS)
  • WGS 205W (4) (Introduction to Studies in Sexualities) -- only offered in the Spring
  • WGS 300 (3) (Feminist Theory) or any WGS 300 level course taught by Core Faculty (ex. 311, 312, 314, 315, 316) -- WGS 300 is only offered in the Spring
  • WGS 490RW (4) (Senior Seminar) -- only offered in the Fall
  • Choose 5 to 7 electives, can be WGS course, cross-listed with WGS or DUS approved elective

Oxford Continuees:

  • WGS_OX 200Q is equivalent to WGS 200 (Introduction to WGSS)
  • WGS_OX 205Q is equivalent to WGS 205W (Introduction to Studies in Sexualities)
  • WGS_OX 300 is equivalent to WGS 300 (Feminist Theory or special topics electives). However, WGS_OX 300 cannot be used as a core credit for the WGSS major/minor.
  • WGS_OX 385R is equivalent to WGS 385 (special topics electives)
  • The department recognizes courses included by the Registrar's Office on a student's transcript. There is no petition process for credits not included by the Registrar.

 

Requirements for Minor

Total of 20 credit hours with a minimum of 6 courses:

  • WGS 200 (Introduction to WGSS)
  • WGS 205W (Introduction to Studies in Sexualities) -- only offered in the Spring;
  • WGS 300 (Feminist Theory) or any WGS 300 level course taught by Core Faculty (ex. 311, 312, 314, 315, 316) -- WGS 300 is only offered in the Spring
  • A minimum of 3 electives (a WGS course, a course cross-listed with WGS, or DUS approved elective)

Oxford Continuees: Will any Oxford credits transfer?

  • WGS_OX 200Q is equivalent to WGS 200 (Introduction to WGSS)
  • WGS_OX 205Q is equivalent to WGS 205 (Introduction to Studies in Sexualities)
  • WGS_OX 300 is equivalent to WGS 300 (Feminist Theory or special topics electives, courses must be approved by the WGS Director of Undergraduate Studies for core credit.)
  • WGS_OX 385R is equivalent to WGS 385 (special topics electives)
  • The department recognizes courses included by the Registrar's Office on a student's transcript. There is no petition process for credits not included by the Registrar.

 

Electives

When offered, the following courses (in addition to WGS/WGS cross-listed courses) will count as an elective towards the major and minor requirements. You can find current offerings on Emory's Course Atlas page. Please reach out to the Undergraduate Program Coordinator with any questions.

  1. AAS 285: Race, Feminity, and Performance
  2. AAS 285: Racial and Gender Formation
  3. AAS 375: Black Women Studies
  4. AAS 375: Black Women Who Kill in US History
  5. AAS 382: Black Women Writers
  6. AAS 385: Black Queer Studies
  7. AMST_OX 385RW: Queer Intersections
  8. ANT 385: Body, Technology, Enhancement
  9. ANT 385: Masculinity and Mortality
  10. ANT 385W: Blackness and the Politics of Space and Place
  11. ANT 391: Law, Discipline, and Justice
  12. ANT 402: Gender and Sexual Diversity in Anthropological Perspective
  13. ANTH_OX 265QW: Anthropology of Gender
  14. ENG 356W: Gender and Sexuality in Native American Literature
  15. ENG 381W: Native American Women’s Literature
  16. ENG_OX 381RQW: Topics in Women's Literature (Virgina Woolf)
  17. ENG 383RW: Studies in Women’s Fiction: Haunted Houses
  18. ENG 389: Feminist and Queer Memoirs
  19. ENG 389W: Americas Queer: Art & Literature
  20. FILM 485: Women Filmmakers 
  21. FREN 488W: Black France
  22. HIST 385: Women and Law, 1200-1800
  23. IDS 260R: Killjoy Feminism
  24. IDS 385: Powerful Women in Global History
  25. JPN 360W: Japanese Modern Women Writers
  26. JS 371: Gender, Sexuality, Holocaust
  27. NBB 370: Feminist Neuroscience
  28. PHIL 123: Feminist Philosophy
  29. PSYC_OX 305W: Psychology of Gender
  30. REL 110: Introduction to Ancient Mediterranean Societies
  31. SOC 225/231: Sociology of Sex and Gender