Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, B.A.

University Core Curriculum Requirements — 40 credit hours

All University of Portland students progress through a set of shared course options as part of the University’s liberal arts Core Curriculum. This curriculum offers a foundation of multiple lenses to address enduring questions of human concern, integrating the liberal arts, the University mission, and the knowledge, skills, and values needed in a diverse society and in the workplace.

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Foundations of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies and the Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Capstone are the designated Writing in the Discipline courses for the B.A. in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies.

College of Arts and Sciences B.A. Requirements — 24-33 credit hours

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Major Requirements — 28 credit hours

Required Courses — 16 credit hours

GWSS 301	Foundations of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies	3
GWSS 498	GWSS Capstone	1
HST 321	Modern American Women's History	3
PHL 314	Metaphysics: Philosophy and Feminism	3
PHL 408	Race, Gender, and Colonialism	3
	Advanced Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies	3

Please consult with the program co-directors to select the eligible Advanced course.

Gender: Approaches - 6 credit hours

Select two courses from the following:

CST 432	The Global Commons: Gendered Storytelling, Feminist Futures, and Liberation	3
ENG 370	Studies in Women Writers	3
PHL 410	Education and Politics	3
SOC 339	Sociology of the Family	3
SW 356/PSY 356	Perspectives on Human Sexuality	3
SOC 357/SW 357	Perspectives on Gender and the Body	3
SOC 432	Gender and Violence	3
SPN 350	Latin American Women's Voices	3

Gender: Themes — 6 credit hours