2022-2023 Academic Catalog 
    
    Dec 11, 2024  
2022-2023 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, BA


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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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


* 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


V. Electives: 24-28 Hours


Total: 120 Hours