2023-2024 Academic Catalog

Nov 08, 2024

2023-2024 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.

Program Learning Objectives

Students in the program will learn to:

Demonstrate creative problem-solving skills;

Analyze through interdisciplinary perspectives the intersections of social inequality, such as: gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, cultural identity, nationality, class, age, and ability;

Identify examples of institutional, social, political, and personal patterns of privilege and discrimination in everyday, lived experiences;

Reflect on changes in how they evaluate the social and intellectual contributions of minoritized groups;

Engage in analysis or work that is orientated toward social justice change.

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates from the program can:

Demonstrate creative problem-solving skills;

Analyze through interdisciplinary perspectives the intersections of social inequality, such as: gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, cultural identity, nationality, class, age, and ability;

Identify examples of institutional, social, political, and personal patterns of privilege and discrimination in everyday, lived experiences;

Reflect on changes in how they evaluate the social and intellectual contributions of minoritized groups;

Engage in analysis or work that is orientated toward social justice change.

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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 1000 and WGS 2000

II. Program Requirements: 33 Hours

Core Requirements: 6 Hours

WGS 3000 - Critical Sexuality Studies Credit Hour(s): 3
WGS 4500 - Feminist Theories Credit Hour(s): 3

Major Requirements: 12 hours

WGS 3200 - Multicultural Perspectives on Women and Gender in the U.S. Credit Hour(s): 3
OR WGS 3250 - Multicultural Perspectives on Women and Gender in the U.S. Credit Hour(s): 3
WGS 4000 - Topics in Gender and Sexuality Credit Hour(s): 3
OR WGS 4050 - Topics in Gender and Sexuality Credit Hour(s): 3
WGS 4200 - Women and Gender in International Perspective Credit Hour(s): 3
OR WGS 4250 - Women and Gender in International Perspective Credit Hour(s): 3
WGS 4900 - Leadership and Action for Social Change Credit Hour(s): 3

Major Electives: 15 hours

Five WGS or WGS-approved courses 3000 level or above. Suggested, but not required, to be from at least two different disciplines.

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