Graduate Courses Offered

Please note that Women’s Studies has been changed to Women’s & Gender Studies. The courses prefix on the following list have been changed (from WMNS) to WGS to reflect the name change.

WGS 497 Study Abroad:
1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work levels, content, and credits are determined and/or in specially-prepared program course work.
Prerequisites: jr st; acceptance for Study Abroad Prog.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2019, Spring 2019.

WGS 497G Study Abroad:
1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work levels, content, and credits are determined and/or in specially-prepared program course work.
Prerequisites: jr st; acceptance for Study Abroad Prog.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2019, Spring 2019.

WGS 500 Advanced Social Science Seminar in Women's and Gender Studies:
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
An advanced seminar in feminist research and theories, focusing on various topics and approaches in the social sciences.
Prerequisites: junior standing and 6 credits in women's and gender studies.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr combined max for WGS 500 and WGS 501.
Last Taught: Spring 2023, Spring 2022.

WGS 500G Advanced Social Science Seminar in Women's and Gender Studies:
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
An advanced seminar in feminist research and theories, focusing on various topics and approaches in the social sciences.
Prerequisites: junior standing and 6 credits in women's and gender studies.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr combined max for WGS 500 and WGS 501.
Last Taught: Spring 2023, Spring 2022.

WGS 501 Advanced Humanities Seminar in Women's and Gender Studies:
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
An advanced seminar in feminist research and theories, focusing on various topics and approaches in the humanities.
Prerequisites: junior standing and 6 credits in women's and gender studies.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to combined max of 9 cr for WGS 500 and WGS 501.
Last Taught: Fall 2022.

WGS 501G Advanced Humanities Seminar in Women's and Gender Studies:
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
An advanced seminar in feminist research and theories, focusing on various topics and approaches in the humanities.
Prerequisites: junior standing and 6 credits in women's and gender studies.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to combined max of 9 cr for WGS 500 and WGS 501.
Last Taught: Fall 2022.

WGS 700 Feminist Issues and Scholarship
3 cr. Graduate.
Advanced introduction to feminist scholarship and research in multiple disciplines and introduction to the disciplinary history of Women's and Gender Studies.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019.

WGS 701 Feminisms in Global Context
3 cr. Graduate.
Interdisciplinary graduate-level course with focus on transnational feminisms, women of color feminisms, and postcolonial feminisms, exploring questions regarding gender, sexuality, and race in historical and contemporary contexts.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Fall 2017.

WGS 710 Advanced Feminist Theory
3 cr. Graduate.
Interdisciplinary graduate-level seminar examining feminist theories addressing concepts such as identity, difference, intersectionality, representation, and activism.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019.

WGS 711 Feminist Epistemologies and Research Practices
3 cr. Graduate.
Interdisciplinary graduate-level course with focus on feminist epistemologies, methodologies and research methods.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Course Rules: May not be retaken for credit.
Last Taught: Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019.

WGS 740 Advanced Queer Theory
3 cr. Graduate.
Interdisciplinary graduate-level seminar on foundational texts and key issues in the dynamic field of queer theory.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Course Rules: Counts as a repeat of WGS 799 with similar topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2023, Spring 2021.

WGS 799 Advanced Topics in Women's and Gender Studies:
1-3 cr. Graduate.
Advanced examination and analysis of selected Women's and Gender Studies issues and topics for graduate students.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Course Rules: Retakable with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020.

WGS 820 Women's and Gender Studies Graduate Practicum
3 cr. Graduate.
Internship, field experience, or related practical experience that provides students the opportunity to apply feminist theories and research methods in a practical context.
Prerequisites: grad st; WGS 710(P) & 711(P).
Last Taught: Fall 2020, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018.

WGS 888 Candidate for Degree
0 cr. Graduate.
Available for graduate students who must meet minimum credit load requirements.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Course Rules: Fee for 1 cr assessed; unit does not count towards credit load for Fin Aid. Repeatable. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only.
Last Taught: Spring 2018, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Summer 2014.

WGS 990 Research and Thesis
1-3 cr. Graduate.
Reserved for research in connection with master's thesis.
Prerequisites: grad st; cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021.

WGS 999 Advanced Independent Work
1-6 cr. Graduate.
Independent reading or project; topic selected in agreement with supervising professor.
Prerequisites: grad st; cons Wmns dir.
Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2020, Spring 2020.