Approved Electives
The following courses are approved to count toward the Women’s & Gender Studies graduate degrees. Additional courses may be found each semester in the Schedule of Classes. In addition, students are encouraged to consult the Program Coordinator and to petition for the inclusion of relevant courses as appropriate.
| Course Listing | Course Title | Credits | |
| AD LDSP 795 | Women and Leadership in Education | 3 | |
| AFRIC 344 | Global Black Social Movements | 3 | |
| AFRIC 880 | Seminar on Issues in Africology: | 3 | * |
| BIO SCI 545 | Physiology of Reproduction | 3 | |
| BUS ADM 441 | Diversity in Organizations | 3 | |
| COMMUN 874 | Rhetoric of Women’s Rights in the US | 3 | |
| COMPLIT 365 | Literatures and Cultures of the Americas: Selected topics | 3 | * |
| COMPLIT 464 | Seminar in Comparative Literary Criticism: Selected topics | 3 | * |
| ED POL 624 | Gender and Education | 3 | |
| ENGLISH 465 | Women Writers: Selected topics | 3 | * |
| ENGLISH 504 | Studies in Literature, 1660-1800: | 3 | * |
| ENGLISH 547 | Studies in Theory and Criticism: | 3 | * |
| ENGLISH 622 | Seminar in Irish Literature: | 3 | * |
| ENGLISH 625 | Seminar in Literary History: | 3 | * |
| ENGLISH 628 | Seminar in Literature by Women: Selected topics | 3 | * |
| ENGLISH 631 | Seminar in African-American Literature: | 3 | * |
| ENGLISH 776 | Women Writers: | 3 | * |
| ENGLISH 784 | Topics in Transnational Literature | 3 | * |
| ENGLISH 876 | Seminar in Media Culture: | 3 | * |
| ENGLISH 878 | Seminar in Feminist Critical Theory | 3 | * |
| FILMSTD 876 | Seminar in Media Culture: | 3 | * |
| HIST 355 | Modern and Contemporary France | 3 | |
| HIST 840 | Colloquium on Global History: | 3 | * |
| HIST 940 | Seminar on Global History: | 3 | * |
| JAMS 660 | Seminar in Contemporary Issues in Media Studies: Gender, Race and Class in Wedding Media | 3 | * |
| JAMS 661 | Seminar in Media Communication and Society: Gender and Popular Culture | 3 | * |
| JAMS 845 | Topics in Gender, Sexuality, and Media: Gender and Popular Culture | 3 | * |
| NURS 620 | Global Food Security and Systems | 3 | |
| NURS 763 | Issues in Women’s Health and Development | 3 | |
| PH 740 | Special Topics in Public Health: | 3 | * |
| PHILOS 535 | Philosophical topics in Feminist Theory: (also WGS-535) Sex, Gender & Social Constructs | 3 | * |
| POL SCI 368 | Gender and Politics in Developing Nations | 3 | |
| SOC WRK 630 | Families and Poverty | 3 | |
| SOC WRK 771 | Development of the Family Over the Life Span | 3 | |
| SOCIOL 442 | The Work-Family Intersection | 3 | |
| SOCIOL 444 | Sociology of the Body | 3 | |
| SOCIOL 928 | Seminar in Social Organization: [GRAD, MAIN, 1] | 3 | * |
* Only selected topics will be counted toward the Women’s & Gender Studies graduate degrees. Please consult the WGS Director of Graduate Studies for specific details.