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: junior standing and acceptance for Study Abroad Program.
- Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
- Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 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: junior standing and acceptance for Study Abroad Program.
- Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
- Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 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 WGS 200 or 201.
- Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to combined max of 9 cr for WGS 500 and WGS 501.
- Last Taught: Fall 2023.
- 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 WGS 200 or 201.
- Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to combined max of 9 cr for WGS 500 and WGS 501.
- Last Taught: Fall 2023.
- 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 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020.
- 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 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020.
- 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 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020.
- 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 2024, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 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: Summer 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2018, Fall 2016.
- 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 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022.
- 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 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2020.