Northeastern offers an interdisciplinary minor for undergraduate students who wish to explore gender and sexuality in relation to other axes of power and identity, including race, class, ethnicity, and dis/ability. Women’s, gender, and sexuality studies covers a wide variety of theoretical and empirical scholarship both within traditional disciplines and in cutting-edge, interdisciplinary frames. WGSS students have an opportunity to:
- Learn about approaches to gender and sexuality in the social sciences and humanities and through frameworks that bridge traditional fields
- Explore gender and sexuality in the global community by dipping into disciplines ranging throughout the social sciences, arts, humanities, and physical sciences
- Study politics and pop culture, sociology and psychology, writing and religion, and much more
- Open up new ways of thinking, bringing gender and sexuality studies to bear on important social and intellectual questions
Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified. Please note that special topics courses in some areas may also count as electives toward a minor in women's, gender, and sexuality studies in certain semesters, pending approval of the syllabus by the WGSS program director. In the case of cross-listed courses, students may enroll under any of the departmental designations, regardless of major or minor affiliation.
Required Course
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| WMNS 1103 | Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | 4 |
Elective Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete three of the following: | 12 | |
| At least one elective must be taken at the 2000 level or above and electives must be drawn from at least two different departments: | ||
| Sex, Gender, and Popular Culture | ||
or SOCL 1102 | Sex, Gender, and Popular Culture | |
| Introduction to Trans Studies | ||
or HIST 1105 | Introduction to Trans Studies | |
| Gender, Race, and Medicine | ||
or AFCS 1225 | Gender, Race, and Medicine | |
or HIST 1225 | Gender, Race, and Medicine | |
| Elective | ||
| Sex, Gender, and Judaism | ||
or JWSS 2259 | Sex, Gender, and Judaism | |
or PHIL 2259 | Sex, Gender, and Judaism | |
| Gender and Reproductive Justice | ||
or HIST 2303 | Gender and Reproductive Justice | |
or SOCL 2303 | Gender and Reproductive Justice | |
| Black Feminist Studies | ||
or AFCS 2325 | Black Feminist Studies | |
| Gender and Sexuality in World History | ||
or HIST 2373 | Gender and Sexuality in World History | |
| American Women Writers | ||
or ENGL 2455 | American Women Writers | |
or AFCS 2455 | American Women Writers | |
| Digital Feminisms | ||
or MSCR 2505 | Digital Feminisms | |
| Elective | ||
| Research Practicum | ||
| Gender, Social Justice, and Transnational Activism | ||
or ANTH 3100 | Gender, Social Justice, and Transnational Activism | |
or POLS 3100 | Gender, Social Justice, and Transnational Activism | |
| Beyond the Binary: Race, Sex, and Science | ||
or HIST 3305 | Beyond the Binary: Race, Sex, and Science | |
or AFCS 3305 | Beyond the Binary: Race, Sex, and Science | |
| Sexuality, Gender, and the Law | ||
or PHIL 3500 | Sexuality, Gender, and the Law | |
or POLS 3500 | Sexuality, Gender, and the Law | |
| Gender and Black World Literatures | ||
or AFCS 3900 | Gender and Black World Literatures | |
or ENGL 3900 | Gender and Black World Literatures | |
| Elective | ||
| Elective | ||
| Directed Study | ||
| Internship | ||
| Feminist Resistance | ||
or HIST 5240 | Feminist Resistance | |
or SOCL 5240 | Feminist Resistance | |
| Gender and Sexuality: A Cross-Cultural Perspective | ||
or WMNS 2302 | Gender and Sexuality: A Cross-Cultural Perspective | |
| Communication and Gender | ||
or WMNS 2304 | Communication and Gender | |
| Communication and Sexualities | ||
| Gender, Crime, and Justice | ||
or WMNS 3110 | Gender, Crime, and Justice | |
| Women’s Labor and the Economy | ||
| Gender and Development Economics | ||
| Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity | ||
| Games and Social Justice | ||
| Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression | ||
or WMNS 2800 | Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression | |
| Women and World Politics | ||
or WMNS 2480 | Women and World Politics | |
| Gender in the Newsroom | ||
| Language and Gender | ||
| Gender and Film | ||
or WMNS 3392 | Gender and Film | |
| Media and Identity | ||
| Queer Media | ||
| Divas, DJs, and Double Standards | ||
| Nursing with Women and Families | ||
| Clinical for NRSG 3302 (When taken with NRSG 3302) | ||
| Goddesses, Witches, Saints, and Sinners: Women and Religion | ||
or WMNS 1104 | Goddesses, Witches, Saints, and Sinners: Women and Religion | |
| Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam | ||
or WMNS 1271 | Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam | |
| Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Public Policy | ||
| Sociology of the Family | ||
or WMNS 1255 | Sociology of the Family | |
| Sociology of Gender | ||
or WMNS 1260 | Sociology of Gender | |
| Race, Class, and Gender | ||
or WMNS 4520 | Race, Class, and Gender | |
| Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women in Theatre | ||
or WMNS 2501 | Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women in Theatre | |
| Queer Theatre and Performance | ||
or WMNS 3200 | Queer Theatre and Performance | |
GPA Requirement
2.000 GPA required in the minor