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Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Minor

2022-2023 Edition

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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

Course List
Code Title Hours
WMNS 1103Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies4

Elective Courses

Course List
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:
AFRS 3900
Gender and Black World Literatures
or ENGL 3900
Gender and Black World Literatures
or WMNS 3900
Gender and Black World Literatures
ANTH 2302
Gender and Sexuality: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
or WMNS 2302
Gender and Sexuality: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
COMM 2304
Communication and Gender
or WMNS 2304
Communication and Gender
COMM 3530
Communication and Sexualities
ECON 3412
Women’s Labor and the Economy
ECON 5292
Gender and Development Economics
ENGL 3678
Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity
or JWSS 3678
Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity
or WMNS 3678
Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity
HUSV 2800
Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression
or WMNS 2800
Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression
HUSV 3580
Sexual Violence: Counseling, Programs, and Policy
or WMNS 3580
Sexual Violence: Counseling, Programs, and Policy
INTL 2480
Women and World Politics
or WMNS 2480
Women and World Politics
LING 3456
Language and Gender
MSCR 3392
Gender and Film
or WMNS 3392
Gender and Film
MUSC 2340
Divas, DJs, and Double Standards
NRSG 3302
Nursing with Women and Families
NRSG 3303
Clinical for NRSG 3302 (When taken with NRSG 3302)
PHIL 1104
Goddesses, Witches, Saints, and Sinners: Women and Religion
or WMNS 1104
Goddesses, Witches, Saints, and Sinners: Women and Religion
PHIL 1271
Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
or WMNS 1271
Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
POLS 2375
Gender and Politics
POLS 3309
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Public Policy
SOCL 1255
Sociology of the Family
or WMNS 1255
Sociology of the Family
SOCL 1260
Sociology of Gender
or WMNS 1260
Sociology of Gender
SOCL 4520
Race, Class, and Gender
THTR 2500
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women in Theatre
or WMNS 2501
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women in Theatre
THTR 3200
Queer Theatre and Performance
or WMNS 3200
Queer Theatre and Performance
WMNS 1101
Sex, Gender, and Popular Culture
WMNS 1225
Gender, Race, and Medicine
or AFAM 1225
Gender, Race, and Medicine
or HIST 1225
Gender, Race, and Medicine
WMNS 1990
Elective
WMNS 2303
Gender and Reproductive Justice
or HIST 2303
Gender and Reproductive Justice
or SOCL 2303
Gender and Reproductive Justice
WMNS 2455
American Women Writers
or AFAM 2455
American Women Writers
or ENGL 2455
American Women Writers
WMNS 2505
Digital Feminisms
or MSCR 2505
Digital Feminisms
WMNS 2990
Elective
WMNS 3100
Gender, Social Justice, and Transnational Activism
or POLS 3100
Gender, Social Justice, and Transnational Activism
WMNS 3500
Sexuality, Gender, and the Law
or PHIL 3500
Sexuality, Gender, and the Law
or POLS 3500
Sexuality, Gender, and the Law
WMNS 3990
Elective
WMNS 4990
Elective
WMNS 4992
Directed Study
WMNS 5240
Feminist Resistance
or HIST 5240
Feminist Resistance
or SOCL 5240
Feminist Resistance

GPA Requirement

2.000 GPA required in the minor

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