Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, B.A.
Overall Requirements
- 120 credit hours, to include at least 36 credits at or above the 300 course level.
- Minimum 30 credits above the 100 level.
- Students must earn a grade of at least C- in all courses required for the major.
Degree Program Requirements
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| University Requirements | ||
| General Education Requirements (MAC) | ||
| College of Arts and Sciences Additional Requirements (CIC) | ||
Major Requirements
Elective course section must carry the WGS marker in the given semester. This list is not comprehensive as additional courses may appear on the Course Schedule that will carry the WGS marker and may thus count toward major or minor requirements. Some sections of these courses might not carry the WGS marker in any given semester; check the Course Schedule for the list of courses that count for WGS credit during the current semester.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Requirements | 15 | |
| An Introduction to Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies | ||
| Introduction to LGBTQI Studies | ||
| Postcolonial and Transnational Feminisms | ||
or WGS 334 | Latin American and Latinx Feminist and Queer Thought | |
| Introduction to Feminist Theories | ||
| Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies Senior Capstone Course | ||
| Electives | 15 | |
Select 15 credits of approved courses from the following: * | ||
| Representing Women | ||
| Women, War, and Terror | ||
ELC 381 | ||
| Women in Literature | ||
| English Women Writers before 1800 | ||
| African American Writers after the 1920s | ||
| U.S. Women's History to 1865 | ||
| U.S. Women's History Since 1865 | ||
| Gender, Sex, and Health in the 20th Century US | ||
| Women and the Law | ||
| Women's Health and Bodies | ||
| Sociological Perspectives on Gender | ||
| Gender, Crime, and Deviance | ||
| Topics Seminar in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies | ||
| Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies Senior Capstone Course | ||
| Independent Study ** | ||
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The course section must carry the WGS marker in the given semester. This list is not comprehensive as additional courses may appear on the Course Schedule that will carry the WGS marker and may thus count toward major or minor requirements. Some sections of these courses might not carry the WGS marker in any given semester; check the Course Schedule for the list of courses that count for WGS credit during the current semester.
Special topics courses or sections with central focus on women and gender may be approved by the Director of WGS for elective credit.
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Course may be taken for only 6 credit hours toward the WGSS major.
Electives
Electives should be sufficient to complete the 120 credit hours required for the degree.
Disciplinary Honors in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Requirements
- A minimum of 12 credit hours as defined below.
- UNC Greensboro cumulative GPA of 3.30 or better or, for transfer students, cumulative GPA of 3.30 or better from all prior institutions.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required | 3 | |
| Senior Honors Project | ||
or WGS 493 | Honors Work | |
| 6 credit hours of Women's and Gender Studies course work * | 6 | |
| 3 credits of Honors course work in the major | 3 | |
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May be any combination of Contract courses and/or 400-level Women's and Gender Studies courses
Recognition
Receive a Certificate of Disciplinary Honors in Women's and Gender Studies; have that accomplishment, along with the title of the Senior Honors Project, noted on the official transcript; and be recognized at a banquet held at the end of the spring semester.
Honors Advisor
Contact Danielle Bouchard at dmboucha@uncg.edu for further information and guidance about Honors in Women's and Gender Studies. To apply: https://honorscollege.uncg.edu/disciplinary-honors/disciplinary-honors-admissions
Accelerated B.A. to M.A.
Application and Admission
Undergraduate students at UNC Greensboro may apply for admission to the Accelerated Master's Program in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. A cumulative undergraduate GPA of at least 3.5, based on at least 30 credit hours earned at UNC Greensboro is required. Applicants must have completed at least 60 credits and may not apply for admission to the AMP before the first semester of the junior year.
All applicants must complete the Accelerated Master's Program information as part of the application for admission to the M.A. program.
Standardized entrance exams (GRE or MAT) are optional for AMP students, although they may be useful in future applications for graduate fellowships.
Applications to the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program require the following additional items: a statement of purpose; an academic writing sample; and a resume.
Courses
The M.A. degree requires 36 credit hours of graduate-level course work. AMP students may apply a maximum of 12 credits of graduate-level course work toward completion of both the undergraduate and the graduate degrees, provided that they earn a grade of B (3.0) or better in each graduate course and fulfill graduate-level requirements. No more than 9 credits at the 500 level may be counted toward the M.A. degree. Please see the University Catalog for a full description of the M.A. degree requirements.
The following courses may be counted toward both the B.A. and the M.A. degrees. All courses leading to the completion of the M.A. degree must be approved by the WGS Graduate Program Director.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| WGS 650 | Feminist Theory: Intersections of Gender, Race and Class | 3 |
| WGS 651 | Feminist Research Analysis | 3 |
| Select up to two courses from the following: * | 6 | |
WGS 530 | ||
| African American Culture and Identity | ||
| Women's Rhetoric and Feminist Pedagogy | ||
| Gender and History: Selected Topics | ||
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In consultation with the Graduate Advisor.