Fall 2025 Courses

Elementary

Gen&WS 100: Open House Gender Learning Community

Gen&WS 102: Gender, Women & Society in Global Perspective

Gen&WS 103 (Lec 001): Gender, Women, Bodies, and Health

Gen&WS 103 (Lec 002): Gender, Women, Bodies, and Health (Honors)

Gen&WS 144: Women’s Writing

Gen&WS 160: Gender, Sexuality, and Education Policy

Gen&WS 200: Introduction to LGBTQ+ Studies

Gen&WS 285: Rebellious Women from the Global South

Gen&WS 221: Introduction to Black Women’s Studies

Intermediate and Advanced

Fall 2025

Course No. and Title	Approach	Issue Area
Gen&WS 205: Women in Russian Literature in Translation	Humanities	n/a
Gen&WS 270: German Women Writers in Translation	Humanities	n/a
Gen&WS 320 (lec 001): Doing Sexuality & Gender	Social Science	Sexuality
Gen&WS 320 (lec 002): Gender and Environmental Politics	Social Science	n/a
Gen&WS 331: Race, Gender, & Technology	Social Science	Race & Ethnicity
Gen&WS 334: Feminist Social Movements Across the Americas	Social Science	Race & Ethnicity OR Global
Gen&WS 342: Transgender Studies	Humanities OR Social Science	Sexuality
Gen&WS 343: Queer Bodies	Humanities	Disability & Embodiment OR Sexuality
Gen&WS 350 (lec 002): Human Rights & Global Lit	Humanities	Global
Gen&WS 353: Women and Gender in the U.S. to 1870	Humanities OR Social Science	n/a
Gen&WS 401: Race, Sex, and Texts (How to do things with writing)	Humanities	Race & Ethnicity
Gen&WS 406: Law, Sexuality, & Society	Social Science	Sexuality
Gen&WS 412: Contemporary Queer Art and Visual Culture	Humanities	Sexuality
Gen&WS 415: Introduction to Contemporary Feminist Theatre and Criticism	Humanities	n/a
Gen&WS 425: Crime, Gender and Justice	Social Science	n/a
Gen&WS 437: American Indian Women	Humanities	Race & Ethnicity
Gen&WS 438: Sexual Politics in Scandinavia	Humanities	Global OR Sexuality
Gen&WS 444: From Past Feminisms to Postfeminism: Feminisms for the 21st Century	Humanities OR Social Science OR Feminist Theory	n/a
Gen&WS 449: Feminist Politics of Care	Humanities OR Social Science OR Feminist Theory	Global
Gen&WS 527: The Environment of the Womb: Epigenetics and Parent/Child Health	Social Science	n/a
Gen&WS 528: Sexuality and Science	Natural Science	Sexuality
Gen&WS 533 (lec 001): Gender, Race, & Botany	Biological Science	Race & Ethnicity
Gen&WS 533 (lec 002): Science & Sex Lives of Women	Biological Science	Sexuality
Gen&WS 535: Women's Global Health and Human Rights	Biological Science OR Social Science	Global
Gen&WS 539 (lec 001): Reproduction Before/Beyond Roe	Social Science OR Biological Health	n/a
ASIAN AM 540: Asian American Feminisms	Humanities OR Social Science	Race & Ethnicity
Course No. and Title	Approach	Issue Area

GWS Capstone & Internship Course Information

Sign up for Gen&WS 640 – Capstone

Gen&WS 640 is the capstone seminar for the GWS major.

Enrolling in 640 requires advance authorization (a quick survey).

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