• WGS 3150

    Race & Power in Gender & Sexuality
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.26

    Last Taught

    Fall 2026

    Offers a study of race-racialization in relation to gender-sexuality. Consider how the concept of race shapes relationships between gendered selfhood & society, how it informs identity & experiences of the erotic, & how racialized gender & sexuality are created-maintained-monitored. With an interdisciplinary perspective, we will consider how race & power are reproduced & resisted through gender & sexuality, individually-national-international.

  • WGS 3612

    Gender and Sexuality in the United States, 1865-Present
     Rating

    3.80

     Difficulty

    3.80

     GPA

    3.30

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    This course explores the significance of gender and sexuality in the territory of the present-day U.S. during the period from the Civil War to the present.

  • WGS 3611

    Gender and Sexuality in the United States, 1600-1865
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.30

    Last Taught

    Fall 2026

    This course explores the significance of gender and sexuality in the territory of the present-day U.S. during the period from the first European settlements to the Civil War.

  • WGS 3230

    Gender and the Olympic Games
     Rating

    3.33

     Difficulty

    3.50

     GPA

    3.45

    Last Taught

    Spring 2026

    In ancient Greece, women risked death if they even attended the Olympic Games. As Pierre de Coubertin looked to revive the games in 1896, he thought women better suited to cheering on the male victors, than to competing themselves. This course will explore women's early participation in the Olympic Games, the pressures upon Olympic sportswomen to be feminine, and the important intersections of race, class, and sexual orientation.

  • WGS 3500

    Research and Methods in Women, Gender & Sexuality
     Rating

    3.17

     Difficulty

    3.00

     GPA

    3.53

    Last Taught

    Fall 2026

    This course develops fundamental skills for critical thinking, researching, writing, and communicating in WGS. Students will learn methods for finding and analyzing sources, approaches to framing arguments, and skills for effective written and oral communication. Seminars are offered on a variety of topics. This class fulfills the Second Writing Requirement and Enhanced Writing Requirement.

  • WGS 2100

    Introduction to Gender and Sexuality Studies
     Rating

    3.98

     Difficulty

    2.69

     GPA

    3.54

    Last Taught

    Fall 2026

    An introduction to gender studies, including the fields of women's studies, feminist studies, LGBT studies, & masculinity studies. Students will examine historical movements, theoretical issues, & contemporary debates, especially as they pertain to issues of inequality & to the intersection of gender with race, class, sexuality, & nationalism. Topics will vary according to the interdisciplinary expertise & research focus of the instructor.

  • WGS 3559

    New Course in Women, Gender and Sexuality
     Rating

    3.80

     Difficulty

    3.60

     GPA

    3.61

    Last Taught

    Fall 2026

    This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in the subjects of women, gender and sexualities.

  • WGS 4500

    Topics in Women, Gender & Sexuality
     Rating

    4.67

     Difficulty

    2.00

     GPA

    3.64

    Last Taught

    Fall 2026

    Topics in Women, Gender & Sexuality vary by semester.

  • WGS 3305

    Issues in LGBTQ Studies
     Rating

    4.11

     Difficulty

    2.67

     GPA

    3.67

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    This course is an interdisciplinary analysis of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) Studies. We will study historical events and political, literary and artistic figures and works; contemporary social and political issues; the meaning and development of sexual and gender identities; and different disciplinary definitions of meaning and knowledge.

  • WGS 7500

    Topics in Gender and Sexuality Studies
     Rating

     Difficulty

     GPA

    3.68

    Last Taught

    Fall 2025

    This course is a graduate-only advanced introduction (inevitably partial and selective) to key concepts, thinkers, and texts in the fields of feminist and queer theory. The goal is to develop a foundation for your own research and teaching on gender and sexuality. Together, we will explore books and articles that have traveled across disciplines to shape debate in a variety of fields.