Degree Requirements for Gender & Queer Studies

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General Requirements for a Minor

General university degree requirements stipulate that 1) at least four units of the major or three units of the minor be taken in residence at Puget Sound; 2) students earn a GPA of 2.0 in courses taken for the major or minor; and 3) all courses taken for a major or minor must be taken for graded credit. Any exceptions to these stipulations are indicated in the major or minor degree requirements listed below.

Requirements for the Major

Completion of a minimum of eight units, to include:

GQS 201 (introductory survey)
GQS 360 (theory and methods course)
GQS 494 (thesis course)
Transnational/International/Diasporic/Cross-Cultural Perspectives (marked with *T in the list below) Note: Courses approved for both *T and *I can fulfill either requirement, but not both requirements.
Intersectionality (marked with *I in the list below) Note: Courses approved for both *T and *I can fulfill either requirement, but not both requirements.
At least three electives (see list below)
Experiential Learning Milestone to be satisfied by completing GQS 498 or REL 307 as one of the three electives, or with a non-credit bearing internship approved by the GQS Program Director.

Requirements for the Minor

Completion of a minimum of five units to include:

GQS 201 (introductory survey)
GQS 360 (theory and methods course)
GQS 494 (thesis course)
At least two electives (see list below)

Note: Only two courses taken for the Gender and Queer Studies major or minor may be used to satisfy the requirements for other majors or minors.

Course offerings with credit for Gender and Queer Studies

AFAM 101 Introduction to African American Studies *I
AFAM 210 Black Fictions and Feminisms *I
AFAM 355 African American Women in American History *I
BIOL 102 Evolution and Biology of Sex
BUS 493 International Management: A Gender-Based Perspective *T
CLCS 323 Sex and Gender in Classical Antiquity *T
COMM/AFAM 370 Communication and Diversity
CONN 332 Witchcraft in Colonial New England
CONN 340 Gender and Communication
CONN 354 Hormones, Sex, Society and Self
ECON 244 Gender and the Economy
EDUC 290 Making Men: Schools and Masculinity (.25 unit)
ENGL 206 Literature by Women
ENGL 346 Jane Eyre and its Afterlives
ENGL 365 Gender and Sexualities
ENGL 379 Special Topics in Theory – Contemporary Black Feminist Theory *I
ENGL 381 Major Authors — Jane Austen, The Brontes, Brontes and Gaskell, Medieval Women Writers, OR Wharton/Jewett
FREN 391 African Women Writers *I or *T
GQS/REL 215 Religion and Queer Politics
GQS 220 What is Queer?
GQS 291 Gender Studies Publication
GQS 310 Let’s Talk About Sex
GQS 327 Queer Cultures
GQS 340 Feminist and Queer Methodologies
GQS 360 Genealogies and Theories: Gender, Feminist, and Queer Theories
GQS 494 Gender Research Seminar
HIST 305 Women and Gender in Pre-Modern Europe *T
HIST 349 Women of East Asia *T
HIST 392 Men and Women in Colonial Africa *T
LTS 200 Latina/o America: A Critical Introduction to Latina/o Studies
LTS 375 Queer -Latinx: Art, Sex, and Belonging in America *T
MUS 223 Women in Music *T
PG 345 Intersectionality as Theory and Method *I
PG 385 Feminist Approaches to International Relations *T
PG/PHIL 390 Gender and Philosophy
PSYC 250 Human Sexuality
REL 298 Reproductive Ethics
REL 303 Sexuality and Religion
REL 307 Prisons, Gender, and Education
REL 321 Sexuality and Christianity: Then and Now
REL 323 Gender and Sexuality in Muslim Societies *T
REL 368 Gender Matters
SOAN 202 Family in Society: Critical Perspectives
SOAN 212 Sociology of Gender
SOAN 304 Gender and Sexuality in Japan *T
SOAN 315 Identity Politics in Latin America *T
SOAN 316 Social and Cultural Change *T
SOAN 318 Gender, Work, and Globalization *T
SOAN 390 Men and Masculinities
SPAN 313 Iberian Feminisms in Transatlantic Dialogue *T
STS 318 Science and Gender

Other courses may be added to this list on a semester-by-semester basis.

Notes

GQS 201 and GQS 360 are prerequisites for GQS 494.
No more than three classes at the 200-level may satisfy the major requirements.
A maximum of two courses used to meet the requirements of the GQS major or minor may also be used to satisfy the core curriculum, the requirements of another major, or the requirements of another minor.