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Students in our program
- challenge existing systems and social norms
- understand intersectionality in power and privilege
- promote social responsibility
- develop skills to take action against injustice
- understand the history and pedagogies of women's and gender scholarship
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Whether you are considering WGS as your primary or secondary major or a minor, we are ready to welcome you! Contact Christiana Langenberg, the WGS Adviser, to schedule a meeting! See below for curriculum information.
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Take the path to adding WGS as a major!
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An undergraduate major requires a minimum 2.00 GPA in the 34 credits of core and cross-listed courses. Women’s and Gender Studies' majors must satisfy the following requirements:
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A. 16 credits selected from Women's and Gender Studies core courses.
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B. The remaining 18 credits can be chosen from one of the following Areas of Emphasis:
- Communication and Cultural Representation
- Identities and Sexualities
- Leadership and Social Justice
- General Women's and Gender Studies
You can learn more about each emphasis in the WGS Course Catalog.
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Or how about adding a minor?
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Undergraduate students may minor in Women's and Gender Studies by taking 15 semester hours of WGS classes, which must include the following:
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Take a class (or two!) Spring 2020.
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- WGS 160 Gender Justice | Dr. Goebel
- WGS 201 Intro to Women's & Gender Studies | Dr. Stoehr
- WGS 201H Intro to Women's & Gender Studies (Honors) | Dr. Stoehr
- WGS 203 Intro to Lesbian Studies | Erin Meek
- WGS 210 Gender & Sex in American Pop Culture | Dr. Goebel
- WGS 301 International Perspectives on Women & Gender | Dr. Mookerjee
- WGS 320 Ecofeminism | Dr. Wirth
- WGS 323 Gender & Communication
- WGS 327 Sex & Gender in Society
- WGS 333 Women and Leadership | Dr. Winfrey
- WGS 346 Psychology of Women
- WGS 352 Gay and Lesbian Literature | Dr. Eason
- WGS 374 Sex, Gender, and Culture in the Ancient Mediterranean World
- WGS 402/502 Feminist Research in Action | Dr. Oberhauser
- WGS 440 Gender Issues in Sports | Dr. Sanders
- WGS 450/550 Human Trafficking | Dr. Stoehr
- WGS 450/550 Contemporary Feminist Manifestos and Essays | Dr. Schaal
- WGS 422 Women, Men, and the English Language
- WGS 586 Readings Seminar in Women's History and Feminist Thought
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Join us our remaining Fall 2019 events!
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WGS Seminar Series
Poetry with
Dr. Rita Mookerjee
4-5 PM | Nov. 20 | 2019 Morrill Hall
Dr. Mookerjee will discuss her chapbook project, read poems, and workshop the rant poem.
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Reach out to the WGS Director or Adviser for more information on joining the program!
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Whereever you're going, we want to help you get there.
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Dr. Ann Oberhauser
Director
annober@iastate.edu
515-294-9283
217B East Hall
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Christiana Langenberg
Adviser
clang@iastate.edu
515-294-1655
343 Ross Hall
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