- Graduates will be able to use central concepts from women’s and gender studies to analyze how culture and social institutions shape possibilities for justice in everyday life.
- Graduates will be able to demonstrate how contemporary feminist thought and movements can take different forms among diverse populations locally, nationally and globally.
- Graduates will be able to identify and analyze intersections between matrices of power, privilege and oppression across cultures, space and/or time.
- Graduates will be able to apply research skills and methodologies shaped by the discipline of women’s and gender studies in an original and substantial theoretical or empirical research project.
- Graduates will be able to clearly explain how their activist, service, or reflection in action project addresses a current social justice issue pertaining to intersections of social inequality.
Women's and gender studies students must complete a minimum total of 30 credits for the major.
Courses may simultaneously count for multiple majors and minors, and for core requirements. No single course can count as both a required course and an elective for the WGS major/minor.
Code | Title | Credits |
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University Undergraduate Core | 32-35 | |
Major Requirements | ||
Introductory Course | ||
WGST 1900 | Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies | 3 |
Diversity and Identity Course | ||
Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
WGST 2700 | Feminisms in the U.S.: Intersectional Approaches | |
WGST 3350 | Women and Gender in Global Film | |
WGST 3860 | Global & Transnational Feminism | |
Praxis Course | ||
Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
WGST 3850 | Feminism in Action | |
WGST 4919 | Women's and Gender Studies Internship | |
Theory Course | ||
Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
WGST 3775X | Feminist Theory: Gender Justice | |
WGST 4810X | Philosophy of Feminism | |
Junior/Senior Inquiry/Research Experience Course | ||
Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
WGST 4960 | Women's and Gender Studies Capstone | |
WGST 3510 | The Structure of Poverty, Globally and Locally | |
Elective Courses | ||
Select a minimum of 15 credit hours 2000-level or above with either a WGST number, a WGST cross-listing, or a WGST attribute. Accepted courses include: | 15 | |
WGST 2100 | Introduction to Sexuality Studies | |
WGST 2400 | Gender and Popular Culture | |
WGST 3100 | ||
WGST 3315 | Black Feminist Thought | |
WGST 3360 | “Woke” Black Feminist Spectatorship | |
WGST 3800 | Violence Against Women | |
WGST 4400 | Em(body)ing Inequity: Marginalized in the Medical Sciences | |
General Electives | 55-58 | |
Total Credits | 120 |
Continuation Standards
Students must maintain a GPA of 2.00 or above in courses for the women’s and gender studies major.
Graduation Requirements
- Complete a minimum of 120 credits (excluding pre-college level courses numbered below 1000).
- Complete the University Undergraduate Core curriculum requirements.
- Complete major requirements: minimum of 30 credits required.
- Complete remaining credits with a second major, minor, certificate or electives to reach the minimum of 120 credits required for graduation.
- Achieve at least a 2.00 cumulative grade point average, a 2.00 grade point average in the major(s), and a 2.00 grade point average in the minor/certificate or related elective credits.
- Complete department- and program-specific academic and performance requirements.
- Complete at least 50% of the coursework for the major and 75% for the minor/certificate through Saint Louis University or an approved study-abroad program.
- Complete 30 of the final 36 credits through Saint Louis University or an approved study-abroad program.
- Complete an online degree application by the required University deadline.
Roadmaps are recommended semester-by-semester plans of study for programs and assume full-time enrollment unless otherwise noted.
Courses and milestones designated as critical (marked with !) must be completed in the semester listed to ensure a timely graduation. Transfer credit may change the roadmap.
This roadmap should not be used in the place of regular academic advising appointments. All students are encouraged to meet with their advisor/mentor each semester. Requirements, course availability and sequencing are subject to change.
Year One | ||
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Fall | Credits | |
CORE 1000 | Ignite First Year Seminar (Must be taken in first 36 credit hours at SLU / Cannot carry attributes) | 2-3 |
CORE 1500 | Cura Personalis 1: Self in Community (Must be taken in first 36 credit hours at SLU / Cannot carry attributes / Must be taken at SLU) | 1 |
CORE 1900 | Eloquentia Perfecta 1: Written and Visual Communication (Should be taken in first 36 credit hours at SLU / Cannot carry attributes) | 3 |
WGST 1900 | Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies (Core attribute: Dignity, Ethics, and a Just Society) | 3 |
WGST Elective | 3 | |
General Electives | 3 | |
Credits | 15-16 | |
Spring | ||
CORE 3200 | Ways of Thinking: Quantitative Reasoning (Should be taken in first 45 credit hours at SLU) | 3 |
CORE 1600 | Ultimate Questions: Theology | 3 |
WGST Elective | 3 | |
General Electives | 6 | |
Credits | 15 | |
Year Two | ||
Fall | ||
CORE 1200 | Eloquentia Perfecta 2: Oral and Visual Communication (Should be taken in first 60 credit hours at SLU / Cannot carry attributes) | 3 |
CORE 1700 | Ultimate Questions: Philosophy | 3 |
WGST Diversity and Identity course | Core attributes (varies by course): Ways of Thinking and Identities in Context, Reflection in Action, Global Interdependence | 3 |
General Electives | 6 | |
Credits | 15 | |
Spring | ||
CORE 3800 | Ways of Thinking: Natural and Applied Sciences | 3 |
CORE 2500 | Cura Personalis 2: Self in Contemplation | 0 |
WGST Elective | 3 | |
General Electives | 9 | |
Credits | 15 | |
Year Three | ||
Fall | ||
CORE 2800 | Eloquentia Perfecta 3: Creative Expression | 2-3 |
CORE 3400 | Ways of Thinking: Aesthetics, History, and Culture | 3 |
WGST Praxis course | 3 | |
WGST elective | 3 | |
General Electives | 4 | |
Credits | 15-16 | |
Spring | ||
CORE 3600 | Ways of Thinking: Social and Behavioral Sciences | 3 |
CORE 4000 | Collaborative Inquiry | 2-3 |
WGST Theory Course | Core attributes: writing intensive, identities in context, dignity, ethics, and a just society | 3 |
General Electives | 6 | |
Credits | 14-15 | |
Year Four | ||
Fall | ||
CORE 3500 | Cura Personalis 3: Self in the World (May be added to a capstone for the major / Cannot carry attributes) | 1 |
WGST Inquiry/Research Experience Course | 3 | |
General Electives | 12 | |
Credits | 16 | |
Spring | ||
WGST Elective | 3 | |
General Electives | 12 | |
Credits | 15 | |
Total Credits | 120-123 |
For additional information about this program, please contact wstd@slu.edu or call 314-977-2057.