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Apr 22, 2026
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2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
Interdisciplinary Programs Major, BA - Women, Gender, and Sexuality Concentration - Women’s Health Track
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Nora Berenstain, Department of Philosophy, Chair Women, Gender, and Sexuality is a major dedicated to the study of how gender and sexuality shape the past, present, and future of human cultures and societies. Our interdisciplinary curriculum trains students in critical studies of the ways gender and sexuality intersect with race, ethnicity, nationality, dis/ability, and other dimensions of social inequality. Our courses provide students with a wide variety of methodological skills and perspectives with which to conduct their own research, creative activity, and activism.
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Concentration Requirements
The concentration consists of 30 credit hours. Students may count up to 8 credits of Women, Gender, and Sexuality courses at the 100-level toward the major concentration. Sexual and Reproductive Health (6 credit hours):
Select two courses. Health and Social Systems (6 credit hours):
Select two courses. - AFST 322 - Race, Gender, and Medicine 3 Credit Hours
- ANTH 405 - Anthropology of Reproduction and Sexuality 3 Credit Hours
- ANTH 413* - Dynamics of Health and Illness 3 Credit Hours
- CHIN 335 - From Fox Spirits to FemTech: Gender, Myth, and Media in China 3 Credit Hours
- PHIL 382* - Philosophy of Feminism 3 Credit Hours
- SOCI 343* - Race and Ethnicity 3 Credit Hours
- SOCI 460 - Capitalism and Racism 3 Credit Hours
- SOCI 466 - Special Topics in Race and Ethnicity 3 Credit Hours
- STHS 200* - Introduction to Science, Technology, Health, and Society 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 370* - Gender and Globalization 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 383* - Feminism and the Environment 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 423 - Feminist Anthropology 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 424 - Queer Anthropology 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 425 - Black Feminist Theory Credit Hours
- WGS 426 - Decolonization 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 335 - From Fox Spirits to FemTech: Gender, Myth, and Media in China 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 322 - Race, Gender, and Medicine 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 382* - Philosophy of Feminism 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 460 - Capitalism and Racism 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 463* - Race, Science, and Medicine 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 466 - Special Topics in Race and Ethnicity 3 Credit Hours
Women’s Health Electives (minimum of 12 credit hours):
Select four additional courses. - AFST 329 - Black History in Tennessee 1796-1980 3 Credit Hours
- ANTH 405 - Anthropology of Reproduction and Sexuality 3 Credit Hours
- ANTH 413* - Dynamics of Health and Illness 3 Credit Hours
- ANTH 423* - Feminist Anthropology 3 Credit Hours
- ANTH 424 - Queer Anthropology 3 Credit Hours
- ANTH 426 - Decolonization 3 Credit Hours
- CHIN 130* - Love and Sex in Chinese and Sinophone Cultures 3 Credit Hours
- CHIN 335 - From Fox Spirits to FemTech: Gender, Myth, and Media in China 3 Credit Hours
- CHIN 360* - Desiring Asia: Sex, Intimacy, and Global Capital 3 Credit Hours
- CHIN 430 - Women in China 3 Credit Hours
- CHIN 469 - Gender and Sexuality in Chinese Cinema 3 Credit Hours
- ENGL 161* - Women Writing the World 3 Credit Hours
- ENGL 322 - Race, Gender, and Medicine 3 Credit Hours
- ENGL 425 - Black Feminist Theory 3 Credit Hours
- FREN 433* - French and Francophone Women Writers 3 Credit Hours
- GEOG 383* - Feminism and the Environment 3 Credit Hours
- GERM 370* - Witches: Myth, Reality, and Representation 3 Credit Hours
- GERM 434 - Extraordinary Wo(Men)―Outcasts, Rebels, Martyrs, and Saints 3 Credit Hours
- HDFS 240* - Human Sexuality 3 Credit Hours
- PSYC 435* - Multicultural Psychology 3 Credit Hours
- PSYC 476 - African American Psychology 3 Credit Hours
- SOCI 343* - Race and Ethnicity 3 Credit Hours
- SOCI 346* - Sexualities 3 Credit Hours
- SOCI 361* - Environmental Justice 3 Credit Hours
- SOCI 454 - Restorative Justice 3 Credit Hours
- SOCI 460 - Capitalism and Racism 3 Credit Hours
- SOCI 466 - Special Topics in Race and Ethnicity 3 Credit Hours
- SPAN 433 - Gender and Sexuality in Hispanic Literature and Culture 3 Credit Hours
- STHS 200* - Introduction to Science, Technology, Health, and Society 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 130* - Love and Sex in Chinese and Sinophone Cultures 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 161* - Women Writing the World 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 201* - Intro to LGBTQ+ Studies 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 314 - Food, Fiction, and Film in Modern Japan 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 319 - Gender and Religion in Asia 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 320* - Gender, Sexuality, and Religion 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 322 - Race, Gender, and Medicine 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 325 - Women in American History 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 330* - Music, Gender, and Sexuality 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 332* - Women in American Literature 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 335 - From Fox Spirits to FemTech: Gender, Myth, and Media in China 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 346* - Sexualities 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 340 - Gender, Politics, and the Law 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 343* - Race and Ethnicity 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 360* - Desiring Asia: Sex, Intimacy, and Global Capital 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 370* - Gender and Globalization 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 375* - Gender in Society 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 376 - African American Women’s History from Slavery to the Present 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 382* - Philosophy of Feminism 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 383* - Feminism and the Environment 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 384* - Gender and Sexuality in Greece and Rome 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 400 - Topics in Women, Gender, and Sexuality 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 412 - Gender, Performance Art, and the Avant Garde 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 419* - Gender and Sexuality in Ancient Western Philosophy 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 422 - Women Writers in Britain 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 423 - Feminist Anthropology 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 424 - Queer Anthropology 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 425 - Black Feminist Theory Credit Hours
- WGS 426 - Decolonization 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 434* - Psychology of Gender 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 436 - History of Gender and Sexuality in the United States 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 453* - Gender and Crime 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 454 - Restorative Justice 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 460 - Capitalism and Racism 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 461 - Gender and Sexuality in Chinese Cinema 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 463* - Race, Science, and Medicine 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 465 - Gender and Sexuality in Early Latin America 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 466 - Special Topics in Race and Ethnicity 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 469* - Sexuality and Cinema 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 484 - African American Women in American Society 3 Credit Hours
- WGS 490 - Internship 1-15 Credit Hours
- WGS 491 - Foreign Study 1-15 Credit Hours
- WGS 492 - Off-Campus Study 1-15 Credit Hours
- WGS 493 - Independent Study 1-15 Credit Hours
- WGS 499 - Capstone Seminar in Women, Gender, and Sexuality 3 Credit Hours
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