Courses

Currently we offer a major and minor in Gender and Women's Studies (GWS) at Connecticut College. The course descriptions may be found in the online Course Catalog.

Core requirements for the MAJOR include: (Minimum 11 courses)

1. GWS 103 Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies: A Transnational Feminist Approach (4 credit hours) (offered in the fall semester)
2. GWS 224 Transnational Women’s Movements (4 credit hours) (offered in the spring semester)
3. GWS 295 Training for Transformation (2 credit hours, offered pass/fail) (offered in the fall or spring semesters)
4. GWS 312 Feminist Social Research Methods (4 credit hours) (offered in the spring semester)
5. GWS 306 Advanced Readings in Feminist Theory (4 credit hours) (offered in the fall semester)
6. GWS 400 Senior Seminar (4 credit hours) (offered in the spring semester) *

Additional requirements: 5 courses (offered in other departments but cross-listed with GWS and/ or GWS electives. Not more than 2 courses from a double major can count towards the GWS major).

Core requirements for the MINOR include: (Minimum 5 courses)

1. GWS 103 Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies (4 credit hours) (offered in the spring semester)
2. GWS 306 Advanced Readings in Feminist Theory (4 credit hours) (offered in the fall semester)

Additional requirements: 3 courses (offered in other departments but cross-listed with GWS and/or GWS electives)

* Past seminars have included “Eye of the Storm: Hurricane Katrina and the Culture of the Gulf Coast,” “Gender and Human Rights,” and “Sweatshop Warriors.”