Program Overview

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Gender & Women's Studies: Queer, Trans and Sexuality Studies Emphasis

Overview

Gender & Women's Studies aims to be an evolving interdisciplinary forum for scholarship on:

• feminist approaches to all possible areas of scholarly investigation;
• the inextricably interconnected processes by which the social formations of gender, race, class, sexuality and nation are constructed, in the past and the present;
• feminist and related social movements;
• the constitution of women's lives in diverse social contexts;
• and the analysis of diverse feminisms. An undergraduate degree in Gender & Women's Studies provides students with a wide array of skills and knowledge, including:
• knowledge of feminist theories and methodologies,
• development of critical research skills,
• knowledge of the history of feminist and other social movements,
• multicultural competency,
• opportunities for activism, and
• career related skills.

Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate knowledge of major concepts, theories, histories, and/or methods used in the field Gender & Women's Studies.
• Chicana and Latina Studies Concentration in B.A. Major Demonstrate knowledge of major concepts, theories, histories, and/or methods in Chicana and Latina Studies as they inform the field of Gender & Women's Studies.
• Queer, Transgender, and Sexuality Studies Concentration in B.A. Major Demonstrate knowledge of major concepts, theories, histories, and/or methods in Queer, Transgender, and Sexuality Studies as they inform the field of Gender & Women's Studies.
• Think critically as demonstrated by the use of synthetic, analytic, or computational/quantitative reasoning in written, spoken or visual form.
• Understand how differences among humans, or between humans and non-humans, have been constructed and organized and why those difference are important.
• Identify, evaluate, and use evidence from information sources following scholarly standards of ethical conduct.
• Write clearly and grammatically.

Program Details

Sample Courses

• GWS 309: Queer Theories
• GWS 310: Trans Studies: Politics of the Personal
• GWS 496T: LGBT History of the North America

Career Fields

• Education
• Activism
• Healthcare
• Public policy
• Communications

Level of Math

• General Knowledge

This strand involves the general understanding and appreciation of how mathematics is used to solve problems in everyday life. The G-strand does not prepare a student for any further work grounded in mathematics and assumes the student will not proceed beyond the basic Foundations level noted above. Thus only those students whose major requires the most general knowledge of mathematics should take this strand.

Level of Second Language

• 4th Semester Proficiency

Fourth-semester skill level in a second language is required. B.A. degree students may fulfill this requirement with one of the following options:

• Scoring the equivalent of fourth-semester skill level on an entrance or placement examination administered by The University of Arizona.
• Completion of a two-course sequence beyond the second semester of post-secondary language instruction.
• Completion with a C or higher of a 300- or 400-level language course at the post-secondary level.
• Completion of one course beyond the third semester in combination with an AP (Advanced Placement) score, IB (International Baccalaureate) score or a CLEP (College Level Entrance Program) score determined by the individual language department.
• An AP, IB, or CLEP language score determined by individual language departments
• A minimum of one semester study abroad in a language program approved by the appropriate language department as the equivalent of fourth-semester skill level.

Pre-major Required?

• No

This Major's College

• College of Social & Behavioral Sciences

Degree

• Bachelor of Arts

Sample Plans

2025, Gender & Women's Studies: Queer, Trans and Sexuality Studies Emphasis

• 4-Year Sample Plan
• Map Transfer Coursework
• Plan Ahead with a Transfer Pathway

First Year

• 1st Semester
  • First Year Composition
  • Introduction to the General Education Experience (Entry Course)
  • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections
  • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections
  • Second Language
• 2nd Semester
  • First Year Composition
  • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections
  • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections
  • Second Language
  • Math: General Strand

Second Year

• 3rd Semester
  • Major Core
  • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections
  • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections
  • Major Elective
  • Second Language
• 4th Semester
  • Major Core
  • Concentration Core
  • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections
  • Second Language
  • Second Major, Minor, or Elective

Third Year

• 5th Semester
  • Major Core Elective
  • Major Queer, Trans, Sexuality Studies Elective
  • General Education Portfolio (Exit Course)
  • Second Major, Minor, or Elective
  • Second Major, Minor, or Elective
• 6th Semester
  • Major Core Elective
  • Major Queer, Trans, Sexuality Studies Elective
  • Second Major, Minor, or Elective
  • Second Major, Minor, or Elective
  • Second Major, Minor, or Elective

Fourth Year

• 7th Semester
  • Major Queer, Trans, Sexuality Studies Elective
  • Major Elective
  • Major Core Elective
  • Second Major, Minor, or Elective
  • Second Major, Minor, or Elective
• 8th Semester
  • Major Senior Capstone Seminar
  • Major Elective
  • Second Major, Minor, or Elective
  • Second Major, Minor, or Elective
  • Second Major, Minor, or Elective