Examples of Focused WGSS Majors

This list provides examples of focused WGSS majors.    This is not a list to choose from, these are examples to inspire you!  If you have an idea for a focus, speak with the undergraduate advisor or your faculty mentor.

Health/Science/Counseling

• Women and Health
• Gender and Health Care
• Biology of Difference
• Eating Disorders
• Women and Psychology
• Social Work:  Families and Children
• Women's Health, Nutrition, Diet and Physical Fitness
• Psychology, Dance and Women
• Gender, Sexuality, and Psychology
• Women in the Health Care System
• Women's Health Education
• Gender and Science
• Women's Reproductive Freedom
• Gender and Sexuality
• Women's Studies: Sexuality Education and Counseling
• Gender and Sports
• Women's Sexuality
• Health and Healing
• Reproductive Rights and Birthing Practices
• Feminist Therapy and Counseling
• Women's Health Care through a Cross-Cultural Perspective
• Women's Health Issues and Sexuality
• Sexuality Studies

Race, Gender, Sexuality

• Cross Cultural Feminism
• Radical History: The Impact of Race, Sex and Class in American History
• The Construction of White Privilege
• Women's Studies and Racism
• Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality
• Women's Studies and Anti-Racist Work
• The Construction of White Privilege
• Race/Class/Gender/Culture in Society
• Race Relations within & outside Feminist Discourse
• Latin American Women
• Race Relations between Women
• The Intersection of race, class, gender and sexual orientation
• Latin American, Native American, African Americam Feminisms

Theory/Queer Theory/Disciplinary Pursuits

• Social Theory and Women's Studies
• Queer Studies
• Queer Theory and Non-binary Gender Identities
• Women of Color Studies
• Feminism and Philosophy
• Women's Studies and Political Science
• Women in Cross-Cultural Gender Roles
• Sexuality in History
• Social Construction of Gender and Sexuality
• Women and Labor Relations
• Social Construction of Gender and Sexuality
• Feminist Anthropology
• Women and Political Economy
• Queer Theory

Domestic Violence/Law/Policy

• Women and the Law
• Domestic Violence
• Women in the Criminal Justice System
• Law and Third World Women
• Women and Politics: A Study of Women and Power
• Transcending Victimization: Envisioning Women's Empowerment
• Law and Women of Color
• Policy:  Domestic Violence and Welfare
• Legal Studies and Politics

Environment

• Ecofeminism
• Sustainability
• Women and Environmental Health

 

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Peace/Religion/Activism

• Women and Religion
• Women's Spirituality and Performances in Social Change Activism
• Women, Peace and Militarism
• Women's Roles in Culture/Mythology/

Politics and Organizing

• Women and Labor Organizing
• Community and Grassroots Organizing
• Race, Class and Gender in Reproductive Politics and Justice in the U.S.
• Women in Poverty: A Historical Perspective
• Effects of Poverty on Young Women
• Ecofeminism
• Women and Social Justice
• Women in U.S. Politics

Arts/Writing/Literature/Media

• Women and Art
• Activism and Performance
• Media, Theater and Social Norms
• Women in the Arts
• Poetry and Feminist Studies
• Women in the Arts and Business
• Combining Photography and Writing to Document Burdens of Women
• Social Construction of Identity through Activism, Narrative and Teaching
• Women and Media Representation
• Women in Fashion and the Media
• Cultural Impact of Media Representations
• Women's Self Expression in Political Context
• Literature, Writing and Psychology
• Creative Writing as Resistance to Male Sexual Violence
• Feminist Writing and Criticism
• Women and Journalism
• Activism through writing oral narratives and histories
• Women's Literature
• Women' Studies and Romance Languages
• Women and Classics
• Feminist Literary Theory
• Women's Roles in Culture/Mythology/Folklore
• Women and Language

Education

• Feminist Pedagogy
• Pedagogy, Educational Outreach, Advocavy
• Women in Poverty: A Historical Perspective
• Early Childhood Education
• Sex, Race and Class:  Methods for Teaching Education
• Multi-Cultural Teaching
• Elementary Education
• Education and Social Justice