Total credit requirements for a Gender Studies major: Students who enter Whitman with no prior college-level coursework in Gender Studies will need to complete 36 credits to fulfill the requirements for the Gender Studies major.
- Required Courses
- Gender Studies 100, 210, and 490
- Gender Studies 210 may be elected as Indigeneity, Race, and Ethnicity Studies 210.
- Gender Studies 497 or 498
- At least 20 additional credits in elective courses, which must include:
- Gender Across Time foundation area: at least 3 credits
- Gender in Global Context foundation area: at least 3 credits
- Theory and Methods foundation area: at least 3 credits
- At least 12 credits at the 300-level and above
- Gender Studies 100, 210, and 490
- Senior Requirements
- Gender Studies 490
- Gender Studies 497 or 498, which includes a senior capstone project
- Oral examination
- Honors
- Students do not apply for admission to candidacy for honors.
- Accumulated at least 87 credits
- Completed two semesters of residency at Whitman
- Major GPA of at least 3.500
- Complete a written thesis or research project prepared exclusively for the satisfaction of this program.
- Earn a grade of at least A- on the honors thesis or project and the honors thesis course.
- Pass the senior assessment with distinction.
- Director of the program will notify the Registrar of students attaining honors no later than the beginning of Week 12.
- An acceptable digital copy of the honors thesis must be submitted to Penrose Library no later than Reading Day.
- Notes
- A single course may not be used to satisfy more than one foundation area.
- No more than 12 credits earned in off-campus programs and transfer courses.
- No more than 4 credits in independent study may be applied toward the major.
- Gender Studies allows courses from other majors and minors to be applied toward the Gender Studies major.
Total Credits
36