Gender and Feminist Studies Major

Requirements for the Major

The major requires a minimum of ten (10) courses, distributed among core courses and three tracks.

Core Courses

(one course from each numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 below):

1. GWS 026 PO - Introduction to Women’s Studies 
2. Feminist Theory, such as POST 163 PZ ; CHLT 155CH; CHLT 168
3. Intersectionality of gender/race/class/sexualities CHLT 060 CH , CHLT 061 CH , CHLT 115 CH , CHLT 154 CH , GCHLT 155CH, GCHLT 168 ARHI 178 PO ; ASAM 090 PZ ; ENGL 42eAF; ENGL 125d; ENGL 134AF, ENGL 140 PO ; HIST 171AF; MS 080 AA 
4. Senior Seminar [WS 190] or Senior Project/Senior Thesis [ID 191] (Candidates for Honors must complete both the Sr. Seminar [ID 190] and Sr. Project/Thesis [ID 191])

Tracks

Students should take at least one (1) course from each track that focuses on gender and empowerment; and complete an additional three (3) courses from one of the tracks:

1. Global, National and Local Communities
2. Creativity: Art, Literature, Spirituality, Identity
3. Sciences, Medicine and Technologies

If students have two majors, no more than two (2) courses, including a methods course, may be counted toward the completion of both majors.

Honors:

Students are required to have a cumulative and GFS GPA of 3.5 and the recommendation of the field group based on the quality (A or A-) of the senior project or thesis. In addition, candidates for honors must complete both the Senior Seminar and the Sr. Project/Sr. Thesis. Two advisers are required for the Sr. Thesis/Sr. Project and one must be from the Pitzer GFS field group. The final version of the honors thesis or project to be reviewed by the field group is due two weeks before the end of classes.