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 166 CH 
3. Intersectionality of gender/race/class/sexualities CHLT 060 CH , CHLT 061 CH , CHLT 115 CH , CHLT 154 CH , CHLT 166 CH  ,  ARHI 178 PO ; ASAM 090 PZ ; ENGL 140 PO ;  MS 080 AA 
4. GWS 190 PO -Senior Seminar  or GFS 191 PZ -Senior Thesis or Project  (Candidates for Honors must complete both the Sr. Seminar and Sr. Project/Thesis)

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.