Elective Courses

Students draw the remaining 9 hours from the electives listed below. With the approval of the WGSS Director, WGSS Academic Advisor and the Graduate School, additional courses may be approved for the certificate. To qualify, other courses should devote at least 50 percent of their content to women's and gender issues. To search for additional WGSS-related courses in the University Catalog, please go to coursefinder.ilstu.edu.

CJS 339: Women in Criminal Justice
CJS 342: Victimology
ENG 360: Studies in Women and Literature
ENG 460: Feminist Literary Theories (if not taken for required course credit)
HIS 330: The Family in History
HIS 350: Women and Sexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome

POL 337: Gay and Lesbian Politics and Theory
POL 338: Gender and Political Theory
PSY 305: Psychology of Women
SOA 341: Sociology of Gender
SOA 342: Sociology of the Body
SOA 366: Contemporary Social Movements
SOA 469.03: Seminar in Sociology: Minorities/Stratifications

WGS 391: Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Seminar
WGS 392: Queer and Transgender Theory
WGS 400: Independent Study
WGS 490: Feminist Theories and Methodologies (if not taken for required course credit)
WGS 498: Professional Practice