Undergraduate Secondary Field

The flexibility of WGS's secondary field requirements allows students to sample from the rich course offerings in WGS while furthering or complementing their work in their home department.

To declare yourself as a secondary field student, complete the secondary field option on our plan of study form to indicate how you plan to complete the course requirements and make an appointment with one of the WGS advisers to discuss your plan. Along with concentrators, declared secondary fielders receive priority for admission to WGS seminars and other limited-enrollment courses. 

Secondary Field—5 courses (20 credits)

• Either:
  • One History foundation course/Usually numbered with 1200 (for example, 1200fh) - Historical approaches to WGS. See courses below that meet this requirement:
    • GENED 1130 "Power to the People" - Bronski
    • WOMGEN 1200WH "Making and Unmaking Women in African History" - Kothor
    • WOMGEN 1283 "Love Labor's Found" - Light
  • Or one Theory foundation course/Usually numbered 1210 (for example 1210qt) - Theoretical approaches to WGS. See below for courses that meet this requirement:
    • WOMGEN 1400E "Queer Ethnography" - Khubchandani
    • HDS 2781 "Histories, Bodies, Differences" - Hollywood
• Four additional WGS courses