Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Program

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The Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies program at the University of Pittsburgh is an interdisciplinary academic program that is committed to promoting feminist and LGBTQIA activism, pedagogy, and scholarship that engage with the larger local, national, and global communities. Program offerings provide opportunities for students and faculty to explore the historical development, cultural  variations, and changing representations of gender and sexuality as they organize identities, interactions, and institutions and intersect in complex ways with sex, race, class, ethnicity, ability, age, religion, and nation.

Bachelor Degree in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies

The goals of this major are: to educate undergraduate students in the analysis and understanding of gender as a knowledge base and critical lens through which to read critically; to write and conduct research in disciplinary and interdisciplinary contexts; to begin to connect academic work with broader community interests; and to prepare students for graduate school and professional lives. The interdisciplinary nature of this major makes it ideal for students who wish to add breadth and depth to their studies in other disciplines.

Certificate in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies

Students who pursue this certificate are those who plan careers in medicine, the creative arts, social work, education, counseling, law, therapy, academia, and business find that this program’s courses enhance their professional activities. Still others report that the confidence and insight that they acquire in such courses enriches their lives regardless of their particular career goals. For more information, please visit the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Program in 401 Cathedral of Learning or online at www.gsws.pitt.edu.

Programs

• Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, BA

• LGBTQ and Critical Sexuality Studies Minor

• Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Certificate (Suspended)

Courses

• GSWS 0001 - GENDER AND LEADERSHIP
• GSWS 0002 - LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITIES
• GSWS 0100 - INTRODUCTION TO GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND WOMEN’S STUDIES
• GSWS 0200 - SEX, RACE, AND POPULAR CULTURE
• GSWS 0210 - WIRED WOMEN
• GSWS 0220 - CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AND ARGUMENTS
• GSWS 0230 - INTRODUCTION TO LGBTQ STUDIES
• GSWS 0300 - SPECIAL TOPICS
• GSWS 0500 - INTRODUCTION TO FEMINIST THEORY
• GSWS 0550 - SEX AND SEXUALITIES
• GSWS 0600 - GLOBAL LGBTQ LITERATURE
• GSWS 0610 - QUEER AND FEMINIST MEDIA ART
• GSWS 1130 - GENDERED BODIES
• GSWS 1140 - SPECIAL TOPICS
• GSWS 1141 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND WOMEN’S STUDIES
• GSWS 1150 - TRANSNATIONAL FEMINISMS
• GSWS 1170 - QUEER THEORY
• GSWS 1180 - POLITICS OF GENDER AND FOOD
• GSWS 1190 - MASCULINITIES
• GSWS 1200 - TRANSGENDER STUDIES
• GSWS 1210 - GENDER AND THE DIGITAL
• GSWS 1220 - WOMEN OF COLOR FEMINISM
• GSWS 1280 - TRANSNATIONAL SEXUAL POLITICS
• GSWS 1300 - WANDERLUST: SEX & GENDER IN GLOBAL TOURISM
• GSWS 1450 - GENDER AND SUSTAINABILITY
• GSWS 1460 - GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND CHILDHOOD IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT
• GSWS 1900 - INTERNSHIP
• GSWS 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
• GSWS 1902 - UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
• GSWS 1910 - CAPSTONE

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