Degree Requirements

The department offers:

  • Major in Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
  • Minor in Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

Please reference the Undergraduate Catalog for course requirements specific to the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department major and minor.

  • The Gonzaga Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies program is an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary program that develops the capacity of students to understand the world through diverse theories and methodologies, using gender as a central analytic component.
  • Stand-alone women’s studies courses systematically use the methods, themes, and approaches of feminist scholarship throughout the semester.
  • Cross-listed WGST courses are taught in other disciplines (English, Political Science, History, etc) by experts in those fields using those disciplinary methods and approaches but with a central focus on women, gender, or sexuality.

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