Social Class and Inequality Studies

Foundational Course: WGS (WOMENSTD) / SOC 216 — Thinking Class: Inequality in Media, Bodies, Environment, and More or SOC 242 — The Experience of Social Class in College and the Community

Of the total 15 credits, at least six credits must be taken in Women's and Gender Studies.

Electives: Four electives (12 credits) from a list of approved courses.  At least two courses must be at the 300 level or above, with at least one at the 400 level.

 Courses in Women's Studies

• WGS (WOMENSTD) / SOC 216: Thinking Class: Inequality in Media, Bodies, Environment, and More
• WGS (WOMENSTD) / NURS 220:  Perspectives in Women's Health
• WGS 250 (WOMENSTD 250):  Race, Gender and Nation
• WGS (WOMENSTD) / PSYCH 297: Promoting Equity and Inclusion in the Academy and the Workplace
• WGS (WOMENSTD) / PSYCH 309: Psychology of Social Change: Gender and Global Feminism
• WGS (WOMENSTD) / ENGLISH 314: Gender and Sexuality Studies in Literature, section titled "Narratives of Girlhood"
• WGS (WOMENSTD) / ENGLISH 315: Women and Literature, section titled, "Working-Class Women's Literature"
• WGS 319 (WOMENSTD 319): Race, Class, and Women's Reproductive Health
• WGS 331 (WOMENSTD 331): Feminist Theoretical Perspectives in Gender and Health
• WGS 335 (WOMENSTD 335): Gender and Globalization
• WGS (WOMENSTD) / AAS / HISTORY 337: Black Women in the U.S., Part II: Contemporary Perspective in the 20th and 21st Centuries
• WGS (WOMENSTD) / AAS 365:  Global Perspectives on Gender, Health, and Reproduction
• WGS 374 (WOMENSTD 374): Race, Gender and Incarceration
• WGS (WOMENSTD) / PSYCH 394: Sex, Sexuality and Public Policy
• WGS 410 (WOMENSTD 410): Reproductive Justice: Legal and Ethical Issues
• WGS (WOMENSTD) / AMCULT 411: Rednecks, Queers, and Country Music
• WGS 417 (WOMENSTD 417): Race, Gender, & Mental Health in the 19th Century
• WGS (WOMENSTD) / ANTHRO 428: Sex Panics in the UK and the US
• WGS (WOMENSTD) / ANTHRO 446: Sex and the City: Urban Geography and Sexual Locations
• WGS 443 (WOMENSTD 443): Pedagogy of Empowerment: Activism in Race, Gender, and Health

Courses in Other Departments

• AAS 347 / HISTORY 329 / RCSSCI 343 / SOC 335: Urban Inequality in America
• AAS 453: Culture, Class, and Conflict in Southern Africa
• ALA / PSYCH / SOC 218: Foundations of Intergroup Relations
• AMCULT / HISTORY 440: American Thought and Culture Since 1940
• AMCULT / SOC 221: Social Inequality
• ASIAN 383: Wealth and Poverty in Korea: What it means to be rich (or not) in Korea
• ECON 325: Economics of Education
• ECON 320: Survey of Labor Economics
• ENGLISH 290: Themes in Language and Literature, section titled: "Working Class Literature"
• ENGLISH 317: Literature and Culture, section titled: "Rust Belt Literature" or "Inside-Out Prison Exchange"
• ENGLISH 384: Caribbean Literature, section titled "Caribbean Women Writers"
• ENGLISH 390: Literature and Culture, section titled "The Theory Mess"
• ENGLISH 450: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature, section titled: "Medieval Rebels"
• ENVIRON 222 - Introduction to Environmental Justice
• HISTORY 282: A History of the Economy
• HISTORY 445: Topics in History, sections titled: "Capitalism and Socialism" or "What is Capitalism?"
• MEMS 220: Knights, Peasants, and Bandits
• ORGSTUDY 495: Special Topics in Organizational Studies, section titled: "Organizations and Inequality: Race, Class, and Gender in Education"
• POLSCI 332: The Politics of America's Economic Inequality
• RCSSCI 360: Social Science Junior Seminar, section titled "Labor Movements, Inequality and Democracy"
• RCSSCI 365: Excellence, Equity, and the Politics of Education
• SOC 233: Social Problems
• SOC 242: The Experience of Social Class in College and the Community
• SOC 305: Sociological Theory
• SOC 315: Economic Sociology
• SOC 495: Topics in Sociology, section titled: "Inequality in Education"
• SOC 503: The Sociology of Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration
• SOC 595 - Topics in Sociology, sections titled: "Social Stratification" or "Stable and Integrated Housing for America's Working Poor"