Women's and Gender Studies at EWU

Our Programs Course Distribution List


Students should consult with the Women's & Gender Studies Director on choice of electives.

NOTE: No more than 5 credits from the list of courses with applied emphasis will count toward the minor.

  1. Applied Emphasis:
    • WMST/SOCI 377 Alternatives to Domestic Violence (2)
    • WMST/MGMT 424 Equity and Equality in the Workplace (3)
    • WMST/SOWK 448 Gay and Lesbian Issues for the Social Work Practitioner (3)
    • WMST/SOWK 450 Women and Social Reform (3)
    • WMST/SOWK 452 Gender and Sexual Assault (4)
    • WMST 495 Internship or Practicum Experience (1 - 5)

  2. Theoretical Emphasis:
    • WMST/HUMN 319 Women Artists and Society (2)
    • WMST/HIST 392 Women in the American West (4)
    • WMST/HUMN 410 Feminist Theory (4)
    • WMST/HUMN 415 Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies (5)
    • WMST/PHIL 440 Women and Philosophy (5)
    • WMST/SPAN 475 Women's Writing in Latin America (4)

  3. Applied/Theoretical Emphasis:
    • WMST/BIOL 318 Biology of Women (3)
    • WMST/SOCI 321 Sex and Gender (5)
    • WMST/PSYC 331 Psychology of Women (4)
    • WMST/BIOL 338 Discovering Women in Science (1)
    • WMST/SOCI 370 Sociology of the Family (5)
    • WMST/AAST 371 Cultural Study: African American Women and Hair (2)
    • WMST/ENGL 389 Women, Literature and Social Change (5)
    • WMST/HIST 394 Women in American History (4)
    • WMST/IDST 411 Contemporary Idegenous Women (5)
    • WMST/CMST 414 Gender and Communication (5)
    • WMST/PHIL 417 Women and Ethics (5)
    • WMST 426/ECON/AAST 424 Economics of Poverty and Discrimination (5)
    • WMST/ECON 427 The Economics of Women and Work (5)
    • WMST/AAST 430 From Mammies to Jemimas: The Black Women's Struggle (5)
    • WMST/HIST 468 History of Modern American Women (4)
    • WMST/SOWK 471 Human Rights and Women's Rights (4)
    • WMST/SOCI 483 Sociology of Children (5)
    • WMST 490 Senior Capstone Seminar (4)
    • WMST 498 Seminar approved by Women's Studies Director (4 - 5)
    • WMST 400 - 409 Summer Workshops (1)

    NOTE: No more than THREE credits of summer workshops may be counted toward the major or minor.


Summer Workshops:

Several of these workshops are offered each summer to help students integrate knowledge of scholarship on women into traditional academic work in various disciplines. No more than THREE credits of summer workshops (courses numbered 400 - 409 & 497) may be counted toward the major or minor.

  • WMST/ENGL 400 Women and Men in Literature (1)
  • WMST/BIOL 401 Women and Men in Science (1)
  • WMST 402/ECON 426 Women and Men in the U.S. Economy (1)
  • WMST/PSYC 403 Women and Men in Psychology (1)
  • WMST/CMST 404 Women and Men in Communication (1)
  • WMST/HIST 405 Women and Men in History (1)
  • WMST/GEOG 406 Women and Men in Cultural Landscape (1)
  • WMST/ART 409 Women and Men in Art (1)
  • WMST 497 Summer workshop in consultation with Women's and Gender Studies Director (1 - 2)

WGST courses that satisfy the University Cultural and Gender Diversity graduation requirement:

  • WMST 101 Introduction to Women's Studies (5)
  • WMST 310 Issues in Women's Studies (4) [This course is also offered online]
  • WMST/HUMN 415 Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies (4)
  • WMST/SOCI 321 Sex and Gender (5)
  • WMST/PSYC 331 Psychology of Women (4) [This course is also offered online]
  • WMST/ENGL 389 Women, Literature and Social Change (5)
  • WMST/HIST 394 Women in American History (4) [This course is also offered online]
  • WMST/CMST 414 Gender and Communication (5)
  • WMST427/ECON/AAST 424 Economics of Poverty and Discrimination (5)
  • WMST/ECON 427 The Economics of Women and Work (5)
  • WMST/PHIL 417 Women and Ethics (5)