UP Core Requirements — 40 credit hours
All University of Portland students progress through a set of shared course options as part of the University’s liberal arts Core Curriculum. This curriculum offers a foundation of multiple lenses to address enduring questions of human concern, integrating the liberal arts, the University mission, and the knowledge, skills, and values needed in a diverse society and in the workplace.
See UP Core Requirements
GWSS 301 and GWSS 498 are the designated Writing in the Discipline courses for the B.A. in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies.
College of Arts and Sciences B.A. Requirements — 24-33 credit hours
See College Requirements, B.A.
Major Requirements — 28 credit hours
Required Courses - 16 credit hours
Gender: Approaches - 6 credit hours
Select two courses from the following:
Gender: Themes - 6 credit hours
Select two courses from the following:
| COM 411 | Communicating Across Barriers | 3 |
| COM 431 | Intercultural Communication and Identity | 3 |
| ENG 401 | Seminar in British Literature I | 3 |
| GRM 401 | Multicultural Society in Germany | 3 |
| GRM 405 | German Women's Writing | 3 |
| PHL 412 | Philosophy of Law | 3 |
| POL 319 | Politics and Identity | 3 |
| POL 378 | Muslims and Islam in Europe and the U.S. | 3 |
| SOC 436 | Women and Work | 3 |
| SPN 331 | Faith, Fervor, and Fear in Golden Age Spain | 3 |
| SPN 430 | Cervantes: Don Quixote and Beyond | 3 |
| THE 317 | Trickery, Gender, Power, and Politics in the Bible | 3 |
| THE 331 | Sexual Ethics | 3 |
| THE 362 | Queer Theologies | 3 |
| THE 364 | Religion, Gender, and Sexuality | 3 |
| THTR 445 | Fashion History and Gender Expression | 3 |
One time course offerings (designated 391/491) may fulfill major (gender approaches or themes) requirements if the topic is on gender, women, and sexuality studies. Please confirm eligible yearly course offerings with the program directors.
Any additional credit hours required to complete a minimum of 120 credit hours