Women's and Gender Studies, B.A. Four-Year Degree Map for Bulletin Year 2020-2021

First Year

Fall Classes - 15 credits Credits Spring Classes - 15 credits Credits
ENGL 1010: English Composition I
Pathways Required Core
3 ENGL 1012: English Composition II
Pathways Required Core
3
Math & Quantitative Reasoning
Pathways Required Core
3 Life & Physical Sciences
Pathways Required Core
3
WGST 1001: Introduction to Women
Major (Also fulfills Pathways Flexible Core)
3 World Cultures & Global Issues
Pathways Flexible Core
3
General Elective
General Elective
3 WGST course (from Area 1)
General Elective
3
General Elective
General Elective
3 General Elective
General Elective
3

Second Year

Fall Classes - 15 credits Credits Spring Classes - 15 credits Credits
Individual & Society
Pathways Flexible Core
3 Scientific World
Pathways Flexible Core
3
Creative Expression
Pathways Flexible Core
3 Creative Expression
Pathways Flexible Core
3
WGST course (from Area 1)
Major (See Bulletin for list of Area 1 courses)
3 WGST Humanities course (from Area 2)
Major (See Bulletin for list of Area 2 courses)
3
WGST Social Sciences course (from Area 4)
Major (See Bulletin for list of Area 4 courses)
3 General Elective
General Elective
3
General Elective
General Elective
3 General Elective
General Elective
3

Third Year

Fall Classes - 15 credits Credits Spring Classes - 15 credits Credits
College Option
Pathways College Option
3 College Option
Pathways College Option
3
College Option
Pathways College Option
3 College Option
Pathways College Option
3
WGST 3510: Feminist Theories
Major
3 WGST Humanities course (from Area 2)
Major (See Bulletin for list of Area 2 courses)
3
WGST Social Sciences course (from Area 4)
Major (See Bulletin for list of Area 4 courses)
3 WGST Social Sciences course (from Area 4)
Major (See Bulletin for list of Area 4 courses)
3
General Elective
General Elective
3 General Elective
General Elective
3

Fourth Year

Fall Classes - 15 credits Credits Spring Classes - 15 credits Credits
WGST 4410W: Senior Seminar
Major
3 General Elective
General Elective
3
General Elective
General Elective
3 General Elective
General Elective
3
General Elective
General Elective
3 General Elective
General Elective
3
General Elective
General Elective
3 General Elective
General Elective
3
General Elective
General Elective
3 General Elective
General Elective
3

Degree Details

39 Pathways Credits*

30 Major Credits

51 General Elective Credits

Students may apply a second major, or a minor, towards their general elective credits.

120 Total Credits

*The Pathways curriculum is typically 42 credits. However, the Women's and Gender Studies major includes a course (WGST 1001) that also satisfies a Pathways requirement. Therefore, students majoring in Women's and Gender Studies only need to complete 39 additional Pathways credits.

The four-year degree map is designed to help you take the right courses in the right order so you can graduate in four years. It also helps you distinguish what courses qualify as Pathways courses, or Major courses, or General Elective courses. Ideally, you should follow the four-year degree map as closely as possible, but you are free to make some adjustments so long as the prerequisite requirements are satisfied.

In conjunction with the four-year degree map, you should review Degree Works, and the Brooklyn College website, for an approved list of courses in your major. Overall, it is best to review your degree map with your advisor on a regular basis.

Contact Information

Department of Women's and Gender Studies
1207 Ingersoll
Christopher Richards
c.richards66@brooklyn.cuny.edu

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