Women and Gender Studies SF Scholars Roadmap

This roadmap is a suggested plan of study and does not replace meeting with an advisor. Please note that students may need to adjust the actual sequence of courses based on course availability. Please consult an advisor in your major program for further guidance.

Plan of Study Grid
First Year
Fall SemesterUnits
ENG 114 Writing the First Year: Finding Your Voice (A2) 1 3
Introductory Core Course 2 3
GE Area A 3 3
GE Area B: Quantitative Reasoning (B4) 3 3
GE Area D 3
 Units15
Spring Semester
GE Area A 3
GE Area B: Physical Science (B1) and Laboratory Science (B3) 5 3-4
GE Area C 3
GE Area E 3
Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective 6 3
 Units15-16
Second Year
Fall Semester
WGS 300GW Gender, Race, and Nation - GWAR (Major Core) 3
GE Area B: Life Science (B2) and Laboratory Science (B3) 5 3-4
GE Area C 3
GE Area D 3
Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective 6 3
 Units15-16
Spring Semester
Major Elective Courses (27 units) - Take Two 7 6
GE Area C 3
Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Two 6 6
 Units15
Third Year
Fall Semester
Major Elective Courses (27 units) - Take Two 7 6
GE Area F ± 3
GE Area UD-B: Upper-Division Physical and/or Life Sciences (Consider SF State Studies Course) 3
U.S. and California Government 3
 Units15
Spring Semester
Major Elective Courses (27 units) - Take Two 7 6
GE Area UD-C: Upper-Division Arts and/or Humanities (Consider SF State Studies Course) 3
Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Two 6 6
 Units15
Fourth Year
Summer Semester
Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Two 6 6
 Units6
Fall Semester
Applications of Women and Gender Studies (Select One): 3
That's Not What I Said: Feminism, Oral History, and Research Methods in Women and Gender Studies  
Feminist Praxis and the Non-Profit Industrial Complex  
Major Elective Courses (27 units) - Take Two 7 6
GE Area UD-D: Upper-Division Social Sciences (Consider SF State Studies Course) 3
Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective 6 3
 Units15
Spring Semester
WGS 690 Senior Seminar (Major Core) 3
WGS 700 Introduction to Graduate Study (Graduate Core) 3
Major Elective Courses (27 units) - Take One 7 3
Related Field Units (9 units) - Take One 8 3
Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective 6 3
 Units15
Fifth Year
Fall Semester
WGS 710 Feminist Social Movements (Graduate Core) 3
Select One (Graduate Core): 3
Feminist Pedagogies  
Feminist Internship: Gender and the Nonprofit Industrial Complex  
Related Field Units (9 units) - Take Two 8 6
 Units12
Spring Semester
WGS 712 Queer Theories (Graduate Core) 3
WGS 713 Intellectual Genealogies (Graduate Core) 3
WGS 820 Feminist Research Methods (Graduate Core) 3
Culminating Experience - Select One: 3
Creative Work Project  
Field Study Project  
Directed Reading - Culminating Experience Examination Preparation
and Culminating Experience Examination
 
Master's Thesis  
 Units12
 Total Units150-152