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.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall Semester | Units | |
| 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 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| 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 | |
| Units | 15-16 | |
| 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 | |
| Units | 15-16 | |
| 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 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| 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 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| 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 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Summer Semester | ||
| Complementary Studies or SF State Studies or University Elective - Take Two 6 | 6 | |
| Units | 6 | |
| 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 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| 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 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| 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 | |
| Units | 12 | |
| 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 |
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| Master's Thesis | ||
| Units | 12 | |
| Total Units | 150-152 | |
| 1 | ENG 114 can only be taken if you complete Directed Self-Placement (DSP) and select ENG 114; if you choose ENG 104/ENG 105 through DSP you will satisfy A2 upon successful completion of ENG 105 in the second semester; multilingual students may be advised into alternative English courses. |
| 2 | Introductory Core Course (3 units) |
| 3 | To avoid taking additional units, it is recommended that you meet the SF State Studies (AERM, GP, ES, SJ) requirements within your GE or major. |
| 4 | To determine the best B4 course option, students should complete the online advising activity at mathadvising.sfsu.edu. Questions? Contact Gator Smart Start. |
| 5 | Consider taking a class combined with a laboratory or a separate lab to fulfill B3 if not already satisfied. |
| 6 | Complementary Studies Students completing a Bachelor of Arts in Women and Gender Studies are required to complete 12 units in Complementary Studies. Complementary Studies provides students with the opportunity to make connections across disparate forms of knowledge and inquiry. These units must come from courses bearing a prefix other than WGS and not cross-listed with WGS, and may be lower- or upper-division units, as well as resident or transfer units. Students who complete two majors or a major and minor automatically complete the Complementary Studies requirement. Otherwise, WGS majors can fulfill this requirement through one of six pathways:
Upon approval of the student’s major advisor, up to 6 units of Complementary Studies may be used towards the WGS major (under the existing “outside coursework” allotment). |
| 7 | Elective Courses (27 units) Electives in Women and Gender Studies courses. A maximum of 6 elective units may be lower-division and 6 units can be taken outside the WGS department (in other SF State departments or at other colleges/universities on issues, topics, or skills based upon academic interests and goals.) Approval by a Women and Gender Studies advisor is mandatory. |
| 8 | Related Field Units (9 units) (upon approval of graduate advisor) WGS 797 Advanced Feminist Graduate Literatures (3 units) is recommended in the second year. |
| ± | Given catalog rights, fall 2022 transfer students do not need to complete an Area F course. |