Women's and Gender Studies
Minor in the College of Liberal Arts
The Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies is the home for intersectional feminist and queer studies research, teaching, and learning on the UT campus. Our areas of strength include Black Feminisms, Disability Studies and Feminist Health Studies, LGBTQ Studies, and Transnational Feminisms.
DWGSS houses the Center for Women's and Gender Studies (CWGS) and the LGBTQ Studies Program, two centers for research and programming that bring together faculty affiliates from across campus. We warmly welcome you to join our community by dropping by our office, taking our classes, attending our events, and learning more about our undergraduate programs.
Because of our small size, our undergraduate students receive individual attention. Students also can attend DWGSS and CWGS events, including faculty talks, social events, and other programming activities.
Our interdisciplinary community of scholars includes more than 25 faculty specializing in disability studies, reproductive justice, BIPOC feminisms, transnational feminisms, LGBTQ studies, art and literature, media and performance, migration, decolonization, archives and affect, and more.
How to Apply
ShowThis minor is open to all undergraduate majors in any college of the university. Students should declare the minor as early as possible to receive priority registration for WGS courses.
Students can begin taking courses for the minor at any time. When a student is ready to declare, they should apply through the online minor/certificate application system with their primary major (home department) academic advisor.
All Minor and Certificate students must subscribe to the listserv.
Required Courses
ShowStudents can begin working toward the minor by taking WGS 305 Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies.
This minor requires 15 semester hours of coursework, nine of which must be in residence. View a complete list of courses and requirements.
