Gender Studies majors will ideally begin working through the required courses during their first year or early in their second year. We encourage you to declare your GEST major or minor early in the process to ensure you receive advising assistance. Courses do not need to be taken in order; however, it is strongly advised that students take GEST 100 early in their careers, and that they take GEST 240 before fulfilling the theory requirement.
Below is a recommended path through the major, though each student will need to determine their own timing for requirements that ensures all core courses and other degree requirements are met before graduation. Not all courses are offered every year. Questions can be directed to genderstudies@lawrence.edu or any GEST faculty.
Recommended path for the Gender Studies major
First Year
GEST 100
Intro to GEST (D) |
GEST Entry Level Topics Courses:
210: Gender, Sports, & Society 256: Transgender Lives 222: Music & Gender 261: Feminism & Philosophy 280: Topics in GEST (varies) ...and many others! |
Second and Third Year
GEST 240
Methods in GEST (W)* |
GEST 110: Gender & Feminism in Historical Perspective*
or GEST 350: Anthropology of Gender* GEST 180: Biology of Human Reproduction*
or GEST 270: Psychology of Gender* |
Third and Fourth Years
GEST 301
Intersectional Feminist Theories* OR
GEST 300
Intro to Queer Theory* |
Capstone Submissions:
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Senior capstone project via
600-level GEST IS, GEST tutorial, or a comparable course |
GEST Upper Level Topics Courses:
315: Gender in 20th Century Africa 320: Perspectives of Native American Women 325: Black, Brown, & Queer on Film 353: Women in Buddhism 415: 19th Century American Women Writers 560: Gender & Social Development ...and many others! |
*may not be offered annually