Minor Requirements
Requirements for WGSS Minor
The Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Minor requires a total of 18 hours and must include the following course:
- WGS 220: Theory and Practice of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (3) or WGS 222: Sexuality Studies (3)
* Select a minimum of 15 additional hours
If courses not designated WGS are taken, they must be from an approved list on file with the chair of the department; examples of these courses are listed below.
- Students may count no more than 6 hours from their major(s) toward the minor.
- No more than 3 hours may be taken pass/fail.
- No online course taken at institutions other than Wake Forest may count toward the minor.
Students pursuing the minor are encouraged to take WGS 220 in the first or second year prior to taking other 200 or 300 level classes.