/College of Arts and Sciences
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Undergraduate Honors Program

Undergraduate Honors Requirements

  • Any Women’s and Gender Studies major who has maintained a grade point average (GPA) of 3.50 in the WGGS major and a 3.00 GPA overall are eligible to enroll in the Women’s and Gender Studies with honors program.
  • The student must maintain these respective GPAs throughout the duration of the honors program.
  • The student must enroll in the honors program before the end of the junior year.
  • Since there are two semesters of required coursework, students in the program will complete 39 credits for the major, as opposed to 36 for students not enrolled in the program.
  • Application: The student must identify a potential faculty member within the department to serve as a mentor before the end of spring semester of their junior year, and, with the written approval of the mentor, submit the honors program application to the Undergraduate Program Director, which will describe the honors thesis project. For any questions please contact the Undergraduate Program Director. 

  • In the senior year, the student must enroll in WST 495 in the first semester and WST 496 in the second semester, for a total of six credits.
  • This year long sequence of WST 495/WST 496 is in lieu of the general Senior Seminar, WST 408.

  • The student’s honors thesis must be completed no later than four weeks prior to the end of the second semester, to allow for review by the student’s mentor and time for revisions if necessary.
  • Students are encouraged to present their work at the URECA: Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities symposium in the spring.

  • If the honors program is completed with distinction and the student has achieved a 3.50 GPA in all WST courses taken in the senior year, honors are conferred.