WGSTUD:BA - Bachelor of Arts in Women's and Gender Studies
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Admissions Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Women's and Gender Studies
See general university admissions requirements at admissions.fiu.edu.
Common Prerequisite Courses
No specific courses required; all students transferring from Florida community colleges are encouraged to complete the Associate in Arts degree.
For a list of all state-approved common prerequisites, including alternatives, visit https://cpm.flvc.org.
Admissions Requirements for the 4+1 BA in Women's and Gender Studies to Master of Arts (MA) in African and African Diaspora Studies Accelerated Degree Pathway
To be considered for admission to the Accelerated (4+1) BA in WGS/MA in AADS Degree Pathway, students must have completed 75 credits toward the Bachelor’s degree in WGS.
Students may apply as early as the end of their sophomore year. Students need only apply once to the Accelerated (4+1) BA/MA Degree Pathway, but the application must be submitted to Graduate Admissions before the student starts the last 30 credits of the bachelor’s degree program. Advisors can assist with this process.
Admissions Requirements
(1) Current enrollment in the Bachelor’s degree program in Women’s and Gender Studies.
(2) Current GPA of 3.2 or higher
(3) Students meet all other admissions criteria for the graduate degree program in AADS.
(4) International graduate student applicants whose native language is not English are required to submit a score for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or for the International English Language Testing System (IFLTS) A total score of 80 on the IBT TOEFL or 6.3 on the IETS is required.
Academic Progression Requirements
Students admitted to the university are admitted directly to their chosen major. Students are expected to make good progress based on critical indicators, such as GPA in specific courses or credits earned. In cases where students are not making good progress, a change of major may be required. Advisors work to redirect students to more appropriate majors when critical indicators are not met.
The major requires 30 hours of upper division coursework. Students who elect to major in women’s and gender studies are strongly encouraged to declare a minor in another area of concentration or a double major. The major requires a core concentration of three courses (introductory, depth, and capstone) and seven electives for a total of 10 courses. Any core concentration course that is not taken for the core requirement may be taken as an elective. Refer to full course descriptions when reviewing course lists below or in the Course search function in the tool bar of the catalog enter "WST" to see a full list
Courses that fulfill these requirements will be noted in each semester’s Women’s and Gender Studies course flyer. These courses will constitute part of the 30-credit requirement, and they may be core courses or electives.
Genre and topic courses are offered regularly and new courses are periodically added to the curriculum. The elective selection may include one course on ethnicity, class, sexuality, or race that is not specifically a women’s or gender studies course. Student programs are coordinated with a designated Women's and Gender Studies advisor.
Women's and Gender Studies is also available as a Second Major (program) and offers the following certificates: WGSTUD:CFI, program, program, program
Select one from this list. May also be used as electives.
Select one from this list. May also be used as electives.
Select seven courses from this list of approved electives.
Electives must be chosen from at least 3 different disciplines (i.e., History, Anthropology, Art and Art History, Economics, English, Humanities, International Relations, Labor Studies, Modern Languages, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Geography, Psychology, Religion, Sociology, Architecture, Business, Criminal Justice, and Social Work)
Every semester, a complete list of electives is available on our website at http://cwgs.fiu.edu
Select one from this list. May also be used as electives.
*course: Must be approved by the director. Please visit our website at http://cwgs.fiu.edu) for eligibility criteria and application procedures.
*course: Off-campus, local, and international locations will be considered.
Other Curricular Offering: 4+1 BA in Women's and Gender Studies to MA in African and African Diaspora Studies Accelerated Degree Pathway
The Accelerated (4+1) BA in WGS /MA in AADS Degree Pathway allows qualified students to earn both their Bachelor’s and MA degrees in a shorter amount of time than typically required for earning degrees sequentially. A student admitted to the Accelerated (4+1) BA/MA Degree Pathway will be considered to have undergraduate status until the student applies for graduation from the WGS Bachelor’s degree program. No undergraduate credit may count toward the graduate degree. Upon conferral of the Bachelor’s degree, students will be granted graduate status and be eligible for graduate assistantships. Only 5000 level or higher courses with at least 50% gender studies content, and no more than four courses (12 credits), may be applied toward both degrees.
General Requirements
The FIU Bachelor’s degree in Women’s and Gender Studies must be awarded before the Master’s degree in African and African Diaspora Studies.
More information about graduate-level requirements is available on the program catalog page.
There are no majors associated with this program.