{"id":467,"date":"2021-10-06T16:52:18","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T16:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/gender-women-studies\/major-minor\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T11:42:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T15:42:41","slug":"major-minor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/race-gender-studies\/major-minor\/","title":{"rendered":"RGSS Major &#038; Minor"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-primary-block alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container grid-default wysiwyg__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sidebar-menu \" aria-label=\"Site Menu\" id=\"page-nav\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sidebar-menu__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"sidebar-menu__header\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sidebar-menu__headerLabel\">Race, Gender &amp; Sexuality Studies Menu<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__mobileToggle\" title=\"Toggle Menu\" :aria-expanded=\"mobileOpen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"sidebar-menu__list\" v-show=\"mobileOpen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/gender-women-studies\/major-minor\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >RGSS Major &#038; Minor<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/race-gender-studies\/faculty-staff\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >RGSS Faculty &#038; Staff<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/arts-sciences\/gender-women-studies\/graduates\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Where Are They Now? Butler RGSS Grads<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/race-gender-studies\/study-abroad\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >RGSS Study Abroad Programs<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/race-gender-studies\/student-awards\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Student Awards<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__wrapper wysiwyg__wrapper--hasSidebar\">\n\t\t\t<!-- content from editor -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__content wysiwyg__contentContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-rgss-major-amp-minor\">RGSS Major &amp; Minor<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAlthough the major is Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, the program takes an intersectional approach, is broadly conceived and, of course, includes the critical inquiry of race and class as well. All of our identities hold all of these positions: gender, race, class, and sexuality. None of us are more of one than the other, but rather we have integrated identities and the new major is inclusive and representative of this perspective. More and more employers seek graduates who are well prepared to work in a diverse and multicultural world.\u201d \u2014 Ann Savage, Professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For course descriptions, visit the online&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/m.butler.edu\/index.php\/app\/catalog\/classSearch\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Online class search\">Class Search<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"acc-flex-container\">\n\t<div class=\"acc-title-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t<button id='block_acf-block-68cad6ef9b762-acc-row' class='acc-row' type='button' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='block_acf-block-68cad6ef9b762_acc-content-panel'>\n\t\t\t<div id='block_acf-block-68cad6ef9b762-acc-title' class='acc-title'>\n\t\t\t\tRequired Courses for the Major\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" id='block_acf-block-68cad6ef9b762-acc-img' class='acc-icon' src='https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/wp-content\/plugins\/butler-acf-blocks-new\/assets\/images\/nav_main_icon_open.png' \/>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div role=\"region\" aria-hidden='true'\n\t\tid='block_acf-block-68cad6ef9b762-acc-content-panel' class='acc-panel' aria-labelledby=\"block_acf-block-68cad6ef9b762-acc-row\">\n\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\" id=\"h-major-34-credit-hours\"><strong>Major (34 credit hours<\/strong>)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>19 credits of RGSS Core Requirements<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>15 credits of RGSS-approved electives\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>12 elective credit hours must be taken at the 300-level or above<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>No more than 6 elective credit hours in one discipline<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\" id=\"h-rgss-core-requirements-19-credit-hours\"><strong>RGSS Core Requirements  (19 credit hours)<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>RGSS 100  Perspectives in Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies (1)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>RGSS 201\/SW 232-RGSS  Intersections of Identity: Gender, Race, Class and Sexuality (3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>RGSS 202\/SW 223-RGSS  Resistance for Social Change (3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>RGSS 302  Critical Theories of Race and Racism (3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>RGSS 304  RGSS Theories and Methodologies (3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>RGSS 305  Storytelling for Social Justice (3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>RGSS 405  RGSS Praxis (3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\t( function( $ ) {\n\t\t\tlet panel = document.getElementById('block_acf-block-68cad6ef9b762-acc-content-panel');\n\n\t\t\t\/*\n\t\t\t * Need to set a value for maxHeight to initialize the accordion properly.\n\t\t\t * If we don't include this conditional, the accordion doesn't nicely transition to open\/close on the first click.\n\t\t\t *\/\n\t\t\tif ( 1 == 0 ) {\n\t\t\t\tpanel.style.maxHeight = 0 == 1 ? 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