WGS at Virginia Tech

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate WGS coursework.

• WGS 1824Introduction to Womens and Gender Studiesopens 4 courses (3.5 directly)
• WGS 5914Feminist Theoryopens 1 course (1 directly)
• WGS 1114Intro to LGBTQ+ Livesopens 1 course (0.5 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate WGS work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 11 WGS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 26 more WGS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on WGS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in WGS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 2 courses deep, ending at WGS 2254

  1. WGS 1824Introduction to Womens and Gender Studies
  2. WGS 2254Feminist Activism

• 2 courses deep, ending at WGS 3134

  1. COMM 1016Communication Skills
  2. WGS 3134Gender and Linguistics

• 2 courses deep, ending at WGS 4224

  1. WGS 1114Intro to LGBTQ+ Lives
  2. WGS 4224Women's Studies Seminar

• 2 courses deep, ending at WGS 5924

  1. WGS 5914Feminist Theory
  2. WGS 5924Feminist Research Methodologies

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for WGS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under WGS yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

WGS does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Virginia Tech campus feed.