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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

GGS 490SEM - Senior Seminar: Research Project

Provides majors with the opportunity to develop a research paper that addresses the foundational intersecting discourses within the discipline: race, gender, sexuality, class/material condition, culture, language, and other indices of difference. The research paper(generally 30-50 pages in length) should reflect these larger discourses through the lens of a more specific topic. Required for majors only and consists of two sequential semesters of work in the student’s senior year.

Credits: 3

Grading
Graded (GRD)

Typically Offered:
Fall, Spring

Note: This is a tutorial or topical course wherein content varies from semester to semester. As such, credit and grade replacement per the Course Repeat policy will not apply. For more details, please refer to the complete Course Repeat policy in the  Academic Policies and Procedures  section of this catalog. Additionally, it is important to review specific program requirements , as some majors impose restrictions on the number of credits allowed toward degree requirements.