Registration

IMPORTANT INFORMATION Regarding Registration Advising:

Schedule an appointment here: Undergraduate Advising appt for WGSS

Latest Update October 28, 2024:

NOTE: Seats in WGS courses are restricted to WGS majors and WGS MA Students until after early registration.

A number of seats in WGS courses will be restricted to WGS MA and BA majors until August.

WGS 391, WGS 390W, and WGS 392 are restricted to the WGS MA cohort, pre-approved WGS Portfolio students, and undergraduate students who obtain consent.

Seats in WGS 393 will be prioritized to WGS MA Students during registration.

Other courses requiring instructor consent or special permission are listed below.

During early registration, courses will be restricted to WGS students only.

Spring 2025 Registration occurs November 4-15th. Some seats in courses will be restricted until add/drop in January t to WGS undergraduate, graduate, and Portfolio students only.

WGS BA, WGS minors, LGBTQ minors and Certificate, and WGS MA students have priority to sign up for WGS classes. The classes will appear as “Reserved, Open” because seats are reserved for these populations. Please be sure your student profile is up to date with your main academic advisor.

Students from outside WGS should join Waitlists through the Registration System if the option is available. The waitlist option becomes visible after attempting to add the class. To join the wait list you must TRY TO ADD THE CLASS first. The waitlist option becomes visible after attempting to add the class. Always indicate a SWAP CLASS when joining the Waitlist.

Restrictions/Reservations will be reduced/more seats will be released to non-WGS students in January.

If a class is Closed.

Try adding it under a cross-listing or the home department's section (explained here).

The WGS courses that are cross-listed with other departments usually have 1-5 seats for WGS. If you find that the WGS section is full, try adding the course through the other "Meets With” or “Same As” departments. You can click on the five digit course Unique Number, when looking at the course schedule, and the "Meets With" information will show up.

Course Schedules: https://registrar.utexas.edu/schedules

Note to Undergrad Minors/Certificate and WGS Graduate Portfolios

The online registration system will only know if you are an undergraduate minor/certificate student if your HOME DEPARTMENT advisor has added this information to your student profile. The online registration system will not always know if you are a Graduate Portfolio student. If you are a graduate student interested in a class, please send an email to Sawyer Tedder (sawyer.tedder@austin.utexas.edu). Include your UT EID and the unique number of the class.

More information on the WGS Graduate Portfolio Program can be found here. WGS Graduate Portfolio Students may not take undergraduate courses towards their Graduate Portfolio. The WGS 394 Conference Course is available as alternative for enrollment in relevant topic courses.

Registration

Consent of the department is required for some undergraduate courses. Depending on seats available, students will be cleared to add the course online. During the last day of early registration, restrictions will be lifted and students will be able to add/drop without contacting WGS (except for courses requiring special consent).

Check the current academic calendar to view all important dates and deadlines.

Adding the Minor or Certificates

The WGS and LGBTQ Studies minors and certificates are explained here: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/wgss/undergraduate-program/minors-and-certificates.html

These program have open applications. Students should apply to these when visiting with their primary academic advisor (of their major/home department).

WGS Undergraduate Core Courses

Spring 2025:

WGS 303 Intro to LGBTQ Studies
WGS 305 Intro to Women's & Gender Studies
WGS 350 Feminist Theory (Spring Only)
WGS 379S Senior Seminar (Spring Only)

Summer 2024: TBD but may include -

WGS f305 INTRO TO WMN'S/GNDR STUDIES-WB (First session)
WGS s303 INTRO TO LGBTQ STUDIES-WB (Second session)

Fall 2024:

WGS 303 Intro to LGBTQ Studies
WGS 305 Intro to Women's & Gender Studies
WGS 356 Intro to Feminist Research Methods (Fall Only)

WGS Graduate Core Courses

WGS 391 Feminist Theories will be offered in Fall 2025
WGS 390W Writing Workshop will be offered in Fall 2025
WGS 392 Research Methods will be offered in Spring 2025

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Individual Instruction (Internship, Thesis, and Conference Course) classes will require an Approval Form.

WGS will not clear students to register for these courses until the proper paperwork has been turned in.

Read more about the Graduate Thesis/Report and obtain the Approval Forms. (Note that WGS 698A and WGS 698B have different forms)

Summer Internship Update 2025:

Please watch the video here: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/wgss/courses/internship-course.html
The WGS 379L Internship class appears to be cancelled on the regular Summer Course Schedule. NEW FOR SUMMER 2025: WGS 379L Internship is being offered by University Extension (UEX) at a reduced tuition rate, saving students money over the summer. More info here: https://extension.utexas.edu/summer-internships

If you are trying to add a class late (after the 4th class day).

Add/drop does not last forever. After the 4th class day, students will need permission to change their schedules. After the 12th class day, late add/drop is over!

Check the current academic calendar to view all important dates and deadlines! Please attend the class if you are trying to add it after the first class day. It is more difficult to add students who have missed class meetings. WGS requires instructor permission to add students to courses after the 4th class day.

Additional Questions

Please set up an appointment with the WGS advisor here. Additionally, you can email (lucy.velez@austin.utexas.edu) with any questions. We look forward to meeting with you!

Emails will be answered first come, first serve and are preferred over phone calls. Registration is usually a busy time, so a reply might take a few days. Thank you for your patience!

Courses Requiring Special Consent

The following instructors require students obtain consent before enrolling in their course, you will need to contact them via email. Most faculty email addresses can be found in the UT Directory. Please forward their consent to the WGS Academic Advisor.

WGS students have priority to sign up for WGS classes. The classes will appear as “Reserved, Open” because seats are reserved for these populations. Please join the electronic waitlists if you can.

Undergraduate WGS/History courses that count for the US History Core will be restricted to WGS upper-division students.

WGS 379L Internship is restricted until students turn in approval forms. Watch video on WGS 379L Internship process: https://youtu.be/PwfIZLTz3x0

WGS 360 Research/Thesis is restricted until students turn in approval forms. Learn more about the WGS 360 course here.

WGS 391 Feminist Theories (Fall class) for WGS requires consent for non-WGS MA students. Fill out form here: http://tinyurl.com/gradfemtheory

WGS 392 Research Methods (Spring class) requires consent for non-WGS MA students.

Seats in WGS 393 will be prioritized to WGS MA Students during registration.

Dr. Christine Williams requires consent for her graduate and undergraduate courses.

Dr. Simone Browne requires graduate students to contact her for consent to enroll in her undergraduate sections.

The History Department does not allow lower-division students in their upper-division WGS/HIS courses.

The Sociology Department does not allow lower-division students in their upper-division WGS/SOC courses.

More than one faculty affiliate has said, "Please ask the WGS students to introduce themselves to me at the beginning of the course as I have found it always helps when I know who my cross-listed students are and what they would like to get from the course."

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Registration is usually a busy time, so a reply might take a few days. Thank you for your patience!