Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Courses For a complete list of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) courses, please visit the UConn Catalog website. Academic Year 2024-2025 Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Courses WGSS 1121 1121. Women in History Also offered as: HIST 1203 3.00 credits Prerequisites: None. Grading Basis: Graded The historical roots of challenges faced by contemporary women as revealed in the Western and/or non-Western experience: the political, economic, legal, religious, intellectual and family life of women. CA 1. CA 4.