major requirements
The major requires 12 courses. Four are core courses in Women’s Studies: one lower division (WS 1) and three upper division (WS 100, WS 177, and WS 190). Eight are upper division electives cross-listed with Women’s Studies. Majors have two options: a) a concentration in either social sciences or humanities, with the majority of courses in one of those disciplines; or b) a balanced distribution of courses, four and four, in social sciences and humanities. Students must take at least two courses each from social sciences and humanities; one cross-listed JanTerm course may be petitioned for credit; and at least one course must focus on non-Western, Third World, or minority U.S. women. Women Studies students may also design a double or split major with another discipline, with the approval of the director of Women’s Studies and the chair of the other department.
