Women's and Gender Studies Minor

Women's and Gender Studies Minor

In our interdisciplinary minor, you will approach the experiences of women and the study of gender identity from multiple perspectives. You can take courses from different departments—Art, Theology & Religion, History, English, etc.—but concentrate on women and gender. 

The minor requires six courses: three core Courses (WGS 101; WGS 300 or 311 or 312; WGS 351), and three upper-division electives on Women and Gender in other disciplines. No more than two courses may be in a single discipline; and one course must focus on global issues and/or engage an intersectional analysis of gender, race, sexuality, nation, etc.

 

 

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Curriculum

Women's and Gender Studies, Minor

Requirements

WGS Lower Division

The minor requires the following two courses

  • Intro-Women's & Gender Studies (4 units)
  • Feminist and Gender Theories (4 units)

WGS Upper Division

The minor requires one course from the following

  • Tpcs Women, Gender, Sexuality (4 units)
  • Queer Theories (4 units)
  • Masculinities (4 units)

Electives

Take three classes from across the disciplines at the 200 level or above.

  • Gender and Culture (4 units)
  • Kinship, Marriage & Family (4 units)
  • Biology of Women (4 units)
  • Advertising & Civic Engagement (4 units)
  • Communication & Social Justice (4 units)
  • Asian Dance Contemporary World (3 units)
  • Dance History: Antiracist Appr (3 units)
  • Dance and Performance Studies (4 units)
  • American Lit Before 1800 (4 units)
  • American Ethnic Writers (4 units)
  • Topics in African American Lit (4 units)
  • Latinx Literature (4 units)
  • Children's Literature (4 units)
  • Women Writers (4 units)
  • Introduction to Drama (4 units)
  • Contemporary Drama (4 units)
  • Topics in Film (4 units)
  • Performance Theory (4 units)
  • Critical Race Theory
  • Youth Cultures, Identities and New Ethnicities
  • Topics in Chicano/Latino Studi (4 units)
  • Topics in Filipino / Asian Ame (4 units)
  • Glbl Perspectives on Lit & Art (3 units)
  • U.S. Women's History (3 units)
  • Women in Modern European Histo (3 units)
  • Hlth & Welfare in Modern Euro (3 units)
  • Women in Lat Am History (4 units)
  • Revolutions in Latin America (4 units)
  • Drugs in Latin American Hist (4 units)
  • Global Citizens and Subjects (4 units)
  • Women in Sport (4 units)
  • Politics and Race (3 units)
  • Gender Politics (3 units)
  • Food Politics (3 units)
  • Theories of Decolonization (4 units)
  • Theories of Justice (4 units)
  • Psychology of Gender (3 units)
  • Human Sexualities (4 units)
  • Whiteness (4 units)
  • Sociology of Families (4 units)
  • Race and Ethnicity (4 units)
  • Wealth and Poverty in the US (4 units)
  • Global Migration (4 units)
  • Social Movements (4 units)
  • Gender and Society (4 units)
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe (3 units)
  • Latinx Religious Exp./Theology (3 units)
  • Latinx Spirituality (3 units)
  • Afro-Latinx Theology (3 units)
  • Gender & Religion (3 units)
  • Latin American Literature II (4 units)
  • Hist of Women, Gndr, Sexuality (3 units)
  • Social Justice Praxis (4 units)
  • Feminist Theory (4 units)
  • Intro-Women's & Gender Studies (4 units)
  • Hist of Women, Gndr, Sexuality (3 units)
  • Transfer Course (1-5 units)
  • Tpcs Women, Gender, Sexuality (4 units)
  • Queer Theories (4 units)
  • Masculinities (4 units)
  • Social Justice Praxis (4 units)
  • Feminist and Gender Theories (4 units)
  • Transfer Course (1-5 units)
  • Internship (1 units)
  • Senior Thesis Research (4 units)
  • Independent Study (4 units)