Bachelor of Arts in Women's Studies (2-8450)

Requirements

A total of 45 units will be required for the Women's Studies major. Courses cannot be counted for more than one category within the major. Requirements include: 3 lower division units to include WGSS 102 Women in Contemporary Society; 39 upper division units distributed among the following categories:

Core Requirements
Clusters

The Core

Theory and Methodology - total 12 units

9 units to include:

WGSS 300 Principles of Feminism
WGSS 301 Feminist Research Methods
WGSS 415 Feminist Theory

One of the following for 3 units:

WGSS 340 Community Service Learning in Women's Issues
WGSS 392 Feminist Pedagogy

One of the following for 3 units:

WGSS 365I Images of Women in Popular Culture
WGSS 382 Women and Literature

U.S. and Global Ethnic/Gender Diversity - total 6 units

WGSS 318I U.S. Women of Color
WGSS 401I Feminism and Globalization

Women's History - total 3 units

WGSS 485A History of Women in U.S. Early Period

WGSS 485B History of Women in the U.S. since 1850

Senior Capstone Seminar - total 3 units:

WGSS 495 Senior Capstone Seminar

Electives - total 15 units:

to include 9 units from one of the following clusters and a total of 6 units from one or both of the other clusters.

The Clusters

Feminist Aesthetics and Cultural Studies
Social Change and Social Policy
U.S. & Global Ethnic/Gender Diversity

Feminist Aesthetics and Cultural Studies

This cluster focuses on the study of art and culture both as sites of women's theoretical and political work and as sources of the construction and representation of women's identities. The courses in this cluster examine forms of women's own self-expression, such as literature, philosophy, theory, and cinema, as well as placed in culture - such as language, art, popular culture, religion or urban space - through which societal ideas about women have historically been created and maintained.

WGSS 314 Women Narrate Their Lives
WGSS 316 (FEA 317) Women in the History of US Film
WGSS 320 (CHLS 415) Latina Women in the US
WGSS 365I Images of Women in Popular Culture
WGSS 381 (ASAM, HIST) Asian American Women
WGSS 382 (ENGL) Women & Literature
WGSS 384 European Women's History
WGSS 402 Women in Political Theory
WGSS 406B (HIST, A/ST) Asian Women
WGSS 410 Women & Religion and Spirituality
WGSS 420 Mothers & Daughters
WGSS 425 Women & Power
WGSS 432 Women & the City
WGSS 441 (ENGL) Women Writers of the Harlem Renaissance
WGSS 442 (ENGL) Sexing Chicana Literature
WGSS 447 Women, Feminism and Christian Theology
WGSS 455 (PHIL) Philosophical Perspectives on Sex and Love
WGSS 475 (ANTH 475, LING 470) Language & Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective
WGSS 490 Special Topics (depending on topic)

Social Change and Social Policy

The courses in this cluster address the role of women within the legal, economic and political structures of our society. Whether they are social policy makers or the ones affected by the distribution of power, women have always played a central role in all of the institutions and practices that make up our society. This cluster examines women's historical and contemporary place within religion; law; science; labor; economics; environmentalism; health care; cities; families; structures of race, class and sexuality; and political activism.

WGSS 307I Women and the Economy: Money, Sex and Power
WGSS 308 Women and the Law
WGSS 309I (NCSI) Women in Science
WGSS 314 Women Narrate Their Lives
WGSS 315 Black Women in America
WGSS 325 (SOC) Sociology of Women
WGSS 340 Community Service Learning in Women's Issues
WGSS 350 Feminist Issues in Mental Health
WGSS 356 Lesbian Issues and Histories
WGSS 381 (ASAM, HIST) Asian American Women
WGSS 384 (HIST 338) European Women's History
WGSS 392 Feminist Pedagogy
WGSS 402 (POSC 401) Womenand the Feminine in Western Political Theory
WGSS 406A (HIST, A/ST) Asian Women: East and NE Asia
WGSS 406B (HIST, A/ST) Asian Women: South and SE Asia
WGSS 410 Women, Religion and Spirituality
WGSS 420 Mothers & Daughters
WGSS 424 Women & Environmental Justice: Ecofeminism
WGSS 425 Women & Power
WGSS 430 Women & Violence
WGSS 432 Women in the City
WGSS 440 Issues in Women's Health
WGSS 485A (HIST) History of Women in US Early Period
WGSS 485B (HIST) History of Women in US Since 1850
WGSS 490 Special Topics (depends on topic)
WGSS 494 Research Colloquium (depends on topic)
PSY 354 Psychology of Women
SOC 346 Race, Gender & Class

U.S. & Global Ethnic/Gender Diversity

This cluster focuses on the experience of women internationally and among diverse communities and cultures in the United States. Recognizing that women's experiences are defined as much by their positioning within global political, social and economic systems as by their individual racial, ethnic, religious, class or sexual identity, this cluster offers a comparative look at both the individual and the global aspects of women's lives. The courses in this cluster study the diversity of histories, experiences and cultures within the United States as well as their historical and political connections to women around the globe.

WGSS 307I Women & the Economy: Money, Sex & Power
WGSS 315 Black Women In America
WGSS 320 (CHLS 415) Latina Women in the US
WGSS 356 Women & Sexual Orientation: Lesbianism
WGSS 381 (ASAM, HIST) Asian American Women
WGSS 384 (HIS 338) European Women's History
WGSS 406 (HIST A/ST) Asian Women
WGSS 406A (HIST, A/ST) Asian Women: East and NE Asia
WGSS 406B (HIST, A/ST) Asian Women: South and SE Asia
WGSS 424 Women & Environmental Justice: Ecofeminism
WGSS 445A Latinas and Revolution: Central America and Late 20th Century Mexico
WGSS 445A Latinas and Revolution: Caribbean, U.S. and Early 20th Century Mexico
WGSS 447 Women, Feminism and Christian Theology
WGSS 449 Feminism and International Human Rights
WGSS 490 (depends on topic)
I/ST 451 International Women's Movements

Note: Courses cross listed with any of the above courses are accepted as substitutes.