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 W/ST 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:

W/ST 300 Principles of Feminism
WST 301 Feminist Research Methods
W/ST 415 Feminist Theory

One of the following for 3 units:

W/ST 340 Community Service Learning in Women's Issues
W/ST 392 Feminist Pedagogy

One of the following for 3 units:

W/ST 365I Images of Women in Popular Culture
W/ST 382 Women and Literature

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

W/ST 318I U.S. Women of Color
W/ST 401I Feminism and Globalization

Women's History - total 3 units

W/ST 485A History of Women in U.S. Early Period

W/ST 485B History of Women in the U.S. since 1850

Senior Capstone Seminar - total 3 units:

W/ST 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.

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

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

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