Minor in Women and Gender Studies

Program Learning Outcomes

1. Students will be able to define and describe contesting theories, methods, histories, and representations of women, gender, and feminism.
2. Students will identify the politics of knowledge production across multiple disciplines in relation to Women and Gender Studies.
3. Students will be able to examine women and gender in relation of race, class, sexuality, colonialism, multiculturalism, and/or globalization.
4. Students will be able to conceptualize and analyze gender and feminism in a transnational framework and from an interdisciplinary perspective, using a range of methodological tools while also demonstrating writing proficiency.

Women and Gender Studies Minor - 15 units

A minimum of 6 upper-division units are required to complete the minor.

All coursework used to satisfy the requirements of the minor must be completed with a minimum grade point average of 2.0.

Required Courses (6 units)

Course List

Code	Title	Units
Select One:		3
WGS 200	Introduction to Women and Gender Studies
WGS 210	Introduction to Feminism and the State
WGS 220	Introduction to Feminist Disability Studies
WGS 280	Introduction to Feminist Science Studies
WGS 300GW	Gender, Race, and Nation - GWAR	3

Electives (9 units)

Select one course from any three of the following areas for a total of three courses. Students may not select multiple courses in the same area.

Praxis

Course List

Code	Title	Units
WGS 105	Feminism and Self-Care: Perspectives and Practices	1
WGS 303	Feminist Artivism & Praxis	3
WGS 305	Women and Gender Studies Lecture Series	3
WGS 400	That's Not What I Said: Feminism, Oral History, and Research Methods in Women and Gender Studies	3
WGS 602	Feminist Cultural Activism	3
WGS 698	Feminist Praxis and the Non-Profit Industrial Complex	3

Body Politics

Course List

Code	Title	Units
WGS 552		3
WGS 554	Gender and Global Migration	3
WGS 563	Gender, Sexuality, and the Politics of Disability	3
WGS 591	Critical Approaches to Transgender Health, Science, and Medicine	3
WGS 593	Gender, Health, and the Environment	3
WGS 601		3
WGS 612	Queer Theory	3
WGS/AIS 681		3

Power and Violence

Course List

Code	Title	Units
WGS 160	Gender, Politics, and Citizenship	3
WGS 511	Women and Violence	3
WGS 513	Gender, War, and Militarism	3
WGS 514	Women and the Prison Industrial Complex	3
WGS 534		3
WGS 536	Gender, Globalization, and Women's Human Rights	3
WGS 571		3

Culture, Media, and Art

Course List

Code	Title	Units
WGS 304	Gender and Popular Culture	3
WGS 516		3
WGS 542	Gender and Popular Music	3
WGS 548		3
WGS/SXS 551	Queer Literatures and Media	3
WGS 580	Feminism and the Speculative: Another World is Possible	3

Social Movements

Course List

Code	Title	Units
WGS 515	Gender, Race, and Reproductive Justice	3
WGS 541	Women Writers and Social Change	3
WGS 561	Women, Ethnicity, and Social Movements	3
WGS 562	History of African American Women	3
WGS 564		3
WGS 565	Muslim Feminisms	3
WGS 578	Feminist Environmental and Climate Justice	3
WGS 621	Feminist Theories	3