Women and Gender Studies Minor - 15 units
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 |
| 3 |
| Introduction to Women and Gender Studies | |
| Introduction to Feminism and the State | |
| Introduction to Feminist Disability Studies | |
| 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 | Women as Creative Agents | 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 | Transgender Identities and Communities | 3 |
| WGS 554 | Gender and Global Migration | 3 |
| WGS 563 | Gender, Sexuality, and the Politics of Mobility | 3 |
| WGS 591 | Critical Approaches to Transgender Health, Science, and Medicine | 3 |
| WGS 593 | Gender, Health, and the Environment | 3 |
| WGS 601 | Gender, Tourism, and Neoliberalism | 3 |
| WGS 612 | Queer Theory | 3 |
| WGS/AIS 681 | Genetics, Biotechnology, and the Politics of Difference | 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 | Gender and the Law | 3 |
| WGS 536 | Gender, Globalization, and Women's Human Rights | 3 |
| WGS 571 | Gender, Poverty, and Globalization | 3 |
Culture, Media, and Art
Course List | Code | Title | Units |
| WGS 304 | Gender and Popular Culture | 3 |
| WGS 516 | Gender and Visual Culture | 3 |
| WGS 542 | Gender and Popular Music | 3 |
| WGS 548 | Literature by U.S. Women of Color | 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 Reproduction | 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 | Women Writers and the Politics of Decolonization | 3 |
| WGS 565 | Muslim Feminisms | 3 |
| WGS 578 | Women, Globalization, and Ecology | 3 |
| WGS 621 | Feminist Theories | 3 |