Degree Requirements

The total number of units required for the degree in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies is 120 units: 45 units of General Education Requirements, 24 units of WGSS core requirements, 12 units in an Area of Emphasis, 9 units of WGSS Electives, and free electives.

Requirements for the Major (45 units)

Students must complete 24 units of WGSS core requirements, 12 units in an area of emphasis (Feminist Studies, LGBTQ Studies, or Gender Studies), and 9 units of electives approved for the Major.

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Core Requirements (24 units)

The WGSS requirements provide the foundation for student success and preparation in interdisciplinary studies, critical thinking, and research approaches. These are the core courses:

• WGSS 2000 - Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (3)
• WGSS 3000 - Theories in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (3)
• WGSS 3150 - Gender, Sexuality, and U. S. Law (3)

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• WGSS 3400 - LGBT Political History in the US (3) also listed as
• HIST 3405 - LGBT Political History in the US (3)

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• WGSS 3500 - Contemporary Feminist Movements (3)

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• WGSS 3860 - Gender in Science (3) also listed as
• LBS 3860 - Gender in Science (3)

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• WGSS 4000 - Knowledge, Power, and Research Justice in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (3)
• WGSS 4500 - Community Engagement and Internships in WGSS (3)

Area of Emphasis (12 units)

Students are required to complete 12 units of coursework in one of the following Areas of Emphasis.

Major Electives (9 units)

Students take nine three additional courses from among these courses approved as electives for the Major. These may be additional courses in WGSS or approved courses in Communication, English, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Religious Studies, and Sociology.

• WGSS 1010 - Gender and Sexuality in College (3)
• WGSS 2030 - Gender and Race in the Unites States (3)

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• WGSS 2200 - Chicanas and Latinas in Contemporary US Society (3) also listed as
• CLS 2200 - Chicanas and Latinas in Contemporary U.S. Society (3)

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• WGSS 3050 - Black Feminism and Womanism (3) also listed as
• PAS 3050 - Black Feminism and Womanism (3)

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• WGSS 3100 - Critical Masculinities (3)
• WGSS 3200 - Disability Studies (3)
• WGSS 3650 - LGBTQ Cultural Production (3)

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• WGSS 3665 - Gender and Sexuality in Science Fiction (3) also listed as
• LBS 3665 - Gender and Sexuality in Science Fiction (3)

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• WGSS 3715 - Rethinking the ‘Welfare Queen:’ Race, Gender, and Poverty in the US (3) also listed as
• PAS 3715 - Rethinking the ‘Welfare Queen:’ Race, Gender, and Poverty in the US (3)

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• WGSS 3720 - Reproductive Justice (3)
• WGSS 4050 - Queer Theory (3)

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• WGSS 4100 - Chicana and Mexican Women Writers (3) also listed as
• ML 4100 - Chicana and Mexican Women Writers (3)

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• WGSS 4130 - Issues in Feminist Philosophy (3) also listed as
• PHIL 4130 - Issues in Feminist Philosophy (3)

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• WGSS 4160 - Feminist Theories and Contemporary Society (3) also listed as
• SOC 4160 - Feminist Theories and Contemporary Society (3)

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• WGSS 4290 - Chicana Feminism: History, Theory, Praxis (3) also listed as
• CLS 4290 - Chicana Feminisms: History, Theory, Praxis (3)

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• WGSS 4480 - Sexualities and Gender Diversity in Global Perspective (3) also listed as
• ANTH 4480 - Sexualities and Gender Diversity in Global Perspective (3)

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• WGSS 4540 - Special Topics in Women’s Studies (3) (3-6)

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• WGSS 4650 - Gender, Sexuality, and Transnational Migration (3) also listed as
• LAS 4650 - Gender, Sexuality, and Transnational Migration (3)

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• WGSS 4710 - Global Feminisms (3)

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• WGSS 4722 - Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Asian American Communities (3) also listed as
• AAAS 4722 - Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Asian American Communities (3)

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• WGSS 4820 - Latin American Women’s Movements (3) also listed as
• LAS 4820 - Latin American Women’s Movements (3)

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• WGSS 4840 - Chicana/Latina Narratives and Community History (3)
• WGSS 4990 - Undergraduate Directed Study (3) (3-6)

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• AAAS 3480 - Race, Class, and Gender (3) also listed as
• PAS 3480 - Race, Class, and Gender (3)

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• COMM 3835 - Sex and Gender in Language and Literature (3) also listed as
• ENGL 3835 - Sex and Gender in Language and Literature (3)

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• COMM 4420 - Feminism and Communication (3)

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• ENGL 3830 - Gender and Sexuality in Popular Culture (3) also listed as
• TVF 3830 - Gender and Sexuality in Popular Culture (3)

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• HIST 3570 - Gender and Sex in History (3)
• HIST 4090 - Sexuality in the Americas (3)
• HIST 4850 - U.S. Women to 1877 (3)
• HIST 4860 - U.S. Women, 1877 to the Present (3)
• PAS 4060 - Black Women Leaders in Thought and Politics (3)
• PAS 4080 - Black Sexuality (3)
• PAS 4120 - Third World Women and Development (3)
• POLS 3100 - Gender, Politics, and Government (3)
• PSY 3880 - Sex and Gender (3)
• PSY 4160 - Human Sexuality (3)
• PSY 4190 - Psychology of Gender (3)
• RELS 3350 - Gender and Sex in the Diversity of World Religions (3)
• SOC 3410 - Sociology of Gender (3)
• SOC 4210 - Social Sources of Human Sexuality (3)
• SOC 4410 - Researching Gender in Social Institutions (3)
• SOC 4430 - Social Policy, Inequity and Non-Traditional Families (3)
• SOC 4570 - Women and Aging (3)
• SW 4860 - Social Work Practice with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Populations (3)