Institutional Learning Outcomes

Program Learning Outcomes

Student Learning Outcomes

Cal State LA graduates have a strong knowledge base in their academic major and can use powerful processes of inquiry in a range of disciplines.

They engage contemporary and enduring questions with an understanding of the complexities of human cultures and the physical and natural world and are ready to put their knowledge into action to address contemporary issues. (Knowledge: Mastery of Content and Processes of Inquiry)

WGSS graduates are able to describe and evaluate biological, cultural, and social theories of sex, gender, and sexuality and the history of these theories. They can provide examples of ways that gender and sexuality shapes bodies, subjectivities, identities, and collectivities. (Knowledge)

WGSS graduates can explain how sex, gender, and sexuality intersect with race, ethnicity, ability, class, and nation, and how this structures inequality and injustice. (Knowledge)

WGSS graduates are able to describe the development of feminist and LGBT theories and movements in relation to the experiences of diverse people in the United States and around the world. (Knowledge)

Students will demonstrate skills in listening, speaking, and writing effectively, performing critical thinking and analysis that incorporates feminist and LGBT theoretical perspectives. (Knowledge)

Students will demonstrate verbally and in writing the theory of intersectionality, and how it applies in historical and contemporary contexts. (Knowledge)

Cal State LA graduates are equipped to actively participate in democratic society. They are critical thinkers who make use of quantitative and qualitative reasoning. They have the ability to find, use, evaluate and process information in order to engage in complex decision-making. They read critically, speak and write clearly and thoughtfully and communicate effectively. (Proficiency: Intellectual skills)

WGSS graduates can identify issues and research problems relevant to women and LGBT people, and communicate knowledge and solutions in multiple modalities (verbal, visual, written) (Proficiency)

Students will formulate a research problem related to gender and sexuality within an intersectional framework, and identify the appropriate sources and methodologies to investigate that problem. (Proficiency)

Students will evaluate and interpret information from a variety of sources, including print and electronic media, film, video, performance, visual art, and other information technologies. (Proficiency)

Cal State LA graduates are engaged individuals who have contributed to the multilingual and multiethnic communities that constitute Los Angeles and the world of the future. They are aware of how their actions impact society and the environment, and they strive to make socially responsible decisions. They are community builders sensitive to the needs of diverse individuals and groups and committed to renewing the communities in which they live. (Place and Community: Urban and global mission)

WGSS graduates can demonstrate “research justice” methodologies that interweave community expertise with academic knowledge practices and that are conscious of community/academy power dynamics. (Place and Community)

WGSS graduates will formulate research questions, goals, and methodologies in collaboration with community-based research partners. They will have hands-on experience in applying theoretical knowledge to real life social issues, and be able to make concrete connections between theory and practice.

(Place and Community)

WGSS graduates will be able to articulate verbally and in writing the ethical challenges involved in working with marginalized communities, and strategies for developing equitable partnerships between researchers and communities. (Place and Community)

Cal State LA graduates integrate academic learning with life. They engage in community, professional, creative, research and scholarly projects that lead to changes in their sense of self and understanding of their worlds. Graduates integrate their knowledge, skills and experience to address complex and contemporary issues and act ethically as leaders for the 21st century. (Transformation: Integrative learning)
 

WGSS graduates can collaborate with others to problem solve, pursue action, and engage in project based inquiry. (Transformation: Integrative learning)

Students will participate in project-based and community-based learning that leads to changes in their self-conception as scholars and community practitioners. (Transformation)