Women’s Studies Minor

This minor offers students the analytical tools for understanding gender as it is constructed within and through differences of ethnicity, class, sexuality, and nationality. It enables students to interpret the diverse lives, issues, and voices of women in our multicultural and transnational world.

Requirements for the Minor (16 Units)

WS 106 - Introduction to Women’s Studies Units: 3
WS 107 - Women, Narrative, History Units: 3

Upper Division Electives

Complete a minimum of 10 upper division units. At least one course (3 units minimum) must have significant transnational analysis (these courses are marked with ^[T]). Other courses with advisor approval.

CRGS 235 - Act to End Sexualized Violence Units: 1
CRGS 313 - Community Activism Units: 3
or cross-listed: EDUC 313
CRGS 360 - Race, Gender and US Law Units: 4
CRGS 430 - Decolonizing Gender and Sexuality Units: 4 ^(T)
WS 303 - Anti-Colonial Women’s Movements Units: 3 ^(T)
WS 306 - Sex, Class and Culture: Gender and Ethnic Issues in International Short Stories Units: 3 ^(T)
or cross-listed: FREN 306 , GERM 306 , SPAN 306
WS 308B - Gender and Literature Units: 3
or cross-listed: ENGL 308B
WS 308C - Gender and Literature Units: 3 ^(T)
or cross-listed: ENGL 308C
WS 309B - Gender and Communication Units: 3
or cross-listed COMM 309B
WS 316 - Gender and Society Units: 4
or cross-listed: SOC 316
WS 317 - Women and Development Units: 4 ^(T)
or cross-listed: ANTH 317
WS 318 - LGBTQIA+ Issues in Schools Units: 3
or cross-listed: EDUC 318
WS 320 - Act to End Violence Seminar Units: 3
WS 336 - U.S. Writers of Color Units: 4
or cross-listed: ENGL 336 , ES 336
WS 340 - Ecofeminism Units: 3-4 ^(T)
WS 350 - Health and Body Politics Units: 4 ^(T)
WS 370 - Queer Women’s Lives Units: 3-4
ENGL 410 - Topics in Queer and Trans Studies Units: 4 (when offered as Queer Women’s Literature)
WS 436 - Human Sexuality Units: 3
or cross-listed: PSYC 436
WS 465B - Multicultural Issues in Literature/Languages Units: 4
or cross-listed: ENGL 465B , ES 465B
WS 480 - Selected Topics in Women’s Studies Units: 1-5

Program Learning Outcomes

Students completing this minor will have demonstrated the ability to:

use intersectional analysis to examine social issues
explain prominent debates in critical social theory
examine gendered, racialized, and/or sexualized relations in a transnational context
articulate the relationship between social justice movements and history.