Women's and Gender Studies Minor

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Required Courses 1
WGQS 201/HNRS 204Gender and Sexuality in US Society and Politics4
WGQS 301Contemporary Issues in Women's and Gender Studies 24
or WGQS 305 Feminist Methodologies
or WGQS 325 Masculinity Studies
WGQS 450Feminist Theory4
Core Courses 3, 4
Select from the following (at least 4 units in core or approved electives must be upper-division):8
Beyoncé: Race, Feminism and Politics
Reasoning, Argumentation, and Writing on Gender and Sexuality
Gender and Sexuality in Visual and Popular Culture
Sociology of Genders and Sexualities
Women, Gender and Sexuality in Global Perspective
Psychology of Gender
Feminist/Queer Transnational Studies
Feminist Studies of Popular Culture and Whiteness
Feminist Ethics, Gender, Sexuality and Society
Sexuality Studies
Gender, Race, Culture, Science & Technology
Gender, Race, Class, Nation in Global Engineering, Technology & International Development
Religion, Gender, and Society
Intersectional Feminist Art Histories
Special Problems for Advanced Undergraduates 5
Seminar in Women's and Gender Studies
Feminist Legal Theory
The History of Prostitution
Gender and Work
American Women's History to 1870
American Women's History from 1870
U.S. Reproductive Politics
Gender and Sexuality in Modern Europe
Women's and Gender Studies / Queer Studies Internship
Selected Advanced Topics 5
Approved Electives 44
Select from the following (at least 4 units in core or approved electives must be upper-division):
Culture and Health
Meaning, Gender, and Identity in Anthropological Theory
Intercultural Communication
Critical Cultural Studies and Communication
Intergroup Communication
Gender and Communication
Family Communication
Women Writers of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
Gender in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Literature
Topics in British Literature 6
Topics in American Literature 6
Topics in Transatlantic and/or World Literature 6
Chicano/a Non-Fiction Literature
Latina/o Literature of the United States
Chicana/o Literature
Chicana/o Film
African American Gender & Sexuality
Cultural Production and Ethnicity
Critical Race Theory
The Social Construction of Whiteness
Comparative Social Movements
The History of Prostitution
Women's Health Issues
Topics and Issues in Values, Media and Culture 6
Sport and Gender
Women in Music
The Politics of Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality
Intergroup Dialogues
Gender, Crime, and Violence
Topics in Diversity on the American Stage 6
Selected Topics 5
Total units24