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MAJOR REQUIREMENTS

The major consists of 38 units. The minor consists of 23 units.

Requirements are selected from the following categories

Core Requirements (17 units/Major, 5 Units/Minor)

WMST

205

Women's World Movements                                           

WMST

302

Introduction to Intercultural Women's Studies  *Required for the Minor

WMST

350

Research Methodology, and Writing                         

WMST

450

Theory, Practice, Internship, and Community Service  (6 units)

BIOL

360

Biology of Human Sexuality   (2 units)             *Required for the Minor

Breadth Requirements: 9 units major & minor chosen from among the following:

WMST

343

Philosophy of Feminism (cross-listed with PHIL)

AMST

450

Women in American Society

ANTH

332

Women in Cross Cultural Perspective

POSC

485

Women and Politics

CPRL

352

Women in Religion

PSYC

310

Psychology of Women

SOCI

354

The Sociology of Sex Roles

Elective Options: 12 units/major, 9 units/minor chosen from among the following:

WMST

100

Introduction to Gender Studies and the Humanities

WMST

101

Introduction to Ethnic Studies

WMST

306

American Indian Women (cross-listed with AFRO 312)

WMST

308

Asian American Women (cross-listed with ASAM 308)

WMST

310

Black Women in America (cross-listed with AFRO 310)

WMST

313

La Chicana (cross-listed with CHIC 313)

WMST

316

Anthropology of Sex and Gender (cross-listed with ANTH 316)

WMST

320

Gendered Techno-culture

WMST

330

Women in Leadership

WMST

340

Gender, Nature, Nurture (cross-listed with PSYC 340)

WMST

355

Economics of Gender & Work (cross-listed with ECON 355)

WMST

360

Politics of Sexuality

WMST

410

Women, Health & Aging

WMST

480

Feminist Theories

WMST

499

Independent Study

AFRO

311

Intercultural Socialization Patterns

AMST

312

Multicultural Identities and Women's Experience

AMST

413

The Shifting Role and Image of the American Male

AMST

419

Love in America

AMST

420

Childhood and Family

ART

401

Women in Art

CRJU

430

Women and Crime

ENGL

355

Images of Women in Literature

FLFR

474

Senior Seminar in French Literature (when gender based)

FLGM

485T

Senior Seminar in German Literature (when gender based)

HIST

270

Women in American History

HIST

377

Women's Image in American Film

HIST

424T

Gender and Sexuality in History

HIST

449

Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Latin American

KNES

480

Women and Sport

LING

369

Language, Sex Roles, and the Brain

MGMT

431

Women in Management

MUS

305

Women's Music

NURS

303

Women's Health and Healing

POLC

474

Civil Liberties

PSYC

312

The Psychology of Human Sexual Behavior

SOCI

355

Contemporary Women in Society

SOCI

408

Sexual Abuse in American Society

SOCI

446

Aging Sexuality

SOCI

450

Sociology of Sex Roles