The CSUB Interdisciplinary Studies program offers a concentration and minor in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS), supports faculty and student research on issues concerning women, gender and sexuality, and hosts the annual Gender Matters Student Research Symposium.

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In addition to university education requirements, Interdisciplinary Studies students with a concentration in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies complete a minimum of 33 semester units in their chosen track specialization as part of their degree. Students work closely with INST advisors to map out the courses and paths that best align with their goals of study, and include, at minimum, the following elements:

Check out the Course Catalog for more information on the courses below.

This following list or the course catalog is not a substitute for an advisor.   

Required Course:
INST 3128: Gender and Sexuality

ART 3650: Women in Visual Arts (3 units)
  Typically offered in Spring 

 

COMM 3088: Gender and Communication (3 units)
  Typically offered in Fall and Spring 
  Prerequisites: Complete at least 45 units; pre-req or co-req A3.

 

ENGL 3250: Literature by Women of Color (3 units) 
  Typically offered in Spring 
  Prerequisites: Complete one of the following: ENGL 1208, 2100, 2208, 2210, 2220, 2308, 2310, 2408, 2410, or 101, 205, 207, 208, 209, 272, 290, 294 or 295.

ENGL 3410: Gender in Literature and Film (3 units)
  Prerequisites: Complete one of the following: ENGL 1208, 2100, 2208, 2210, 2220, 2308, 2310, 2408, 2410, or 101, 205, 207, 208, 209, 272, 290, 294 or 295.

 

HIST 3630: Women and Gender in the Modern Transatlantic World (3 units)

HIST 4410: Gender in East Asia (3 units) 

 

PHIL/INST 2329: Sexual Ethics (3 units) 

PHIL 3548: Race, Class, Gender, Sexuality (3 units) 

 

RS 3368: Women, Religion and Sexuality (3 units)
  Prerequisites: Complete at least 45 units; pre-req or co-req A3.

 

THTR 3138: Women Playwrights (3 units) 
  Typically Offered To Be Determined (check course catalog) 
  Prerequisites: Complete at least 45 units; pre-req or co-req A3.

ANTH 4310: Anthropology of Gender (3 units)
  Prerequisites: Junior status or higher and either (1) complete JYDR or (2) corequisite any JYDR course.

 

CAFS 3200: Individual and Family Development in Diverse Cultures (3 units)
  Typically offered in Fall and Spring 
  Prerequisite: Either CAFS 2000 and A2 or declared in the Sociology--Human Services concentration.

 

CRJU 3318: Women and the Criminal Justice System (3 units)
  Typically offered in Fall and Spring 
  Prerequisites: Junior status or higher and either (1) complete JYDR or (2) corequisite any JYDR course.

CRJU 4638: Victims and the Criminal Justice System (3 units) 
  Typically offered in Fall and Spring 
  Prerequisites: Junior status or higher and either (1) complete JYDR or (2) corequisite any JYDR course.

 

KINE 3338: Women, Sport and Physical Activity (3 units)
  Typically offered in Fall and Spring 
  Prerequisites: Complete at least 45 units; pre-req or co-req A3.

 

PLSI 3248: Women in Politics (3 units) 
  Typically offered in Fall
  Prerequisites: Junior status or higher and either (1) complete JYDR or (2) corequisite any JYDR course.

PSYC 3620: Psychological Aspect of Human Sexuality (3 units) 
  Typically offered Alternate Falls
  Prerequisite: One course in Psychology or permission of instructor

PSYC 3638: The Psychology of Sexual Orientation (3 units) 
  Typically offered Alternate Springs 
  Prerequisites: Complete at least 45 units; pre-req or co-req A3.

PSYC 4610: Psychology of Women (3 units) 
  Typically offered Alternate Falls
  Prerequisites: Junior status or higher and either (1) complete JYDR or (2) corequisite any JYDR course.

 

SOC 2400: Sex and Gender Issues (3 units) 
Typically offered in Fall and Spring 

SOC 3408: Gender and Society (3 units) 
Typically offered in Fall
Prerequisites: Junior status or higher and either (1) complete JYDR or (2) corequisite any JYDR course.

SOC 3428: DNE

SOC 3500: Family and Society (3 units)
Typically offered Alternate Falls 

SOC 4310: The Latin American Experience (3 units)

SOC 4400: The LGBTQ Experience in the U.S. (3 units)
Typically offered in Spring 

Select 6 units from the approved courses listed above, additional courses listed below, or courses approves by director of Interdisciplinary Studies. 

ECON 3008: Gender and Diversity in the Workplace (3 units)
Typically offered in Fall, Spring, and Summer 
Prerequisites: Complete at least 45 units; pre-req or co-req A3.

GST 1400: Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender Issues (1 unit) 
Typically offered To Be Determined

GST 1410: Women/Gender Speaker Series (1 unit)
Typically offered To Be Determined 

INST 3210: Feminist Critiques (3 units)

NURS 3010: Women's Health (3 units) 
Typically offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisites: Junior status or higher and either (1) complete JYDR or (2) corequisite any JYDR course.
INST 4860: Interdisciplinary Internship or other approved similar course that allows students to gain relevant first-hand experience.
INST 4908 or other approved Senior Seminar course in a relevant discipline as a culmination of a student's degree.
The Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) Minor critically examines the social, historical, psychological, literary, artistic and philosophic dimensions of gender relations through an interdisciplinary combination of courses. This includes an examination of the ways that gender, race, ethnicity, social class, sexuality, nationality, able-bodied-ness, and other facets of embodiment intersect in the construction of gender identity and experience. The WGSS program hosts the annual Gender Matters symposium for the presentation of work by students from CSUB and other universities on topics related to the study of gender and sexuality. Students interested in completing a major in WGSS may do so through a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a specialization in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.

1. Required Course

INST 3128

2. Arts and Humanities

One (1) course required from any of the following:

ART  3650, COMM 3088, ENGL 3250, ENGL 3410, HIST 3630, PHIL/INST 2329, PHIL 3548, RS 3368, THTR 3138

3. Social Sciences and Education

One (1) course required from any of the following:

ANTH 4310, CAFS 3200, CRJU 3318, CRJU 4638, KINE 3338, PLSI 3248, PSYC 3620, PSYC 3638, PSYC 4610,

SOC 3500, SOC 3408, SOC 3428, SOC 4310, SOC 4400

4. Electives

One (1) course required from any course listed under Arts

and Humanities or Social Science and Education (above)

or from a combination of the following courses totaling 3 units:

INST 3210, GST 1400, GST 1410, ECON 3008, NURS 3010
Students interested in a WGSS minor should complete a Minor Declaration Form and a plan of study.

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