Minor in Gender and Sexuality Studies
Gender and Sexuality Studies allows students to examine how gender and sexuality as social constructs shape individual lives, groups, institutions, and social structures. Students will have the opportunity to examine individual development, couples, families, small groups, and organizations as well as the media, arts, and economic and political systems. The program courses explore how gender and sexuality intersect with race, culture, ethnicity, and social class in the interest of social justice. Toward these ends, students customize programs specifically to their interests and professional goals, selecting from a wide variety of courses across the university
Requirements for a minor in Gender and Sexuality Studies (18 units)
| GSS Program Core (6) | ||
| Six units chosen from: | 6 | |
| Introduction to Women's Studies | ||
| Introduction to Masculinity Studies | ||
| Introduction to Transgender Studies | ||
| Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies | ||
| GSS Program Electives (6) | ||
| Six units chosen from: | 6 | |
| Feminist Theory | ||
| Women as Agents of Social Change | ||
| Queer Theory | ||
| Interdisciplinary Electives (6) | ||
| Six units chosen from: | 6 | |
| Visualizing Gender, Performing Identity | ||
| Gendered Worlds: Power, Difference, and & In/equality | ||
| Female Voices in Arab American Literature | ||
| Perspectives on Gender | ||
| Women and Crime | ||
| Domestic Violence | ||
| Queer Cinema | ||
| Communication and Gender | ||
| Gender, Race, and Class in Media | ||
| Media Sex and Violence | ||
| Muslim Women in Media and Society | ||
| Political Economy of Women | ||
| Women Writers | ||
| Introduction to Women's Studies (If not taken to fulfill the GSS Core) | ||
| Introduction to Masculinity Studies (If not taken to fulfill the GSS core) | ||
| Introduction to Transgender Studies (If not taken to fulfill the GSS core) | ||
| Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies (If not taken to fulfill the GSS core) | ||
| Special Topics in Gender and Sexuality Studies | ||
| Feminist Theory (If not taken to fulfill the GSS Upper Division Electives) | ||
| Women as Agents of Social Change (If not taken to fulfill the GSS Upper Division Electives) | ||
| Queer Theory (If not taken to fulfill the GSS Upper Division Electives) | ||
| Internship in Gender and Sexuality Programs and Services | ||
| Internship in Gender and Sexuality Programs and Services | ||
| Internship in Gender and Sexuality Programs and Services | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| Women in U.S. History, 1607-Present | ||
| Women in the Black Freedom Movement | ||
| LGBT History | ||
| Gender and Development in Africa | ||
| Gender, Sex, and Conquest in the American West | ||
| Health and Human Sexuality | ||
| Health Issues of Men | ||
| Topics about Special Populations | ||
| Women in Music | ||
| LGBTQ+ Influences in Music | ||
| Perspectives on Gender | ||
| Sex and Politics | ||
| Psychology of Human Sexuality | ||
| Psychology of Women and Gender | ||
| Women and Violence | ||
| Gay and Lesbian Issues: Psychological Perspectives | ||
| Black Women and Feminism | ||
| LGBTQ Families | ||
| Sociology of Sex and Gender | ||
| Perspectives on Gender | ||
| Dramatic Literature of Identity (When the topic is LGBTQ Theatre) | ||
| Total Units | 18 | |