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Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies General Education Category A must be completed prior to taking any upper-division course except upper-division language courses where students meet formal prerequisites and/or competency equivalent for advanced study.
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WGSS 415 - Feminist Debates
(3 units)
Prerequisites: WGSS 300 or consent of instructor.
Examines a variety of contemporary feminist theoretical perspectives, including liberal, radical, Marxist/socialist, psychoanalytic, existentialist and postmodernist, woman of color feminism, and ecofeminism. We highlight intersectional issues of gender and sexuality, race, ethnicity, class, and nationality.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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WGSS 416 - Queering Gender
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Upper division standing.
Explores intellectual debates in the emergent field of queer theory, particularly as it connects to women’s experiences and the politics of gender. Focuses on the intervention that queer theory seeks to make into heteronormative culture on all levels of social life.
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WGSS 417 - Sexuality, Crime and Punishment
(3 units)
Prerequisites: CRJU majors: A grade of “C” or better in CRJU 101 , CRJU 110 , CRJU 302 , CRJU 303 , and CRJU 304 . All other majors: upper division standing and at least one other WGSS course, or consent of the instructor.
A transdisciplinary and critical examination of the accepted boundaries of human sexual behavior and opposing perspectives regarding the roles of criminal justice actors and institutions in regulating sex and sexuality, with special attention paid to sex-related crimes, offender and victims.
Same course as CRJU 461 . Not open for credit to students with credit in CRJU 461 .
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WGSS 420 - Mothers and Daughters
(3 units)
Analyzes how mothering is “reproduced” in daughters, and why/ how patriarchal culture regulates the mother/daughter bond. Course materials include novels, film, and interdisciplinary theoretical works. Special emphasis on the mother/daughter relationship in a range of historical, racial, class and sexual contexts.
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WGSS 424 - Gendering Environmental Justice
(3 units)
Prerequisites: GE Foundation requirements and upper division standing
Examines environmental issues through a feminist environmental justice lens, critically analyzing the ways in which gender, race, and class shape environmental injustices as well as alternatives for an environmentally just future. Local and global environmental issues are explored.
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WGSS 425 - Women and Power
(3 units)
Prerequisites: A previous WGSS class (WGSS 101 , WGSS 102 , or WGSS 300 ) and upper division standing or consent of instructor.
Examination of ways power has been defined, obtained, shaped and maintained, and effect this has historically had on women. Applies theory to contemporary issues affecting women and explores strategies for empowerment.
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WGSS 430 - Women and Violence
(3 units)
Women as victims and survivors of physical, psychological, and philosophical violence. Problems of rape, woman battering, incest, pornography and sexual harassment; examination of legal, religious and philosophical issues and alternatives for change.
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WGSS 432 - Women in the City
(3 units)
Examines the way women respond to urban environment, both literally and imaginatively. Special attention paid to sexual division of space, particular needs of immigrant and third world women, and utopian cities of sisterhood. Readings feature literary texts, augmented by an interdisciplinary range of theoretical and empirical studies of cities.
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WGSS 442 - Sexing Chicana Literature
(3 units)
Prerequisites: ENGL 100 or GE Composition (Area A1) and upper division standing or consent of instructor.
Analyzes how Chicana authors explore race, class, and gender. Focuses on use of sexuality, particularly with regard to cultural and literary stereotypes vs. experience and aesthetic practice. Themes will include desire, identity, empowerment through “traditional” roles, and violence and the body.
Same course as ENGL 442 . Not open for credit to students with credit in ENGL 442 .
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WGSS 445A - Latinas and Revolution: Central America and Late 20th Century Mexico
(3 units)
Prerequisite/Corequisite: ENGL 100 or GE Composition (Area A1) and upper division standing or consent of instructor.
Examines how war and struggles for democracy shape the social consciousness and political activism of Latinas. Uses literature, film, history, and political theory to examine the role of violence in women’s lives, community organizing, and the conceptualization of a pan-Latina feminist movement.
Letter grade only (A-F). Same course as CHLS 450A . Not open for credit to students with credit in CHLS 450A .
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WGSS 455 - Philosophical Perspectives on Sex and Love
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Six units of philosophy or consent of instructor.
Philosophical perspectives on sex and love explores philosophical issues concerning sex, gender and love through readings and discussion of classical and contemporary philosophical sources. Topics such as sexual perversion, romantic love and gender discrimination are examined.
Same course as PHIL 455 . Not open for credit to students with credit in PHIL 455 .
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WGSS 462 - Gender, Place and Culture
(3 units)
Prerequisite: GEOG 360 or WGSS 300 or consent of instructor.
A human geography approach to examining intersections of gender, place and culture. Topics include: body spaces; geographies of sexualities; emotion, care and health; migration; environmental and social justice; feminist post-structural theories and philosophies; and feminist methodological approaches to geographic research.
Letter grade only (A-F). Same course as GEOG 462 . Not open for credit to students with credit in GEOG 462 .
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WGSS 475 - Language and Gender in Cross‑Cultural Perspective
(3 units)
Analysis of men’s and women’s communication in its social and cultural context; role of gender in interpreting conversational interactions in the U.S. and elsewhere; acquisition of gender differences; cultural dimensions or perceptions and stereotypes and their effect on communication.
Same course as ANTH 475 , LING 470 . Not open for credit to students with credit in ANTH 475 or LING 470 .
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WGSS 485A - History of Women in the U.S. Early Period
(3 units)
Prerequisite: GE Foundation requirements.
Survey of roles and activities of American women from colonial period to 1850, with focus on slavery, immigration, family, economy, law, and politics.
Same course as HIST 485A . Not open for credit to students with credit in HIST 485A .
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WGSS 485B - History of Women in the U.S. Since 1850
(3 units)
Prerequisite: GE Foundation requirements.
Changing roles and status of women in economic and social change; suffrage movement; women in union movement and WW II; the decade of the sixties and the “second wave” of feminism.
Same course as HIST 485B . Not open for credit to students with credit in HIST 485B .
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WGSS 490 - Selected Topics in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
(1-3 units)
Topics of current interest in women’s studies, selected for intensive study.
May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units with different topics. Topics announced in the Schedule of Classes.
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WGSS 492 - Selected Topics in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
(1-3 units)
Topics of current interest in women’s studies, selected for intensive study.
May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units with different topics. Topics announced in the Schedule of Classes.
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WGSS 495 - Senior Capstone Seminar
(3 units)
Prerequisite: WGSS 301 .
Capstone course intended to integrate the multidisciplinary body of knowledge accumulated in the major or minor.
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WGSS 496 - Internship
(3 units)
Prerequisites: Upper division standing and two prior women’s studies courses, or consent of instructor.
Allows students opportunity to practice theories and knowledge gained as a result of studying women’s issues. Students will work in community with agencies addressing women’s issues.
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WGSS 498 - Field Work
(1-3 units)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Practical experience in campus or community organizations concerned with women’s issues.
May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units.
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WGSS 499 - Directed Studies
(1-3 units)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Independent work in areas of special interest to student and instructor.
WGSS 599 May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units.
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WGSS 599 - Directed Studies
(1-3 units)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Independent work in areas of special interest to student and instructor.
WGSS 499 May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units.
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WPE 010 - Preparation for the WPE
(1 unit)
Non‑baccalaureate‑level course designed to prepare students for the Writing Proficiency Examination (WPE) for which a passing score is 11. Recommended for students who have not yet attempted the WPE or who have previously failed the test with a score of 8 or below.
Credit/No Credit grading only. May be repeated until the WPE is successfully passed. (Activity)
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WPE 020 - Preparation for the WPE
(1 unit)
Non‑baccalaureate‑level course designed to prepare students for the Writing Proficiency Examination (WPE) for which a passing score is 11. Recommended for students who have previously failed the WPE with a score of 9 or 10.
Credit/No Credit grading only. May be repeated until the WPE is successfully passed. (Activity)
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