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UDCP 400 - Foundations of Teaching and Learning in Inclusive Settings
(2 units)
Prerequisites: Enrollment restricted to Urban Dual Credential Program Admits Only. Department Consent Required.
Foundations in teaching and learning in inclusive, diverse schools. Discussion of professional, legal and ethical practices, multi-tiered systems of support, disability categories, and inclusive collaborative models.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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UDCP 401 - Positive Behavior Supports
(3 units)
Prerequisites: Enrollment restricted to Urban Dual Credential Program Admits Only. Department Consent Required.
Models and strategies of classroom management to promote student pro-social behaviors and academic growth in culturally diverse settings. School-wide models of positive behavior support and evidence-based classroom interventions to support positive behaviors for students with and without challenging behavior.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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UDCP 402 - Equity, Access, and Inclusive Education
(3 units)
Prerequisites: Enrollment restricted to Urban Dual Credential Program Admits Only. Department Consent Required.
Examination of historical and legal foundations and contemporary issues related to educational equity and access for underrepresented groups in U.S. public schools, including culturally responsive instruction within a Universal Design for Learning framework.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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UDCP 407 - Artistic and Physical Education
(2 units)
Prerequisites: Enrollment restricted to Urban Dual Credential Program Admits Only. Department Consent Required.
Subject specific pedagogy in health, physical education, and visual/performing arts curriculum
Letter grade only (A-F).
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UDCP 410 - Literacy Instruction in Inclusive Settings
(4 units)
Prerequisites: Enrollment restricted to Urban Dual Credential Program Admits Only. Department Consent Required.
Content, methods, and assessment for teaching literacy to all students, including English language learners and students with special needs in culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms. Minimum 10 hours of fieldwork in classrooms with at least 25% of students classified as English learners and some students with disabilities.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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UDCP 411 - Advanced Literacy Instruction and Intervention
(4 units)
Prerequisites: Enrollment restricted to Urban Dual Credential Program Admits Only. Department Consent Required.
Literacy instructional materials, strategies, and curricular adaptations for gifted students, and struggling students, including English learners and students with disabilities. Evidence-based interventions (e.g., RTI, MTSS), using data for program planning, and use of technology are emphasized. Minimum 10 hours of fieldwork in classrooms with at least 25% of students classified as English learners and some students with disabilities
Letter grade only (A-F).
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UDCP 414 - Transition in Special Education
(1 unit)
Prerequisites: Enrollment restricted to Urban Dual Credential Program Admits Only. Department Consent Required.
Strategies for developing effective transition for students with disabilities into, through, and beyond school.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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UDCP 415 - Math Interventions in Inclusive Settings
(2 units)
Prerequisites: Enrollment restricted to Urban Dual Credential Program Admits Only. Department Consent Required.
Math interventions for students at-risk and with disabilities. Focus on Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions within a multi-tiered system of support.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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UDCP 420 - K- 8 Student Teaching, General Education
(6 units)
Prerequisites: Enrollment restricted to Urban Dual Credential Program Admits Only. Department Consent Required.
Semester-long student teaching experience in K-8 public school general education/inclusive classroom setting.
Credit/No Credit grading only
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UDCP 422 - K- 8 Student Teaching, Special Education - Mild/ Moderate Disabilities
(6 units)
Prerequisites: Enrollment restricted to Urban Dual Credential Program Admits Only. Department Consent Required.
Semester-long student teaching experience in public schools serving students with identified mild/moderate disabilities in a variety of inclusive and special education settings.
Credit/No Credit grading only
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UDCP 423 - K- 8 Student Teaching, Special Education - Moderate/Severe Disabilities
(6 units)
Prerequisites: Enrollment restricted to Urban Dual Credential Program Admits Only. Department Consent Required.
Semester-long student teaching experience in public schools serving students with identified moderate/severe disabilities in a variety of inclusive and special education settings
Credit/No Credit grading only
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Vietnamese |
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VIET 111 - Accelerated Vietnamese for Heritage Students I
(4 units)
Prerequisites: One GE Foundation course that may be taken concurrently. Conversational ability of Vietnamese.
Designed for students who have listening and speaking ability of Vietnamese. Focuses on Vietnamese literacy and culture, including developing reading and writing skills in context.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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VIET 211 - Accelerated Vietnamese for Heritage Students II
(4 units)
Prerequisites: VIET 111 . Ability to speak and comprehend Vietnamese oral and written language at the interpersonal communicative level or consent of instructor.
Designed for students who have intermediate listening and speaking ability of Vietnamese and the ability to comprehend simple written Vietnamese texts. Focuses on Vietnamese literacy and culture, including developing reading and writing skills in context.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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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 101 - Gender, Race, Sex and the Body
(3 units)
Introduction to the rapidly expanding body of literature ideas related to the gendered aspects of health and sexuality with an emphasis on women.
Both grading options.
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WGSS 102 - Gender, Race, Sex and Societies
(3 units)
Introduction to some of the basic questions raised by feminist movements and writings in response to the socio-political subordination of women emergent through the organization of race, class, gender and sexuality in contemporary societies.
Both grading options.
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WGSS 205 - Introduction to Queer Studies
(3 units)
Introduction to the interdisciplinary field of queer studies. Focus is on the relationship between gender and sexualities. Prepares students for further study in gender and sexuality studies.
Both grading options.
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WGSS 216 - Hollywood and Beyond: Gender, Race, and Sex in the Movies
(3 units)
Explores ideologies of gender, race, sexuality, and class in mainstream and independent films. Focus is on learning to critically evaluate representations of identity and their social and political significance, including hegemonic and alternative representations.
Both grading options.
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WGSS 250 - Intersectionality: Critical Feminist Analysis and Beyond
(3 units)
Intersectionality is a framework for understanding privilege, subjugation, and how instiutional conditions interact with personal experience. This course highlights these issues along with efforts to transform systems of inequality. Topics include critical research, theory, policy, current controversies, and political activism.
Both grading options.
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WGSS 300 - Feminist Theory
(3 units)
Prerequisites: ENGL 100B or GE Written Communication (Area A2) and upper division standing or consent of instructor.
Introduction to principles of feminist history, thought, theory, methodology, and current issues that emphasizes but is not limited to the United States.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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WGSS 301 - Feminist Research Methods
(3 units)
Prerequisites: Upper division standing and the completion of at least one other WGSS course.
Examines how feminist scholars frame and conduct research. Students explore feminist adaptations and critiques of traditional academic disciplines and design and conduct a research project using a range of bibliographic and research tools.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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WGSS 303 - Queer Spirit
(3 units)
Queer written analysis of the integrated spiritual, psychological, social and physiological aspects of Abrahamic, Eastern, Indigenous, Neo-pagan, secular, and race/class/gender/nation/ sexuality-defined spiritual and religious traditions.
Letter Grade Only (A-F), Same Course as R/ST 303 , Not open for credit to students with credit in R/ST 303 . Same Course as R/ST 303, Not open for credit to students with credit in R/ST 303.
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WGSS 305 - Feminist and Queer Arts and Cultures
(3 units)
Prerequisite(s): Upper-division status and students must have scored 11 or higher on the GWAR Placement Examination or successfully completed the necessary portfolio course that is a prerequisite for a GWAR Writing Intensive Capstone (subject to approval by the General Education Governing Committee (GEGC)).
Explores specific cultural and/or artistic expressions created by and for feminist and queer communities in both historical and contemporary contexts. Writing intensive.
Both grading options.
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WGSS 307 - U.S. Women and the Economy: Money, Sex, and Power
(3 units)
Prerequisites: GE Foundation requirements, one or more Explorations courses, and upper division standing.
Interdisciplinary examination of the economic roles of women; analysis of the sexual division of labor and domestic work. Special focus on the origin, migration, settlement, and economic patterns of and problems facing US women from major ethnic and racial groups.
Both grading options.
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WGSS 308 - Gender, Sex, and the Law
(3 units)
History of women’s experience under the law; constitutional law; 19th amendment and ERA; equal protection issues; discrimination in employment; marriage and family law.
Both grading options.
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WGSS 313 - American Indian Genders and Sexualities
(3 units)
Analysis of popular, feminist, queer and tribally specific theories and representations of American Indian genders and sexualities with a focus on literatures by American Indian women, men and two-spirit peoples.
Both grading options. Same course as AIS 313 . Not open for credit to students with credit in AIS 313 .
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WGSS 314 - Women Narrate Their Lives
(3 units)
Study of lives of a cross‑section of women in U.S. from colonial era to present based on biographical and autobiographical sources.
Both grading options.
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WGSS 315 - Black Women in America
(3 units)
Prerequisites: ENGL 100B or GE Written Communication (Area A2) and upper division standing or consent of instructor.
Examination of American black women from eighteenth century to present. Taught from interdisciplinary perspective and presented in their own voices.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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WGSS 316 - Women in the History of U.S. Film
(3 units)
History of women as they are represented, presented as images, or constructed in the development of U.S. film. Theory and analysis of film from a feminist perspective.
Both grading options. Same course as FEA 317 . Not open for credit to students with credit in FEA 317 .
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WGSS 317 - Queer Law
(3 units)
Prerequisites: POSC 100 or consent of Instructor.
Study of the intersection of law and the state regulation of gender identities and sexualities. Topics include the criminalization of sexuality, same-sex marriage, discrimination, and trans rights.
Letter grade only (A-F) Same course as POSC 317 .
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WGSS 318 - Fierce Struggle: U.S. Women of Color - History and Thought
(3 units)
Prerequisites: ENGL 100B or GE Written Communication (Area A2) and upper division standing or consent of instructor.
Examines condition, position, experiences and accomplishments of U.S. women of color. Covers historical and contemporary issues using theoretical essays, personal narratives, historical documents, literature, and media images.
Both grading options.
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WGSS 320 - Latina Women in the United States
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor.
Examines cultural, political, economic, and sexual forces that mold Latina women. Focus on cultural stereotypes, class, gender identity, sexuality, and politics of race.
Both grading options. Same course as CHLS 415 . Not open for credit to students with credit in CHLS 415 .
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WGSS 325 - Sociology of Gender
(3 units)
Prerequisite(s): SOC 100
A sociological analysis of social, political and economic status of women. Examines history of women’s roles and status; gender conflicts and social movements; and societal attitudes towards women in society.
Both grading options. Same course as SOC 325 . Not open for credit to students with credit in SOC 325 . Same course as SOC 325. Not open for credit to students with credit in SOC 325.
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WGSS 339 - Global Feminisms
(3 units)
Prerequisites: GE Foundations
What kind of feminist movement is possible when women across the globe have such different visions of what it means to thrive? This course examines the lives, activism, and movements these different visions engender, arguing for solidarity across diversity.
Letter Grade Only (A-F) Same course as I/ST 339 . Not open for credit to students with credit in I/ST 339 .
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WGSS 356 - Lesbian Histories and Culture
(3 units)
Examination of lesbianism from psychological and historical perspectives; includes discussions of lesbianism in literature, representations of lesbianism in various media; the place of lesbianism in the politics of the women’s movement and in gay liberation, and the development of “queer theory.”
Both grading options.
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WGSS 365 - Pop Culture: Seeing Sex and Gender
(3 units)
Prerequisites: GE Foundation requirements, one or more Explorations courses, and upper division standing.
Analyzes the construction of images of women in popular culture. Discussion of theories of culture, gender and ideology. Analysis of film, advertising, magazines and popular fiction.
Both grading options.
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WGSS 370 - Masculinities
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Upper-division status. Students must have scored 11 or higher on the GWAR Placement Examination or successfully completed the necessary portfolio course that is a prerequisite for a GWAR Writing Intensive Capstone (subject to approval by the General Education Governing Committee (GEGC)).
This course focuses on understanding contemporary social and political issues in relation to masculinity. Thematic areas include: the social construction of masculinity, militarism, men and violence, sexuality, sports, work, media and masculinity, men and feminism, and possibilities for change. Upper-division status. Writing intensive.
Both grading options.
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WGSS 375 - Reproductive Justice
(3 units)
Prerequisites: Upper-division status or instructor consent
Explores how race, class and sexuality intersect with political and socio-economic forces in shaping women’s reproductive lives. Highlights how women have contested these forces to control their own reproductive lives.
Both grading options.
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WGSS 382 - Women and Literature
(3 units)
Prerequisites: GE Foundation requirements.
Survey of literature by women authors writing in English, across a range of historical periods; examination of works in various genres that present complexity of women’s lives and challenges of female authorship; exploration of feminist critical approaches.
Both grading options. Same course as ENGL 382 . Not open for credit to students with credit in ENGL 382 .
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WGSS 401 - Bodies and Borders: Feminism and Globalization
(3 units)
Prerequisites: GE Foundation requirements, one or more Explorations courses, and upper division standing.
Covers feminist perspectives on contemporary globalization. Examines how we might imagine a more equitable world and why feminism should be concerned with global perspectives. Topics include colonialism, tourism, food production, women’s labor, migration, militarism, and social movements.
Both grading options.
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WGSS 402 - Women in Political Theory
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Upper-division status; completion of GE foundation; students must have scored 11 or higher on the GWAR Placement Examination or successfully completed the necessary portfolio course that is a prerequisite for a GWAR Writing Intensive Capstone.
Study of the evolution of feminist arguments in Western political thought and the process by which gender has come to be regarded as a critical category equal in importance to race, class, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and religion.
Both grading options. Same course as POSC 401 . Not open for credit to students with credit in POSC 401 .
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WGSS 410 - Women, Religion, and Spirituality
(3 units)
Prerequisites: ENGL 100B or GE Written Communication (Area A2) and upper division standing, or consent of instructor.
Study of women as spiritual and religious beings responding to and coping with largely patriarchal religious doctrine. Examines socioreligious construction of women and women’s religious experience from prehistory to present day. Focus on feminist transformations of religious traditions.
Both grading options. Same course as R/ST 410 . Not open for credit to students with credit in R/ST 410 .
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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.
Both grading options.
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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.
Both grading options.
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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.
Both grading options.
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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.
Both grading options.
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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.
Both grading options.
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WGSS 442 - Sexing Chicana Literature
(3 units)
Prerequisites: ENGL 100B or GE Written Communication (Area A2) 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.
Both grading options. 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 100B or GE Written Communication (Area A2) 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.
Both grading options. 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 recommended.
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.
Both grading options. 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)
Survey of roles and activities of American women from colonial period to 1850, with focus on slavery, immigration, family, economy, law, and politics.
Both grading options. 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)
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.
Both grading options. Same course as HIST 485B . Not open for credit to students with credit in HIST 485B . 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.
Both grading options. 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.
Both grading options. 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.
Both grading options.
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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.
Both grading options.
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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.
Both grading options. 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.
Both grading options. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units. Double Numbered with: WGSS 599
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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.
Both grading options. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units. Double Numbered with: WGSS 499
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Writing Proficiency Examination Preparation and Review |
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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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