Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Department Chair: Jennifer Reed
Office: MHB-819
Telephone: (562) 985‑2850
Website: http://www.cla.csulb.edu/departments/wgss/

Faculty: Lori Baralt, Elyse Blankley (English), Stacy Macias, Jennifer Reed, Shira Tarrant, Abraham Weil

Academic Advisor: See department office for more information

Administrative Support Coordinator: Sheri Lyn Hamiell

College: College of Liberal Arts  

Courses: WGSS  

Career Possibilities

Positions in business, government, and the non-profit sector. Please see http://www.csulb.edu/colleges/cla/departments/wgss/students/degrees/what2do.htm and http://www.csulb.edu/colleges/cla/departments/wgss/

Introduction

The Department seeks to provide students with skills in civic literacy that are a significant part of a 21st century university education. At the heart of this is the assertion that gender and sexuality are fundamental categories of social organization and power that are inseparable from race, ethnicity, class, nationality, and other categories of difference.

The Department offers a major, a minor, and a minor in Queer Studies. Designated WGSS courses may be used to fulfill General Education requirements for students of other majors.

Programs

• Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, B.A.

• Queer Studies Minor
• Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Minor

Courses

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.

• WGSS 101 - Gender, Race, Sex and the Body
• WGSS 102 - Gender, Race, Sex and Societies
• WGSS 205 - Introduction to Queer Studies
• WGSS 216 - Hollywood and Beyond: Gender, Race, and Sex in the Movies
• WGSS 250 - Intersectionality: Critical Feminist Analysis and Beyond
• WGSS 300 - Feminist Theory
• WGSS 301 - Feminist Research Methods
• WGSS 303 - Queer Spirit
• WGSS 305 - Feminist and Queer Arts and Cultures
• WGSS 307 - U.S. Women and the Economy: Money, Sex, and Power
• WGSS 308 - Gender, Sex, and the Law
• WGSS 313 - American Indian Genders and Sexualities
• WGSS 314 - Women Narrate Their Lives
• WGSS 315 - Black Women in America
• WGSS 316 - Women in the History of U.S. Film
• WGSS 317 - Queer Law
• WGSS 318 - Fierce Struggle: U.S. Women of Color - History and Thought
• WGSS 320 - Latina Women in the United States
• WGSS 325 - Sociology of Gender
• WGSS 339 - Global Feminisms
• WGSS 356 - Lesbian Histories and Culture
• WGSS 365 - Pop Culture: Seeing Sex and Gender
• WGSS 370 - Masculinities
• WGSS 375 - Reproductive Justice
• WGSS 382 - Women and Literature
• WGSS 401 - Bodies and Borders: Feminism and Globalization
• WGSS 402 - Women in Political Theory
• WGSS 410 - Women, Religion, and Spirituality
• WGSS 415 - Feminist Debates
• WGSS 416 - Queering Gender
• WGSS 420 - Mothers and Daughters
• WGSS 424 - Gendering Environmental Justice
• WGSS 425 - Women and Power
• WGSS 430 - Women and Violence
• WGSS 442 - Sexing Chicana Literature
• WGSS 445A - Latinas and Revolution: Central America and Late 20th Century Mexico
• WGSS 455 - Philosophical Perspectives on Sex and Love
• WGSS 462 - Gender, Place and Culture
• WGSS 475 - Language and Gender in Cross‑Cultural Perspective
• WGSS 485A - History of Women in the U.S. Early Period
• WGSS 485B - History of Women in the U.S. Since 1850
• WGSS 490 - Selected Topics in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
• WGSS 492 - Selected Topics in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
• WGSS 495 - Senior Capstone Seminar
• WGSS 496 - Internship
• WGSS 498 - Field Work
• WGSS 499 - Directed Studies
• WGSS 599 - Directed Studies