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Program Minimum Units
25 Units
University Minimum Units
18 Units
Interests
Social Justice, Human Rights, Government, Politics & Current Events, Literature & Culture
Academic Areas
Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts

Overview

The Program in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies provides students with the knowledge and skills to investigate the significance of gender and sexuality in all areas of human life. Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies examines understandings of and experiences of gender and sex and how these intersect with factors such as race, nationality, religion and belief, class, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, medicine, and health, technology and age.  Additionally, the program coordinates courses offered across the University into a curriculum of LGBTQ+ studies. Through personalized, interdisciplinary curricula and practical experience, our students explore varied perspectives in gender and sexuality studies methodologies and theories to learn, ask questions, carry out research, and chart their own career and intellectual paths.

Requirements

Program Requirements

Declaring the Minor

To declare the FGSS minor, the student must first email the Assistant Director of Student Services, who will guide the student through the steps of declaration. The student then must meet with the Director of Undergraduate Studies or the Faculty Director to develop and review their study plan. As the final step, the student declares the Minor on Axess.

Core Required Course

Course must be taken for 4 or more units and a letter grade.

Complete all of the following course(s):
FEMGEN 101

Introduction to Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

4 Units

Theory Requirement

Students must complete FEMGEN 103 or another approved theory course for 4 or more units and a letter grade.

Complete any of the following course(s):
FEMGEN 103

Feminist and Sexuality Studies Theories Across the Disciplines

4-5 Units
FEMGEN 131

Introduction to Queer Theory

3-5 Units
FEMGEN 147

Feminism and Technology

3-5 Units
FEMGEN 161

The Politics of Sex: Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Modern America

3-5 Units
FEMGEN 192

How French Women (Re)invented Cinema

3-5 Units
FEMGEN 247

Gender and Sexuality in African History

4-5 Units
FEMGEN 264S

Race, Gender, Justice

3-5 Units
FEMGEN 297

Gender and Education in Global and Comparative Perspectives

3-4 Units

Minor Electives

Minors designate a minimum of 16 units from any of the approved FGSS course lists below. Courses can be all from one list or from different lists.

Students may petition to count courses outside of the course lists with approval from the Faculty Director. Please contact the FGSS Faculty Director and Director of Undergraduate Studies to confer about which courses are appropriate for your focus.

Complete any of the following requirements:
Humanities and Arts Courses

Humanities and Arts centers the arts, history, literature, language, media, and performance in the analysis of how ideas about feminism, gender, and sexuality are developed, produced, and experienced alongside other categories of difference. 

Earn at least 16 units in the following course(s):
FEMGEN 98

Queer Music

1-2 Units
FEMGEN 137

Intersectional Feminist Perspectives on Beauty and Power

3 Units
FEMGEN 144F

Female Modernists: Women Writers in Paris Between the Wars

5 Units
FEMGEN 150N

Queer Sculpture

4 Units
FEMGEN 151

Authoring Gender and the Body

4-5 Units
FEMGEN 159

James Baldwin & Twentieth Century Literature

5 Units
FEMGEN 161

The Politics of Sex: Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Modern America

3-5 Units
FEMGEN 185B

Mad Fiction: Literature of Mental Illness

3 Units
FEMGEN 205

Songs of Love and War: Gender, Crusade, Politics

3-5 Units
FEMGEN 250J

Baldwin and Hansberry: The Myriad Meanings of Love

4 Units
FEMGEN 313

Performance and Performativity

3-5 Units
FEMGEN 314

Performing Identities

4-5 Units

Note: Not all courses are offered every year. Students may take additional elective courses to meet the minimum unit requirement for the minor.

or
Queer and Transgender Studies Courses

Queer and Transgender Studies focuses on the histories, practices, and theories of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer identities and communities through multidisciplinary study. 

Earn at least 16 units in the following course(s):
FEMGEN 100C

History of World Cinema III: Queer Cinemas Around the World

3-5 Units
FEMGEN 119

Archaeology of Gender and Sexuality

3-5 Units
FEMGEN 131

Introduction to Queer Theory

3-5 Units
FEMGEN 155

The Changing American Family

5 Units
FEMGEN 159

James Baldwin & Twentieth Century Literature

5 Units
FEMGEN 250J

Baldwin and Hansberry: The Myriad Meanings of Love

4 Units

Note: Not all courses are offered every year. Students may take additional elective courses to meet the minimum unit requirement for the minor.

or
Technology, Science, and Medicine Courses

Technology, Science, and Medicine investigates ethical considerations in how gender, sex, sexuality and other categories of embodied difference shape and are shaped by technology, science, and health and medicine in the application of scientific knowledge. 

Earn at least 16 units in the following course(s):
FEMGEN 147

Feminism and Technology

3-5 Units
FEMGEN 150Q

Challenging Sex and Gender Dichotomies in Biology and Medicine

3 Units
FEMGEN 252

Gender, Work, and the Global Digital Economy

3-5 Units
FEMGEN 156H

Women and Medicine in US History: Women as Patients, Healers and Doctors

5 Units
FEMGEN 206

Global Medical Issues Affecting Women

1-2 Units
FEMGEN 230A

Sexual Function and Diversity in Medical Disciplines

3-4 Units
FEMGEN 241

Sex and Gender in Human Physiology and Disease

2-3 Units
FEMGEN 256

Current Topics and Controversies in Women's Health

2-3 Units

Note: Not all courses are offered every year. Students may take additional elective courses to meet the minimum unit requirement for the minor.

or
Law and Social Sciences Courses

Law and Social Sciences investigates how gender, sex, and sexuality and other categories of embodied difference are studied, regulated, and experienced in economics, politics, education, public policy, and the law.

Earn at least 16 units in the following course(s):
FEMGEN 5C

Human Trafficking: Historical, Legal, and Medical Perspectives

3 Units
FEMGEN 143

One in Five: Public Health, Policy & Politics of Campus Sexual Assault

5 Units
FEMGEN 155

The Changing American Family

5 Units
FEMGEN 194

Topics in Writing & Rhetoric: Racism, Misogyny, and the Law

3 Units
FEMGEN 245

Economics of Gender

3 Units

Note:  Not all courses are offered every year. Students may take additional elective courses to meet the minimum unit requirement for the minor.