The Gender Studies major is an interdisciplinary major focusing the student’s attention on social and cultural understandings of gender and sexuality. Students wishing to declare this major must have their major program approved by the Gender Studies Committee; subsequent changes must also be approved by the committee.

Major : Bachelor of Arts

Required Gender Studies Courses:

Course Code	Course Name	Course Units	Course Note
GNDS 111	Introduction to Gender Studies	1
GNDS 471	Senior Thesis	1
GNDR 499	Comprehensive Evaluation	1	With C- or better

Choose Two Courses:

Course Code	Course Name	Course Units	Course Note
PHI 211	Classic Texts of Feminism	1	Or equivalent
PSY 233	Psychology of Gender	1
SOC 228	Sociology of Gender	1

Any six others from the list below, at least four of which must be 200-level or above

Total Major Units: 11

We encourage students to petition SAAC with other courses, including special topics courses substantially related to gender studies.

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Minor:

At least five units in three different disciplines from the list below, four of which must be at or above the 200-level.

Total Minor Units: 5

No more than one course may be counted toward both a major and a minor or toward any two minors.

Course Electives from other Departments:

Course Code	Course Name	Course Units
ANTH 336	Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective	1
COM 323	Gender and Communication	1
ENG 326	Women in Fiction	1
ENG 332	Literary Genderquests	1
GNDS 111	Introduction to Gender Studies	1
HIS 229	American Women’s History	1
HIS 255	History of Modern Gender	1
PHI 211	Classic Texts of Feminism	1
PLS 225	Women in the Developing World	1
PSY 233	Psychology of Gender	1
SPA 329	Women and Gender in Spain	1
SPA 429	Advanced Women and Gender in Spain	1
SOC 225	Sociology of Families	1
SOC 228	Sociology of Gender	1
SOC 348	Race, Gender and Sexuality	1
THS 227	Feminist Theologies	1
THS 321	Gender, Sex, and Family in Judio-Christian Tradition	1
THS 326	Sexual Ethics	1