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The song "GWS Honors Thesis" by Feral explores themes of frustration and dissatisfaction with male behavior and societal norms. The lyrics express a deep resentment towards men who have wronged the songwriter and encompass broader issues of gender dynamics.

The opening lines convey the artist's weariness of constantly writing about failed relationships with men who have treated them poorly. This frustration extends to the portrayal of men who claim to support and admire strong women but struggle to connect on a deeper level. The artist highlights the disconnect and lack of compatibility with these individuals.

The song criticizes complacency within the male gender and suggests that more effort is needed to address the hurt caused. It emphasizes the importance of consent and respect, noting that emotional labor and accountability should not be forced upon others.

The narrative continues by describing encounters with men who view the artist as merely an object of desire. The songwriter expresses dissatisfaction with the quality of these experiences, contrasting their own agency and pleasure with the lackluster performance of their partners. This highlights a sense of empowerment and self-sufficiency, contrasting with the perceived inadequacy of the men involved.

In the later verses, the artist acknowledges the young age and vulnerability that allows others to use them as experimental subjects. They criticize the harm caused by toxic expressions of masculinity, framing themselves as a victim of these destructive dynamics.

The artist challenges the notion of flirtation versus harassment, suggesting that boundaries should be respected and not blurred. They address the societal expectation for women to bear the blame for their own reputational damage caused by men and question the fragility of masculinity.

The repeated lines in the song emphasize the weariness and desire for change. The artist implores men to take responsibility, acknowledging the harm caused and urging them to actively work towards a better understanding of consent, respect, and dismantling harmful gender norms.

Overall, "GWS Honors Thesis" is a bold and candid exploration of the artist's frustrations with gender dynamics, dissatisfaction with male behavior, and the desire for a more equitable and respectful society.

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Through Her GWS Senior Honors Thesis, Alexa Hulse ’24 Engages In Both Personal and Scholarly Discovery

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June 10, 2024

When her grandfather passed away the summer before her junior year at Hollins, Alexa Hulse ’24 says the profound sense of loss she felt was “one of the biggest things that shaped my college experience.”

For many people, Hulse notes, “college is when they go through some of their first major losses in life, whether it’s the loss of a loved one, the end of relationships, or an evolution in who you are. It’s something that’s not talked about, there’s not a lot of guidance, and you don’t really know how to navigate it. That was why it was so important for me to write about it and be vulnerable about my experiences.”

Her experience with grief became the centerpiece of Hulse’s senior honors thesis. In Growing Pains: A Jewish Lesbian Feminist Autoethnography , the gender and women’s studies (GWS) major reflects on the impact that losing her grandfather had on her own personal development, but also focuses on how love and joy can shape the transition from girlhood to adulthood. She then connects those experiences – and what she has learned from them – with Jewish philosophy and feminist theory to foster, as her thesis abstract states, “larger conversations about knowledge, grief, and life transitions happening within Jewish Studies, Girlhood Studies, and Gender and Women’s Studies.”

Hulse says she has always seen herself “as a writer first before a scholar in many ways. I felt like it was very natural for me with this project to write about my own experiences and then weave in feminist epistemology. I had the personal narrative down and my advisors kept saying, ‘pull in the theory, pull in the theory.’ But I think it was meaningful to do it in that way to connect it to these larger discussions.”

A key component of what Hulse describes in her thesis abstract as her “emergent epistemological understanding” is a series of conversations. “I did six different interviews. Three of them were with friends around my age who share my experience of being a queer Jewish person. One was my best friend whom I’ve known since I was nine years old. I also talked to one of my coworkers at Lilith (a New York-based Jewish feminist magazine where Hulse interned from 2021 to 2023) and the editor-in-chief at New Voices , a Jewish magazine for college students. I also did three other intergenerational interviews with both of my thesis readers (Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies LeeRay Costa, and Sandra Russell, who was a visiting professor at Hollins during the 2021-22 academic year) as well as Hollins President Mary Dana Hinton.”

Hulse adds that interviewing is “what I love doing the most as a writer. I absolutely learn about myself and my experience from other people.” Her return to creative writing on this project made her realize “how much I love it and how healing it is for me. I had kind of stepped away from that the past few years. I was writing for this project but also for myself, and it reaffirmed for me that I am a writer.”

Even though her thesis is “technically done,” Hulse says she wants to keep working on the project. “I would like at some point to adapt it into a zine,” she explains. “Something that is very important to me, and why I chose creative writing, is that I want my work to be accessible to people. If it can be understood only by other academics, it can’t have much effect or impact. I really want to do something that people can relate to. Even someone who doesn’t have a feminist understanding can read it and learn something about themselves or reflect on their own experiences.”

That sense of openness and approachability informed an initiative that Hulse says is “what I’m most proud of” among all her achievements at Hollins. During her junior year she began organizing unofficial Jewish events on campus as a precursor to formally establishing a Jewish Student Alliance (JSA) organization on campus.

“Obviously there have been Jewish students involved with the office of the university chaplain and spiritual and religious life at Hollins, but an official JSA never existed as far as I am aware. I felt like we needed more formal recognition and a space on campus that visibly provided a place where everyone belongs. Other students supported me in making it possible, and I’ve had alumnae reach out to me as well.”

Hulse says she saw starting the JSA as “an important responsibility, especially because I didn’t really connect with my Jewish identity until coming to college. I wanted a Jewish community in which I could participate and learn. I didn’t have a ton of formal leadership experience, so it tested me in a lot of ways. I started seeing myself as a Jewish person and a Jewish leader at the same time, and because of that I’m able to encourage other students in the organization who may be hesitant in assuming a leadership position that they can do it.”

As an alumna, Hulse is hopeful that “I can continue engaging with Hollins and supporting Jewish students on campus. I’ve even thought about creating a Jewish alumnae/i network.”

In a March 2023 interview , Hulse talked about her internship with Lilith , where she has done everything from writing news articles and blog posts to updating the magazine’s digital archives. She described Lilith as “truly my dream work environment,” and starting in July she will transition from intern to part-time employee.

“I’m really honored that they made some space for me,” she says. Hulse is particularly interested in growing Lilith ’s social media presence and gaining exposure to “a different side of the magazine I haven’t seen before” by attending more editorial meetings.

“I love working in media and I hope to do that for the next few years and see how that feels,” she says. Eventually, she wants to go to graduate school to possibly pursue a master’s degree in Jewish studies and then complete a doctorate in GWS. Rabbinical school is another option she’s considering.

“Rabbinical school combines a lot of the things I love such as spirituality, mentorship, and community building,” she explains, “skills that I first started developing at Hollins.”

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Writing a Senior Thesis in GWS

Getting started.

A senior, or honors, thesis provides Gender and Women’s Studies students with the opportunity to conduct an independent research project in collaboration with a faculty member during their last two semesters of college. A senior thesis serves as essential preparation for graduate and professional programs. In addition, developing, organizing, and writing the thesis provides robust training for students as they prepare for careers after graduation.

A senior thesis allows students to pursue their interests outside the boundaries of a specific class. This is the ultimate opportunity to put the approaches and concepts  students learn in Gender and Women’s Studies courses to work.

2024-2025 Thesis Writers

Now is the time to think about research topics and talk with faculty about supervising your thesis project next year. Contact the undergraduate advisor at [email protected] to discuss how to get started.

Submitting a research proposal for 2024-2025

Send your 1-2 page thesis proposal along with a faculty letter of support by Wednesday, April 3, 2024. The GWS Curriculum Committee will review your research plan and provide you with feedback.

Process Steps

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Planning for a senior thesis

Students interested in a thesis project often begin by considering the topics that they have found most captivating in their courses. Students might also develop a thesis topic based on activist work they are already doing in their communities. In this case, the thesis offers the chance to exercise the knowledge they have acquired in the classroom in a community-based context.

Students should have a thesis topic and a faculty member in mind the semester before they start working on the senior thesis. At the end of that semester, the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies requires that students submit a short proposal (1-2 pages) along with a letter of support from the faculty member who has agreed to serve as the thesis advisor.

Remember you can complete a senior thesis project in one of two ways: a senior thesis or a senior honors thesis. The honors option requires a 3.3 minimum GPA in GWS courses and overall plus 2 courses or 6 credits of GWS coursework for honors.

Funding your research

UW-Madison offers students a number of ways to fund their research on campus.

• The L&S Honors Program offers several research scholarships for senior honors thesis projects. Students do not have to be previously affiliated with the L&S Honors program in order to complete a Senior Honors Thesis.
• In addition, the campus-wide Hilldale Fellowship supports students’ projects and the research of their faculty mentors. These are crucial resources if you plan to travel to a regional archive, conduct interviews, or purchase supplies in order to complete your thesis project.

Identifying a research topic

• Do you have questions that keep bubbling up in your coursework or through your involvement on campus/in the community? Are there ways that you would like to contribute to the fields of gender and sexuality studies? The thesis is your chance to craft your own questions and answers.
• Keep in mind that small (manageable) topics are generally good; they can always be situated in a wider context. You might start with a topic like K-12 sex education in the US. As you develop a reading list, this topic might start to feel big. Through your research and in conversation with your thesis advisor, you might narrow your topic to address changes to the sexuality education curriculum in one school district. Narrowing the scope of your project will likely result in a happier research and writing experience.

Selecting a faculty advisor

• It is great if you know a potential thesis advisor through previous coursework, but it is also okay to ask faculty you don’t know if their research matches your interests.
• The next step is to craft a polite email introducing yourself and your topic; consider stopping by office hours to discuss the senior thesis in
• Keep in mind that you will be working closely with your thesis advisor for two semesters. Choose someone with whom you feel comfortable. Many faculty are enthusiastic about supporting students through the senior thesis process, so don’t hesitate to approach them with your questions. If the faculty person you contact will be on leave during the semesters that you will be working on your project, ask them to suggest someone else who would be a good fit for your research project.

Drafting a research proposal

• Before you draft your proposal, have a conversation with your thesis advisor and do some reading about your topic. The proposal does not have to be long (1-2 pages), but it should include your principal research questions and the sources or data you will look to for answers. Don’t stress too much about this part. This is just your first opportunity to put words down on paper.
• The Department of Gender and Women’s Studies’ Curriculum Committee will review your proposal the semester prior to the start of your project. We also ask that you submit a letter of support from your thesis advisor.
• Once your project proposal has been approved, the department will contact you with information about how to enroll in senior thesis credits.

Please send your proposal with a letter of support from your thesis advisor to Lachrista Greco, Undergraduate Advisor, at [email protected]

Enrolling in senior thesis credits

• There are two ways students can pursue a senior thesis in Gender and Women’s Studies. Students can opt for Honors in the Major and enroll in Gen&WS 681 and 682 during the last two semesters of college. Or, students can enroll in Gen&WS 691 and 692 if they decide that they want to complete the thesis project without the additional Honors in the Major requirements. Either path will result in independent research and a completed thesis at the time of graduation.
• Note that students making good progress will earn a P grade for the first semester of their thesis credits. When the senior thesis is complete, they will earn letter grades (A-F) for both semesters.

General Research Tips

Research in a multidisciplinary setting.

• Gender and Women’s Studies is an interdisciplinary field and senior thesis projects will differ based on disciplinary perspective. Students in GWS might develop a creative project accompanied by an artist’s statement, research a historical topic, or pursue questions in public health.
• Talk with your thesis advisor about the research skills that you bring to your project, such as experience with statistical analysis, database management, historical sources, literary or visual analysis as well as language skills.
• If you plan to work with people as research subjects (for example, you would like to conduct interviews), and you plan to publish your research, you may need approval from UW-Madison’s Institutional Review Board (IRB). Discuss the IRB with your faculty advisor early in the first semester.

Get to know campus library resources

• As you are working through your reading list, you might also spend some time browsing the subject databases maintained by the UW-Madison libraries, including the database for Gender/Sexuality/Women’s Studies .
• You can also contact the Office of the Gender and Women’s Studies Librarian for help with your research.

Bibliographies

• Your project bibliography will develop out of the initial reading list that you develop in consultation with your thesis advisor.
• This document is not necessarily the list appended to the end of your thesis, rather it helps you to situate the work you are doing in relation to other researchers in the
• It can be helpful to organize your bibliography by chronology, theme, and/or type. A typological organization makes the most sense if you are working with a variety of primary

Page length

• Senior theses will range in length depending on the scope of the topic and the discipline in which you are researching. Generally, a senior thesis in Gender and Women’s Studies should be less than 50 pages inclusive of notes and bibliography. You will make decisions about organization and page length that best meet the needs of your project in consultation with your thesis

CRGW Colloquium

Attend the talks organized by the Center for Research on Gender and Women to help you develop your ideas for a topic.

GWS Librarian

Learn about the tools and resources that will expedite the research process.

The Writing Center

Make use of the Writing Center throughout the year. Meet regularly with a tutor to help you stay on track or join a group of other senior thesis writers from across campus.

L&S Honors Program

Explore the options for undergraduate research funding through L&S Honors. If you decide to write an honors thesis, you will submit an easy-to-fill-out form to the L&S Honors program.

Senior Thesis Timelines

• This is the exploratory phase of your research. You will read other people’s work and hone your plans for your data or sources. Your thesis advisor might assign a reading list to help you better understand the research that has already been published about your topic.
• You will also begin to pursue your sources, whether interviews, data sets, historical, or literary sources.
• As you are reading and compiling notes, use handy tools to help you keep your research organized. This is another area where the Campus Libraries can help you! Get the most up to date tips about how to manage your citations and bibliography from the libraries’ online resources .
• In consultation with your thesis advisor, you will develop an outline for the write-up of your project by the end of the first semester.
• Be sure to set up a regular schedule of meetings with your thesis advisor.
• Lots of writing! Check in with your thesis advisor if you need to adjust your writing schedule.
• Save your work in multiple spaces such as UW-Madison hosted Box and/or Google Drive.
• Join a thesis writing group organized by the Writing Center .
• Consider presenting your research at the annual UW System Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium

Taking care of yourself while you work on a thesis project

Keep talking to your thesis advisor and other folks inside (and outside) the department. Discussing your ideas with faculty and peers will demystify the research and writing process and help you identify immediate next steps.

In addition to the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies, UW-Madison offers resources and support for senior thesis writers. You can work individually with a Writing Center tutor or join a group of students working on senior theses.

Some folks find it helpful to organize times to write in community rather than facing the task alone. Along the way, keep evaluating what is working for you and what isn’t. When you experience a challenging point in the process, your thesis advisor, other folks in the department, and resources on campus are there to help you. Don’t hesitate to reach out.

Gender and Women's Studies

About the Program

Bachelor of arts (ba).

The undergraduate program in Gender and Women's Studies (GWS) is designed to introduce students to the intersectional analysis of gender, women, and sexuality, focusing on gender and sexuality as categories of analysis and on the workings of power in social and historical life. The department offers an introduction to feminist theory as well as more advanced courses that seek to expand capacities for critical reflection and analysis and to engage students with varied approaches to feminist research. The curriculum draws students into interdisciplinary and intersectional analysis of specific gender practices through investigating areas such as feminism in a transnational world, the politics of representation, feminist science studies, gender and work, gender and health, and queer visual culture. Students learn to apply methods derived from the social sciences, the humanities, and other interdisciplines germane to the study of gender. They explore a growing body of feminist and queer theory that revises our understanding of gender, sexuality, society, and culture.

Our students have a unique opportunity to interact with an amazing cadre of  GWS faculty . The program allows our students to pursue a broad array of careers and interests after graduation. Gender and Women's Studies students get significant personalized attention. The department is known for its investment in the well-being of its students, and its smaller size produces a supportive community among students, faculty, and staff.

Declaring the Major

To declare the Gender and Women’s Studies major, the student must have completed  GWS 10 and have a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.0. To complete the major, students must complete two of the three gateway courses ( GWS 10 ,  GWS 14 , LGBT 20AC ) . For details on how to declare the major, please see the   department's website .

Honors Program

To be eligible for the GWS Honors Program (GWS H195A and GWS H195B), students must have an overall 3.3 GPA, and a 3.5 GPA in the major. In addition, eligible students must write a brief proposal, to be approved by the faculty teaching GWS 101, and have a GWS faculty member or affiliate agree to chair the honors thesis by the beginning of the fall term of their senior year.  GWS H195 cannot be used as an elective in the major.

To receive honors in GWS, students must have a 3.6 for honors, a 3.8 for high honors, or a 3.9 for highest honors. In addition, the student must receive a minimum of an A- in both GWS H195A and GWS H195B.

For details on how to declare the major  click here .

Minor Program

The Department of Gender and Women's Studies offers a minor in Gender and Women's Studies. Students must declare the Minor the semester before their Expected Graduation. When you are ready to declare your minor contact your GWS Undergraduate Major Advisor. After fulfilling all course requirements, students must complete a Completion of L&S Minor form  and get it signed by the GWS Undergraduate Adviser in 608C Social Sciences Building. Once you have the form signed you will submit it to the L&S Office of Undergraduate Advising in 156 Dwinelle Hall.

Other Minor Offered by the Department of Gender and Women's Studies

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies  (Minor)

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Major Requirements

In addition to the University, campus, and college requirements, listed on the College Requirements tab, students must fulfill the below requirements specific to their major program.

General Guidelines

• All courses taken to fulfill the major requirements below must be taken for graded credit, other than courses listed which are offered on a  Pass/No Pass  basis only. Other exceptions to this requirement are noted as applicable.
• No more than one upper division course may be used to simultaneously fulfill requirements for a student's major and minor programs, with the exception of minors offered outside of the College of Letters & Science.
• A minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 must be maintained in both upper and lower division courses used to fulfill the major requirements.

For information regarding residence requirements and unit requirements, please see the College Requirements tab.

Lower Division Prerequisites

Upper Division Requirements 

Minor Requirements

Students who have a strong interest in an area of study outside their major often decide to complete a minor program. These programs have set requirements.

All minors must be declared before the first day of classes in your Expected Graduation Term (EGT). For summer graduates, minors must be declared prior to the first day of Summer Session A. 

All upper-division courses must be taken for a letter grade. 

A minimum of three of the upper-division courses taken to fulfill the minor requirements must be completed at UC Berkeley.

A minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 is required in the upper-division courses to fulfill the minor requirements.

Courses used to fulfill the minor requirements may be applied toward the Seven-Course Breadth requirement, for Letters & Science students.

No more than one upper division course may be used to simultaneously fulfill requirements for a student's major and minor programs.

All minor requirements must be completed prior to the last day of finals during the semester in which the student plans to graduate. If students cannot finish all courses required for the minor by that time, they should see a College of Letters & Science adviser.

All minor requirements must be completed within the unit ceiling. (For further information regarding the unit ceiling, please see the College Requirements tab.)

Requirements

To declare the minor in Gender and Women's Studies students must complete the  GWS Minor Worksheet  to register the minor with the department once they have decided to minor in the program.

After completion of the minor requirements, students must submit a Completion of  L&S Minor form  to the department's undergraduate adviser the semester the student plans to graduate. Please see the undergraduate adviser for advising while pursuing the minor program.  All courses to satisfy the minor must be taken in the Gender and Women’s Studies Department.  Students must declare the Minor the semester before they intend to graduate.

College Requirements

Undergraduate students must fulfill the following requirements in addition to those required by their major program.

For a detailed lists of L&S requirements, please see Overview tab to the right in this guide or visit the L&S Degree Requirements webpage. For College advising appointments, please visit the L&S Advising Pages. 

University of California Requirements

Entry level writing.

All students who will enter the University of California as freshmen must demonstrate their command of the English language by fulfilling the Entry Level Writing requirement. Fulfillment of this requirement is also a prerequisite to enrollment in all reading and composition courses at UC Berkeley and must be taken for a letter grade. 

American History and American Institutions

The American History and American Institutions requirements are based on the principle that all U.S. residents who have graduated from an American university should have an understanding of the history and governmental institutions of the United States.

Berkeley Campus Requirement

American cultures.

All undergraduate students at Cal need to take and pass this campus requirement course in order to graduate. The requirement offers an exciting intellectual environment centered on the study of race, ethnicity and culture of the United States. AC courses are plentiful and offer students opportunities to be part of research-led, highly accomplished teaching environments, grappling with the complexity of American Culture.

College of Letters & Science Essential Skills Requirements

Quantitative reasoning.

The Quantitative Reasoning requirement is designed to ensure that students graduate with basic understanding and competency in math, statistics, or computer/data science. The requirement may be satisfied by exam or by taking an approved course taken for a letter grade.

Foreign Language

The Foreign Language requirement may be satisfied by demonstrating proficiency in reading comprehension, writing, and conversation in a foreign language equivalent to the second semester college level, either by passing an exam or by completing approved course work taken for a letter grade.

Reading and Composit ion

In order to provide a solid foundation in reading, writing, and critical thinking the College of Letters and Science requires two semesters of lower division work in composition in sequence. Students must complete parts A & B reading and composition courses in sequential order by the end of their fourth semester for a letter grade.

College of Letters & Science 7 Course Breadth Requirements

Breadth requirements.

The undergraduate breadth requirements provide Berkeley students with a rich and varied educational experience outside of their major program. As the foundation of a liberal arts education, breadth courses give students a view into the intellectual life of the University while introducing them to a multitude of perspectives and approaches to research and scholarship. Engaging students in new disciplines and with peers from other majors, the breadth experience strengthens interdisciplinary connections and context that prepares Berkeley graduates to understand and solve the complex issues of their day.

Unit Requirements

120 total units

Of the 120 units, 36 must be upper division units

• Of the 36 upper division units, 6 must be taken in courses offered outside your major department

Residence Requirements

For units to be considered in "residence," you must be registered in courses on the Berkeley campus as a student in the College of Letters & Science. Most students automatically fulfill the residence requirement by attending classes at Cal for four years, or two years for transfer students. In general, there is no need to be concerned about this requirement, unless you graduate early, go abroad for a semester or year, or want to take courses at another institution or through UC Extension during your senior year. In these cases, you should make an appointment to meet an L&S College adviser to determine how you can meet the Senior Residence Requirement.

Note: Courses taken through UC Extension do not count toward residence.

Senior Residence Requirement

After you become a senior (with 90 semester units earned toward your B.A. degree), you must complete at least 24 of the remaining 30 units in residence in at least two semesters. To count as residence, a semester must consist of at least 6 passed units. Intercampus Visitor, EAP, and UC Berkeley-Washington Program (UCDC) units are excluded.

You may use a Berkeley Summer Session to satisfy one semester of the Senior Residence requirement, provided that you successfully complete 6 units of course work in the Summer Session and that you have been enrolled previously in the college.

Modified Senior Residence Requirement

Participants in the UC Education Abroad Program (EAP), Berkeley Summer Abroad, or the UC Berkeley Washington Program (UCDC) may meet a Modified Senior Residence requirement by completing 24 (excluding EAP) of their final 60 semester units in residence. At least 12 of these 24 units must be completed after you have completed 90 units.

Upper Division Residence Requirement

You must complete in residence a minimum of 18 units of upper division courses (excluding UCEAP units), 12 of which must satisfy the requirements for your major.

Student Learning Goals

Learning goals for the major.

Knowledge About the Field

• Intersectionality: Analyze gender as it intersects with other relations of power such as race, ethnicity, sexuality, class, nationality, religion, geography, ability, and age; distinguish universalist understandings of gender, women, and sexuality from multi-dimensional analyses that recognize interconnectivity and mutual constitution of categories.
• Gender issues: Recognize the social, political, economic, national, and cultural dimensions of gender as these relate to disparities in power and privilege. Become familiar with a range of past and present major issues pertaining to gender, such as race and citizenship, reproductive and sexual politics, media representation, understandings of masculinities and femininities, racialization of gender and sexuality, women's enfranchisement, gender and violence, identity politics, immigration, sex discrimination, changing families, gender and environment, labor, language, health disparities, gender and science, histories of colonialism, nation-state formations.
• Feminisms, Feminist Theories and Feminist Research: Describe and distinguish a broad range of feminist theories and practices in their specific cultural and historical contexts both nationally and internationally; identify the contributions and limits of disciplinary, interdisciplinary and transdiciplinary feminist research and scholarship.
• Historicization and contextualization: Articulate differences in sociopolitical contexts that inform opinions, theories, identities, subcultures and politics pertaining to gender and sexuality. Discuss issues of gender and sexuality in the context of their specific histories, knowledge frames, and politics. Work flexibly with a variety of epistemological approaches, recognizing each as culturally specific and inherently limited.

Ways of Communicating

• Visual Media and New Technologies: Evaluate, interpret, and generate information from a variety of sources, including print and electronic media, film and video, and internet technologies.
• Written and Verbal Communication: Express ideas effectively, both verbally and in written form, tailoring arguments and presentation styles to audience and context.

Critical Practice

• Creativity: Bring together a variety of texts, ideas, theoretical, political, empirical, aesthetic, and rhetorical approaches in order to respond imaginatively to social, political, and intellectual issues.
• Collaboration: Work collectively, take initiative, offer and receive constructive criticism, exchange ideas and creatively work together toward a common endeavor.
• Engaged Practices: Engage in a variety of feminist approaches, linking theory with practice. Learn how to be an effective advocate informed by transnational, political, sociocultural, and philosophical contexts.
• Knowledge production: Understand that social, cultural, and scientific knowledges are rarely pre-given, but produced. Demonstrate ways in which various cultural practices, including cultural traditions, academic practices, and information genres participate in and shape specific productions of knowledge, considering roles played by aesthetic forms, scientific journals, popular fiction, news media, the internet, and practices of citation.
• Ethics: Articulate ethical positions of scholarly and activist theories of gender; that is, consider what approaches inform value judgments on specific gendered or feminist practices. Understand other ethical research concerns such as human subjects and plagiarism.
• Critical self-awareness: Demonstrate self-reflexivity about one's ideas and social and political positions.

Critical Thinking

• Critical analysis: Identify and evaluate arguments, rhetorical styles, synthesize ideas, and develop well-substantiated, coherent, and concise arguments.
• Logical reasoning: Identify and follow a logical sequence or argument through to its end; recognize faulty reasoning or premature closure.
• Abstract thinking: Generalize for a specific purpose and/or in a way that clarifies and heightens understanding of major issues at stake; identify the essential or most relevant elements of a concept, event, object, text, etc.
• Argumentation: Marshal appropriate and relevant evidence in order to develop a clear claim or stance using specific rhetorical approaches.

Doing Research

• Problem solving: Identify important historical and contemporary issues relating to gender and women's studies, evaluate various responses to them, and adapt the knowledge gained through this process to everyday situations.
• Research Skills: Produce or locate resources and learn to build a research agenda. Read broadly in order to develop well-focused projects, using primary and secondary sources. Delineate key points in scholarly articles and respond to them. Use different modes of research, including empirical methods, scholarly literature, and theoretical and artistic engagement. Develop advanced library skills tailored to specific research projects, including facility with electronic databases, bibliographic reference materials, archival documents, and image and sound repositories.
• Interdisciplinarity: Draw from multiple fields of study or define new fields; grasp means and significance of expanding, crossing, transgressing, or bridging disciplinary boundaries.

Major maps are experience maps that help undergraduates plan their Berkeley journey based on intended major or field of interest. Featuring student opportunities and resources from your college and department as well as across campus, each map includes curated suggestions for planning your studies, engaging outside the classroom, and pursuing your career goals in a timeline format.

Use the major map below to explore potential paths and design your own unique undergraduate experience:

View the Gender and Women's Studies Major Map.

The Department of Gender and Women’s Studies Undergraduate Advising office provides students with support and assistance to help guide them through the academic bureaucracy and ensure that they have a successful undergraduate experience at Berkeley:

• Counseling regarding their education and GWS courses
• Declaring the major
• Assessing their progress in the major
• Administrative concerns (i.e., course enrollment, add/drops, L&S policy)
• Major information, courses, independent studies, Honors Program, GWS student group
• Graduate programs and career information and referrals

The department strives to and is committed to providing a safe, inclusive environment for students. Students are welcome, feel supported, respected, and valued, and receive the ultimate advising experience to ensure academic advancement through the program.

The Undergraduate Advisor's Office (UA) is located in 608C Social Sciences Building.  You can contact Eric Cheatham, Undergraduate Major Advisor at  [email protected] for further assistance regarding the major and minor programs.

Academic Opportunities

Gws honors program, honors thesis prize.

The department Honors Thesis Prize is given to the student who has demonstrated excellence in research and writing of the honors thesis. The instructor of the honors thesis class will recommend the student to the faculty committee.

Departmental Citation

The Departmental Citation is an award recognizing undergraduate excellence in the UC Berkeley Gender and Women's Studies Department. Each year the department selects one graduating senior to receive this award for his/her outstanding accomplishments in GWS. A faculty committee reviews the materials of students who meet the following criteria:

• Officially graduating in spring or summer of the current year, or who have finished their degree in summer or fall of the prior year and haven't previously applied.
• Students are awarded the citation on the basis of scholarship with the criteria of an overall 3.5 GPA or higher and a 3.8 major GPA. The GPA includes the prerequisite courses taken for the major. All seniors can qualify to be considered for the Departmental Citation. When determining their selection, the faculty committee takes into consideration the overall GWS record and activities of qualified students, but it also focuses particular attention on the student's GWS research or project.

Excellence in Action Award

The department's Excellence in Action Award is given to the student who has demonstrated academic excellence and a commitment to community service. The faculty and staff will make recommendations to the faculty committee and the committee will review and select the student from the recommended candidates.

David Getman Memorial Award in LGBT Studies

The Getman Award is awarded to the student who achieves the highest academic excellence in the LGBT Minor.  Prospective recipients will be identified, screened, and selected by a committee of faculty in Gender and Women’s Studies appointed by the Chair. 

David Getman Memorial Award in Global Women's Issues

The Getman Award in Global Women's Issues is awarded to a student who demonstrates a concrete commitment to the advancement of women’s rights and issues worldwide.  Prospective recipients will be identified, screened, and selected by a committee of faculty in Gender and Women’s Studies appointed by the Chair. 

Research Funding for Majors

Majors can apply for funding to help support the costs of GWS-related research or of presenting a GWS-related paper at a conference. Individual awards can be up to $250 for domestic travel or $300-$500 for international travel. Funding levels for other costs (e.g., copying, small payments for interview subjects, etc.,) will depend on the budget presented, but will generally range between $50 and $200. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the year’s funds are exhausted. Each major can receive funding up to two times over the course of their undergraduate career, although priority will be given to applicants who have not yet received funding. Recipients will be asked to write a very brief report summarizing how they used the funding. To apply, download the application from our website and email the completed form to the student services adviser.

Center for Race and Gender Undergraduate Student Grants Program

The Center for Race and Gender (CRG) at the University of California Berkeley, announces the availability of grants of $100 to $1,000 to fund undergraduates for research or creative projects that address issues of race and gender. Topics should be consonant with CRG’s mandate to support critical student research on race, gender, and their intersections in a wide variety of social, cultural, and institutional contexts, especially on the Berkeley campus and its neighboring communities, but also in California, the nation, or the world.

Study Abroad

Gender and Women’s Studies supports students interested in studying aboard, both through the  Berkeley Study Abroad Program   or through a non-BSAP program. The department will work with students to ensure they have a productive and expansive experience, whether they are interested in taking courses for the major, in completing general education requirements, or in living/studying in another country and immersing themselves into that culture.

Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP)

UC Berkeley is well known for its dynamic research environment. As an undergraduate student there are many ways to participate in research on campus. One such program is URAP, which provides opportunities for students to work with faculty on cutting-edge research. By working closely with faculty, students can cultivate professional relationships, enhance their research skills, and deepen their knowledge and skills in areas of special interest. Applications are online. For a complete listing and description of research projects, visit the  URAP website .

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship/L&S

This program (SURF/L&S) allows UC Berkeley undergraduates in the College of Letters & Science to spend the summer doing concentrated research in preparation for a senior thesis. Application deadline generally is in the spring. See  surf.berkeley.edu  for more information.

Haas Scholars Program

The Robert & Colleen Haas Scholars Program funds financial aid eligible, academically talented undergraduates to engage in a sustained research, field study, or creative project in the summer before and during their senior year at UC Berkeley. Each year, twenty Haas Scholars are selected from all disciplines and departments across the University on the basis of the merit and originality of their project proposals. For more information, call 510-643-5374, consult the  website , or visit the program office in 5 Durant Hall.

Ronald McNair Scholars Program

The McNair Scholars Program prepares selected UC Berkeley undergraduates for graduate study at the doctoral level. Twenty to thirty McNair Scholars are selected each year to participate in both academic and summer activities. The McNair Scholars Program aims to increase the number of students in underrepresented doctoral programs. For further information, please see the program's website .

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program at Berkeley

The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) program at UC Berkeley targets students with exceptional academic promise and potential for careers that will contribute to diversity and equal opportunity in the academy. The program supports fellows by providing guidance, role models and the environment and resources to strive for the highest academic goals. Fellows will realize their greatest potential as graduate students to later become extraordinarily successful faculty members and emerge as role models for future generations. For further information, please see the program's website .

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Gws n1b reading and composition 3 units.

Terms offered: Summer 2008 8 Week Session, Summer 2007 8 Week Session, Summer 2006 10 Week Session Training and instruction in expository writing in conjunction with reading literature. The readings and assignments will focus on themes and issues in women's studies. Reading and Composition: Read More [+]

Hours & Format

Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Format: Six hours of Lecture and One hour of Discussion per week for 8 weeks. Eight hours of Lecture and One hour of Discussion per week for 6 weeks.

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Gender and Women's Studies/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Formerly known as: Women's Studies N1B

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GWS R1B Reading and Composition 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Summer 2018 First 6 Week Session Training and instruction in expository writing in conjunction with reading literature. The readings and assignments will focus on themes and issues in gender and women's studies. This course satisfies the second half of the Reading and Composition requirement. Reading and Composition: Read More [+]

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of discussion per week

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week. Seven and one-half hours of lecture and two and one-half hours of discussion per week for 6 weeks.

GWS 10 Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Summer 2024 Second 6 Week Session, Spring 2024 Introduction to questions and concepts in gender and women's studies. Critical study of the formation of gender and its intersections with other relations of power, such as sexuality, racialization, class, religion, and age. Questions will be addressed within the context of a transnational world. Emphasis of the course will change depending on the instructor. Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-4 hours of lecture and 1-1 hours of discussion per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 5-10 hours of lecture and 2-2 hours of discussion per week 8 weeks - 4-5 hours of lecture and 2-2 hours of discussion per week

Additional Format: Four hours of lecture/discussion per week. Seven and one-half hours of lecture/discussion per week for eight weeks.

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

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GWS 14 Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Global Political Issues 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 The production of gender, sexuality, and processes of racialization in contemporary global political issues. Topics and geographical foci may vary. Examples: the post-9-11 situation in the U.S. and U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; Hindu-Muslim conflict in India; the wars in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda; the Israel/Palestine situation; global right-wing movements; state and social movement terrorisms and transnational "security" measures. Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Global Political Issues: Read More [+]

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent.

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Alternative to final exam.

Formerly known as: Women's Studies 14

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GWS 20 Introduction to Feminist Theory 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 Why study theory? How, and from where, does the desire to theorize gender emerge? What does theory do? What forms does theory take? What is the relationship between theory and social movements? This course will introduce students to one of the most exciting and dynamic areas of contemporary inquiry. Introduction to Feminist Theory: Read More [+]

Summer: 8 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week. Seven and one-half hours of lecture and two hours of discussion per week for 8 weeks.

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GWS 24 Freshman Seminars 1 Unit

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2020 The Freshman and Sophomore Seminars program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small-seminar setting. Freshman seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester. Enrollment limited to fifteen freshmen. Freshman Seminars: Read More [+]

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

Fall and/or spring: 8 weeks - 2 hours of seminar per week 10 weeks - 1.5 hours of seminar per week 15 weeks - 1 hour of seminar per week

Additional Format: One hour of seminar per week. One and one-half hours of seminar per week for ten weeks. Two hours of seminar per week for eight weeks.

Grading/Final exam status: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered. Final exam required.

Formerly known as: Women's Studies 24

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GWS 39A Freshman Sophomore Seminar 2 - 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2020 Freshman and sophomore seminars offer lower division students the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member and a group of peers in a small-seminar setting. These seminars are offered in all campus departments; topics vary from department to department and from semester to semester. Enrollment limits are set by the faculty, but the suggested limit is 25. Freshman Sophomore Seminar: Read More [+]

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week

Additional Format: One hour of seminar per week per unit.

Formerly known as: Women's Studies 39

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GWS 40 Special Topics 3 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2021 Second 6 Week Session, Fall 2016, Summer 2016 Second 6 Week Session The findings of feminist scholarship as they apply to a particular problem, field, or existing discipline. Designed primarily for lower division students and non-majors. Topics vary from semester to semester. Students should consult the Women's Studies announcement of courses for specific semester topics. Special Topics: Read More [+]

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture per week

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture per week. Seven and one-half hours of lecture per week for 6 weeks.

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GWS 50AC Gender in American Culture 3 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 A multi-disciplinary course designed to provide students with an opportunity to work with faculty investigating the topic gender in American culture. Gender in American Culture: Read More [+]

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for GWS 50AC after completing WOMENST 50AC, WOMENST 50, GWS 50, or XGWS 50AC . A deficient grade in GWS 50AC may be removed by taking XGWS 50AC .

Requirements this course satisfies: Satisfies the American Cultures requirement

Additional Format: Three hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. Seven and one-half hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.

Formerly known as: Women's Studies 50AC

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GWS 84 Sophomore Seminar 1 or 2 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2020 Sophomore seminars are small interactive courses offered by faculty members in departments all across the campus. Sophomore seminars offer opportunity for close, regular intellectual contact between faculty members and students in the crucial second year. The topics vary from department to department and semester to semester. Enrollment limited to 15 sophomores. Sophomore Seminar: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: At discretion of instructor

Fall and/or spring: 5 weeks - 3-6 hours of seminar per week 10 weeks - 1.5-3 hours of seminar per week 15 weeks - 1-2 hours of seminar per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5-5 hours of seminar per week 8 weeks - 2-4 hours of seminar per week

Additional Format: unit(s):one hour of seminar per week; 2 unit(s):two hours of seminar per week. unit(s):one and one-half hours of seminar per week; 2 unit(s):three hours of seminar per week for 10 weeks. unit(s):two hours of seminar per week; 2 unit(s):four hours of seminar per week for 8 weeks. unit(s):two and one-half hours of seminar per week; 2 unit(s):five hours of seminar per week for 6 weeks. unit(s):three hours of seminar per week; 2 unit(s):six hours of seminar per week for five weeks.

Formerly known as: Women's Studies 84

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GWS 97 Internship 2 - 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018 Internship Program: Field work in an organization concerned with women's issues plus individual conferences with faculty. Students must present a written scope of work to the supervising faculty members before enrolling. Credit earned depends on the amount of written work completed by students that interprets the experience through diaries, historical reports, and creative work done for the organization. Faculty supervisor and student must agree on assignments. Internship: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 10 hours of internship per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 10 hours of internship per week 8 weeks - 10 hours of internship per week 10 weeks - 10 hours of internship per week

Additional Format: Individual conferences and 10 hours of internship required per week. Individual conferences and 10 hours of internship per week for six, eight, and 10 weeks.

Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.

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GWS 98 Directed Group Study for Undergraduates 1 - 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020 Seminars for the group study of selected topics not covered by regularly scheduled courses. Topics will vary from year to year. Directed Group Study for Undergraduates: Read More [+]

Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of directed group study per week

Additional Format: One to Four hour of Directed group study per week for 15 weeks.

Formerly known as: Women's Studies 98

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GWS 99 Supervised Independent Study and Research 1 - 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2020 Individual research by lower division students only. Supervised Independent Study and Research: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Freshmen or sophomores only

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of independent study per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of independent study per week

Additional Format: One to four hours of independent study per week. Two and one-half to ten hours of independent study per week for 6 weeks.

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GWS 100AC Women in American Culture 3 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2024 Second 6 Week Session, Spring 2024, Spring 2023 This course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to work with faculty investigating the topic women in American culture. Women in American Culture: Read More [+]

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GWS 101 Doing Feminist Research 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 In this course, students will learn to do feminist research using techniques from the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences. The teaching of interdisciplinary research skills will focus on practices of gender in a particular domain such as labor, love, science, aesthetics, film, religion, politics, or kinship. Topics will vary depending on the instructor. Doing Feminist Research: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: 10 and 20

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2-4 hours of lecture and 1-0 hours of discussion per week

Additional Format: Two to four hours of lecture and one to zero hours of discussion per week.

Formerly known as: Women's Studies 101

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GWS 102 Transnational Feminism 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 An overview of transnational feminist theories and practices, which address the workings of power that shape our world, and women's practices of resistance within and beyond the U.S. The course engages with genealogies of transnational feminist theories, including analyses of women, gender, sexuality, "race," racism, ethnicity, class, nation; postcoloniality; international relations; post-"development"; globalization; area studies; and cultural studies. Transnational Feminism: Read More [+]

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Format: Four hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week.

Formerly known as: Women's Studies 102

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GWS 103 Identities Across Difference 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2015 The course studies identity as a product of articulation and investigation of self and other, rather than an inherited marking. Emphasis, for example, may be placed on the complexities of the lived experiences of women of color in the United States and in diverse parts of the world. Identities Across Difference: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: 10

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week

Additional Format: Four hours of lecture/discussion per week.

Formerly known as: Women's Studies 103

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GWS 104 Feminist Theory 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2021 Feminist theory examines the basic categories that structure social life and that condition dominant modes of thought. Feminist theory engages with many currents of thought such as liberalism, Marxism, psychoanalysis, postcolonial theory, and transnational feminist theory. In this course, students will gain a working knowledge of the range and uses of feminist theory. Feminist Theory: Read More [+]

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-4 hours of lecture and 1-0 hours of discussion per week

Additional Format: Three to four hours of lecture and one to zero hours of discussion per week.

Formerly known as: Women's Studies 104

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GWS 111 Special Topics 1 - 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Summer 2024 First 6 Week Session, Summer 2024 Second 6 Week Session This course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to work closely with Gender and Women's Studies faculty, investigating a topic of mutual interest in great depth. Emphasis in on student discussion and collaboration. Topics will vary from semester to semester. Number of units will vary depending on specific course, format, and requirements. Special Topics: Read More [+]

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-3 hours of lecture per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 2.5-7.5 hours of lecture per week 8 weeks - 1.5-6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Format: One to three hours of lecture per week. One and one-half to six hours of lecture per week for 8 weeks. Two and one-half to seven and one-half hours of lecture per week for 6 weeks.

Formerly known as: Women's Studies 111

GWS 115 Engaged Scholarship in Women and Gender 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2015, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 This class provides students the opportunity to do supervised community service with an organization that relates to women and gender. Students will be placed in an organization and complete an internship throughout the course of the semester. Students will also spend time reflecting on their internship experiences, connecting their service with concepts learned in gender and women's studies classes, and meeting as a group to evaluate and assess issues such as volunteer/unpaid labor, activism and the academy, and the political economy of gender and women's services. Engaged Scholarship in Women and Gender: Read More [+]

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 3 hours of internship per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 5 hours of lecture and 5.5 hours of internship per week

Additional Format: Two hours of lecture/discussion and three hours of internship per week. Five hours of lecture/discussion and five and one-half hours of internship per week for six weeks.

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GWS 116AC Queer Theories: Activist Practices 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2011 This class will examine various forms of activist practices and create possibilities for students to participate in community projects that allow them to explore their own definitions of activism, community engagement, and social transformation. As a class, we will consider different types of interventions -- art, law, advocacy, and direct action -- and examine the limits and possibilities of these different forms of social engagement. Queer Theories: Activist Practices: Read More [+]

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 1 hour of internship per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 5 hours of lecture and 2.5 hours of internship per week

Additional Format: Two hours of Lecture and One hour of Internship per week for 15 weeks. Five hours of Lecture and Two and one-half hours of Internship per week for 6 weeks.

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GWS 120 The History of American Women 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2014, Spring 2011, Fall 2009 This course will survey the history of women in the United States from approximately 1890 to the present, a century of dramatic and fundamental change in the meaning of gender difference. We will examine such topics as work, the family, sexuality, and politics and be attentive to variations in the structure and experience of gender based on race, ethnicity, and class. The History of American Women: Read More [+]

Additional Format: Three hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.

Formerly known as: Women's Studies 120

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GWS 125 Women and Film 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Fall 2012 This course explores the role of women both in front of and behind the camera. It examines the socially constructed nature of gender representations in film and analizes the position of women as related to the production and reception of films. Emphasis is on feminist aproaches that challenge and expose the underlying working of patriarchy in cinema. Women and Film: Read More [+]

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture and two hours of screening per week. Seven and one-half hours of lecture and five hours of screening per week for six weeks.

Formerly known as: Women's Studies 125

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GWS 126 Film, Feminism, and the Avant-Garde 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2022, Spring 2018, Fall 2016 Focusing on the creative process while engaging in critical debates on politics, ethics, and aesthetics, the course explores the site where feminist film-making practice meets with and challenges the avant-garde tradition. It emphasizes works that question conventional notions of subjectivity, audience, and interpretation in relation to film making, film viewing, and the cinematic apparatus. Film, Feminism, and the Avant-Garde: Read More [+]

Formerly known as: Women's Studies 126

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GWS 129 Bodies and Boundaries 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 Examines gender and embodiment in interdisciplinary transnational perspective. The human body as both a source of pleasure and as a site of coercion, which expresses individuality and reflects social worlds. Looks at bodies as gendered, raced, disabled/able-bodied, young or old, rich or poor, fat or thin, commodity or inalienable. Considers masculinity, women's bodies, sexuality, sports, clothing, bodies constrained, in leisure, at work, in nation-building , at war, and as feminist theory. Bodies and Boundaries: Read More [+]

Additional Format: Seven and one-half hours of lecture/discussion per week for six weeks.Three hours of lecture/discussion per week.

Formerly known as: Women's Studies 129

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GWS 130AC Gender, Race, Nation, and Health 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Summer 2024 8 Week Session, Fall 2023 Examines the role of gender in health care status, in definitions and experiences of health, and in practices of medicine. Feminist perspectives on health care disparities, the medicalization of society, and transnational processes relating to health. Gender will be considered in dynamic interaction with race, ethnicity, sexuality, immigration status, religion, nation, age, and disability, and in both urban and rural settings. Gender, Race, Nation, and Health: Read More [+]

Summer: 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture per week. Six hours of lecture per week for 8 weeks.

Formerly known as: 130

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GWS 131 Gender and Science 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2021, Fall 2017, Spring 2014 Examines historical and contemporary scientific studies of gender, sexuality, class, nation, and race from late 18th century racial and gender classifications through the heyday of eugenics to today's genomics. Explores the embedding of the scientific study of gender and sexuality and race in different political, economic, and social contexts. Considers different theories for the historical underrepresentation of women and minorities in science , as well as potential solutions. Introduces students to feminist science studies, and discusses technologies of production, reproduction, and destruction that draw on as well as remake gender locally and globally. Gender and Science: Read More [+]

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture per week.

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GWS 132AC Gender, Race, and Law 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2015 Focusing on the interconnected ways that race, gender, and sexuality are constructed through the law, this course will examine a wide range of historical texts, legal documents, literature, and critical theory. Throughout our course readings, we will be focusing on how these categories of difference inform legal constructions of nation, citizenship, immigration, masculinity, femininity, childhood, the public sphere, and everyday life. Throughout the course, we will be making connections between historical events and the contemporary moment through a consideration of interpretation and implications of legal arguments. Gender, Race, and Law: Read More [+]

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit up to a total of 1 time.

Summer: 6 weeks - 10 hours of lecture per week

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture per week. Ten hours of lecture per week for 6 weeks.

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GWS 133AC Women, Men, and Other Animals: Human Animality in American Cultures 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2019, Spring 2018 Explores various ways that human groups and interests, particularly in the United States, have both attached and divorced themselves from other animals, with particular focus on gender, race, ability, and sexuality as the definitional foils for human engagements with animality. Women, Men, and Other Animals: Human Animality in American Cultures: Read More [+]

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GWS 134 Gender and the Politics of Childhood 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2021, Spring 2017, Spring 2016 Explores gender and age as interrelated dimensions of social structure, meaning, identity, and embodiment. Emphasis on the gendered politics of childhood--for example, in the social regulation of reproduction; child-rearing, motherhood, fatherhood, care, and rights; the changing global political economy of childhoods and varied constructions of "the child"; child laborers, soldiers, street children; consumption by and for children; growing up in schools, neighborhoods, and families. Gender and the Politics of Childhood: Read More [+]

Formerly known as: Women's Studies 134

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GWS C138 Gender and Capitalism 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Fall 2021, Spring 2020 The 21st century has seen powerful critiques of both growing economic inequality and the troubling persistence of domination based on gender, race and other categorical differences. Gender has a distinctive role here for many reasons: the centrality of gender to social reproduction; the historical coproduction of male domination and capitalism; and the way gender operates in the constitution of selves. Insofar as capitalism is organized and distributes power and profits through gendered structures, and gendered meanings and identities are shaped by their emergence within capitalist logics, it behooves us to think gender and capitalism in tandem. Figuring out how to do that, and sorting out the consequences, is our project in this class. Gender and Capitalism: Read More [+]

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of lecture and 0 hours of discussion per week

Additional Format: Two to four hours of lecture and one to zero hours of discussion per week. Seven and one-half hours of lecture and zero hour of discussion per week for 6 weeks.

Also listed as: POLECON C138

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GWS 139 Why Work? Gender and Labor Under Capitalism 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2022, Spring 2021, Fall 2017 This course uses gender as a lens to examine the nature, meaning, and organization of work. Students learn varied conceptual approaches with which to probe such issues as gender and race divisions of labor, the economic significance of caring and other forms of unpaid labor, earnings disparities between men and women, race and class differences in women's work, transnational labor immigration, and worker resistance and organizing. Why Work? Gender and Labor Under Capitalism: Read More [+]

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GWS 140 Feminist Cultural Studies 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018 This course introduces students to the interdisciplinary field of feminist cultural studies. Drawing upon contemporary theories of representational politics, the specific focus of the course will vary, but the emphasis will remain on the intersections of gender, race, nation, sexuality, and class in particular cultural and critical practices. Feminist Cultural Studies: Read More [+]

Formerly known as: Women's Studies 140

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GWS 141 Interrogating Global Economic "Development" 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2013, Spring 2010, Spring 2009 An introduction to women and gender in "development." Addresses theories of "development" (modernization, demographic transition, dependency, world systems, post-development, postcolonial, and transnational feminist): productions and representations of "underdevelopment"; national and international "development" apparatuses; "development" practices about labor, population, resources, environment , literacy, technologies, media; and women's resistance and alternatives. Interrogating Global Economic "Development": Read More [+]

Formerly known as: Women's Studies 141

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GWS 142 Women in the Muslim and Arab Worlds 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Fall 2017, Spring 2016 Examines differences and similarities in women's lives in the Muslim/Arab worlds, including diasporas in Europe and North America. Analysis of issues of gender in relation to "race," ethnicity, nation, religion, and culture. Women in the Muslim and Arab Worlds: Read More [+]

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GWS 143 Women, Proverty, and Globalization 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2010, Fall 2009 This course examines new patterns of inequality as they relate to the feminization of poverty in a global and transnational context. It will give students the opportunity to enhance their critical knowledge of new forms of globalization and their impact on the least-privileged group of women locally and globally. It also provides an opportunity for students to work with a local or global non-governmental or community organization with a focus on gender and poverty, and to engage in a systematic analysis of the strategies and practices of these organizations. Women, Proverty, and Globalization: Read More [+]

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture/discussion per week.

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GWS 144 Alternate Sexualities in a Transnational World 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2016 This course engages with contemporary narrations produced by and about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual postcolonial subjects through genres such as autobiography, fiction, academic writing, film, journalism, and poetry. Each semester the focus is geopolitically limited to no more than two countries to allow students to consider the conditions out of which the narrations are produced. Sites and subjects may vary from semester to s emester. Alternate Sexualities in a Transnational World: Read More [+]

Formerly known as: Women's Studies 144

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GWS C146A Cultural Representations of Sexualities: Queer Literary Culture 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2018 Cultural Representations of Sexuality: Queer Literary Culture explores a variety of twentieth-century literary texts (poetry, fiction, drama) produced at key moments in the “queer past.” Using sound recordings, visual art, and documentary film to enhance our encounter with literary texts, this course seeks to amplify the aesthetic dimensions of queer politics, sociality, culture and counter-culture, through sound and moving image. Over the course of the semester, students will learn to situate literary and text-based modes of expression and circulation within a broader field of cultural production. Cultural Representations of Sexualities: Queer Literary Culture: Read More [+]

Also listed as: LGBT C146A

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GWS C146B Cultural Representations of Sexualities: Queer Visual Culture 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2022 This course examines modern visual cultures that construct ways of seeing diverse sexualities. Considering Western conventions of representation during the modern period, we will investigate film, television, and video. How and when do "normative" and "queer" sexualities become visually defined? Cultural Representations of Sexualities: Queer Visual Culture: Read More [+]

Formerly known as: Women's Studies C146

Also listed as: LGBT C146B

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GWS 155 Gender and Transnational Migration 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2011 What economic, social, and cultural forces impel women to migrate and shape their experiences as immigrants? How does gender, together with race/ethnicity and class, affect processes of settlement, community building, and incorporation into labor markets? This course examines gender structures and relations as they are reconfigured and maintained through immigration. It emphasizes the agency of immigrant women as they cope with change and claim their rights as citizens. Gender and Transnational Migration: Read More [+]

Formerly known as: Women's Studies 155

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GWS C180Y Gender, Sex and Power 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2020 Gender, sex, and power shape and influence our cultural and social world in obvious and in hidden ways. Bay Area artists and activists focus on illuminating, shifting, redefining, and making use of the juncture of gender, sex, and power to bring about new opportunities and new futures. We will first explore the terrain of academic definitions of gender, sex, power and the connections among them, emphasizing how gender/sex/power is interlinked with racism, classism, colonialism, and dis/ablism. Topics addressed will include: labor, migration and belonging; food, shelter, and land; health and health care; sexuality and love; and politics and political action. Gender, Sex and Power: Read More [+]

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week.

Also listed as: L & S C180Y

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GWS 194A Unity Theme Program Seminar 2 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2021, Fall 2020 This course is designed to provide students with an introductory exploration of issues of sexuality and gender through community-centered praxis, democratic education, and dialogue. In a culturally and socially diverse society, discussion of differences is needed to facilitate understanding and build relationships among people, as well as to bring awareness to and address social inequities. Through this course, students will explore their own and others’ narratives in various social and institutional contexts, while learning from each other’s perspectives in community. Students will also explore ways of taking action to engage in social justice work and create social change at the interpersonal, community, and institutional levels. Unity Theme Program Seminar: Read More [+]

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of seminar per week

Additional Format: Two hours of seminar per week.

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. This is part one of a year long series course. A provisional grade of IP (in progress) will be applied and later replaced with the final grade after completing part two of the series. Final exam not required.

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GWS 194B UNITY THEME PROGRAM SEMINAR 2 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2021 This course is designed to provide students with an introductory exploration of queer theory and its intersections with leadership development. Students will engage in a multifaceted approach of learning through discussions in the academic seminar integrated with contextual education taking place in the community. By integrating knowledge of and experiences with issues affecting queer and trans communities, students will explore the importance of challenging dominant leadership paradigms as they develop their own identities as leaders. Students will also explore ways to turn social justice knowledge and conversation into tangible actions and work to create social change at the interpersonal, community, and institutional levels. UNITY THEME PROGRAM SEMINAR: Read More [+]

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. This is part two of a year long series course. Upon completion, the final grade will be applied to both parts of the series. Final exam not required.

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GWS 195 Gender and Women's Studies Senior Seminar 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 This seminar is required of all seniors majoring in gender and women’s studies, with the exception of seniors enrolled in GWS H195 . Students will engage in intensive seminar-style study of a topic determined by the faculty leader. Gender and Women's Studies Senior Seminar: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: 101

Additional Format: Three hours of seminar per week.

Formerly known as: Women's Studies 195

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GWS H195 Gender and Women's Studies Senior Honors Thesis 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2018 Entails writing a bachelor's honors thesis pertaining to the student's major in gender and women's studies. Each student will work under the guidance of a faculty adviser who will read and grade the thesis. Gender and Women's Studies Senior Honors Thesis: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: 15 upper division units in Gender and Women's Studies; 3.3 GPA in all University work and 3.3 GPA in courses in the major

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week

Additional Format: Individual conferences.

Formerly known as: Women's Studies H195

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GWS H195A Honor's Thesis A 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023 This seminar is required of seniors in majoring in gender and women’s studies who have qualified for and elected to pursue honors in the major. Entails writing a bachelor's honors thesis pertaining to the student's major in gender and women's studies. Each student will work under the guidance of a faculty adviser who will read and grade the work. In the first semester, students will be expected to establish a research plan and undertake original research on a focused topic. In the second semester, students will be expected to complete the writing of the honors thesis. Honor's Thesis A: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: GWS 101 is a prerequisite

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4 hours of seminar per week

Additional Format: Four hours of seminar per week.

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. This is part one of a year long series course. A provisional grade of IP (in progress) will be applied and later replaced with the final grade after completing part two of the series. Alternative to final exam.

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GWS H195B Honor's Thesis 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024 This seminar is required of seniors in majoring in gender and women’s studies who have qualified for and elected to pursue honors in the major. Entails writing a bachelor's honors thesis pertaining to the student's major in gender and women's studies. Each student will work under the guidance of a faculty adviser who will read and grade the work. In the first semester ( GWS H195A ), students will be expected to establish a research plan and undertake original research on a focused topic. In the second semester ( GWS H195B ), students will be expected to complete the writing of the honors thesis. Honor's Thesis: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: GWS H195A is a prerequisite

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. This is part two of a year long series course. Upon completion, the final grade will be applied to both parts of the series. Alternative to final exam.

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GWS C196A UCDC Core Seminar 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012 This course is the UCDC letter-graded core seminar for 4 units that complements the P/NP credited internship course UGIS C196B . Core seminars are designed to enhance the experience of and provide an intellectual framework for the student's internship. UCDC core seminars are taught in sections that cover various tracks such as the Congress, media, bureaucratic organizations and the Executive Branch, international relations, public policy and general un-themed original research. UCDC Core Seminar: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: C196B (must be taken concurrently)

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Students may enroll in multiple sections of this course within the same semester.

Summer: 10 weeks - 4.5 hours of seminar per week

Additional Format: Three hours of seminar per week. Four and one-half hours of seminar per week for 10 weeks.

Also listed as: HISTART C196A/HISTORY C196A/MEDIAST C196A/POL SCI C196A/POLECON C196A/SOCIOL C196A/UGIS C196A

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GWS C196B UCDC Internship 6.5 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013 This course provides a credited internship for all students enrolled in the UCDC and Cal in the Capital Programs. It must be taken in conjunction with the required academic core course C196A. C196B requires that students work 3-4 days per week as interns in settings selected to provide them with exposure to and experienc in government, public policy, international affairs, media, the arts or other areas or relevance to their major fields of study. UCDC Internship: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: C196A (must be taken concurrently)

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 20 hours of internship per week

Additional Format: Twenty hours of internship per week.

Also listed as: HISTART C196B/HISTORY C196B/MEDIAST C196B/POL SCI C196B/POLECON C196B/SOCIOL C196B/UGIS C196B

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GWS C196W Special Field Research 10.5 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Spring 2013 Students work in selected internship programs approved in advance by the faculty coordinator and for which written contracts have been established between the sponsoring organization and the student. Students will be expected to produce two progress reports for their faculty coordinator during the course of the internship , as well as a final paper for the course consisting of at least 35 pages. Other restrictions apply; see faculty adviser. Special Field Research: Read More [+]

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit up to a total of 12 units.

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar and 25 hours of internship per week

Summer: 6 weeks - 7.5 hours of seminar and 60 hours of internship per week 8 weeks - 6 hours of seminar and 50 hours of internship per week

Additional Format: 240-300 hours of work per semester plus regular meetings with the faculty supervisor.

Formerly known as: 196W

Also listed as: HISTART C196W/HISTORY C196W/MEDIAST C196W/POL SCI C196W/POLECON C196W/SOCIOL C196W/UGIS C196W

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GWS 197 Internship 2 - 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2017 Internship Program: Field work in an organization concerned with women's issues plus individual conferences with faculty. Students must present a written scope of work to the supervising faculty members before enrolling. Credit earned depends on the amount of written work completed by students that interprets the experience through diaries, historical reports, and creative work done for the organization. Faculty supervisor and student must agree on assignments. Internship: Read More [+]

Formerly known as: Women's Studies 197

GWS 198 Directed Group Study for Advanced Undergraduates 1 - 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017 Seminars for group study of selected topics not covered by regularly scheduled courses. Topics will vary from year to year. Directed Group Study for Advanced Undergraduates: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Gender and women's studies major

Summer: 8 weeks - 1-4 hours of directed group study per week

Additional Format: One to Four hour of Directed group study per week for 15 weeks. One to Four hour of Directed group study per week for 8 weeks.

Formerly known as: Women's Studies 198

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GWS 199 Supervised Independent Study for Advanced Undergraduates 1 - 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018 Reading and conference with the instructor in a field that does not coincide with that of any regular course and is specific enough to enable students to write an essay based upon their studies. Supervised Independent Study for Advanced Undergraduates: Read More [+]

Summer: 6 weeks - 1-5 hours of independent study per week 8 weeks - 1-4 hours of independent study per week

Additional Format: Zero hours of Independent study per week for 15 weeks. One to Four hour of Independent study per week for 8 weeks. One to Five hour of Independent study per week for 6 weeks.

Formerly known as: Women's Studies 199

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LGBT 20AC Sexual Politics and Queer Organzing in the US 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023 An introduction to varied dimensions of alternative sexual identities in the contemporary United States, with a focus ranging from individuals to communities. This course will use historical, sociological, ethnographic, political-scientific, psychological, psychoanalytical, legal, medical, literary, and filmic materials to chart trends and movements from the turn of the century to the present. Sexual Politics and Queer Organzing in the US: Read More [+]

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for 20AC after taking Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Studies 20AC.

Summer: 6 weeks - 7 hours of lecture and 3 hours of discussion per week

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week. Seven hours of lecture and three hours of discussion per week for 6 weeks.

Subject/Course Level: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender St/Undergraduate

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LGBT 98 Directed Group Study for Advanced Undergraduates 1 - 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013 Seminars for group study of selected topics not covered by regularly scheduled courses. Topics will vary from year to year. Directed Group Study for Advanced Undergraduates: Read More [+]

Additional Format: Three hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.

LGBT 100 Special Topics 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2021 This course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to work closely with LGBT faculty, investigating a topic of mutual interest in great depth. Emphasis in on student discussion and collaboration. Topics will vary from semester to semester. Number of units will vary depending on specific course, format, and requirements. Special Topics: Read More [+]

Summer: 6 weeks - 1-3 hours of lecture per week

Additional Format: One to three hours of lecture/discussion per week.

LGBT 145 Interpreting the Queer Past: Methods and Problems in the History of Sexuality 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2021 This course examines interpretive issues in studying the history of sexuality and the formation of sexual identities and communities. Considering primary documents, secondary literature, and theoretical essays, we investigate specific historiographical concerns and raise questions about historical methodology and practice. Interpreting the Queer Past: Methods and Problems in the History of Sexuality: Read More [+]

Formerly known as: Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Studies C145

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LGBT 146 Cultural Representations of Sexuality 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2021, Spring 2018, Spring 2017 This course will draw upon a wide range of critical theory, film, music, literature, popular culture, ethnography, theater, and visual art to explore the relationship between cultural forms of representation and individual and collective forms of expression. Central questions for mutual consideration will include: Who/what constitutes the subject of queer cultural production? How are queer theories relevant (or irrelevant) to queer cultural and political practices? Cultural Representations of Sexuality: Read More [+]

Additional Format: Seven and one-half hours of lecture and discussion per week for six weeks.

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LGBT C146A Cultural Representations of Sexualities: Queer Literary Culture 4 Units

Also listed as: GWS C146A

LGBT C146B Cultural Representations of Sexualities: Queer Visual Culture 4 Units

Also listed as: GWS C146B

LGBT C147B Sexuality, Culture, and Colonialism 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2019 An introduction to social theory and ethnographic methodology in the cross-cultural study of sexuality, particularly sexual orientation and gender identity. The course will stress the relationships between culture, international and local political economy, and the representation and experience of what we will provisionally call homosexual and transgendered desires or identities. Sexuality, Culture, and Colonialism: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: 3 or Sociology 3

Summer: 6 weeks - 8 hours of lecture per week 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week

Additional Format: Three hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. Six hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks. Eight hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.

Also listed as: ANTHRO C147B

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LGBT C148 Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality 4 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2011 Course focuses on the production of sexualities, sexual identification, and gender differentiation across multiple discourses and locations. Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality: Read More [+]

Summer: 8 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Format: Three hours of Lecture and One hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks. Three hours of Lecture and One hour of Discussion per week for 8 weeks.

Formerly known as: 126

Also listed as: ETH STD C126

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LGBT 198 Directed Group Study for Advanced Undergraduates 1 - 4 Units

Contact information, department of gender and women's studies.

680 Social Sciences Building

Phone: 510-642-2767

Fax: 510-642-0246

Department Chair

Leslie Salzinger, PhD

616 Social Sciences Building

[email protected]

Vice Chair for Research

Paola Bacchetta, PhD

[email protected]

Vice Chair for Pedagogy

Laura C. Nelson, PhD

620 Social Sciences Building

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Undergraduate Major Advisor

Eric Cheatham

608C Social Sciences Building

Phone: 510-642-8513

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Department Manager

Sandra Richmond

622 Social Sciences Building

Phone: 510-642-7084

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