INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAM IN WOMEN'S STUDIES
352 Murray Krieger
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Jennifer Terry, Director
Core Faculty
Lara Deeb, Ph.D. Emory University, Assistant Professor of Women's Studies (gender, modernity, and public spheres; religious and social movements; Islamic feminisms; Middle East studies)
Inderpal Grewal, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of Women's Studies (feminist theories of internationalism and transnationalism, cultural studies, British nineteenth-century studies, South Asia and its diasporas)
Susan Jarratt, Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin, Campus Writing Coordinator and Professor of Comparative Literature and Education (rhetoric, composition pedagogy, feminist theory)
Laura H. Y. Kang, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz, Associate Professor of Women's Studies and Comparative Literature (feminist epistemologies and theories, cultural studies, ethnic studies)
Kavita Philip, Ph.D. Cornell University, Associate Professor of Women's Studies (science and technology studies, South Asian studies, political ecology, critical studies of race, gender, colonialism, new media, and globalization)
Connie Samaras, M.F. A. Eastern Michigan University, Professor of Studio Art (photography, media, film criticism, gender studies, culture and technology)
Jennifer Terry, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz, Director of the Program in Women's Studies and Associate Professor of Women's Studies and Comparative Literature (cultural studies, social theory; science and technology studies, formations of gender and sexuality; critical approaches to modernity; American studies in transnational perspective)
Linda Trinh Võ, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego, UCI Chancellor's Fellow and Associate Professor of Asian American Studies (Southeast Asian Americans, Asian American women, race relations)
Affiliated Faculty
Dina Al-Kassim, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature
Victoria Bernal, Ph.D. Northwestern University, Associate Professor of Anthropology
Sharon B. Block, Ph.D. Princeton University, Associate Professor of History
Tom Boellstorff, Ph.D. Stanford University, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Kitty C. Calavita, Ph.D. University of Delaware, Professor of Social Ecology and Sociology
Teresa Caldeira, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Associate Professor of Anthropology
Francesca M. Cancian, Ph.D. Harvard University, Professor Emerita of Sociology
Chungmoo Choi, Ph.D. Indiana University, Associate Professor of Korean Culture
Alice Fahs, Ph.D. New York University, Associate Professor of History
Susan Greenhalgh, Ph.D. Columbia University, Professor of Anthropology
Elizabeth Guthrie, Ph.D. University of Illinois, Director of the French Language Program and Senior Lecturer with Security of Employment
Jonathan M. Hall, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and of Film and Media Studies
Helen Ingram, Ph.D. Columbia University, Professor of Social Ecology and Political Science, and Drew, Chace and Erin Warmington Chair in the Social Ecology of Peace and International Cooperation
Valerie Jenness, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara, Chair of the Department of Criminology, Law and Society and Professor of Social Ecology and Sociology
Ketu H. Katrak, Ph.D. Bryn Mawr College, Professor of Asian American Studies, English, and Comparative Literature
Susan B. Klein, Ph.D. Cornell University, Director of Religious Studies and Associate Professor of Japanese
Karen R. Lawrence, Ph.D. Columbia University, Dean of the School of Humanities and Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Bliss (Felicidad) Cua Lim, Ph.D. New York University, Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies
Catherine Lord, M.F.A. State University of New York, Buffalo (Visual Studies Workshop), Professor of Studio Art
William M. Maurer, Ph.D. Stanford University, Department Chair and Associate Professor of Anthropology
Glen Mimura, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz, Associate Professor of Asian American Studies
Laura Mitchell, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Assistant Professor of History
Robert G. Moeller, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Professor of History
Jane O. Newman, Ph.D. Princeton University, Professor of Comparative Literature
Carrie J. Noland, Ph.D. Harvard University, Co-Director of the Major in Humanities and Arts and Associate Professor of French
Margot Norris, Ph.D. State University of New York, Buffalo, Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Rachel O'Toole, Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Assistant Professor of History
Jen'nan G. Read, Ph.D. University of Texas, Assistant Professor of Sociology
Amelia C. Regan, Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Civil Engineering
Janelle Reinelt, Ph.D. Stanford University, Professor of Drama
Bryan Reynolds, Ph.D. Harvard University, UCI Chancellor's Fellow, Professor of Drama, and Head of Doctoral Studies in Drama
Jill Robbins, Ph.D. University of Kansas, Associate Dean of the School of Humanities and Associate Professor of Spanish
Belinda Robnett, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Associate Professor of Sociology
Judy B. Rosener, Ph.D. Claremont Graduate School, Senior Lecturer with Security of Employment Emerita, Management
Annette Schlichter, Ph.D. Humboldt University of Berlin, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature
Gabriele Schwab, Ph.D. University of Konstanz, UCI Chancellor's Professor of Comparative Literature
John H. Smith, Ph.D. Princeton University, Director of the Critical Theory Institute, Department Chair and Professor of German, and Professor of Comparative Literature
Sally A. Stein, Ph.D. Yale University, Associate Professor of Art History
Ulrike Strasser, Ph.D. University of Minnesota, Associate Professor of History
Katherine Tate, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Professor of Political Science
Heidi Tinsman, Ph.D. Yale University, UCI Chancellor's Fellow and Associate Professor of History
Deborah R. Vargas, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz, Assistant Professor of Chicano/Latino Studies
Anne Walthall, Ph.D. University of Chicago, Co-Director of the Minor in Asian Studies and Professor of History and of East Asian Languages and Literatures
Hu Ying, Ph.D. Princeton University, Associate Professor of Chinese
Mei Zhan, Ph.D. Stanford University, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
UCI's Program in Women's Studies is dedicated to the study of women, gender, and sexuality in their complex articulation with race, ethnicity, class, religion, and nationality. The Program's goal is to foster both critical and creative analysis of the various disciplinary perspectives—historical, political, economic, representational, technological, and scientific—that have (or have not) constituted women, gender, and sexuality as objects of study. By emphasizing a rigorous interdisciplinary perspective in their teaching and research, the Women's Studies faculty seek to produce new knowledge about the social meanings of gender, race, class, and sexuality, and to equip students with a range of analytical and methodological skills.
The field of women's studies has developed at a phenomenal rate from a handful of student-initiated courses in the early 1970s to more than 600 programs in colleges and universities across the United States offering degrees at the B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. levels. UCI's Program in Women's Studies was founded in 1975 and has grown significantly since that time. The program offers a B.A. degree in Women's Studies, a minor in Women's Studies, a minor in Queer Studies, and a graduate emphasis in Feminist Studies.
Women's Studies provides a unique intellectual community for undergraduate and graduate students, where faculty and students share a commitment to interactive teaching and learning. Students work closely with faculty and the program's academic coordinator to plan a coherent program of study and to anticipate work toward advanced degrees and a wide variety of career options.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
A degree in Women's Studies prepares students for the expanding opportunities available in graduate programs and in numerous careers in both the public and private sectors. As more women work, business and corporations find the need for increased knowledge about women, and the growth of women's organizations and agencies—at the local, national, and global levels—is creating new opportunities for graduates with specializations in Women's Studies. Graduates bring unique skills and knowledge to the professions of law, medicine, social work, teaching, counseling, and to government service, all of which increasingly require expertise on issues concerning women and gender. A background in Women's Studies develops critical and analytical skills which prove valuable in the full range of life choices.
The UCI Career Center provides services to students and alumni including career counseling, information about job opportunities, a career library, and workshops on resume preparation, job search, and interview techniques. In addition, the Women's Studies Office provides more specialized career counseling and information on graduate programs in Women's Studies and related fields.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN WOMEN'S STUDIES
University Requirements: See pages 59-64.
School Requirements: See page 254.
Requirements for the Major
A. Three introductory core courses: Women's Studies 50A, plus two selected from 50B, 50C, 60A, 60B, 60C.
B. Three advanced core courses (one each from the Women's Studies 100, 110, and 120 series) and Women's Studies 197.
C. Four elective advanced core courses selected from Women's Studies 139-168.
D. Two additional advanced elective courses selected from Women's Studies 170-190. Students may request, by petition, one lower-division course to count in this category. This course should be primarily centered on the study of women, gender, and/or feminism.
Residence Requirement for the Major: A minimum of five upper-division courses required for the major must be completed successfully at UCI.
Requirements for the Minor
Completion of seven courses including: three lower-division courses selected from Women's Studies 50A, 50B, 50C, 60A, 60B, 60C; two courses selected from Women's Studies 100, 110, 120, 139, 155, 156, 157, 158, 165, 166, 167, 168; and two courses selected from Women's Studies 170-190.
Residence Requirement for the Minor: A minimum of four upper-division courses required for the minor must be completed successfully at UCI. By petition, two of the four may be taken through the UC Education Abroad Program, provided course content is approved in advance by the appropriate department chair.
MINOR IN QUEER STUDIES
The Program in Women's Studies offers a minor in Queer Studies as the critical inquiry into sexuality has emerged to be a vital area of intellectual production, bringing together scholars and students from a variety of disciplines and interdisciplinary fields. Taking as a point of departure that sexuality is a complex historical and cultural phenomenon, Queer Studies assumes that thoughtful examination of this complexity is an important and compelling undertaking. Queer Studies draws upon methods from anthropology, history, psychology, sociology, literature, philosophy, biology, art, and art history. It also combines theory and methods from women's studies, gender studies, ethnic studies, critical legal studies, religious studies, science and technology studies, visual studies, area studies, and cultural studies.
Requirements for the Minor
A. Two lower-division introductory courses: Women's Studies 20 plus one course selected from Women's Studies 50A, 50B, 50C, 60A, 60B, 60C, and Sociology 69 (when topics address the sociology of sexuality).
B. Two upper-division core courses: Women's Studies 157A and 157B.
C. Three upper-division courses selected from: Women's Studies 100A, 100B, 100C, 110A, 110B, 110C, 120A, 120B, 120C, 165A, 165B, 167B, 168B, 190; History 128B, 146E, 146D, 169 (when topics address gender and sexuality in Latin America); Film and Media Studies 190 (when topics address issues on sexuality in representation and theory), 112 (when topics address issues on sexuality in representation and theory); Anthropology 129 (when topics address issues on sexuality and gender), 139 (when topics address issues on sexuality and HIV/AIDS); Drama 103 (when topics cover the representation of gays and lesbians in drama); Spanish 185 (when topics cover issues on sexuality in peninsular Spain and/or Portugal), 186 (when topics cover issues on sexuality in Latin American literature and culture).
Residence Requirement for the Minor: A minimum of four upper-division courses required for the minor must be successfully completed at UCI. Two of the four may be taken through the UC Education Abroad Program, provided course content is approved in advance by the appropriate department chair.
GRADUATE EMPHASIS IN FEMINIST STUDIES
The Program in Women's Studies offers an emphasis in Feminist Studies, which is available in conjunction with the Ph.D. programs in the Departments of Anthropology, Comparative Literature, East Asian Languages and Literatures, English, French and Italian, German, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology, Spanish and Portuguese; the program in Visual Studies; and the M.F.A. programs in Drama and Studio Art. Satisfactory completion of the emphasis is certified by the Director of Women's Studies and is noted in the student's dossier.
Admission to the Program
Applicants must first be admitted to, or currently enrolled in, one of the participating programs noted above. Applicants must submit to the Women's Studies Graduate Program Committee: (1) an application form listing prior undergraduate and graduate course work related to Feminist Studies, institutions attended, and majors(s); and (2) a one- to two-page statement of purpose, including career objectives, areas of interest and research, record of research, teaching, community, and/or creative work.
The Committee determines admissions, in consultation with the Women's Studies Core Faculty, based upon the extent to which the applicant's research interests relate to Feminist Studies, the applicant's previous course work, and research or other experience related to Feminist or Women's Studies. Lack of prior course work does not preclude admission, so long as a compelling statement of research interests congruent with the graduate emphasis makes the case.
Emphasis Requirements
Minimum course work for the graduate emphasis in Feminist Studies consists of four courses: two core courses, Women's Studies 200A-B, a coherent sequence normally taken in consecutive quarters; and any two courses selected from the list of courses in Feminist Studies approved by the Committee, as long as one of these is a graduate course in the student's own department or area of interest. In keeping with the interdisciplinary focus of this emphasis, it is highly recommended that the other be a course from a discipline outside that department or area. The course requirements for Ph.D. and M.F.A. candidates are the same.
For doctoral students, the qualifying examination and dissertation topic should incorporate gender as a central category of analysis. One member of the candidate's qualifying examination committee and of the candidate's dissertation committee is normally a member of the Women's Studies and affiliate faculty. There are no requirements concerning qualifying examinations or theses for M.F.A. students.
LOWER-DIVISION
INTRODUCTORY CORE COURSES
Courses of general interest for all students. No prerequisites. Designed to survey and to introduce methods and premises of interdisciplinary studies. Many of these courses fulfill part of the UCI breadth requirement.
20 Introduction to Queer Studies (4). Study of sexuality from the perspective of lesbian, gay, queer, transgender scholarship spanning humanities, social sciences, arts. (VII-A)
50A Gender and Feminism in Everyday Life (4). What is gender? Why does studying it matter? Explores how feminism has understood not only gender as a category of social analysis, but how gender structures personal identities, family, citizenship, work and leisure, social policy, sexuality, and language. (IV, VII-A)
50B Reproducing and Resisting Inequality (4). From bedroom to boardroom to voting booth to international division of labor, how are societal institutions and politics "gendered"? Examines relationships of gender, race, ethnicity, class, and region in sexual and reproductive experiences, households, education, work, and politics, including community activism. (IV, VII-A)
50C Gender and Popular Culture (4). An investigation of gender, race, and sexuality in film, TV, video, music, and advertising, with attention to the ways that popular culture shapes understandings of technology, national identities, leisure and work, historical memory, international communication, and multicultural representation. (IV, VII-A)
60A Gender and Science (4). Examines science from a variety of feminist viewpoints in order to explore how science influences everyday life. Special attention is given to the ways science shapes our understanding of gender, race, and sexuality. (III)
60B Gender and Law (4). Introduction to the relationship between gender, race, sexuality, and the law. Critical thinking about how law defines citizenship, political representation, and democracy, focusing on the history of legal reform undertaken in the name of women as a social group. (III)
60C Gender and Religion (4). Introduces the topic of religion in a feminist context by performing cross-cultural exploration of gender, authority, and faith in various traditions. Study includes (but is not limited to) writings of contemporary Jewish, Christian, and Muslim feminists. (III)
UPPER-DIVISION
Courses in which students gain experience in analysis, interpretation, and writing.
ADVANCED CORE COURSES
100: THEORY, KNOWLEDGE, CULTURE
100A Producing Feminist Knowledge (4). Explores alternative ways that feminist scholars frame research questions, conduct research or creative activity. Examines challenges that feminist scholarship poses to the academy and the challenges the academy poses to feminist scholars. Formerly Women's Studies 159.
100B Feminist Theory (4). Introduction to historical traditions in theory and various conceptual frameworks informing Women's Studies' scholarship. Concepts include (but are not limited to) identity, representation, and political economy. Formerly Women's Studies 140.
100C Key Concepts in Feminist Cultural Studies (4). Investigation of the theories and methods that inform the feminist study of culture. Focuses on the interpretation of the visual arts and literature created by, and predominantly for, women.
110: UNDERSTANDING POWER AND GENDER
110A Gender, State, and Nation (4). Examination of gender and sexuality in relation to the production of identities created through participation in state and nation. Examines complexity of relationship between feminism and nationalism, feminism and state. (VII-B)
110B Money, Sex, and Power (4). Examination of gender and sexuality in relation to the emergence of the modern world, modernity, and capitalism; commodification, circulation, and transnational exchanges relating to race, gender, class, sexuality, religion, and nationality.
110C Producing Gender Transnationally (4). Examination of how ideas and formations of gender cross national and international boundaries; encounters between feminist and sexual identity movements; how terms such as "sex" and "gender" change meanings according to time and place. (VII-B)
120: INTERPRETING BODIES AND PLEASURES
120A Modern Pleasures: Bodies and Practices (4). Focus on the theory and history of pleasure within academic disciplines as well as in social and cultural processes and networks.
120B Image Problems: Stereotypes and Representations (4). Examination of scholarly approaches to gender stereotypes and politics of representation as they present possibilities for critical analysis and produce problems and limitations; how powerful ideas of gender intersect with other forms of social differentiation such as race and class. (VII-A)
120C Engendering Colonial Bodies (4). Examination of the production of gender and sexuality in the contexts of colonialism and modernization; representations of colonialist and nationalist struggles over gender and race; female bodies as sites of contestation. (VII-B)
ADVANCED ELECTIVE CORE COURSES
139 Topics in Gender Studies (4). Various topics in gender studies. Includes issues of gender, culture, race and class, including issues of sexualities and social justice. Prerequisite: satisfactory completion of the lower-division writing requirement. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. (VII-A)
155 Special Topics in Women's Studies (4). Designed to provide students with an opportunity to do advanced work in women's studies. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. Formerly Humanities 155.
156: GENDER AND RACE STUDIES
156A Race and Gender (4). Examines the roles and intersections of racism, sexism, and heterosexism in U.S. culture and society. Through history and literature, explores the process of immigration, colonization (of identity, language, and the body), and cultural interaction. (VII-A)
156B Gender, Race, and the Built Environment (4). Examination of the ways in which houses, buildings, streets, cities, and indeed all social spaces reveal cultural conceptualizations of gender and sexuality in relation to other social relations and processes. (VII-A)
157: QUEER STUDIES
157A Topics in Lesbian and Gay Studies (4). Explores issues in lesbian and gay studies from one or more of the following perspectives: theoretical, historical, legal, economic, political, sociological, and representation in the arts. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. Formerly Women's Studies 161. (VII-A)
157B Queer Lives and Knowledges (4). Explores the emergence and historical elaboration of non-normative sexual identities, practices, and communities; focuses on medical, legal, literary, aesthetic, scientific, and religious notions about homosexuality and appropriations and subversions of these notions by queer people. Formerly Women's Studies 161B. Women's Studies 161B/157B and Studio Art 122 may not both be taken for credit.
158: GENDER AND THE PRODUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE
158A Gender and the Politics of Information (4). Investigates from feminist perspectives the challenges in the "information age" and its embedded gender and political dimensions. Examines the increasingly complex identification, evaluation, application, and transmission of information. Formerly Women's Studies 160. (VII-A)
158B Defining Women of Color (4). Examination of women of color as a historical movement emerging as a result to anti-racist struggle in the late twentieth century; who counts as a woman of color, who is included and excluded, the advantages and limitations of this approach to racism. (VII-A)
165: GENDER AND SCIENCE
165A Gender, Biology, and Environmental Ethics (4). What is "nature" and how do we know and represent it? Introduces students to the history of "nature" produced within scientific knowledge, as well as historical developments.
165B HIV/AIDS (4). Explores HIV/AIDS from a feminist perspective focusing on cultural and political-economic analysis and representations of the disease both within the U.S. and globally. (VII-B)
165C New Reproductive Technologies (4). Examination of representation, implication, and bioethics of new reproductive technologies in different cultures; effects of new reproductive technologies on identities and bodies.
165D Gender and Science in Colonial India (4). Examination of British colonial policies and politics of science and gender in India; comparison of British India with other colonial contexts; importance of science for colonial rule and history of colonial science and technology. (VII-B)
165E Gender and Cyberspace (4). How has gender and sexuality been produced in the cyberspace frontier during its brief but volatile history? Takes an interdisciplinary approach to this question that engages with debates in urban studies, history of science, anthropology, and political ecology.
165F Gender and Technology (4). Using a variety of disciplinary methods, examines how various technological processes and products produce culturally complex meanings associated with gender and technology.
166: GENDER AND RELIGION
166A Contemporary Issues in Gender and Islam (4). Exploration of lives of Muslim women in different cultural contexts; critical examination of various Islamic constructions and interpretations of gender, sexuality, and human nature. (VII-B)
167: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF GENDER
167A Militarism and Gender (4). Feminist approach to militarism, war, and political violence drawing on representations of women as both victims of and participants in military violence; effects of militarism on formations of gender; effects of military industrial complex on nationalism and identity. (VII-B)
167B Sexual Traffic (4). Interdisciplinary approaches to understanding the concept of "sexual traffic" as it impacts the formation of sexualized bodies and sexual subjects within and across national boundaries. (VII-B)
168: GENDER AND CULTURAL STUDIES
168A Music and Audio Cultures (4). Examination of the significance of gender, power, and identity in music and audio cultures; changing technologies and connections to gender; political economy of music and audio cultures; representation of women in popular music; performance and reception across different cultures. (VII-A)
168B The Politics of Style (4). Examination of the emergence of style and lifestyle in relation to gender and sexuality; analysis of subcultures, politics, and representation of style in relation to formation of social identities.
ADVANCED ELECTIVE COURSES
170 Gender, Feminism, Literature, and Language (4). Topics cover issues in language and literature which relate to women or gender, or which are taught from a feminist methodological perspective. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
171 Gender, Feminism, and History (4). Topics cover issues in history which relate to women or gender, or which are taught from a feminist methodological perspective. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
173 Gender, Feminism, and Philosophy (4). Topics cover issues in philosophy which relate to women or gender, or which are taught from a feminist methodological perspective. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
174 Gender, Feminism, and the Arts (4). Topics cover issues in the arts which relate to women or gender, or which are taught from a feminist methodological perspective. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
180 Gender, Feminism, and Anthropology (4). Topics cover issues which relate to women or gender, or which are taught from a feminist methodological perspective. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
181 Gender, Feminism, and Cognitive Psychology (4). Topics cover issues in cognitive psychology which relate to women or gender, or which are taught from a feminist methodological perspective. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
182 Gender, Feminism, and Economics (4). Topics cover issues in economics which relate to women and gender, or which are taught from a feminist methodological perspective. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
183 Gender, Feminism, and Sociology (4). Topics cover issues in sociology which relate to women or gender, or which are taught from a feminist methodological perspective. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
184 Gender, Feminism, and Political Science (4). Topics cover issues in political science which relate to women or gender, or which are taught from a feminist methodological perspective. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
185 Gender, Feminism, and Social Sciences (4). Topics cover issues in social sciences which relate to women or gender, or which are taught from a feminist methodological perspective. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
187 Gender, Feminism, and Social Ecology (4). Topics cover issues in social ecology which relate to women or gender, or which are taught from a feminist methodological perspective. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
188 Gender, Feminism, and Science (4). Topics cover issues in science which relate to women or gender, or which are taught from a feminist methodological perspective. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
189 Gender, Feminism, and Interdisciplinary Studies (4). Topics cover issues in interdisciplinary studies which relate to women or gender, or which are taught from a feminist methodological perspective. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
190 Topics in Queer Studies (4). Topics cover issues in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, and arts that relate to critical inquiry of sexuality. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
197 Senior Seminar in Women's Studies (4) S. Students read advanced scholarship in Women's Studies and complete a major seminar paper. Prerequisite: Women's Studies 139. (VII-A)
198 Directed Group Study (4). Special topics through directed reading. Paper required. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
199 Directed Research (1 to 4) F, W, S. Directed reading and research in consultation with a faculty member. Substantial written work required. Prerequisite: consent of sponsoring faculty member.
GRADUATE
200A Feminist Knowledge and Social Change (4). Provides a broad and introductory overview of Women's Studies and feminist knowledges, including key concepts, theoretical frameworks, disciplinary approaches and methods, and critical debates that have shaped the field. May be taken for credit twice.
200B Problems in Feminist Research (4). Colloquium on analytic approaches to interdisciplinary feminist research in Women's Studies and exploration of how feminist knowledges are produced in different academic disciplines. Prerequisite: Women's Studies 200A or consent of instructor. May be taken twice for credit as topics vary.
201 Special Topics in Feminist Theory (4). Seminars on various topics in feminist theory. Prerequisite: Women's Studies 200A-B. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
210A Graduate Feminist Theory (4). In-depth introduction to various theoretical frameworks that have and continue to inform scholarship in Women's Studies including (but not limited to) identity, representation, and political economy.
260A Advanced Seminar in Women's Studies (4). Covers various areas of research within Women's Studies as an interdisciplinary field. Recommended for advanced graduate students.
290 Directed Research (2 to 12). Directed graduate study/research in Women's Studies. May be taken for credit for a total of 24 units.
399 University Teaching (4). Limited to Teaching Assistants. Must be admitted to the graduate emphasis in Feminist Studies. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only. May be taken for credit six times.
