WOMEN’S STUDIES

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Office:
Craven Hall, Sixth Floor

Department Chair:
Linda Pershing, Ph.D.

Telephone:
(760) 750-8008

Faculty:

Anthropology:
Bonnie Bade, Ph.D.
Biology:
Brian J. Norris, Ph.D.
Chemistry:
Karno Ng-Alston, Ph.D.
Communication:
Dreama Moon, Ph.D.
Economics:
Ranjeeta Ghiara, Ph.D.
Foreign Language:
Stella T. Clark, Ph.D.
Silvia Rolle, Ph.D.
History:
Carmen Nava, Ph.D.
Jill Watts, Ph.D. 
Library:
‑Terry Allison, Ph.D.
Literature and Writing Studies:
Susie L. Cassel, Ph.D.
Dawn Formo, Ph.D.
Yuan Yuan, Ph.D.
Political Science:
Cynthia Chavez Metoyer, Ph.D
Psychology:
Cherie G. O’Boyle, Ph.D.
Marie Thomas, Ph.D.
Patricia E. Worden, Ph.D.
Sociology
Therese L. Baker, Ph.D.
Kristin Bates, Ph.D.
Sharon Elise, Ph.D.
Darlene Piña, Ph.D.
Linda Shaw, Ph.D.
Visual and Performing Arts:
Andrea Liss, Ph.D.             
Deborah Small, M.F.A.
Women’s Studies:
Linda Pershing, Ph.D.      

Programs Offered:

Women’s Studies uses an inter­disciplinary approach to explore the question, “What does it mean to be a woman?”  This exploration can include the legal status of women, the particular forms of artistic expression chosen by women, the experiences of women in the past, theories about women, and the roles of women in family and economics. It challenges stu­dents to explore their own values and those of others, to analyze the assumptions of culture, and to learn more about issues facing women in contemporary society.

Women’s Studies has been a nationally recognized interdisci­plinary area of study for more than 30 years. More than 400 colleges and universities offer degree-granting programs in Women’s Studies; over twice that many offer programs.

Students with a Women’s Studies background work in a great variety of fields including the law, jour­nalism, the arts, social services, counseling, edu­cation, public policy, and business.

Students interested in graduate study in Women’s Studies have an array of programs available around the country, including master’s and Ph.D. programs, and certificates in Women’s Studies earned in connection with another
discipline.

 

BACHELOR OF ARTS IN WOMEN’S STUDIES

Units

General Education* 51
Major Requirements* 39
Students must take a sufficient number of
elective unitsto bring the total number of
units to a minimum of120

Major Requirements
Core (12 units)

Units
WMST 101*3
WMST 3013
WMST 4903
WMST 401 or WMST 4993

Disciplinary Perspectives (15 units)

Choose one course from each area.  Three (3) units may be com­pleted at the lower-division level.

  1. Women and Tradition3

Select one course:
HIST 316HIST 384
HIST 327MATH 304

  1. Women and the Arts3

Select one course:
LTWR 330**VSAR 322
LTWR 334**VSAR 326
LTWR 400**WMST 450
LTWR 430**

  1. Women and Contemporary  Issues3

Select one course:
ECON 341SOC 305
PSCI 391SOC 306
PSCI 472SOC 315
PSYC 350SOC 337
PSYC 356WMST 407
SOC 303

 

*Also satisfies a lower division General Education requirement

 **The course must focus on Women

 

 

d. Women and the Body3

Select one course:
BIOL 327 SOC 307
PSYC 350WMST 424
PSYC 352

  1. Women and International
    Perspectives3

Select one course:

SOC 315 HIST 384
WMST 445

Electives (12 units)

Three (3) units may be completed at the lower division level.  Choose from approved disciplinary perspective courses listed above in areas “a” through “e.”
or
WMST 3983
WMST 4013
WMST 4953
WMST 4993

Total Units39

 


MINOR IN WOMEN’S STUDIES

Course Requirements
Completion of eighteen (18) units of credit, twelve (12) units of which must be at the upper-division level.

Core (3 units)

Units

WMST 101*3

*Transfer students may substitute WMST 301 for this requirement.

 

Breadth requirements (15 units)

Three (3) units in each of the following three areas:

  1. Women and Tradition3

Select one course:
HIST 316HIST 384
HIST 327HIST 434
HIST 332

  1. Women and the Arts3

Select one course:
LTWR 330**               VSAR 322
LTWR 334**               VSAR 326
LTWR 400**               WMST 450
LTWR 430**              

**This course must focus on women.

 

  1. Women and Contemporary  Issues3

Select one course:
ECON 341SOC 303
PSCI 391SOC 305
PSCI 472SOC 315
PSYC 350SOC 337
PSYC 356WMST 445

Two (2) elective courses approved for Women’s Studies
credit including one course at the
400-level6

The selection may include indepen­dent research or internships. Work done under other disciplines and not listed above will require prior appro­val bythe Women’s Studies Co-chair(s).

Total Units18