Gender Studies Major (BA)

Requirements

Core Courses:

WGS 4000/WGS 2000	Principles of Gender Studies	3.00 units
WGS 4910	Senior Project	3.00 units
WGS 4920	Senior Project Workshop	1.00 unit

Research Methods (3 units)

CMS 4001	Research Methods in Mass Communication	3.00 units
	or
POL 3101/IS 3101	Research Methods in Social Science	4.00 units
	or
PSY 3191	Research Methods	4.00 units

WGS 4996	Internship: Gender Studies	0.50 to 3.00 units

Leadership (3 units)

BUS 3051
	or
BUS 4075	Leadership, Teams & Change	3.00 units
Total Credit Hours:		15-19

Foundational Courses:

History

Select one 3 unit course from the following: (3 units)

HIST 3202	Women & The American Experience	3.00 units
HIST 3206	Women in Modern Europe	3.00 units
HIST 3235	Women's Causes, Women's Voices	3.00 units
HIST 3611	Women in Latin America	3.00 units

Psychology

Select one 3 unit course from the following: (3 units)

PSY 4011	Psychology of Women	3.00 units
PSY 4012
PSY 4013	Human Sexuality	3.00 units

Select two 3 unit courses from the following: (6 units)

HCS 3106/ENGL 3106	Gender Subcultures	3.00 units
POL 3220/PHIL 3220	Gender: Ethics & Politics	3.00 units
RLGN 3132/RLGN 1032	Women, Religion and Sexuality	3.00 units
RLGN 3154/RLGN 1054	Theology of Women	3.00 units
WGS 3222/WGS 2222	Gender Relations	3.00 units
WGS 3800	Toxic Bodies	3.00 units
WGS 3801	The Masculinity Matrix	3.00 units
Total Credit Hours:		12

Gender Studies Elective Courses (9 units)

6 units must be upper division and 6 units must be taken at Dominican.

Other departments on campus may also offer Gender Studies courses which could be taken; electives may include 3 units of transfer credits. Courses must meet such criteria as representing the cultural and historical diversity of women/gender and including the latest scholarship on women/gender in the discipline. See respective discipline Course Description sections of this catalog.

Sample elective courses offered are:

ARTH 3149	Women, Art and Culture	3.00 units
HCS 3106/ENGL 3106	Gender Subcultures	3.00 units
HIST 3051	Women in the World	3.00 units
HIST 3100s	History Biographies on important figures in Gender Studies History; Courses listed under Undergraduate History	1.00 unit
HIST 3206	Women in Modern Europe	3.00 units
HIST 3235	Women's Causes, Women's Voices	3.00 units
MUS 3305	Early American Women Through Song	3.00 units
PHIL 3150	Sexual Morality	3.00 units
PHIL 3220/POL 3220	Gender: Ethics & Politics	3.00 units
WGS 3222/WGS 2222	Gender Relations	3.00 units
WGS 3800	Toxic Bodies	3.00 units
WGS 3801	The Masculinity Matrix	3.00 units
Total Credit Hours:		9

Total Credit Hours: 36-40

Note: It is recommended that the student enroll in a gender-focused Colloquium.