WOMEN'S STUDIES MINOR PROGRAM  – 2005-07 Catalog
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The Women’s Studies Minor provides a thorough, inter-disciplinary background in feminist thought and theory. Core (required) and elective courses interrogate the history and evolution of ideas about gender and sexual identity, and engage with these issues on multiple levels of inquiry. The Minor encourages active student learning and emphasizes sophisticated analysis of how gender and sexuality, as well as race, ethnicity and class (and other markers of identity) shape women’s and men’s lives. The program embraces the intellectual perspectives of faculty and students across the spectrum of Cal Poly’s majors and colleges.

The Minor is housed within the College of Liberal Arts, and its courses are offered by Art and Design, English, Ethnic Studies, History, Kinesiology, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology and Child Development, Social Sciences, Speech Communication, Theatre and Dance, and Women’s Studies.

 

Units

Required Courses (20)

 

WS 301 Intro to Women's Studies  (D5) (USCP)

4

WS 311 Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective (D5) or WS 401 Seminar in Women's Studies or WS 340 Sexuality Studies (D5)

4

WS/RELS 336 Religion, Gender and Society (C4) (USCP) or PSY 314 Psychology of Women or SOC 311 Sociology of Gender

4

WS/HIST 434 Amer. Women’s History to 1870 or WS/HIST 435 Amer. Women’s History from 1870 (USCP) or WS/ES 350 Gender, Race, Science and Technology (USCP)

4

WS 450 Feminist Theory (USCP)

4

Elective Courses

8

Students select 8 units from the approved list of elective courses in consultation with their Women’s Studies faculty advisor.

 

ENGL 345 Women Writers of the Twentieth Century (4) (C4) (USCP)

 

ENGL 349 Gender in 20th Century Lit.(4)(C4) (USCP)

 

ENGL  The English Department offers topics courses, such as ENGL 439 Significant British Writers: Woman as Hero or the Novel of Female Development (4), ENGL 449 Significant American Writers: African American Women Writers (4), ENGL 459 Significant World Writers: Literature and the Goddess (4), and ENGL 495 Language and Gender (4), which are approved as electives for the Women’s Studies minor. See a Women’s Studies advisor for topics courses.

 

ES 300 Chicano/a  Non-Fiction Lit. (4) (C4) (USCP)

 

ES 325 African Amer. Women’s Experiences (4) (USCP)

 

KINE 323 Sport and Gender (4) (D5)

 

MU 328 Women in Music (4) (C4)

 

PHIL 336 Ethics, Gender and Society (4)

 

POLS 310 Politics of Ethnicity & Gender (4) (USCP)

 

POLS 457 Politics of Reproductive Policy (4)

 

PSY 314 Psychology of Women (4)

 

SCOM 421 Gender and Communication (4)

 

SOC 311 Sociology of Gender (4)

 

SOC 351 Women in East Asia (4)

 

TH 310 Women’s Theatre (4) (C4)

 

WS 311 Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective (4) (D5)

 

WS/ART 316 Women as Subject and Object in Art History (4)

 

WS/RELS 336 Religion, Gender and Society (3) (C4) (USCP)

 

WS 340 Sexuality Studies (4) (D5)

 

WS/ES 350 Gender, Race, Science & Technology (4)

 

WS 400 Special Problems for Adv. Undergrads (1-2)

 

WS 401 Seminar in Women’s Studies (4)

 

WS/HIST 434 Amer. Women’s History to 1870 (4)

 

WS/HIST 435 American Women’s History from 1870 (4) (USCP)

 

 

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