California State University, Northridge
College of Humanities Women’s Studies Department
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Major: Women’s Studies
Catalog Year: 2006
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Major Requirements
Lower Division Requirements (3 Units) [Take one of these courses]
WS 200
WS 210
Introduction to Women’s Studies
Women, Work and the Family
Units
Term Offered
3
3
Fall/Spring/Summer
3
3
3
3
3
Fall/Spring/Summer
Term Taken
Fall/Spring/Summer
Upper Division Requirements (15 Units)
WS 300
WS 301
WS 302
WS 305SL
WS 400
Women as Agents of Change
Feminist Theories
Feminist Methods
Women’s Studies Community Services
Senior Seminar in Women’s Studies
Fall
Spring
Fall ONLY
Spring ONLY
Electives (15 Units) 15 units of electives must be taken from the list below. Up to 12 units of Electives can be Experimental and Selected
Topics courses, as long as the suffix is different. Additional courses require the consent of the Department Chair or Department Advisor..
Fall
WS 320
Women and Urban Life
3
Fall
WS 340
Women, Gender, and Global Development
3
Fall/Spring/Winter/Sum
WS 350
Gender, Race, Class and Sexuality
3
varies
WS 360
Feminist Ethics
3
varies
WS 396 A-Z
WS Experimental Courses
3
varies
WS 410
Sex, Lies & Media
3
varies
WS 420
Women and Gender in Islamic Societies
3
Fall/Spring
WS 495 A-Z
Special Topics in Women’s Studies
3
Concentration: (12 Units): All students must also complete a 12-unit concentration from the list below, or may design a concentration in
consultation with the Chair of Women’s Studies. Students may, with approval of department Chair or advisor, substitute Women’s Studies
electives, experimental and selected topics courses for concentration requirements, when appropriate. Students may, with the approval of the
Women’s Studies chair or advisor, receive credit for up to 3 units of independent study, which may be counted as a concentration in the major.
Each course may be counted in only 1 category. For example. a course that is counted as an upper-division elective may not be counted again as
a concentration course].
I. Race & Ethnicity
AAS 340
Asian American Women
CHS 246
Contemporary Issues of the Chicana
CHS 346
History of the Chicana/Mexicana
CHS 365
Third World Women and the Chicana
JS or WS 330
Women in the Jewish Experience
LSRC 330
Women, Leisure, and Ethnicity in the U.S.
PAS 324
Black Women in Contemporary Times
WS 350
Gender, Race, Class and Sexuality
CAS 365
Changing Roles of Central American Women
WS 420
Women & Gender in Islamic Societies
WS 396 or WS
As appropriate to concentration topic
495 courses
– with approval of WS Chair or Advisor
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Fall/Spring
Fall/Spring
Fall/Spring/Winter/Sum
Varies
Varies
Varies
Varies
Varies
Varies
Varies
II. Philosophy & Religion
ANTH 308
JS or WS 330
PHIL 338
PHIL 348
RS 304
WS 420
WS 396 or WS
495 courses
Women, Sex Roles and Culture
Women in the Jewish Experience
Philosophy of Religion
Philosophy and Feminism
Women and Religion
Women & Gender in Islamic Societies
As appropriate to concentration topic
– with approval of WS Chair or Advisor
III.Communication & Media
COMS 360
Communication and the Sexes
COMS 435
Rhetoric of Women
JOUR 371
Women and the Media
JOUR 372
Diversity and the Media
WS 410
Sex, Lies & Media
CTVA 413 OR Women as Filmmakers OR
Women in the Visual Arts
ART 468
WS 396 or WS
As appropriate to concentration topic
495 courses
– with approval of WS Chair or Advisor
IV. Law & Public Policy
BLAW 391
Women and the Law
HIST 349
Women in American History
POLS 350
Great Questions in Politics
POLS 361
Introduction to Public Policy
POLS 448
Women and Politics in the U.S. and the World
WS 396 or WS
As appropriate to concentration topic
495 courses
– with approval of WS Chair or Advisor
V. Social Work & Welfare
FES 340
Marriage and Family Relations
HSCI 231
Women and Health
SOC 324
Sociology of Sex Roles
SOC 325
Sex Roles and Work
SOC 357
Introduction to Social Work Practice
WS 396 or WS
As appropriate to concentration topic
495 courses
– with approval of WS Chair or Advisor
3
3
3
3
3
3
Varies
3
3
3
3
3
3
Varies
3
3
3
3
3
Varies
3
3
3
3
3
Fall/Spring
Varies
Varies
Varies
Varies
Varies
Varies
Varies
Varies
Varies
Varies
Varies
Varies
Varies
Varies
Fall/Spring
Fall/Spring/Winter/Sum
Fall/Spring
VI. Criminilogy
BLAW 391
SOC 304
SOC 324
SOC 355
SOC 496W
WS 396 or WS
495 courses
Women and the Law
Sociology of Deviance
Sociology of Sex Roles
Criminology
Women and Crime
As appropriate to concentration topic
– with approval of WS Chair or Advisor
3
3
3
3
3
Varies
VII. Literature
ENGL 431
ENGL 433
ENGL 434
CHS 351
ENGL 369
FLIT 455
PAS 346
WS 310
WS 396 or WS
495 courses
Images of Women in Literature
Women Authors
19th Century Women Novelists
Contemporary Chicana Literature
Lesbian Writers
Women Writers of Asia
Contemporary Black Female Writers
Latin American Women Writers
As appropriate to concentration topic
– with approval of WS Chair or Advisor
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Varies
Varies
Fall/Spring/Winter/Sum
Varies
Varies
Varies
Varies
Varies
Varies
Varies
Varies
Varies