Gender and Sexuality Studies

(Formerly Women’s Studies)

Subject abbreviation: WMST College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Marguerite R. Waller, Ph.D., Chair Department Office, 2033C CHASS INTN marguerite.waller@ucr.edu

• (951) 827-4379;

genderandsexualitystudies.ucr.edu

Professors

Alicia Arrizón, Ph.D. Marguerite R. Waller, Ph.D. (Gender and Sexuality

Studies/Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages) Associate Professors

Sherine Hafez, Ph.D. Tamara Ho, Ph.D. Chikako Takeshita, Ph.D. Jane Ward, Ph.D. Assistant Professor

Jade S. Sasser, Ph.D.

The Gender and Sexuality Studies Department offers a coherent interdisciplinary curriculum with a major field of study in the areas of gender and sexuality. Each student is required to take a total of 13 courses.

At the upper-division level, the department provides concentrations in gender and cultural production, gender and families, sexualities and gender, and gender and work, and gender, science, and technology.

See Undergraduate Studies section.

See College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Colleges and Programs section.

The major requirements for the B.A. degree in Women’s Studies are as follows:

• 1. Lower-division requirements (three courses

[at least 12 units])

• a) WMST 001

• b) One of the following: WMST 010; WMST 020; WMST 030 or WMST 030H

• c) One additional lower division WMST

course

• 2. Upper-division requirements (ten courses [at

least 40 units])

• a) WMST 100

• b) WMST 191A and WMST 191B

• c) Seven courses of electives chosen

from the list below with the following distribution requirements:

• (1) One course focusing on African

American women, Asian American women, Chicanas/Latinas, or Native American women in the United States or on women from societies in Latin America, Asia, the Middle East, or Africa

• (2) One course focusing on issues of

sexuality, sexual orientation, sexual identification, or masculinity and femininity

• (3) The following courses may only be

counted one time towards the major: WMST 190, WMST 195, WMST 198G

Elective Course Work

Upper-division Women’s Studies courses or courses in another department that are cross- listed with Women’s Studies.

Closely related upper division courses from other programs or departments may be substituted upon approval.

The minor in Women’s Studies consists of six courses (at least 24 units) distributed as follows:

• 1. Lower-division requirements (two courses [at

least 8 units])

• a) WMST 001

• b) One WMST lower division course

• 2. Upper-division requirements (four courses

[at least 16 units])

• a) WMST 100

• b) Three upper division WMST courses.

See Minors under the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences in the Colleges and Programs section of this catalog for additional information on minors.

The EAP is an excellent opportunity to travel and learn more about another country and its culture while taking courses to earn units toward graduation. Students should plan study abroad well in advance to ensure that the courses taken fit with their overall program at UCR. Consult the departmental student affairs officer for assistance. For further details, visit UCR’s Off Campus Academic Experiences at eapoap.ucr.edu or call (951) 827-2508.

See Education Abroad Program in the Educational Opportunities section of this catalog. A list of participating countries is found under Education Abroad Program in the Programs and Courses section. Search for programs by specific areas at eap.ucop.edu/ ourprograms.