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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course provides training in feminist research methods for WGSS majors as they begin work on their Capstone research projects.
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3.00 Credits
This is the capstone course for WGSS majors. All WGSS majors are required to complete an interdisciplinary capstone project in their senior year of study. For the capstone requirement, students develop an independent and interdisciplinary research project under the guidance of a WGSS core or affiliate faculty member. Capstone requirements include the completion of a research paper (approx. 15-20 pages) and a public research presentation, usually during the Spring semester. Students enroll in this course with the permission of the supervising instructor.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course is designed for eligible advanced undergraduate and graduate students who have completed requisite WGSS courses (and, where applicable, foreign language proficiency courses or tests) and been accepted by the WGSS department to study abroad as exchange students at partner institutions outside the United States. Accepted exchange students may register for credits under this number for special activities while abroad as determined under advisement with the department; these credits can be taken in addition to the UC exchange credits they register for that are equivalent to the credit amounts for the formal courses they take while abroad. See the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies for more information.
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4.00 Credits
This seminar explores contemporary issues in feminist theory. Topics vary according to instructor. This class is the advanced-level equivalent to WGS 4014, with additional readings, assignments, and leadership roles for graduate students.
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4.00 Credits
This seminar provides a survey of transnational feminist theorizing, focusing on its development from multiple sources and contestations over its meanings. It will engage students in the problematics of cross-border theorizing about gender, race, class, and sexuality in national, regional and global contexts, and addresses the potentialities of cross-border solidarities for social justice.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the development of women's movements and feminist thought in the Americas, including in Latin America and North America. It addresses Latina feminisms in North America, Latin American feminisms, and transnational forms of political and social organizing. This class is the advanced-level equivalent to WGS 4016, with additional readings, assignments, and leadership roles for graduate students.
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3.00 Credits
Using Movement documents, historical accounts, feminist theory, fiction and poetry, and feature and documentary film, this course examines the so-called Second Wave of feminism in the U.S. (1963-1982). This class is the advanced-level equivalent to WGS 4019, with additional readings, assignments, and leadership roles for graduate students.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the important role women play in furthering environmental stewardship and social justice initiatives. Students will use feminist and gender theory to assess and position the sustainability movement within a wider debate concerning global poverty, climate change, neoliberalism, and global capitalism. This class is the advanced-level equivalent to WGS 4020, with additional readings, assignments, and leadership roles for graduate students.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the roles and positionalities of black women on the African continent and in the African diaspora and their impact on black feminist politics in differing locales. It takes a comparative and historical approach to the study of black feminist movements. This class is the advanced-level equivalent to WGS 4021, with additional readings, assignments, and leadership roles for graduate students.
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3.00 Credits
This course will chart the development of cultural studies as an interdisciplinary field of academic study, introducing students to theories, paradigms, and methods used to study cultural practices. Using different theoretical categories, including but not limited to gender, sexuality, postcolonialism, race, ethnicity, class, memorialization, and sustainability, the course will examine the politics of cultural production. This class is the advanced-level equivalent to WGS 4028, with additional readings, assignments, and leadership roles for graduate students.
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