This is an archive of the 2019-2020 University Catalog.
To access the most recent version, Please visit catalog.csun.edu.

This is an archive of the 2019-2020 University Catalog.
To access the most recent version, please visit catalog.csun.edu.

UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2019-2020

Program: B.A., Gender and Women’s Studies

Double Major

Program Description

The Gender and Women’s Studies department emphasizes interdisciplinary, cross-cultural and transnational studies with a focus on the intersectionality of gender, race, class and sexuality. It includes coursework in feminist theories, women and social movements, transnational feminisms, women of color feminisms, postcolonial feminism, women’s economic conditions in the context of globalization and development, productions of women in the media and literature, women and religion, queer studies, women’s health and masculinity studies.

The Gender and Women’s Studies department teaches students to view the world with a critical analytical approach grounded in a social justice framework. The department adheres to a disciplinary practice that centers on an integrative, intersectional framing of issues concerning gender, race, class, sexuality, nationality, ethnicity, age and the differently abled.

The double major is designed for students who choose Gender and Women’s Studies as their second field of study. The 30-unit program will equip students with the competencies of the field and provide an excellent special focus for any field in the Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences. Courses taken toward fulfilling one major may also count toward fulfilling parallel requirements in the second major.

Contact

Department of Gender and Women’s Studies
Chair: Florence Kyomugisha
Jerome Richfield (JR) 340
(818) 677-3110

Student Learning Outcomes

Students will:

  1. Obtain a level of proficiency in the discipline of Gender and Women’s Studies, which can include but is not limited to knowledge of feminist movements, intersectionality, queer and trans* studies, imperialism and coloniality, transnational feminisms, feminist theories and/or feminist research methods.
  2. Recognize the gender dimension of social, economic, cultural, historical, political, national and global inequalities; become familiar with a range of past and present major issues affecting women and men in society; and learn how to critically assess these issues from a feminist perspective.
  3. Articulate ethical propositions, demonstrate self-reflexivity about their ideas and social and political positions, and practice empathetic listening with one another and with the underprivileged that promote gender, race, class, sexual justice and democratic values.
  4. Develop a sense of agency grounded in the development of their skills in oral and written communication. They learn to express ideas effectively, tailoring arguments and presentation styles to audience and context.
  5. Obtain media literacy and information competency by learning how to use visual media and new technologies to assess, interpret and generate information from a variety of sources, including print and electronic media, film and video, and Internet technologies.