Women's Studies and Leadership Minor
Women's Studies and Leadership Minor
The minor in Women's Studies and Leadership (WST) offers an interdisciplinary, cross-cultural and critical understanding of women and issues relating to gender including the practice of leadership. Courses focus on the intellectual, political and cultural life of women in a variety of social and historical contexts. The minor provides students with a strong theoretical and empirical background in women’s studies with particular focus on understanding the intersection between gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, culture, nation, inequality, and women’s roles in society. The program emphasizes women as agents of social change through leadership and policy making. The interdisciplinary nature of the minor exposes students to a diversity of approaches and views on gender and women’s issues.
The Women’s Studies and Leadership minor is well suited for students who are interested in pursuing advanced academic work in M.A. and Ph.D. programs, professional schools in law, business or medicine as well as for those students planning a career in public service, advocacy or social activism.
Women’s Studies and Leadership Curriculum
The Women’s Studies and Leadership minor (WST) consists of
18 total units, including
WST 101 (Introduction to Women’s Studies). Nine (9) of the remaining fifteen units must be at the upper division level. All courses that are counted towards the WST minor must be approved by the Women’s Studies Program Coordinator in the Department of History and Political Science. Courses that emphasize leadership theory and/or practice are designated LWS.
WST 196H Senior Honors Thesis (3) is available to Honor’s Program students.
Requirements for the Minor
18 total units consisting of
| WST 101 | Introduction to Women's Studies | 3 |
The remaining 15 units will consist of the following courses that focus on Women's Studies and Leadership.
A) Students interested in the integration of Women’s Studies and Leadership should take the following courses
| LWS 1A | Leadership Concepts | 1 |
| LWS 1C | Orientation Leader Training Course | 1 |
| LWS 5 | Leadership in Action | 1 |
And choose one of the following
Plus 9 units from the Elective List in Area C below
B) Students interested in exploring theories associated with Women’s Studies as applied to various disciplines should take the following courses
| HIS 191 | Major Issues in the United States Women's History | 3 |
And choose one of the following
Plus 9 units from the Elective List in Area C below
C) Elective List
| BUS 140 | Women's Issues in Business and Economics | 3 |
| CUL 117 | Women's Literature in Translation | 3 |
| ENG 27 | Women in Quest | 3 |
| ENG 127 | Women in Quest | 3 |
| ENG 123 | Women's Voices in Literature | 3 |
| ENG 129 | Ethnic Literatures of America | 3 |
| HIS 191 | Major Issues in the United States Women's History | 3 |
| HIS 192A | Women of Color in the U.S. | 3 |
| HIS 192B | Women of Color in the U.S. | 3 |
| HIS 192C | Women of Color in the U.S. | 3 |
| HIS 186 | Gender in American Life and Thought | 3 |
| GLP 109 | Global History of Women's Movements | 3 |
| HIS 109 | Global History of Women's Movement | 3 |
| GLP 110 | History of Political Feminist Theory | 3 |
| HIS 110 | History of Political Feminist Theory | 3 |
| GLP 187 | Gender in a Global Context | 3 |
| HIS 187 | Gender in a Global Context | 3 |
| PHI 178 | Philosophy of Women | 3 |
| PHI 179 | Women and Values | 3 |
| POL 102 | Gender and the Law | 3 |
| POL 147 | Women and Development | 3 |
| POL 155 | Politics of Women's Health Care in California | 3 |
| POL 156 | Women and Politics | 3 |
| POL 193A | Selected Topics and Projects in Political Science | 0-3.0 |
| POL 193B | Selected Topics and Projects in Political Science | 1.0-3.0 |
| POL 193C | Selected Topics and Projects in Political Science | 1.0-3.0 |
| POL 193D | Selected Topics and Projects in Political Science | 1.0-3.0 |
| PSY 110 | Gender Issues in Psychology | 3 |
| PSY 13 | Child Development | 3 |
| PSY 144 | Psychology of Prejudice | 3 |
| PSY 175 | Human Sexuality | 3 |
| PSY 186 | Violence Against Women | 3 |
| RST 23 | Christian Thought: Spiritual Journeys of Women | 3 |
| RST 135 | Christian Thought: Women and Christianity | 3 |
| SOC 163 | Women's and Children's Human Rights | 3 |
| SOC 164 | Advocacy and Human Rights | 3 |
| SPA 146 | Women Writers in Spanish-American Literature | 3 |
| WST 193 | Current Topics in Women's Studies | 3 |