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FEMST 100WS.
Topics in Advanced Library Research
(2)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Not open to freshmen.
Recommended Preparation: Interdisciplinary 1.
Students critically examine the complex range of research tools within a specified area. Students should be concurrently enrolled in a course with a related research project requirement. Course focus is determined by the instructor and announced by the library.
FEMST 101C.
Teaching 4 Social Justice
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: At least one course in one of these departments: Asian American Studies, Black Studies, Chicana/o Studies, Feminist Studies
This interdisciplinary course will highlight how a curriculum focusing on racial, ethnic, gender, and LGBTQ studies is central to teaching and learning within diverse societal contexts. This grounding is essential for K-12 teachers in History and English/Literature. Through a social justice framework, students will learn how classrooms are enhanced by Ethnic and Feminist Studies, placing graduates within the forefront of educational initiatives that position teaching and learning within an inclusive and equitable paradigm
FEMST 117C.
Women, The Family, and Sexuality in the Middle Ages
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: History 4B or upper-division standing.
Enrollment Comments: Not open for credit to students who have completed History 117C. Same course as History 117C and Medieval Studies 100A.
Family structure; perceptions and ideals of intimate and familial relations; status, perceptions, and experiences of women in Western Europe c. 400-1400 a.d. Special attention on social, political, and religious contexts.
FEMST 120.
Women's Labors
(4)
BORIS
Recommended Preparation: Upper-division standing or a prior women's studies course.Enrollment Comments: Not open for credit to students who have completed Women's Studies 186EB. Letter grade required for majors and minors.
What is women's work? How has it changed over time? How is it valued? Explores wage-earning, caregiving, sex work, housework, double days, glass ceilings, and strategies of survival and resistance among American women from various demographic, racial, and ethnic groups.
FEMST 121.
Feminisms
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Feminist Studies 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, or 80.
Special topics course focused on key feminist issues, histories of feminist knowledge, and social justice movements.
FEMST 124A.
Women, gender and Sexuality in Europe, 1750-1914.
(4)
RAPPAPORT
Prerequisite: History 2C or 4C or Upper Division Standing.
Enrollment Comments: Same course as History 124A.
The roles of women, gender, and sexuality in eighteenth and nineteenth century Europe. Exploration of the nature of women and revolution: religious, legal, scientific and popular conceptions of gender and sexuality; industrialization and family life, the rise of organized feminism.
FEMST 130.
Feminist Perspectives on Health
(4)
OAKS
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Enrollment Comments: Letter grade required for majors and minors.
Investigation of the power that medicine has in shaping health experts' and lay individuals' understandings of health and health practices. Particular attention is paid to how women's health issues come to be seen as "social problems," past and present.
FEMST 131.
The Politics of Reproduction and Reproductive Technologies
(4)
OAKS
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Enrollment Comments: Letter grade required for majors and minors.
Exploration of theoretical, popular, and political debates over reproductive technologies in terms of women's power and choices. Investigation of how cultural and historical changes in reproductive practices influence ideas about nature, society, and progress. Examination of case studies on current controversies.
FEMST 132.
Gender, Science, and Technology
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: upper division standing
Examines the role of women in science, feminist critiques of science, gendered construction of technology and technological construction of gender, cross-cultural analysis of emerging technologies, and intersections of gender, ethnicity, class, and sexuality.
FEMST 133.
Bodies
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Feminist Studies 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, or 80.
Special topics course focused on bodies, embodiment, politics and performance.
FEMST 136AAZZ.
Cultural Analysis of Reproduction and Science
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: upper-division standing
Develop tools to analyze cultural productions, narratives, images, and arguments about women, gender, reproduction, and science. Topics may vary.
FEMST 136AA.
Cultural Analysis of Reproduction and Science
FEMST 136AB.
Cultural Analysis of Reproduction and Science
FEMST 136AC.
Cultural Analysis of Reproduction and Science
FEMST 136LC.
Cultural Analysis of Reproduction and Science
FEMST 136MH.
Cultural Analysis of Reproduction and Science
FEMST 138.
Participatory Research, Community Organizing, and Popular Education
(4)
CHANG
Prerequisite: Feminist Studies 30 or Feminist Studies 50.
Enrollment Comments: Students interested in taking this course should contact the instructor prior to registration and submit a statement of interest. The instructor may grant approval for registration from Pass 1 all the way through the first week of class.
Repeat Comments: May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8.0 units provided the topic of their project is different.
Considers models for good social science research and how such research can support community organizing for social justice. Examines reports emerging from such research, documentation of campaigns facilitated by research, and popular education making research more widely accessible.
FEMST 139.
Women of Color Revolutionary Dialogues
(4)
CHANG
Prerequisite: Feminist Studies 30 or Feminist Studies 50.
Enrollment Comments: Students interested in taking this course should contact the instructor prior to registration. Application and interview with instructor required by first week of instruction.
Repeat Comments: May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8.0 units. Only 4.0 units will count toward the major or minor(s).
Write, direct, perform and produce original pieces, based on your life and experiences, in a show at UCSB as well as other venues where we perform and share our work.
FEMST 142.
Black Women Filmmakers
(4)
BOBO
Recommended Preparation: upper-division standing or one prior course in feminist studies.
An opportunity to view films (animation, documentary, experimental and narrative), examine the specifics of media production, compare the various works produced by black women, and acquire the skills necessary for media criticism.
FEMST 143.
Women's Film Narratives
(4)
BOBO
Recommended Preparation: upper-division standing or one prior course in feminist studies.Enrollment Comments: Letter grade required for majors and minors.
Examination of the dynamics of family, race, sexuality, resistance, and cultural transformation through women's novels and film adaptations, and other films which have had significant impact on the national consciousness.
FEMST 144.
Representation and Activism
(4)
BOBO
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Enrollment Comments: Letter grade required for majors and minors.
Exploration of the strategies by which social groups resist systems of oppression through readings and works from independent filmmakers.
FEMST 145.
Media Adaptations of Black Women's Literature
(4)
BOBO
Recommended Preparation: Upper-division standing or one prior course in feminist studies.Enrollment Comments: Letter grade required for majors and minors.
Investigation of the visual translation of works which have had a profound effect on American culture. Examination of the ways in which the media versions may have altered, in critical ways, the works' social and ideological meanings.
FEMST 146.
Women of Color Resisting Violence
(4)
CHANG
Recommended Preparation: Upper-division standing or one prior course in Feminist Studies.Enrollment Comments: Letter grade required for majors and minors.
This is a study of women of color and other marginalized women's experiences of psychological, sexual, physical, social, economic and legal violence, and the personal and collective resistance to these forms of violence in intimate relationships and in broader society.
FEMST 147G.
Gender and Power in Modern African History
(4)
MIESCHER
Prerequisite: History 49A or 49B or upper-division standing.
Enrollment Comments: Same course as History 147G.
Examination of gender, power, and authority among and between men and women in response to socioeconomic transformations in nineteenth and twentieth-century Africa. Themes include interpretations of gender, organization of labor, the missionary project, the state, and colonial rule.
FEMST 147Q.
Readings on African History
(4)
MIESCHER
Prerequisite: History 49A or 49B or upper division standing.
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit a maximum of 8 units. Same course as History 147Q.
A discussion and reading seminar on selected topics in African history.
FEMST 150.
Sex, Love, and Romance
(4)
RUPP
Enrollment Comments: Not open for credit to students who have completed Feminist Studies 150H.
An examination from historical and global perspectives of sex, love, desire, and intimate relationships in diverse cultures in the contemporary U.S.
FEMST 151AAZZ.
Sexual Cultures
(4)
MILLER-YOUNG, DASGUPTA
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Enrollment Comments: Letter grade required for majors and minors. May be repeated provided letter designations are different.
Seminars focus on the political, social, and cultural dynamics of sexuality in modern society. Offerings may explore sexual representations, economies, laws, identities, performances, literatures, technologies, relationships, communities, and customs in the United States or abroad. Topics may vary.
FEMST 151AA.
Sexual Cultures
FEMST 151AB.
Sexual Cultures
FEMST 151AC.
Sexual Cultures
FEMST 151AD.
Sexual Cultures
FEMST 151AE.
Sexual Cultures
FEMST 151AF.
Sexual Cultures
FEMST 151AS.
Sexual Cultures
FEMST 151CJ.
Sexual Cultures
FEMST 151DI.
Sexual Cultures
FEMST 151HB.
Sexual Cultures
FEMST 151MI.
Sexual Cultures
FEMST 153.
Women and Work
(4)
SEGURA
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Enrollment Comments: Same course as Sociology 153.
The course will begin with readings and discussion of the sociological features of work in society. The role of women in the labor market will be explored, as well as their lives as unpaid workers in their own homes. Finally, more global issues of sexual inequality and social change will be discussed.
FEMST 154A.
Sociology of Families
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Enrollment Comments: Same course as Sociology 154A.
A course on US families and patterns of household organization. Topics may include mate selection, parenthood, marriage, division of labor, divorce, remarriage, and aging. Attention to race, class, gender, and sexual orientation variation in contemporary patterns in the life of today's families.
FEMST 155A.
Women in American Society
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Enrollment Comments: Same course as Sociology 155A.
The roles and life styles of women in various American subcultures and the ideologies developing around them.
FEMST 155B.
Sociological Perspectives on Women
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Upper division only.
Recommended Preparation: Feminist Studies 155A.Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units provided topics are different. Same course as Sociology 155B.
Advanced study in the sociology of women. Course format (seminar or lecture)and topics vary year to year. Topics may include: The analysis of the status of women in the labor force, women's class position, theoretical and practical aspects of patriarchy.
FEMST 159B.
Women in American History
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Any two quarters of History 17A-B-C or upper-division standing.
Enrollment Comments: Same course as History 159B.
Social history of women in America from 1800 to 1900. Changing marriage, reproduction and work patterns, and cultural values about the female role. Attention to racial, class, and ethnic differences. analysis of feminist thought and the several women's movements.
FEMST 159C.
Women in Twentieth-Century American History
(4)
CASTILLO-MUNOZ
Enrollment Comments: Same course as History 159C.
A continuation of Feminist Studies 159A-B from 1900 to the present.
FEMST 160.
Sapphistries
(4)
RUPP
A global exploration of female same-sex sexuality, from the historical Sappho grhough sapphists, roaring firsl, romantic friends, and female husbands, to contemporary lesbians. Considers lives and representations of women who desire and love other women.
FEMST 161.
The Social Construction of Sexuality
(4)
BARVOSA
Recommended Preparation: upper-division standing or one prior course in feminist studies.Enrollment Comments: Letter grade required for majors and minors.
This course explores how sexuality is shaped, controlled, and defined by social and cultural forces in England and the U.S. By using historical and literary sources, we will examine the variable understanding of human sexuality in the last two centuries.
FEMST 162.
Queer Theory
(4)
TYBURCZY, RICHARDSON
Prerequisite: FEMST 80 or instructor approval.
Enrollment Comments: Letter grade required for majors and minors.
Introduces some of the key authors and texts in queer theory; assesses its relationship to feminist theory, sexuality studies, and queer activism; explores its critiques of normative models of sex, gender, and sexuality; and examines the bases for criticism of it as androcentric, Eurocentric, overly intellectual, and impractical.
FEMST 163.
Trans Studies
(4)
RICHARDSON, DASGUPTA
Prerequisite: Feminist Studies 80
Special topics course focused on key issues and histories of knowledge in trans studies.
FEMST 164.
Cinema of Black Protest
(4)
RICHARDSON
Prerequisite: Feminist Studies 20 or 30 or 40 or 50 or 60 or 80.
Considers Black histories of protest in conjunction with the history of Black representation in film. We analyze historical documents, scholarly articles, legal cases and historical accounts of the major moments in Black resistance in the US. We begin with the protests against lynching in the early twentieth century and the Civil Rights and Black power era of the 1970s Blaxploitation film genre through contemporary independent films. Discusses issues of race and gender, racism, sexuality and homophobia as well as misogyny and sexism in Black representation. Students are expected to watch and discuss films as well as read scholarly articles on race theory, queer theory, feminist theory and cultural criticism.
FEMST 165.
Black Queer and Trans Representation in Film
(4)
RICHARDSON
Prerequisite: Feminist Studies 20 or 30 or 40 or 50 or 60 or 80.
Combines elements of black (trans) feminist theory and black queer theory to examine the written works and films/videos by and about lesbians, bisexual, transgender, gay and queer Black people. Emphasis is on tracing the emergence of Black cinematic voices from the late twentieth century to the present. We read theory and essays as well as watch films with an eye towards understanding the historical and theoretical construction of sexual and gender identities, politics and sexual/cultural practices in Black communities. Special attention is paid to the construction of race, gender and sexual identities in North America, the Caribbean and the United Kingdom.
FEMST 166.
Queer and Trans Cinema
(4)
RICHARDSON
Prerequisite: Feminist Studies 20 or 30 or 40 or 50 or 60 or 80.
A survey of the representation of queer and trans people in US film from the 1970s through the contemporary period. Special attention is placed on issues of race and racism as well as class, misogyny and sexism in independent and mainstream representation. Students are expected to watch and discuss films as well as read scholarly articles on race theory, queer theory, feminist theory and cultural criticism.
FEMST 171A.
Feminist Praxis: Internship Seminar
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Recommended Preparation: a major or minor in feminist studies, or at least two prior courses in feminist studies.Enrollment Comments: A two-quarter in-progress sequence course with grades for both quarters issued complettion of the final quarter. Letter grade required for majors and minors.
This two quarter course integrates field-work experience with an academic seminar focusing on the historical, sociological, and political issues surrounding community services for women. Each student will be placed as an intern in a community agency for both quarters.
FEMST 180.
Feminist Analysis
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing; open to Feminist Studies majors and minors only.
Enrollment Comments: Letter grade required for majors and minors.
Methods and tools for analyzing feminist theory and argument.
FEMST 181.
Feminist Theories
(4)
BARVOSA
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing; open to Feminist Studies majors and minors only.
Recommended Preparation: Completion of Feminist Studies 180 recommended.Enrollment Comments: Letter grade required for majors and minors.
Introduction to feminist theorizing about gender, race, and sexuality. Focus on key thinkers, traditions, or selected theoretical frameworks.
FEMST 182.
Feminist Methodologies
(4)
MILLER-YOUNG, OAKS, TYBURCZY
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing; open to Feminist Studies majors only.
Recommended Preparation: Completion of Feminist Studies 180 and 181 recommended.Enrollment Comments: Open to Feminist Studies minors with consent of department. Letter grade required for majors and minors.
Methods of feminist textual, theoretical, and empirical analysis, including the principles of research design.
FEMST 183.
Feminist ACTion Lab: Antiracist Critical Theorizing-in-Action
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing; open to Feminist Studies majors and minors and LGBTQ Studies Minors only.
Enrollment Comments: Completion of FEMST 180 and 181 recommended; LGBTQ Studies Minor in Upper-Division Section C.
This course promotes an understanding of social factors that shape our society and centers community-derived responses to inequalities. Students engage in feminist anti-racist, decolonial, and Indigenous methodologies that encourage connection between people and the spaces, places, and communities they learn and grow in. Students develop their own imaginative visions; participate in a collaborative environment where students are able to design campaigns, cultural production; and conduct research projects informed by feminist methodologies and epistemologies. ACTion Lab is hands-on, specifically intended to materialize what students learn in the classroom.
FEMST 185AAZZ.
Gender and Culture
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 12 units provided letter designations are different. Letter grade required for majors and minors.
Seminar on selected topics in Feminist Studies, with a humanities emphasis.
FEMST 185AA.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185AG.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185BA.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185BB.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185BC.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185BD.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185BE.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185BF.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185CC.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185CD.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185CE.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185CF.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185CH.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185DD.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185DF.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185DG.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185EG.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185EH.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185FE.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185GL.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185GR.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185HO.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185HR.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185IF.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185IR.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185JA.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185JT.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185KG.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185LC.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185LW.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185MI.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185MP.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185MR.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185NH.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185NK.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185RB.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185SB.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185TO.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 185YJ.
Gender and Culture
FEMST 186AAZZ.
Gender and Society
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 12 units provided letter designations are different. Letter grade required for majors and minors.
Seminar on selected topics in Feminist Studies, with a social sciences emphasis.
FEMST 186AA.
Gender and Society
FEMST 186AC.
Gender and Society
FEMST 186AD.
Gender and Society
FEMST 186AE.
Gender and Society
FEMST 186AF.
Gender and Society
FEMST 186AG.
Gender and Society
FEMST 186AH.
Gender and Society
FEMST 186AI.
Gender and Society
FEMST 186AJ.
Gender and Society
FEMST 186AL.
Gender and Society
FEMST 186AN.
Gender and Society
FEMST 186AO.
Gender and Society
FEMST 186AP.
Gender and Society
FEMST 186BA.
Gender and Society
FEMST 186BO.
Gender and Society
FEMST 186BV.
Gender and Society
FEMST 186CH.
Gender and Society
FEMST 186DL.
Gender and Society
FEMST 186ED.
Gender and Society
FEMST 186EG.
Gender and Culture
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Enrollment Comments: Course may be repeated for credit for a maximum of 12 units providing the letter designations are different. Letter Grade required for major.
Lectures in special areas of interest in contemporary women's studies. Consult the program office regarding proposed course topics.
FEMST 186FA.
Gender and Society
FEMST 186GAAAZZ.
Gender and Society
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 12 units provided letter designations are different. Letter grade required for majors and minors.
Seminar on selected topics in Feminist Studies, with a social sciences emphasis.
FEMST 186GD.
Gender and Society
FEMST 186GR.
Gender and Society
FEMST 186HH.
Gender and Society
FEMST 186HU.
Gender and Society
FEMST 186KG.
Gender and Culture
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 12 units provided letter designations are different. Letter grade required for majors and minors.
Lectures in special areas of interest in contemporary women's studies. Consult the program office regarding proposed course topics.
FEMST 186MM.
Gender and Society
FEMST 186NK.
Gender and Society
FEMST 186PV.
Gender and Society
FEMST 186TD.
Gender and Society
FEMST 186TF.
Gender and Society
FEMST 186WQ.
Gender and Society
FEMST 190.
Women's Community Organization Internship
(2-4)
STAFF
Enrollment Comments: Up to 8 units of 190 may be applied to the major, and only a combined total of 8 units of 190, 198, 199 may be applied to the major. Open to Feminist Studies and LGBTQ minors with departmental approval.
Combines independent service in a community organization involved with issues relevant to Women's Studies with reflection and analysis under the supervision of a faculty member.
FEMST 194A.
Ethnic Studies Teacher Education Seminar
(2)
ZARATE
Prerequisite: At least one course in one of these departments: Asian American Studies, Black Studies, Chicana/o Studies, Feminist Studies.
Designed for students who are Black Studies, Chicana/o Studies, Asian American and/or Feminist Studies majors in the ÉXITO (Educational eXcellence and Inclusion Training Opportunities) program. Central to the year-long seminar will be preparations for students' pursuit for a career as K-12 Ethnic Studies educators. Students will have direct assistance for preparing and applying to Masters/Teacher Education Programs as well as professionalization workshops.
FEMST 194B.
Ethnic Studies Teacher Education Seminar
(2)
ZARATE
Prerequisite: At least one course in one of these departments: Asian American Studies, Black Studies, Chicana/o Studies, Feminist Studies.
Designed for students who are Black Studies, Chicana/o Studies, Asian American and/or Feminist Studies majors in the ÉXITO (Educational eXcellence and Inclusion Training Opportunities) program. Central to the year-long seminar will be preparations for students' pursuit for a career as K-12 Ethnic Studies educators. Students will have direct assistance for preparing and applying to Masters/Teacher Education Programs as well as professionalization workshops.
FEMST 194C.
Ethnic Studies Teacher Education Seminar
(2)
ZARATE
Prerequisite: At least one course in one of these departments: Asian American Studies, Black Studies, Chicana/o Studies, Feminist Studies.
Designed for students who are Black Studies, Chicana/o Studies, Asian American and/or Feminist Studies majors in the ÉXITO (Educational eXcellence and Inclusion Training Opportunities) program. Central to the year-long seminar will be preparations for students' pursuit for a career as K-12 Ethnic Studies educators. Students will have direct assistance for preparing and applying to Masters/Teacher Education Programs as well as professionalization workshops.
FEMST 195HA.
Senior Honors Project
(2-4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Feminist Studies 195HA; upper-division standing.
Enrollment Comments: Students must have a minimum 3.0 university GPA and at least a 3.5 departmental GPA; 4 to 8 units required in honors sequence; minimum of 2 units per quarter.
Students design, research, write, and present original work on a topic of choice under supervision of a Women's Studies faculty mentor. Emphasis is on data gathering and organization.
FEMST 195HB.
Senior Honors Project
(2-4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Feminist Studies 195HA; upper-division standing.
Enrollment Comments: Students must have a minimum 3.0 university GPA and at least a 3.5 departmental GPA; 4 to 8 units required in honors sequence; minimum of 2 units per quarter.
Students design, research, write, and present original work on a topic of choice under supervision of a Women's Studies faculty mentor. Emphasis is on data gathering and organization.
FEMST 195HC.
Senior Honors Project
(2-4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Feminist Studies 195HA or 195HB; upper-division standing.
Enrollment Comments: Students must have a minimum 3.0 university GPA and at least a 3.5 departmental GPA; 4 to 8 units required in honors sequence; minimum of 2 units per quarter.
Students design, research, write, and present original work on a topic of choice under supervision of a Women's Studies faculty mentor. Emphasis on writing thesis and preparation for presenting results to an audience of women's studies peers and faculty members.
FEMST 198.
Readings in Feminist Studies
(1-4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing; completion of 2 upper-division courses in Feminist Studies.
Enrollment Comments: Up to 8 units of 199 may be applied to the major; only a total of 8 units of 190, 198, 199 may be applied to the major. Open to Feminist Studies majors/minors and LGBTQ Studies minors with approval.
Repeat Comments: May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 12 units.
Directed readings in women's studies under the guidance of a faculty member in the program. Students wishing to enroll should prepare a short written plan of study.
FEMST 199.
Independent Studies in Feminist Studies
(1-4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing; completion of 2 upper-division courses in Feminist Studies.
Enrollment Comments: Up to 8 units of 199 may be applied to the major; only a total of 8 units of 190, 198, 199 may be applied to the major. Open to Feminist Studies majors/minors and LGBTQ Studies minors with approval.
Repeat Comments: May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 12 units.
Independent research and writing under the guidance of a faculty member in the program. Students wishing to enroll should prepare a short written plan of study.
FEMST 199RA.
Research Assistance and Projects in Feminist Studies
(1-4)
STAFF
Enrollment Comments: Cannot be applied to the major or minor requirements.
Research assistance or independent project under the guidance of a faculty member. Students must prepare a written plan with a faculty advisor. For P/NP credit only.
FEMST 210.
Labors
(4)
BORIS
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Enrollment Comments: May only be repeated with different instructor and topic.
An intensive reading course on diverse forms of labor, both productive and reproductive, in different times and places with a focus on the intersections among gender, race, class, ethnicity, life cycle, abilities, and social and political actions.
FEMST 215.
Intersectional Perspectives on Gender, Social Politics, and Public Policy
(4)
BORIS, BARVOSA
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Intersectional perspectives on the making and implementation of law and social policy in the United States, historically and comparatively. Includes feminist theories of the state and may cover issues of citizenship, immigration, sexuality, reproduction, health, work, welfare, anti-discrimination, marriage, family.
FEMST 220.
Genders and Sexualities
(4)
MILLER-YOUNG, RICHARDSON
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Enrollment Comments: May only be repeated with different instructor and topic.
An intensive reading course on diverse sexualities and genders in different times and places with a focus on the interconnections among race, ethnicity, class, gender identities, and sexual desires and acts.
FEMST 225.
Film and Black Protest
(4)
RICHARDSON
Evaluates late twentieth century film in relation to Black histories of protest and resistance. We consider historical documents, scholarly articles and legal cases from slavery to the Black Lives Matter Movement in order to understand the meaning of Black protest both cinematically and lived experience.
FEMST 238.
Participatory Research, Community Organizing, and Popular Education
(4)
CHANG
Recommended Preparation: Prior coursework in Women, Development, and Globalization or Global Feminisms and Social Justice or equivalent.Enrollment Comments: Students interested in taking this course should contact the instructor prior to registration and submit a statement of interest. The instructor may grant approval for registration from Pass 1 all the way through the first week of class.
Repeat Comments: Course may be taken for up to 8.0 units of repeat credit provided the topic is different.
We consider models for good social science research and how such research can support community organizing for social justice. We examine reports emerging from such research, documentation of campaigns facilitated by research, and popular education making research more widely accessible.
FEMST 240.
Transnational Feminisms
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
An intensive reading course on diverse manifestations of feminism and women's movements around the globe.
FEMST 250AAZZ.
Feminist Theories
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated provided letter designations are different.
An intensive reading course in feminist theories. Topics may vary.
FEMST 250AA.
Feminist Theories
FEMST 250AB.
Feminist Theories
FEMST 250AC.
Feminist Theories
FEMST 250AD.
Feminist Theories
FEMST 250AE.
Feminist Theories
FEMST 250AF.
Feminist Theories
FEMST 250AG.
Feminist Theories
FEMST 250AH.
Feminist Theories
FEMST 250AI.
Feminist Theories
FEMST 250BB.
Feminist Theories
FEMST 250CC.
Feminist Theories
FEMST 250DD.
Feminist Theories
FEMST 250EE.
Feminist Theories
FEMST 250FF.
Feminist Theories
FEMST 250GG.
Feminist Theories
FEMST 250HH.
Feminist Theories
FEMST 250JT.
Feminist Theories
FEMST 250MR.
Feminist Theories
FEMST 250TJ.
Feminist Theories
FEMST 250TO.
Feminist Theories
FEMST 260.
Feminist Approaches to Social Research
(4)
OAKS
Examines feminist methodologies for knowledge construction and interdisciplinary social research. Includes practicum on central feminist methods such as ethnography, interviewing, focus groups and oral histories. Considers usefulness of quantitative tools. Develops research proposals for students' own graduate research projects.
FEMST 270.
Feminist Epistemologies
(4)
BORIS, OAKS
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Acquaints students with the scope and range of feminist epistemological critiques across disciplines and pursues issues relevant to problematizing of knowledge seeking, such as theories of agency rooted in gender, race, class, and sexuality.
FEMST 280.
Research Practicum
(4)
STAFF
A cross-disciplinary seminar in which fundamental questions in contemporaryfeminist research practice are considered in light of students own graduateprojects.
FEMST 280A.
Research Seminar
(4)
STAFF
A seminar to provide experience in the research, writing, and critique of scholarly papers based on original research in the interdisciplinary area of feminist studies. Students will either develop a research proposal or work on a M.A. thesis, dissertation proposal, dissertation chapter, or article.
FEMST 280B.
Research Seminar
(4)
STAFF
A seminar to provide experience in the research, writing, and critique of scholarly papers based on original research in the interdisciplinary area of feminist studies. Students who have taken FEMST 280A will complete the research project, and other students will work on a M.A. thesis, dissertation proposal, dissertation chapter, or article.
FEMST 501.
Apprentice Teaching in Feminist Studies
(4)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Teaching assistant.
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit.
Students will receive faculty supervision as they lead discussion sections, assist in the preparation and evaluation of exams, and advise on written assignments. Attention will be given to the challenges posed by multidisciplinary materials and perspectives. Weekly meetings with instructor required.
FEMST 594AAZZ.
Special Topics in Feminist Studies
(4)
STAFF
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated provided letter designations are different.
Special seminar on research topics of current interest.
FEMST 594CB.
Special Topics in Feminist Studies
FEMST 594CH.
Special Topics in Women's Studies
FEMST 594EG.
Special Topics in Women's Studies
FEMST 594HH.
Special Topics in Women's Studies
FEMST 594JA.
Special Topics in Women's Studies
FEMST 594JB.
Special Topics in Women's Studies
FEMST 594JT.
Special Topics in Women's Studies
FEMST 594WD.
Special Topics in Women's Studies
FEMST 596.
Directed Reading and Research
(2-8)
STAFF
Prerequisite: Instructor approval; current graduate enrollment.
Enrollment Comments: May be repeated for credit with approval of program chair.
Individual tutorial relevant to M.A. or Ph.D projects. Plan of study must be approved by program chair.
FEMST 597.
Independent Study for PhD Examinations
(2-12)
STAFF
Independent study for PhD Examinations
FEMST 598.
M.A. Thesis Research and Preparation
(2-12)
STAFF
Open to graduate students conducting master's research.
FEMST 599.
PhD Dissertation Research and Preparation
(2-12)
STAFF
Open to graduate students conducting doctoral research.