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Gender and Women’s Studies

Double Majors

DEGREE UPDATE:

No new students for the Gender and Women’s Studies BA degree are being admitted as of Fall 2026. This degree is now being offered as Global Studies with an emphasis in Gender, Difference, and Power.

 

The B.A. in Gender & Women's Studies program offers double major students the opportunity to double-dip up to 12 units of prequalified courses from the following programs:

  • History (HIST)
  • Mexican American Studies (MAS)
  • Sociology (SOC)

Qualified Courses

GWS/HIST double majors can double-dip up to 12 units from the following courses:

  • GWS/HIST 202 History of Modern Sexualities
  • GWS/HIST 386 Race/Gender: Genealogies, Formations, Politics
  • GWS/HIST 496T Queer—Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender—Histories of North America
  • HIST/GWS 253 History of Women in the U.S.: Colonial America to 1890
  • HIST/GWS 254 History of Women in the U.S.: 1890 to Present
  • HIST/GWS 404C Cleopatra: Power, Passion, Propaganda
  • HIST/GWS 411 Human Sexuality in World History
  • HIST/GWS 445 Women in Islamic History
  • HIST/GWS 453 Women and Work
  • HIST/GWS 455 History of Women in Europe
  • HIST/GWS 457A Manhood and Masculinity in the United States
  • HIST/GWS 458 Topics in Comparative Women’s History
  • HIST/GWS 469 Gender and Sexuality in Latin American History
  • HIST/GWS 496P Women’s Life Writing: Autobiography, Diary, Oral History, Biography

Other courses co-convened in both HIST and GWS

AFAS 306 African-American Autobiographies: Women and Their Histories

GWS/MAS double majors can double-dip up to 12 units from the following courses:

  • GWS/MAS 201 Introduction to Chicana/Latina Studies
  • GWS/MAS 307  Chicana Feminisms: History, Theory and Practice
  • GWS/MAS 358 U.S. 3rd World Feminisms:  Theory, History, Practice
  • MAS/GWS 365 Latinos and Latinas:  Emerging Contemporary Issues
  • GWS/MAS 386 Race/Gender: Genealogies, Formations, Politics
  • GWS/MAS 415 Chicano/a Literary and Historical Recovery Projects
  • MAS/GWS 470 The Feminization of Migration:  Global Perspectives
  • MAS/GWS 485 Mexicana/Chicana Women’s History

GWS/SOC double majors can double-dip up to 12 units from the following courses:

Currently cross-listed, and could count toward both majors:

  • GWS/SOC 427 Women and Work
  • GWS/SOC 448 Sociology of the Body
  • GWS/SOC 459 Sociology of Gender
  • GWS/SOC 487 Feminist Interpretations of Health

Not currently cross-listed, but could count toward both majors as Department Elective Credit:

  • GWS 240 Gender in a Transnational World
  • GWS 305 Feminist Theories
  • GWS 308 Gender, Labor and Families
  • GWS 325 Gender, Sexuality & International Migration
  • SOC 304 Race, Class, Gender and Sports
  • SOC 325 Men and Masculinities