Department of Feminist Studies

4631 South Hall
UC Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-7110
Tel: (805) 893-4330
Fax: (805) 893-8676
www.femst.ucsb.edu 

 

 

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Undergraduate Minor
   

Requirements for the Minor
WOMEN’S STUDIES, 2008-2009:

All courses to be applied to the minor must be completed on a letter-grade basis. This includes both courses offered in Women’s Studies and those offered by other departments and applied to the minor.

Christina Toy and Maria Dominguez
Undergraduate Advisor Christina Toy (left)
with Peer Advisor Maria Dominguez
at the Women's Studies Graduation in June 2007.
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PREPARATION
UNITS
12 units required as follows:
      Area A: Introduction to Women’s Studies: Women’s Studies 20 or 40
4
      Area B: Intersectionalities: Women’s Studies 60 or 80
4
      Area C: Global Feminism: Women’s Studies 30 or 50
4
 
UPPER-DIVISION
      20 UD units required, distributed as follows: Women’s Studies 180 and 181
8
 
Three courses from the following, one must be from Women’s Studies:
12
Anthropology 102A-B, 111, 116, 125, 142B, 172, 176; Art History 111E, 143B-C; Asian American Studies 112, 128, 131, 132, 134, 135, 136, 138, 146; Black Studies 106, 121, 122, 127, 133, 136; Chicana/o Studies 112, 114, 147, 148, 149, 151, 153, 154F, 155W, 167, 184A; Classics 110; Communication 124, 126; Comparative Literature 104; Dance 145W; English 114AA-ZZ; Environmental Studies 184; Film Studies 150PG, 163; French 106X, 130X, 131X, 132X, 136X, 168, 171X, 185A-B; German 164G, 170; Global Studies 180A-B; History 117C-D-Q, 146PW, 146W, 147G, 147Q, 159B-C, 163A-B-P, 175D, 188A-B; Interdisciplinary 100WS; Italian 142X, 143X, 144AX-ZX; Japanese 162; Law and Society 140, 141, 166; Linguistics 132; Political Science 159; Religious Studies 103B, 114D, 192; Slavic 164C; Sociology 134, 140, 144, 144S, 151, 153, 154A, 154F, 155A-B, 155M, 155T, 155W, 156A-B, 159LG, 159S, 176A,185G; Spanish 194; Theater 180G, 187FG; Women's Studies 115, 117C, 120, 124A, 130, 131, 132, 136AA-ZZ, 142, 143, 144, 146, 147G, 147Q, 150, 151AA-ZZ, 153, 154A, 155A-B, 159B-C, 159LG, 160, 162, 163A, 167, 171CN, 185AA-ZZ, 186AA-ZZ, 190, 196, 198, 199; Writing 109WS

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Substitutions and waivers are subject to approval by the chair of the department.

Students must consult the General Catalog for prerequisites to required courses.

The following conditions must also be met for official recognition of the minor:

  • The sponsoring department reports completion of the minor prior to the posting of the degree.
  • At least 18 upper-division quarter units are completed for the minor. (Waivers cannot reduce the requirement below this number.)
  • At least 12 of the upper-division units for the minor are completed while in residence at UCSB.
  • The UC grade-point average in ALL applicable upper-division courses, including those in excess of minimum requirements, is 2.0 or higher.
  • No more than 5 upper-division units overlap between this minor and the upper-division portion of the major(s) or other minor(s). If overlap is greater with the major(s), completion of the minor will not be formally recognized; if overlap with other minor(s) is greater, only the first minor reported will be recognized.

No reference will be made to the minor on any progress checks or degree clearance forms.