Gender and Sexuality Studies, Minor
The Department offers a minor in Gender & Sexuality Studies which examines the complex articulations of gender and sexuality with systems that differentiate races, ethnicities, socio-economic classes, religions, and nationalities. Students examine how the authority of sciences, technologies, images, narratives, laws, and religions have been formative in producing prevailing ideas about gender and sexuality. Our teaching and research agendas reflect a commitment to refining three key methods: 1) Feminist Transnational Analysis; 2) Critical Interdisciplinary Study; 3) Cultural Theory.
Departmental Requirements
| A. Three introductory core courses selected from: | |
| Introduction to Queer Studies | |
| Gender and Feminism in Everyday Life | |
| Gender and Power | |
| Gender and Popular Culture | |
| Gender and Science | |
| Gender and Law | |
| Gender and Religion | |
| B. Three advanced core courses selected from the following: | |
| Feminism and Social Change | |
| Feminist Theory | |
| Feminist Cultural Studies | |
| Queer Knowledges | |
| Gender, State, and Nation | |
| Money, Sex, and Power | |
| The Politics of Health and Medicine | |
| Histories of Sexuality | |
| Image Problems | |
| Practices of Embodiment | |
| C. One advanced elective course selected from GEN&SEX 139–190 | |
Residence Requirement for the Minor: A minimum of four upper-division courses required for the minor must be completed successfully at UCI. By petition, two of the four may be taken through the UC Education Abroad Program, provided course content is approved in advance by the appropriate department chair.