Critical Gender Studies  

Courses

For course descriptions not found in the 2005-2006 General Catalog, please contact the department for more information.

Lower-Division

CGS 2A. Introduction to Critical Gender Studies: Social Movements (4)     The role of social movements in contesting rights and representation in comparative and historical contexts. Historical examples in the U.S. and other locations including: civil rights, men’s movements, antiracist feminism, women’s movements, AIDS activism, transgenderism, immigrant rights, and the labor movement in the U.S.

CGS 2B. Introduction to Critical Gender Studies: Gender and Institutions (4)    This course examines how gender organizes and is organized by institutions. Domains of inquiry may include family, education, medicine, technology, law, media, the workplace, immigration, and citizenship.

CGS 90. Undergraduate Seminar (1)    This seminar will introduce students to current interdisciplinary research topics and methods in the study of gender and sexuality. UCSD Faculty members, as well as distinguished outside visitors, will be invited to present their work.

Upper-Division

CGS 100: Conceptualizing Gender: Theories and Methods (4)     This course will compare the uses of gender as a category of analysis across academic disciplines in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences with particular attention to research methodologies.

CGS 101: Gender, Modernity, and Globalization (4)    The global effects of modernity, modernization, and globalization on men and women. Topics: international consumer culture; international divisions of labor; construction of sexuality and gender within global movements; the migrations of people, capital, and culture.Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.

CGS 102: Selected Topics in Critical Gender Studies (4)     An interdisciplinary course focusing on one of a variety of topics in gender studies, such as gender and science, the body, reproductive technologies, public policy. May be taken for credit three times when topics vary. Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.

CGS 103: Feminist Theory (4)    An interdisciplinary course in feminist theory. Topics may range from a general survey of feminist theory in a variety of disciplines to a more focused interdisciplinary theoretical topic such as postmodernism and feminism. May be taken for credit three times when topics vary. Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.

CGS 104: Advanced Topics in Comparative Perspectives (4)     Focuses on the relationship between gender and culture from a multiplicity of perspectives. Possible topics could include gender and ethnicity, gender across class, and other topics to be examined in a cross cultural framework. May be taken for credit two times when topics vary. Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.

CGS 105: Queer Theory (4)     Examines the different methodologies and disciplinary histories that together constitute the interdisciplinary project called queer studies. Of particular interest will be how these different methodologies and history construe and construct the relations between gender, race, class, and nation. Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.

CGS 106: Gender Equality and the Law (4)     Explores the legal treatment of discrimination on the basis of gender, including equal protection doctrine and some statutory law such as Title VII. Topics include the meaning of gender equality in such areas as single-sex education, military service, sexual harassment, discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, and other current issues. Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.

CGS 107: Gender and Reproductive Rights (4)     Legal treatment of gender, reproductive rights, and the family, particularly as evolving law, primarily in the U.S., has created conflicting rights, roles, and responsibilities. Topics include abortion, fetal rights, surrogacy, marriage, and child custody issues. Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.

CGS 109A: Gender, Science, Technology (4)     Examines impact of gender and racialized gender on the production and uses of science and technology. Issues include (but are not limited to): racism and biotechnology, biological determinism, eugenics, plagiarism and invisible work, information technologies and access, and the politics of museums. Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.

CGS 109B: Gender and Information Technology (4)     Explores how gender and racialized gender affect and are affected by information technology. Through the use of feminist and race-critical approaches, the course examines the impact of information technology on workplaces, the family, gender identity, and the environment. Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.

CGS 110A: Women and Sport (4)     Examines the history of women and sport in the U.S. and changes since the passage of Title IX (federal equity legislation) in 1972. Explores the evolution of women in sport from historical, social, racial, psychological, political, and legal perspectives. Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.

CGS 110B: Title IX and Gender Equity in Sports and Education (4)     Comprehensive review of Title IX (federal equity legislation) and its impact on gender equity in U.S. sports and education. Explores policy interpretations, changes in educational opportunities and sports programs resulting from legislation and related court cases.Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.

CGS 111: Gender and the Body (4)     Various approaches to the study of gendered bodies. Possible topics to include masculinities/feminities; lifecycles; biology, culture, and identity; medical discourses and health issues. May be taken for credit three times when topics vary. Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.

CGS 112. Sexuality and Nation (4)     (Cross-listed with ETHN 127.) This course explores the nexus of sex, race, ethnicity, gender, and nation and considers their influence on identity, sexuality, migration movement and borders, and other social, cultural, and political issues that these constructs affect. Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor.

CGS 190. Honors Seminar (4)     Interdisciplinary readings in feminist theory and research methodology to prepare students for writing an honors thesis. Open to Critical Gender Studies majors who have been admitted to Critical Gender Studies Honors Program. May be applied toward primary concentration in Critical Gender Studies major. Prerequisites: admission to Critical Gender Studies Honors Program and department stamp required.

CGS 196A. Critical Gender Studies Honors Research (4)     A program of independent study providing candidates for Critical Gender Studies honors to develop, in consultation with an adviser, a preliminary proposal for the honors thesis. An IP grade will be awarded at the end of this quarter. A final grade for both quarters will be given upon completion of Critical Gender Studies 196B. Prerequisites: consent of instructor and department stamp required.

CGS 196B. Honors Thesis (4)     Honors thesis research and writing for students who have completed Critical Gender Studies 190 and 196A. A letter grade for both Critical Gender Studies 196A and 196B will be given at the completion of this quarter. Prerequisites: consent of instructor and department stamp required.

CGS 198. Directed Group Study (4)     Directed group study on a topic not generally included in the Critical Gender Studies curriculum. Prerequisites: consent of instructor and director of Critical Gender Studies Program and department stamp required.

CGS 199. Independent Study (4)     Tutorial; independent study on a topic not generally included in the curriculum. Prerequisites: consent of instructor and director of Critical Gender Studies Program and department stamp required.

CGS 500. Apprentice Teaching in Critical Gender Studies (4)     Consideration of pedagogical methods appropriate to undergraduate teaching in Critical Gender Studies courses under supervision of instructor of course. Instructor will define apprentice’s responsibilities in preparing class presentations, directing student discussions, evaluating and grading students’ work, and maintaining productive association with students.

APPLICABLE AND PETITIONABLE COURSES

Gender-based courses offered by UCSD departments fall into two categories: applicable and petitionable. Applicable courses are those which have been approved as always applying to the CGS major and minor. Petitionable courses are either new and therefore not yet approved as applicable or are “topics” courses which focus on gender only in particular quarters. Petitionable courses may be approved by petition to the major/minor during the quarters in which they appear in the CGS quarterly lists.

QUARTERLY LISTS

Each quarter, when the upcoming quarter’s Schedule of Classes is published, the Critical Gender Studies quarterly list is available in the CGS office and at the Web site. It is an important, comprehensive source of information about CGS course offerings as well as those from departments throughout the campus. It identifies by cluster areas both applicable as well as petitionable courses for a given quarter. For reference, the office and the Web site maintain archives of quarterly lists.

CRITICAL GENDER STUDIES CLUSTER AREAS

(NOTE: Only applicable courses are listed here. For petitionable courses, please see the quarterly lists mentioned above.)

1. Culture and Representation:

ANRG 117. Gender Across Cultures

COCU 132. Gender and Media

COCU 137. Politics of Bodies

COCU 138. Feminist Theory

COMT 106. Feminist Video Workshop

ETHN 165. Sex and Gender in African American Communities

ETHN 183. Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Class

HIEU 133. Gender in Antiquity and the Early Medieval Mediterranean

HIEU 147. The History of Women in Europe: Middle Ages to the Early Modern Era

HIEU 148. European Women: The Enlightenment to the Victorian Era

HIEU 149. History of Women in Europe: 1870 to Present

HIEU 180. Topics in European Women’s History

HILA 117. Indians, Blacks, and Whites: Family Relations in Latin America

HIUS 130. Cultural History from 1607 to the Civil War

HIUS 131. Cultural History from the Civil War to the Present

HIUS 156. American Women, American Womanhood

HIUS 157. American Women, American Womanhood 1870 to Present

HIUS 172. Feminist Tradition in America

HIUS 176. Race and Sexual Politics

LTCS 130. Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Class and Culture

LTCS 135. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Studies

LTEN 120E. Women in the Eighteenth Century

LTEN 146. Women and English/American Literature

LTEN 150. Gender, Text, and Culture

LTEN 185. Themes in African American Literature

LTEU 102. Women in Antiquity (was LTGN 101)

LTEU 147. Women in Italy

LTTH 101. Issues in Feminist Theory

LTWL 155. Gender Studies (was LTGN 189)

LTWL 160. Women and Literature (was LTGN 187)

MUSIC 115. Women in Music

PHIL 169. Feminism and Philosophy

POLI 116A. Feminist Theory

SOC/B 118. Sociology of Gender and Roles

SOC/B 118A. (Crosslisted with LIGN 174) Gender and Language in Society

SOC/B 119. Sociology of Sexuality and Sexual Identities

SOC/B 130. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Studies

SOC/C 129. The Family

VIS 121C. Art and Gender

2. Sexualities

COCU 137. Politics of Bodies

COCU 138. Feminist Theory

ETHN 165. Sex and Gender in African American Communities

HIUS 176. Race and Sexual Politics

LTCS 135. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Studies

LTEN 120E. Women in Eighteenth Century

LTEN 150. Gender, Text, and Culture

LTEU 102. Women in Antiquity (was LTGN 101)

LTWL 155. Gender Studies (was LTGN 189)

LTTH 101. Issues in Feminist Theory

POLI 107A. Gay and Lesbian Politics

POLI 116A. Feminist Theory

PSYCH 147. Gender

SOC/B 119. Sociology of Sexuality and Sexual Identities

SOC/B 130. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Studies

3. Work, Migration, and Globalization

ANRG 117. Gender Across Cultures

COCU 138. Feminist Theory

HIEA 137. Women and Family in Chinese History

HILA 161. History of Women in Latin America

LTCS 130. Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Class and Culture

LTTH 101. Issues in Feminist Theory

POLI 134P. Organizing Women in Latin America

SOC/A 103F. Feminist Criticism and Social Theory

SOC/C 132. Gender and Work

4. Science, Technology, Medicine

COCU 137. Politics of Bodies

COCU 138. Feminist Theory

HISC 103. Gender and Science in Historical Perspective

PSYCH 147. Gender

5. History, Society, and Inequalities

COCU 137. Politics of Bodies

COCU 138. Feminist Theory

ETHN 165. Sex and Gender in African American Communities

ETHN 183. Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Class

HIEA 137. Women and Family in Chinese History

HIEU 133. Gender in Antiquity and the Early Medieval Mediterranean

HIEU 147. History of Women in Europe: Middle Ages to Early Modern Era

HIEU 148. History of Women in Europe: Early Enlightenment to Victorian Era

HIEU 149. History of Women in Europe: 1870 to the Present

HIEU 180. Topics in European Women’s History

HILA 117. Indians, Blacks, and Whites: Family Relations in Latin America

HILA 161. History of Women in Latin America

HITO 164. Gender Differences in Historical Perspective

HIUS 130. Cultural History from 1607 to the Civil War

HIUS 131. Cultural History from the Civil War to the Present

HIUS 156. American Women, American Womanhood

HIUS 157. American Women, American Womanhood: 1870 to Present

HIUS 172. Feminist Traditions in America

HIUS 173. Topics in American Women’s History

HIUS 176. Race and Sexual Politics

LTCS 130. Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Class, and Culture

LTCS 135. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Studies

LTEN 185. Themes in African American Literature

LTEU 102. Women in Antiquity

LTTH 101. Issues in Feminist Theory

LTWL 155. Gender Studies (was LTGN 189)

POLI 107A. Gay and Lesbian Politics

POLI 115A. Gender and Politics

POLI 116A. Feminist Theory

POLI 116B. Advanced Feminist Theory

POLI 166F. The American Welfare State

SOC/A 103F. Feminist Criticism and Social Theory

SOC/B 118. Sociology of Gender

SOC1B 118A. (Crosslisted with LIGN 174) Gender and Language in Society

SOC/B 130. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Studies