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Sep 07, 2024
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2022-2023 Pitzer Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Gender and Feminist Studies Major
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Requirements for the Major
The major requires a minimum of ten (10) courses, distributed among core courses and three tracks.
Core Courses
(one course from each numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 below):
- GWS 026 PO -Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies or
FGSS 026 SC - Introduction to Feminist Gender, and Sexuality Studies or
FGSS 036 SC - Introduction to Queer Studies or
ID 76 CMC Intersections: Gender, Race and Sexuality.
- Feminist Theory, such as
POST 163 PZ -Feminist Theory ;
CHLT 166 CH -Chicana Feminist Epistemologies ;
GWS 180 PO - Queer Feminist Theories; or
FGSS 184 SC - Intersectional Feminist Theories.
- Intersectionality of gender/race/class/sexualities, such as
CHLT 060 CH -Women in the Third World ;
CHLT 061 CH -Contemporary Issues of Chicanas & Latinas ;
CHLT 115 CH -Gender, Race and Class: Women of Color in the U.S. ;
CHLT 154 CH -Latinas in the Garment Industry ;
CHLT 166 CH -Chicana Feminist Epistemologies ;
ARHI 178 PO -Africana Aesthetics and the Politics of (Re)presentation ;
ASAM 090 PZ -Asian American and Multiracial Communities ;
ENGL 140 PO -Literature of Incarceration: Writings from No Man’s Land ;
MS 080 AA -Video and Diversity
- GWS 190 PO -Senior Seminar or GFS 191 PZ -Senior Thesis or Project (Candidates for Honors must complete both the Sr. Seminar and Sr. Project/Thesis)
Tracks
Students should take at least one (1) course from each track that focuses on gender and empowerment; and complete an additional three (3) courses from one of the tracks:
- Global, National and Local Communities
- Creativity: Art, Literature, Spirituality, Identity
- Sciences, Medicine and Technologies
If students have two majors, no more than two (2) courses, including a methods course, may be counted toward the completion of both majors.
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