CGS Courses
Lower Division
Lower Division
CGS 2A. Introduction to Critical Gender Studies: Key Terms & Concepts
CGS 2B. Introduction to Critical Gender Studies: Social Formations
CGS 87. Critical Gender Studies First-Year Seminar
Upper Division
Upper Division
CGS 100A. Conceptualizing Gender: Theoretical Approaches
CGS 100B. Conceptualizing Gender: Methods & Methodologies
Intermediate Courses
(Open to all students regardless of prior experience, but CGS2a and/or CGS 2b are encouraged)
CGS 101. Gender & Globalization
CGS 105. Queer Theory
CGS 106. Gender & the Law
CGS 108/LTCS 108. Gender, Race, & Artificial Intelligence
CGS 109. Sexual Violence
CGS 110. Intersectional Struggles for Environmental Justice
CGS 111. Gender & the Body
CGS 112/ETHN 127. Sexuality & Nation
CGS 113. Gender & Sexuality in the Arts
CGS 114/ETHN 183. Gender, Race, Ethnicity, & Class
CGS 116. Feminist Social Movements
CGS 117/ANSC 117. Transgenderisms
CGS 118/ANSC 186. Gender & Incarceration
CGS 119/LTCS 119. Asian American Film, Video, & New Media: The Politics of Pleasure
CGS 120/ANSC 180. Capitalism & Gender
Advanced Courses
(Require having taken a previous course in CGS or in the department with which the course is cross-listed)
CGS 121. Selected Topics in Critical Gender Studies
CGS 122. Advanced Topics in Comparative Perspectives
CGS 123. Gender & Reproductive Politics
CGS 124. Girls & Sexuality
CGS 125. Women of Color Writers
CGS 126. Muslims on Gender & Sexuality
CGS 127. Feminist Border Studies
CGS 128. Transnational Feminisms
CGS 130. Queer Performativity
CGS 135. Feminist Science & Technology Studies
CGS 137/ETHN 137. Latina Issues & Cultural Production
CGS 147/ETHN 147. Black Feminisms, Past & Present
CGS 150/ETHN 150. Visuality, Sexuality, & Race
CGS 165/ETHN 165. Gender & Sexuality in African American Communities
CGS 187/ETHN 187. Latinx Sexualities
Honors Series
The Critical Gender Studies Honors Program allows advanced CGS majors to pursue individual projects in the context of collective intellectual exchange with their peers and advising faculty. Students are eligible if they a) have senior standing at the time they begin the program, and b) are approved by the faculty director and steering committee. Normally, students eligible for honors will have a 3.5 grade point average in upper-division courses taken for the major, but highly motivated students who do not meet this criterion may be admitted to the program at the discretion of the director and the steering committee.
CGS 190. Honors Seminar
CGS 196A. Honors Research
CGS 196B. Honors Thesis
Special Studies
Many Critical Gender Studies majors and minors elect to do research under the rubrics of Directed Group Study (198), Independent Study (199), internships, and mentor programs. Because these courses can be taken only with a P/NP grade option, the number of such courses to be applied to the major should be discussed with a Critical Gender Studies advisor. Some graduate and professional schools prefer to evaluate a student's transcript with letter grades. College guidelines and requirements for grade options also vary. Please see college academic advisors and Critical Gender Studies advisors.
CGS 198. Directed Group Study
CGS 199. Independent Study