The normal course load is 15 units per semester (5 classes). By following the model below, a student will complete all lower division core requirements by the end of the sophomore year as well as most of major prerequisites. Note that core areas are suggested to provide a distribution of various disciplines every semester. Please be flexible implementing these suggestions, given your own interests and course availability. In four years, this plan meets all common graduation requirements.
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| American Cultures (AMCS 100/161) | Core 3 |
| College Writing (ENGL 100/110) | Core 3 |
| History/Philosophy/Theology | Core 3 |
| Mathematics | Core 3 |
| Intro to Women's Studies (WNST 100) | 3 |
| Total: 15 | |
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| Literature | Core 3 |
| Critical Arts/Creative Arts | Core 3 |
| History/Philosophy/Theology | Core 3 |
| Social Science | Core 3 |
| Women of Color (WNST 101) | 3 |
| Total: 15 | |
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| History/Philosophy/Theology | Core 3 |
| Communications/Critical Thinking | Core 3 |
| Social Science | Core 3 |
| Women in Global… (WNST 200) | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total: 15 | |
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| History/Philosophy/Theology | Core 3 |
| Critical Arts/Creative Arts | Core 3 |
| Science | Core 3 |
| Women's Studies 220/221/222 | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total: 15 | |
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| Upper Division PHIL/THST | Core 3 |
| Research Methods (WNST 302) | Major 3 |
| Women's Studies Upper Division | Major 3 |
| Upper Division Elective | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total: 15 | |
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| Upper Division PHIL/THST | Core 3 |
| Feminist Theories (WNST 301) | Major 3 |
| Genders & Sexualities (WNST 351) | Major 3 |
| Women's Studies Upper Division | Major 3 |
| Upper Division Elective | 3 |
| Total: 15 | |
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| Women's Studies Upper Division | Major 3 |
| Women's Studies Upper Division | Major 3 |
| Upper Division Elective | 3 |
| Upper Division Elective | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total: 15 | |
| Course | Units |
|---|---|
| Senior Seminar (WNST 497) | Major 3 |
| Upper Division Elective | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total: 15 | |