Students entering the University of San Diego and/or declaring a major during 2023-24, should follow information contained in the printed course catalog (also known as the "catalog of record") published on April 1, 2023. Access the catalog of record at https://catalogs.sandiego.edu.

The Women's and Gender Studies minor is an 18 unit program that includes the following requirements:

GNDS 101 Introduction to Gender Studies
Two lower- or upper division elective courses to be selected from a list generated each semester by the program coordinators or from the courses listed below in this course catalog.
Two elective upper division courses to be selected from a list generated each semester by the program coordinators or from the courses listed below in this course catalog. Thus 3-9 units of lower-division work, and 9-15 units of upper division coursework are required.
Two of the four elective courses listed in items 2 and 3 above must be in the humanities and two must be in the social sciences.
GNDS 495 Advanced Women's and Gender Studies

Interdisciplinary Courses

Courses in this edition of the undergraduate catalog that count toward the Women’s and Gender Studies minor are listed below. Other courses that will count toward the minor will be provided on a semester-by-semester basis. Students should select their courses in consultation with one of the program coordinators. Please see the full course descriptions under the appropriate departmental listings.

Course List
Code	Title	Units
Social Sciences
COMM 325	Interpersonal Communication	3
COMM 326	Nonverbal Communication	3
COMM 432	Film and Cultural Politics	3
COMM 445	Gender Communication	3
COMM 475	Intercultural Communication	3
COMM 482	Children and Media	3
COMM 483	Teens and Popular Culture	3
ETHN 321C	African American Panethnicity	3
ETHN 331	Gender in Native America	3
ETHN 355	Asian American Social Movements	3
ETHN 361	Immigration at US-Mexico Border: Ethnicity, Race & Gender	3
ETHN 364	Race, Class and Gender	3
ETHN 365	U.S. Women Of Color Theory And Activism	3
ETHN 367	Race and Globalization	3
LEAD 349	Women in Leadership	3
MGMT 306	Women in Management	3
POLS 307	Feminist Political Theories	3
POLS 309	Sex, Power, and Politics	3
PSYC 328	Stereotyping, Prejudice and Discrimination	3
PSYC 330	Psychology of Gender	3
PSYC 359	Health Psychology of Women and Ethnic Groups	3
PSYC 378	Explorations in Human Sexuality	3
SOCI 101	Introduction to Sociology	3
SOCI 310	U.S. Society	3
SOCI 311	Sociology of Families	3
SOCI 312	Gendered Lives	3
SOCI 313	Sexualities	3-4
SOCI 372	Politics and Society	3
SOCI 470	Sexuality and Borders	3
Humanities
ARTH 356	Race, Ethnicity, Art and Film	3
ENGL 215	Children's Literature	3
ENGL 321	Literature of Race, Gender and Sexuality	3
ENGL 342	Romanticism	3
ENGL 358	United States Ethnic Literature	3
ENGL 374	Gender and Literature	3
FREN 414	French Women Writers	3
HIST 126	American Women in History	3
HIST 331	The Global Renaissance	3
HIST 335	The Victorians in Literature & Film	3
HIST 341	World War II	3
HIST 367	Women's Lives in East Asia	3
HIST 383	Chicano/a/x History	3
HIST 385	African American Women's History	3
PHIL 111	Philosophy of Human Nature	3
PHIL 343	Gender and Economic Justice	3
SPAN 302	Cultural History of Spain	3
SPAN 426	Studies in 18th and 19th Century Peninsular Literature and Culture	3
THEA 370	Performance Studies	3
THRS 318	Islam, Women and Literature	3
THRS 331	Sexual Ethics in the Catholic Tradition	3
THRS 332	HIV/AIDS and Christian Ethics	3
THRS 333	LGBTQ+ and Christianity	3
THRS 334	Christian Social Ethics	3
THRS 358	Latinoa Catholicism	3
THRS 365	Black and Womanist Theologies	3
THRS 367	Feminist Theology and Ethics	3