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To complete a minor in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Intersexual, and Transgender Studies, students must complete 24 units as follows:

  1. Lower-division requirements (4 units required)

    2. LGBS 001:  Gender and Sexuality (4 units)

  2. Upper-division requirements (20 units required)
    1. Four (4) units of English chosen from:


      ENGL 122 (E-Z)/LGBS 122 (E-Z):  Literature and Sexualities (4 units)
      ENGL 143 (E-Z)/FVC 143 (E-Z):  Gender, Sexuality, and Visual Culture (4 units)
      ENGL 144 (E-Z)/FVC 144 (E-Z):  Race, Ethnicity, and Visual Culture (4 units)

    2. Four (4) units of Ethnic Studies or History chosen from:


      ETST 175/WMST 175:  Gender, Ethnicity, and Borders (4 units)
      HISA 130/WMST 130:  Gender, Sex, and Sexuality in Early America (4 units)
      HISE 148A:  Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe, 1348-1800 (4 units)
      HISE 148B:  Women and Gender in Europe, 1800-present (4 units)
      HIST 191T:  Seminar in History, American Thought and Culture (4 units)

    3. Four (4) units of Art History, Classics, Dance, or Music chosen from:


      AHS 182:  Visual Art and Visual Theory after 1945 (4 units)
      AHS 186/FVC 186:  Media and Movements: Film, Video, Photography, and the Visual Arts (4 units)
      CLA 120E:  Themes and Issues of the Classical World, Ancient Sexuality and Gender (4 units)
      DNCE 141:  History of Ballet
      DNCE 142:  History of Modern Dance
      MUS 114:  Opera
      MUS 126/ANTH 177/WMST 126:  Gender, Sexuality, and Music in Cross-Cultural Perspectives (4 units)

    4. Four (4) units of Psychology, Sociology, or Women’s Studies chosen from:


      PSYC 160A/HMDV 160A:  Development in Infancy and Childhood (4 units)
      PSYC 160B/HMDV 160B:  Development in Adolescence and Adulthood (4 units)
      PSYC 161/HMDV 161:  Personality Development (4 units)
      SOC 140:  The Sociology of Women (4 units)
      SOC 141:  Men and Masculinity (4 units)
      SOC 177E:  Topics in Social Psychology: Sociological Orientation, Social Psychology of Gender (4 units)
      SOC 177F:  Topics in Social Psychology: Sociological Orientation, Theories of Interpersonal Behavior (4 units)
      WMST 100:  Gender Theory (4 units)
      WMST 103:  Sexualities and Culture (4 units)
      WMST 108/PHIL 108:  Philosophical Issues of Race and Gender (4 units)
      WMST 135:  Love, Desire, and Lesbian Sexuality (4 units)
      WMST 140:  Reproduction: Policies, Politics, and Practices (4 units)

    5. Four (4) units chosen from:


      LGBS 190:  Special Studies
      LGBS 193:  Senior Seminar
      Those listed above

Note:  Students may satisfy an upper-division requirement by completing 4 units of LGBS 198I: Individual Internship.