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RESOURCES

Courses

For a complete listing of our courses this semester, click on the following link and select "Gender and Women's Studies" from the drop down menu:

Class Search

For a complete listing of ALL Gender and Women's Studies courses in the catalog, please click on the following link:

GWS Course Listings

GWS Chair

The Department Chair for Gender & Women's Studies is Dr. Sheena Malhotra

Please follow the link to Dr. Malhotra's webpage (below) for her office hours and contact information.

Advising

Advising for all majors and minors in the Humanities will now be handled by the Student Services Center/EOP. Please click below for contact information.

However, GWS faculty and staff are always available to discuss various options or future career plans. Please click the link below to find contact information for various faculty:
  • GWS Faculty Info

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    Helpful Forms for GWS majors
    GWS Student Scholarship

    Every year the Gender and Women's Studies Department awards the Shannon L. Hamm Memorial Gender & Women's Studies scholarship to an outstanding GWS Junior. Click here for information on the Scholarship.

    Links to GWS Clubs and Organizations

    Department Information

    Gender & Women's Studies Department Contact Information

    California State University, Northridge

    18111 Nordhoff Street
    Northridge, CA 91330-8251

    Phone: 818-677-3110
    Fax: 818-677-7094

    Email us at: gws@csun.edu

    The Gender and Women's Studies Department is located in Jerome Richfield 340.

     

    Department Announcements

    GWS Scholarship Application Due on May 16th, 2012

    Every year the Gender and Women's Studies Department awards the Shannon L. Hamm Memorial Gender & Women's Studies scholarship to an outstanding GWS Junior. Please Click HERE for information on the Scholarship

    Part-Time Teaching Positions

    We have the following anticipated openings to teach in the GWS Department.

    Please be aware that each class represents a seperate pool. Your application MUST indicate for which classes you want to be considered:

    GWS 100 - Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies

    GWS 110 - Women, Work & Family

    GWS 300 - Women as Agents of Change

    GWS 350 - Intersections of Gender, Race, Class and Sexuality

     

    Department Highlights and News

    We congratulate Dr. Nayereh Tohidi for being the recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities grant towards the creation of a new minor in "Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies" at CSU, Northridge. NEH grants are highly competitive at the national level.

    We congratulate Dr. Florence Kyomugisha for being the 2011-12 College of Humanities Research Fellow.

     

    Phenomenal Woman Awards

    Mural of Womens Studies

    Phenomenal Woman Awards

    The Gender and Women’s Studies Department at CSUN honors five outstanding women every two years with a Phenomenal Woman Award. The Phenomenal Woman Awards event celebrates women who have made important contributions to our community.

    It also allows the Gender and Women’s Studies Department to raise funds to sponsor special programming, support student and faculty research, and finance scholarships for Women’s Studies majors. In addition, these contributions support the Women’s Resource & Research Center, the oldest continuing women’s center within the California State University system.

     

    Phenomenal Woman Awards

    Phenomenal Woman Honorees 2010

    Phenomenal Woman Forum 2009

    Phenomenal Woman Honorees 2008

    Phenomenal Woman Honorees 2006

    Welcome to Gender & Women's Studies

    The Gender & Women’s Studies Department at CSUN emphasizes interdisciplinary, cross-cultural and transnational studies with a focus on gender.

    It includes course work in feminist theories, women and social movements, transnational feminisms, women of color feminisms, postcolonial feminism, women’s economic conditions in the context of globalization and development, productions of women in the media and literature, queer studies, women’s health and masculinity studies.

    The Gender and Women’s Studies Department teaches students to view the world with a critical analytical approach grounded in a social justice framework. The department adheres to a disciplinary practice that centers on an integrative, intersectional framing of issues concerning gender, race, class, sexuality, nationality, ethnicity, age and the differently abled.

    Students at a "Take Back the Night" rally

    2010 Outstanding Graduate of GWS, June Kwon, gives speech at Freshman Convocation on September 4th, 2010 and encourages students to get involved and, "Find what they love."

    June Kwon speaks at Freshman Convocation

    The Major and Minor

    The major and minor provide a background for various careers such as law, counseling and healthcare or advanced graduate degrees in fields such as Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, education, communication, political, cultural and media studies.

    Gender and Women's Studies Major

    Gender and Women's Studies offers a 45 unit major.

    Gender and Women's Studies Major Requirements.

    Gender and Women's Studies Minor

    Gender and Women's Studies offers a 18 unit minor.

    Gender and Women's Studies Minor Requirements

    Gender and Women's Studies Learning Outcomes

    Artist Credits

     

    Artist Credits for the art used throughout the GWS webpage