Global and International Studies Program,
Division of Social Sciences
Humanities and Social Sciences 3042
Telephone: (805) 893-7860
E-mail: gisp@global.ucsb.edu
Website: www.global.ucsb.edu/programs/wcd/about.html (will
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Program Chair: Kum-Kum Bhavnani
Contents:
- Women, Culture, and Development Studies Advisory Committee
- Overview
- Minor-Women, Culture, and Development
Women, Culture, and Development Studies Advisory Committee
Kum-Kum Bhavnani (Chair), Ph.D. (Sociology, Women’s Studies)
Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval, Ph.D. (Chicana and Chicano Studies)
Edwina Barvosa-Carter, Ph.D. (Chicana and Chicano Studies)
Kathleen Bruhn, Ph.D. (Latin American and Iberian Studies, Political Science)
Swato Chattopadhyay, Ph.D. (Art History)
Catherine Cole, Ph.D. (Dramatic Art)
Eve Darian-Smith, Ph.D. (Law and Society)
Adrienne L. Edgar, Ph.D. (History)
John Foran, Ph.D. (Latin American and Iberian Studies, Sociology)
Cornelia Fales, Ph.D. (Music)
Nancy E. Gallagher, Ph.D. (History, Women’s Studies)
Lisa Hajjar, Ph.D. (Law and Society)
Mary E. Hancock, Ph.D. (Anthropology, Women’s Studies)
Christopher McAuley, Ph.D. (Black Studies, Latin American and Iberian Studies)
Stephen F. Miescher, Ph.D. (History)
Sylvester Ogbechie, Ph.D. (Art History)
Susan Stonich, Ph.D. (Anthropology, Environmental Studies)
Mayfair Yang, Ph.D. (Anthropology, East Asian Studies)
Women, Culture, and Development (WCD) Studies is an affiliated program of UCSB’s Global and International Studies Program. The WCD program offers an academic minor in women, culture, and development studies. This minor presents undergraduate students with a unique opportunity to focus their studies on the role of women in Third World development. Courses comprising the minor give the program wide geographic coverage, including the regions and countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. The minor allows students to explore how gender affects and is affected by development and the ways in which the cultures of peoples in the Third World affect the origins and outcomes of development.
The WCD minor program is highly interdisciplinary. Students completing the minor take two required seminars, Global Studies 180A-B (same courses as Sociology 156A-B). The minor’s remaining 16 upper-division units are chosen from a list of almost 100 courses based in 15 departments.
Minor - Women, Culture, and Development
All courses to be applied to the minor must be completed on a letter-grade basis.
Preparation for the minor. There are no required courses in preparation for the minor.
Upper-division minor. Twenty-four units, distributed as follows: Global Studies 180A and 180B (same as Sociology 156A and 156B); one course selected from Anthropology 102, 111, 116, 120, 122, 125, 130B, 146, 149, 172, 185; Asian American Studies 113, 128, 131, 132, 135, 136; Black Studies 104, 107, 161, 169AR; Chicana/o Studies 139, 151, 177, 178A, 189C; Dramatic Art 163; Film Studies 161; History 101G, 179B; History of Art and Architecture 136J; Global Peace and Security 136, 137; Political Science 147; Religious Studies 114B; Sociology 130, 130GR, 130ST, 134R,155B, 166W, 185G, and three additional courses selected from any of the following: Africa: Anthropology 156; Black Studies 100, 130A-B, 133, 152, 171; French 192X; History 144, 147B, 147G; History of Art and Architecture 121D , 127A; Music 175C; Asia: Anthropology 117Y, 138A, 142, 142B; Chinese 141; Dramatic Art 165A-B; History 185A-B; Korean 113, 120; Music 175E, 175G; Religious Studies 140D, 160, 166B, 178; Political Science 138; Sociology 130CS, 130SA; Latin America: Anthropology 104H; History 154LA, 154LB, 156A-B, 156I; History of Art and Architecture 124B, 124L; Latin American and Iberian Studies 101, 102; Political Science 148A; Sociology 130LA, 134LA, 156LA; Spanish 120A-B, 177, 178, 185, 194; Portuguese 128AA-ZZ; Middle East: History 146A-B, 146W; Music 168X, 175F; Political Science 150A; Religious Studies 140B, 140F.
Note: Although electives from other departments are listed for the Women, Culture, and Development minor, many of the courses have prerequisites or other departmental restrictions. Check catalog course descriptions for details.
Note: Substitutions and waivers are subject to approval by the chair of the department. Please see "Academic Minors" for special conditions governing minors in the College of Letters and Science.
