For graduate students in Sociology at both the Master's and Ph.D. levels, graduate courses in Women's Studies may be taken as electives or, with the permission of the Graduate Director, substituted for sociology graduate courses. The discipline of sociology examines the behavior of people as members of groups as well as the social organization, knowledge, and other characteristics of the groups themselves. Since gender, along with race and class, are fundamental factors which affect social behavior and organization, an understanding of these dynamics is very useful to sociologists. The Women's Studies program at USC offers a variety of courses which are of interest to sociology students. A selection of these courses is listed below.

• WOST 701 Feminist Theory
• WOST 702 Issues and Methods in Women's Studies Research
• WOST / GINT 704 Political Theory and Feminism
• WOST / PSYC 705 Psychology of Women
• WOST / ANTH 772 Gender and Culture
• WOST 796C / SOCY 790 Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality
• WOST 797 Seminar in Women's Studies
• EPID 700 Introduction to Epidemiology
• HIST 764 History of American Women
• LAW 781 Gender, Race, Sexuality, and the Law

Additional courses are offered each semester as "topics" courses.

Programs in both Sociology and Women's Studies offer some flexibility in course requirements. You should consult the Graduate Director in Women's Studies (777-4009) and/or Sociology to see how you could earn a degree in both areas most efficiently.

For a complete list of graduate courses see the Graduate Bulletin for Women's Studies.