The College:
The mission of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at California State University, Fullerton is to educate students to be culturally, globally, socially, historically and environmentally astute, civically responsible alumni able to navigate an increasingly complex and interconnected world.
The College of Humanities and Social Sciences' departments and programs offer students the breadth of a traditional liberal arts education in the humanities and social sciences while preparing them for a wide range of professions, for graduate school, and for advanced professional study in fields such as law, education, public administration, clinical psychology, and business. Students who graduate with a degree from H&SS are assured of having depth of understanding in their field of study and the useful core skills that are most attractive to prospective employers and to success in graduate school.
The College of Humanities and Social Sciences is the largest college at Cal State Fullerton, offering 23 undergraduate degrees, 38 minors, and 15 graduate degrees. The 20 departments and programs employ over 450 faculty and 50 staff members serving more than 7,500 students and annually awarding over 2,000 degrees. For more information about the college, please go to http://hss.fullerton.edu/
The Department:
The Department of Women and Gender Studies and Queer Studies offers a wide range of courses addressing current topics in the field. We are particularly committed to a curriculum that attends closely to issues of race and whiteness, discourses shaping experiences of embodiment, Decolonial Feminisms, intersectionality, Ethnic Studies, and social movements and activism. The department offers the following degrees:
- Bachelor of Art in Women and Gender Studies
- Minor in Queer Studies
- Minor in Women and Gender Studies
Further information regarding the curriculum and its faculty may be obtained from the departmental website: https://gss.fullerton.edu/