Bachelor of Art in Interdisciplinary Studies - Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies

The Interdisciplinary Studies Programs at CSUB allow students to examine concepts, issues, and perspectives that cross traditional boundaries of study, and to combine elements of distinct disciplines in a unique way. CSUB offers three Interdisciplinary Studies concentrations: Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies,
Interdisciplinary Studies, BA Program Goals and Objectives
Goal I: Students will develop broad, integrative knowledge.

Students will analyze complex issues, which integrate foundational knowledge, values, and methods from two or more disciplines.
Goal II: Students will develop cross-disciplinary skills.

Students will communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, in and across disciplinary styles and for various audiences and contexts.
Students will, as individual researchers/scholars as well as in collaboration with others, solve or creatively respond to a current complex problem drawing on two or more disciplinary approaches.
Goal III: Students in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies or Ethnic and Area Studies will apply an interdisciplinary approach.

Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies students will apply feminist and other critical perspectives to examine the ways that gender intersects with race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, nationality, disability, and other facets of embodiment.
Ethnic and Area Studies students will apply an interdisciplinary approach to the comparative, intersectional, and relational study of African Americans, Asian Americans, Chicana/os-Latinas/os, and American Indians within local, regional, (trans)-national, and global contexts.

Official Transcripts -
First-time freshmen Provide high school high school transcripts must be in English and indicate proof of graduation Must have an overall GPA of 2.5 or higher.
Any transcript from a college or university outside of the USA will require a course-by-course analysis.
All Transfers - Provide high school high school transcripts must be in English and indicate proof of graduation if transferring with less than 60 total college or university units Must have an overall GPA of 2.4 or higher.
Any transcript from a college or university outside of the USA will require a course-by-course analysis This can be done with a company such as World Education Services WES Please contact WES directly for instructions and costs.
First-time freshmen must submit ONE of the following -
TOEFL - Score of 61 iBT required Request scores to be sent to school code 4110.
IELTS Score of 5.5 required with a minimum of 5.5 in each section.
SAT with a score of 550 or higher in the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing Section.
Pearson Test Examination PTE Minimum score of 43.