女权研究系在UCSB设有跨学科工作和学术合作的模型，在19个系中有60多名核心和附属教职员工。到2012年春季，已经有近70名学生从UCSB毕业，并完成了博士课程。目前有50多名学生参加了重点课程。女权主义研究方向的博士生需要成功完成四个研讨会，以发展对女权主义理论和教育学以及对妇女，性别和性行为的研究的批判性和分析性理解。女权主义研究作为跨学科的对话和智力问题集，也支持UCSB的多学科本科课程，鼓励博士研究生学习作为助教和助手来申请女权主义研究课程的培训。
The Feminist Studies Emphasis examines feminist pedagogy, feminist theory, and topics relevant to the study of women, gender, and/or sexuality, using an interdepartmental set of conversations and intellectual questions. The Department of Feminist Studies, with over sixty core and affiliated faculty members in nineteen departments, serves as a model of interdisciplinary work and scholarly collaboration at UCSB. Through Spring 2012, almost 70 students have graduated from UCSB having completed the doctoral emphasis. More than 50 other students currently participate in the emphasis. Feminist Studies doctoral emphasis students are required to complete successfully four seminars designed to develop critical and analytic understanding of feminist theory and pedagogy as well as the study of women, gender, and sexuality.