WGS 400 Introduction to Women's & Gender Studies (3.00)
Presents an interdisciplinary study of gender in society. Introduces theoretical framework for examining sexual difference in history, culture, and contemporary society. Applies concepts and methods of Woman146s and Gender Studies to such topics as family, religion, work, sexuality, and societal change.
WGS 401 Women's Health Issues (3.00)
Focuses on the maintenance and promotion of women's health across the full spectrum of women's lives. Explores physiological, psychological, cultural, economic, sociological, and spiritual factors that influence women's health over the lifespan.
Cross listing(s): HSC 401 PE 401.
WGS 410E-W Women in Literature: (3.00)
Surveys women's literary achievement, or focuses on a particular historical period or cultural milieu, ethnographic perspective or social theme. Examines literary and critical works focusing on women's viewpoints in social, cultural, economic, and aesthetic contexts.
Pre-requisite: TAKE CCS*200 EN*210 OR WS*400;
Cross listing(s): EN 410E-W.
WGS 411 Food, Gender, and Culture (3.00)
Explores ways in which preparing, eating, and thinking about food reflects culturally determined gender and power relations in societies around the world.
Cross listing(s): AN 411 SO 411.
WGS 424 Sex, Gender and Society (3.00)
Examines the social construction of gender difference and stereotypes in the US and other cultures. Performs critical analysis of biological, sociological, anthropological, historical, and psychological explanations of masculinity and femininity. Includes intersections between gender and ethnicity, sexual orientation, social class, friendship, love, work, and disability.
Cross listing(s): SO 424.
WGS 433 Contemp Hispanic Women Writers (3.00)
Surveys contemporary Hispanic women's literary achievements. May draw from the literature of Latin America, the United States and Spain. Examines literary and critical works focusing on women's viewpoints in social, cultural, economic and aesthetic contexts.
Cross listing(s): SP 433.
WGS 435 Images of Women in Art & Popular Media (3.00)
Examines the visual representation of women in both art and the popular media. Emphasizes the examination of the construction of gender utilizing various theoretical models of analysis.
Pre-requisite: FAC*200 FAC*211 FAC*212
Cross listing(s): FAHS 435.
WGS 437 Writing by and About Hispanic Women (3.00)
Analyzes the creation and re-creation of the female persona in selected texts by and about Hispanic women writers from the middle ages to the present. Emphasizes critical analysis and the continued development of speaking, reading, writing, listening and cultural proficiency.
Pre-requisite: SP*309B
Cross listing(s): SP 437.
WGS 440 Gender, Sexuality & Communication (3.00)
Explores connections between communication, gender, and sexuality in close relationships, organizations and the media. Course involves readings, dialogues, films, field trips, and group projects.
Pre-requisite: TAKE WS*400 COM*380;
Cross listing(s): COM 440 PJ 440.
WGS 444 Economics of Poverty and Inequality (3.00)
Examines poverty, inequality, and discrimination in an economic context and explores the effectiveness of government policies designed to address associated inequalities. Consideration is given to the wealth gap, wage disparities, and capital access both within countries and between countries.
Pre-requisite: EC*320 EC*330
Cross listing(s): EC 444 BA 444 PJ 444.
WGS 449 18th Century Novel (3.00)
Studies representative novels of the period, reflecting the dominant genres such as Realistic, Sentimental and Gothic.
Pre-requisite: CCS*200 OR EN*210
Cross listing(s): EN 449.
WGS 450 Psychology of Women (3.00)
Introduces issues surrounding the psychology of women. The major domains of psychology used to address topics about women's behavioral and mental processes and how they are formed and altered by a woman's physical state, mental state, and external environment.
Pre-requisite: TAKE PY*250 WS*400;
Cross listing(s): PY 450.
WGS 460E-W Women and Religion: (3.00)
Explores the role of women in various religious traditions, feminine images of the divine, feminist approaches to spirituality, and contemporary models of religious expression and worship.
Pre-requisite: TAKE RS*200 OR WS*400;
Cross listing(s): RC 460E-W.
WGS 467 Human Sexuality (3.00)
Focuses on the physiological, behavioral, cognitive, and social aspects of human behavior as related to human sexuality using a multidisciplinary and life-span approach. Topics include physiology, communication, gender, development, orientation, violence, the marketplace, culture, religion, and health.
Pre-requisite: TAKE PY*250 OR WS*400;
Cross listing(s): PY 467.
WGS 470 Feminist Theory (3.00)
Focuses on the striking emergence of feminist philosophy in the last half of the twentieth century. Studies the development of this movement, its impact on philosophy, and the changes it portends for future philosophizing. Emphasis may be on different approaches with feminist thinking (e.g., Anglo-American vs. French feminist writers) or on specific issues in feminist thought.
Pre-requisite: TAKE WS*400;
Cross listing(s): PL 470.
WGS 485E-W Spec Topics:Women's/Gender Studies: (3.00)
Offers and discusses selected topics in Women's and Gender Studies.
Pre-requisite: TAKE WS*400;
WGS 490E-W Select Top in Feminist Theory: (3.00)
Discusses a variety of topics in feminist theory from eighteenth and nineteenth century writers such as Wollstonecraft and Mill to contemporary feminist thinkers. Among the possible topics to be considered are: Liberal reformism or radical transformation, the politics of difference, the challenges of postmodernism, feminism and women of color, etc.
Pre-requisite: TAKE WS*400;
WGS 495E-W Ind Stdy/Women's and Gender Studies (3.00)
Provides an opportunity for independent study in an area of interest in women's and gender studies.
Pre-requisite: TAKE WS*400;
WGS 498E-W Internship in Women's and Gender Studies (3.00)
Provides intensive and practical work experience related to Women's and Gender Studies.
WGS 499 Women's and Gender Studies Senior Thesis (3.00)
Students meet regularly with their thesis advisor to prepare a thesis paper based on independent research. The thesis will be defended before the Women's and Gender Studies Committee before the end of the semester.