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WGS 240 - Topics in Contemporary Feminisms College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Interdisciplinary and intersectional study of current topics and debates in feminist scholarship, activism, politics, and cultural production..
Repeatable 1 time(s), 6 credits maximum
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WGS 248 - Ethnic Inequalities and Intergroup Relations College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Crosslisted with: SOC 248
Identification of individuals and groups by self and others as members of ethnic categories. Consequences of ethnic identifications for individual, group, and societal interaction. Emphasizing ethnic inequalities, group interactions, social movements and change, racism, prejudice, and discrimination.
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WGS 258 - Poverty and Discrimination in America College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: ECN 258
Nature and causes of inequality, poverty, and discrimination in rural and urban America. Income maintenance, employment, training, education, and other antipoverty programs; antidiscrimination and equal opportunity policies. Students may not receive credit for both ECN/WGS 258 and ECN/WGS 358.
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WGS 281 - Sociology of Families College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Crosslisted with: SOC 281
Families and their connections to other social and economic institutions. Diversity of family forms and experiences. Formation and dissolution of relationships. Trends and changes.
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WGS 297 - Philosophy of Feminism College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: PHI 297
Philosophical analysis of feminist theory. Feminist theories about human nature, gender, relations among gender, race and class, and causes of and remedy for women’s subordinate status.
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WGS 300 - Selected Topics College of Arts and Sciences
1-6 credit(s)
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Repeatable
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WGS 301 - Feminist Theories College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Examines the conceptual underpinnings of multiple and interrelated forms of inequality; critiques existing theoretical paradigms of sex/gender; explores the politics of power, knowledge, and subjectivity; and fosters intersectional, transnational, and decolonial feminist thinking.
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WGS 303 - Black Women Writers College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: AAS 303
Literature and scholarship by Black women writers. Analytical reading, writing and discussion of various topics, stylistic questions, strategies generated in autobiography, fiction, drama, poetry, speeches and scholarship: 1960’s to present, and earlier times. Bambara, Davis, Hurston, Jones, Lorde, Morrison, Williams.
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WGS 305 - Sociology of Sex and Gender College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Crosslisted with: SOC 305
Social forces shaping women’s and men’s lives in contemporary societies. Changing gender expectations. Intersections of gender with race and ethnicity, class, and age. Social movements for women’s and men’s liberation.
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WGS 306 - Sexuality in Spain College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Crosslisted with: QSX 306 , SOC 306
Offered only in Madrid. Explores important transformations in Spaniards’ concepts of sexuality and gender through readings, film screenings and observing certain urban areas in Madrid.
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WGS 307 - African Women Writers College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: AAS 307
Literature in English and translation by African women writing from a variety of cultural stances and geographic locations in Africa, Europe and North America. Writing styles and creative modes of expression used by African women writers to convey and envision the life of their work. Adichie, Aidoo, Dangaremba, El Sadaawi, Liking, Mbye d’Ernville, Tadjo.
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WGS 309 - Race, Gender and Sexuality in the African Diaspora College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Crosslisted with: AAS 309 , SOC 309
To introduce students to the reality of how institutional racism informs the “common sense” understanding of what is known as Black sexuality.
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WGS 310 - Feminist Inquiries College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
An interdisciplinary and critical investigation of the relationship between feminism and feminist knowledge production. Offers insight into the development and application of feminist epistemologies, theories, and methodologies.
PREREQ: WGS 101 OR WGS 201
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WGS 317 - Qualitative Methods in Sociology College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Crosslisted with: SOC 319
Field research methods including participant observation, unstructured interviewing, life histories, and case studies. Preparation and analysis of fieldnotes and interview data.
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WGS 318 - American Social Movements College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: PSC 328
Social movements were always integral to American politics. Includes emergence, strategies, political context and influence of temperance, abolition of slavery, women’s suffrage, labor, civil rights, anti-war, feminism, nuclear freeze, gay rights, and global justice movements.
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WGS 319 - Gender and Politics College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: PSC 319
Relationships between gender and American political institutions, law, and policymaking processes. How social movements based on gender, prevailing gender ideologies, and gender relations have shaped American politics. Exploring how the American state has shaped the political meanings and relative positions of power associated with men and women.
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WGS 324 - Modern South Asian Cultures College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
Crosslisted with: ANT 324 , SAS 324
Societies of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Social organization, economic and political structures, religions and world view, survey of languages, the arts. Transition and modernization, rural and urban problems.
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WGS 325 - Economics and Gender College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: ECN 325
Economic issues examined within a gender sensitive context. Includes the economics of family, the economics of marriage, and labor market discrimination and segregation.
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WGS 326 - Persons in Social Context College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: SWK 326
Assessment of behavior of diverse individuals, groups, and social systems. Applying concepts from the biological, behavioral, and social sciences in identifying and understanding forms and causes of behavior.
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WGS 327 - Africa Through the Novel College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: ANT 326
Cultural, political, and social life of Africa and Africans through African literature. Each semester deals with a motif (e.g., novels of Achebe).
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WGS 328 - Human Diversity in Social Contexts College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: SWK 328
Diversity, including race, gender, sexual orientation and selected topics. Examines individual, group, and institutional identity formation. Theories of biopsychosocial development, reference group affiliation, social stratification, oppression, and institutional discrimination. Implications for social work practice.
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WGS 329 - Biopsychological Perspectives on Women’s Health College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
Crosslisted with: PSY 329
Psychoanalytic and evolutionary theories of gender and adaptive fitness; pscyhoneuroimmunological perspectives on sexually influenced disease processes, aging, and biopsychological influences on women’s health.
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WGS 335 - American Social and Cultural History College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: HST 335
Nature of “American character” through the last century. Aspects of intellectual life, social mores, industry, and art that represent Americans’ definitions of themselves and their nation.
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WGS 341 - Women, Abolition, and Religion in 19th Century America College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s)
Crosslisted with: HST 387 , REL 341
The role that religion may have played in women’s understandings of themselves as abolitionists and social reformers. A selected group of women will be studied, with considerable attention given to Frances Harper.
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WGS 342 - Women in America: 17th Century to the Civil War College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s)
Crosslisted with: HST 340
Focus on significant social and political transformation, activism, and individuals
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WGS 343 - Latina Feminist Theories College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: LAS 343 , LIT 343
Examines Latina feminist and queer thought and methods for social transformation; places US women of color feminisms in conversation with Latina/o and Latin American histories, identities, cultural productions, and activisms.
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WGS 349 - Women in America: Civil War to Present College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s)
Crosslisted with: HST 349
Focus on significant social and political transformation, activism, and individuals.
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WGS 354 - Gender, Militarism, and War College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: PSC 386 , SOC 354
Examines militarism and war and their relationship to gender and power. Particular attention is given to how war impacts people differently across axes of race, class, ethnicity, sexuality, and other forms of identity.
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WGS 355 - Sociology-of Health and Illness College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: SOC 355
Conceptions of health and illness in society. The nature and organization of health professions and health delivery systems. Social aspects of health related behavior.
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WGS 358 - Economics of US Poverty and Discrimination College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: ECN 358
Economic analysis of inequality, poverty, and discrimination, as applied to USA. Income maintenance, employment, training, education, and other antipoverty programs; antidiscrimination and equal opportunity policies. Students may not receive credit for both ECN/WGS 258 and ECN/WGS 358.
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WGS 360 - Topics in Reading Gender and Sexualities College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: ETS 360
Textual, cultural, and/or historical constructions of gender and sexualities.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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WGS 362 - Youth, Schooling and Popular Culture College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: CFE 362 , SOC 361
Double Numbered with: WGS 662
Positioned where school, media, and youth cultures intersect. How schools and media represent “good” and “bad” youth, and how youth negotiate schools and popular cultures. Includes theories of popular culture and adolescence. Additional work required of graduate students.
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WGS 363 - Anthropology of Family Life College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: ANT 363
Historical and cross-cultural study of forms of family and domestic organization, marriage, status and sex roles, ideals, and customs of family life.
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WGS 364 - Aging and Society College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: SOC 364
Double Numbered with: WGS 664
Current policy issues in an aging society. Health care, end-of-life, social security, productive aging, and generational equity. Special problems facing elderly women and minorities.
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WGS 365 - Negotiating Difference:Coming of Age Narratives College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Using a range of genres, explores influence of place, family, and social expectations on self-definition; examines politics of everyday life, including untellable silences and violence; considers how authors craft stories to resist marginalization.
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WGS 367 - Gender in a Globalizing World College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: ANT 367 , GEO 367
Economic and cultural processes of globalization as they affect different groups of men, women, and households; including gender and work, development and environmental change, and redefinitions of masculinity and femininity across the globe.
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WGS 371 - Gender in Latin American History College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: HST 371 , LAS 371
History of women and gender relations from colonial period to the present. Influence of race, class, and ethnicity on gender. Relation of gender to labor, family, sexuality, and politics.
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WGS 379 - Gender, Race, and Colonialism College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: HST 379
Explores the intersection of gender and race in colonial ideologies, imperial practices and anti-colonial nationalist movements, in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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WGS 381 - Italian and European Theater 1500-1700 College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: DRA 381 , LIT 381
Secular and professional drama as it emerged in Renaissance Italy and spread to Spain, England, and France. Selected works of Machiavelli, Monteverdi, Cervantes, Calderon, Shakespeare, Molière, Behn and others (in English). Offered only in Florence.
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WGS 384 - Goddesses, Women and Power in Hinduism College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
Crosslisted with: REL 384 , SAS 384
Interrelationship of power as female and female power in Hindu cosmology, mythology, and society. Complexities of mythic, domestic, and economic gender hierarchies.
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WGS 389 - LGBT History College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: HST 389 , QSX 389
The history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender experience in period and region (North America, Europe, or Global) of instructor’s expertise, with attention to the international context..
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WGS 395 - Gender and Popular Culture College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
How gender is created, mediated, maintained and policed through popular culture. The role of celebrity, music, musicians and musical performers and performances, film, television, the news, gossip, the internet, and advertising.
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WGS 396 - Women and the American Frontier College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: HST 396
The North American frontier, from the 17th to the early 20th century, as it was experienced by women of various cultural and national origins.
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WGS 400 - Selected Topics College of Arts and Sciences
1-6 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Repeatable
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WGS 403 - African and Caribbean Women Writers College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: AAS 403
Comparative approaches and trans-Atlantic analysis of literature by women writers from Africa and the Caribbean. Representations and constructions of social, political, and cultural life in colonial, neo-colonial, and contemporary contexts. Writers such as Ba, Brodber, Dangaremba, Marshall, Head, Dandicat, Nwapa.
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WGS 404 - Family and Gender in Renaissance Italy College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s)
Crosslisted with: ANT 404 , HST 404
Historical and interdisciplinary exploration of life stages, rites of passage, marriage, family, social life, sodomy, prostitution, career options, and alternate life strategies as illustrated by case studies. Offered only in Florence.
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WGS 408 - The Practice of Eros:A History of Sexuality in Europe (1400-1800) College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s)
Crosslisted with: ANT 408 , HST 408
Authorized and “alternative” sexuality in Europe 15th to 18th centuries (especially Italy, France, and England.) “Licit love” (courtship, marriage, conjugal relations) as opposed to “illicit unions” (adultery, rape, prostitution, bestiality, homosexuality, lesbianism). Offered only in Florence.
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WGS 409 - A History of Witchcraft College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s)
Crosslisted with: ANT 409 , HST 409 , REL 409
History of witchcraft from various perspectives: its intellectual roots, the causes and dynamics of the witch-hunt, and the beliefs and self-perceptions of those who were called “witches”. Offered only in Florence.
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WGS 410 - Advanced Studies in Feminist Thought College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Topics in women’s and gender studies.
PREREQ: WGS 101 OR WGS 201
Repeatable
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WGS 412 - French Women Writers College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
Crosslisted with: FRE 412
Double Numbered with: WGS 612
Trends in French feminine and feminist writing from the early modern period to the present. Conducted in French. Additional work required of graduate students.
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WGS 413 - Identity and Difference College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s)
Crosslisted with: PHI 413 , PSC 413
Interdisciplinary approach to examine concepts of identity and difference, challenges notions of subjectivity, nation and gender. Philosophical, political, and gender-related dimensions explored. Offered only in Florence.
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WGS 414 - Communication & Gender College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
Exploration of assumptions under-lying different approaches to gender and communication. Gender and power implications of understanding communication as socially constructing identity and societal structures.
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WGS 417 - History of Women in Spain College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Crosslisted with: HST 417 , SPA 417
Offered in Madrid only. History of women in Spain from primitive communities to the present. Topics include medieval, Golden Age, Enlightenment, and Romanticism; liberalism and feminism; women under Franco; Marxism and feminism; feminist movement in Spain.
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WGS 422 - Work and Family in the 21st Century College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: CFS 422 , SOC 422
Examines the social, demographic, and economic forces that are reshaping the boundaries between family and work.
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WGS 425 - Feminist Organizations College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: SOC 425
Double Numbered with: WGS 625
Analyzes feminist organizing/activist work within and beyond the U.S. Interrogates what counts as feminist organizing and how different organizations use feminist principles in work for social change. Additional work required of graduate students.
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WGS 427 - New York City: Black Women Domestic Workers College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: AAS 427 , SOC 427
Double Numbered with: WGS 627
Historical understanding of Black women’s engagement in paid domestic work in the United States, increasing need for domestic workers in the ever-changing economy and family, and the social construction of Black women as “ideal” domestic workers.
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WGS 429 - Politics, Gender and Race in the Contemporary Spanish Short Story College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Crosslisted with: SOC 429 , SPA 429
Offered only in Madrid. Overview of the Spanish short story from late 19th century to present. Themes of political and social rifts of Spanish society in the 20th century, female representations, and images of exclusion.
PREREQ: SPA 202 OR (SPA 300 OR ABOVE)
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WGS 432 - Gender and Disability College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: DSP 432 , SOC 432
This course will investigate the intersection of gender and disability and how it impacts such issues as representation/self-representation, art and poetry, illness, education, sexuality, reproduction and motherhood, and caring work.
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WGS 433 - Race, Class, and Gender College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: SOC 433
Intersection of oppression and privilege via socially constructed categories of “race,”” “class,”” and “gender.” Racism, sexism, institutional authority, and multiculturalism.
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WGS 435 - Sexual Politics College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: SOC 435
Social construction of sex and sexuality. Formation and organization of sexual communities, of sexuality as a form of social control. Social issues related to sexuality.
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WGS 436 - Feminist Rhetoric(s) College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: CRS 436 , WRT 436
Double Numbered with: WGS 636
Feminist rhetoric from both a historical and global context, utilizing both primary and secondary readings in order to gain a sense of breadth and depth in the field of feminist rhetoric. Additional work required of graduate students.
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WGS 438 - Trans Genders and Sexualities College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: QSX 438
Examines normative and non-normative genders/sexualities. Focuses on embodiment, desire, and identity. Examines relation between individual and collective subjectivities and politics. Foregrounds transnational and decolonial challenges to categories such as man/woman, lesbian/gay, straight/queer, transgender, transsexual..
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WGS 439 - Women, Gender and Violence in a Transnational Context College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Critical exploration of the relationship between women, gender, and violence within transnational feminist frameworks. This course also examines women’s experiences of, participation in, and resistance to different forms of violence.
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WGS 441 - Topics in Feminist Philosophy College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: PHI 441
Feminist approaches to traditional philosophical questions in various areas, including epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, and philosophy of science. Use of philosophical tools and methods on questions regarding the subordination of women.
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WGS 443 - Intersectional Feminist Disability Studies College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
Examinations of the political meanings of human conditions,
normality, sexuality, health, and differences from the
perspectives of embodied disability and illness. It explores
intersectional feminist crip disability studies approaches to
violence, injustice, and social changes.
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WGS 444 - Schooling & Diversity College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Crosslisted with: CFE 444
Construction of diversity (race, ethnicity, gender, nationality, class, disability, sexual orientation) in schools. Emergence of inequalities based on difference in pedagogy and curriculum. Student resistance in relation to cultural diversity. Teaching for empowerment.
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WGS 445 - The Caribbean: Sex Workers, Transnational Capital, and Tourism College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: AAS 445 , SOC 445
Double Numbered with: WGS 645
A political economy approach to educating students about the human and capital costs of tourism to the Caribbean. The integral relationship between sex work and Caribbean tourism exposes the region’s development that has resulted in its current configuration.
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WGS 447 - Sexualities and Genders in World Teen Culture College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: QSX 447
How teenagers in both U.S. and non-U.S. cultures are transforming their genders and sexual identities in response to the women’s and lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender liberation movements.
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WGS 449 - Women in Art College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: HOA 440
Representation of women in art from prehistoric to contemporary times and the works of women artists in historical contexts.
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WGS 451 - Visual Culture Past and Present: Gender, Religion and Politics College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s)
Crosslisted with: CRS 451 , HST 451 , REL 451
Offered only in Florence. Contemporary visual culture; its representation of gender, religion, and politics and the origins of that representation in a pictorial language first codified in Italy and Europe between circa 1450 and 1650.
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WGS 452 - Feminism and Postcolonial Studies College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Double Numbered with: WGS 652
Introduction to postcolonial studies and its engagement with feminism. Central emphasis on questions of power and decolonization across time and space. Focus on cross-cultural feminist analysis of colonialism, capitalism, orientalism, and racism/racialization. Emphasis on questions of political economy, representation, agency, and subjectivity.
PREREQ: WGS 101 OR WGS 201 OR WGS 301 OR WGS 310 OR WGS 410
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WGS 453 - Feminisms, Sexualities, and Human Rights in Middle Eastern Societies College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: MES 453 , QSX 453
Focuses on the centrality of gender and sexuality to the politics of everyday life by mapping women’s rights movements, LGBT Mobilizations, and minority activisms in the Middle East.
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WGS 454 - Family and Gender in Contemporary Italy College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s)
Crosslisted with: HST 454 , SOC 454
Family structures and gender relations in Italy from the Unification to the present. Offered only in Florence.
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WGS 455 - Culture and AIDS College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: ANT 455
Double Numbered with: WGS 655
Relationship between AIDS and cultures in which it spreads. Cultural practices and sexuality and social effects of widespread AIDS, including healthcare in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and USA. Additional work required of graduate students.
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WGS 456 - LGBT Studies in Sociology College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: QSX 456 , SOC 456
Recent sociological research in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender studies addressing sexuality, identity, community, representation, politics, social change and their inter-relations.
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WGS 457 - Gender, Politics, Society in Europe (1400-1800) College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: HST 457 , SOC 457
Relationship between the sexes in politics, philosophy, literature, and art. Emergence of a dissident “voice” relative to gender identity and social role, with implications for race and religion. Offered only in Florence.
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WGS 462 - Culture and Reproductive Health and Medicine College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: ANT 462 , HTW 462
Cultural anthropological approaches to cross-cultural variations in reproductive practices (pregnancy, childbirth, infertility, etc.) Impact of globalization, biomedicalization, international development on reproduction and reproductive health. Medical anthropology and gender studies.
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WGS 465 - Beyond the Veil: Gender Politics in Islam College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: MES 465 , REL 465 , SAS 465
Politics of gender, religious identities, and resistance in the Islamic world. Gender scripts in Qur’anic scripture and Shariah laws. Contemporary realities of Muslim women living in different parts of the world. Additional work required of graduate students.
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WGS 473 - Women, Rap and Hip-Hop Feminism College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: HOM 473
Double Numbered with: WGS 673
Links between feminism, rap music and hip-hop culture. We explore the work of actual women in hip-hop, images of women, and feminist critiques of the music and the culture. Additional work required of graduate students.
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WGS 475 - Women, Myth and Nation in Latin American Literature College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s)
Crosslisted with: LAS 475 , SPA 475
Myths about women and nation. Modern interpretations and reconstructions of these myths in contemporary literature by Latin American women writers. Literary texts with theories on myth. Representation and “real” constructions of feminine and national identities in different regions of Latin America.
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WGS 479 - Power, Conflict, Violence, and the Family College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
Crosslisted with: CFS 479
Introduction to power and conflict in intimate and familial relations. Neglect, abuse, molestation, rape, battering, and violence.
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WGS 480 - International Course College of Arts and Sciences
1-12 credit(s) Irregularly
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript.
Repeatable
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WGS 490 - Independent Study College of Arts and Sciences
1-6 credit(s) Every semester
In-depth exploration of a problem or problems. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department.
Repeatable
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WGS 492 - Work and Inequality College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: SOC 492
Current and past issues in research and policy concerning inequalities associated with work. Social construction and structural arrangements of work in American society.
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WGS 494 - Music and Gender College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
Crosslisted with: HOM 494
The impact of gender ideology and behavior on the performing arts and the role of performance in maintaining and subverting gender identities and relations.
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WGS 498 - Senior Project in Women’s & Gender Studies College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
For senior women’s and gender studies majors graduating with distinction. Individualized and small group mentoring and directed research culminating in an independent project. Permission of department.
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WGS 499 - Honors Capstone Project College of Arts and Sciences
1-3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
Completion of an Honors Capstone Project under the supervision of a faculty member.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 3 credits maximum
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WGS 500 - Selected Topics College of Arts and Sciences
1-6 credit(s) Irregularly
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Repeatable
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WGS 512 - African American Women’s History College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
Crosslisted with: AAS 512
The intellectual, political, and social history of African American women from pre-colonial Africa to the re-emergence of black feminism in the late 20th-century United States.
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WGS 513 - Toni Morrison: Black Book Seminar College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
Crosslisted with: AAS 513
A multi-dimensional study of Morrison’s bookwork: fiction, non-fiction, and scholarship. Involves conceptual frameworks and ideas that link this project with broader understandings and interpretations of Blacks in the world. A wide range of questions (i.e., aesthetics, feminisms, knowing-politics, language, race) derives from Morrison’s literary witnessing of Black community life.
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WGS 525 - Economics and Gender College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: ECN 525
Offered only in Strasbourg. European economy, with central focus on economic principles underlying decisions to create and extend scope of European Community and on economic policies EU has followed since creation.
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WGS 553 - Women and Social Change College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
Crosslisted with: ANT 553
Function of changes in women’s roles in sociocultural urbanization, revolution, and modernization. Women in Third World countries compared to women in industrialized countries.
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WGS 555 - Food, Culture and Environment College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: NSD 555
Understand the environment in which nutrition education and communication occur. The broader environment includes cultural diversity, the food system from farm to table, as well as functionality of food components.
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WGS 576 - Gender, Place, and Space College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: GEO 576
Contemporary debates in feminist geography on the gendered construction of space and the spatial construction of gender.
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WRT 104 - Introduction to College-Level Writing College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
College-level reading and writing practices: learning to compose for college audiences, to read challenging texts actively, to make interpretations and claims, and to collaborate with others. Does not substitute for WRT 105 .
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WRT 105 - Studio 1: Practices of Academic Writing College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Study and practice of writing processes, including critical reading, collaboration, revision, editing, and the use of technologies. Focuses on the aims, strategies, and conventions of academic prose, especially analysis and argumentation.
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WRT 109 - Studio 1: Practices of Academic Writing (Honors) College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Intensive version of WRT 105 for students of demonstrated exceptional ability.
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WRT 114 - Writing Culture College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Nonacademic writing; creative nonfiction, memoir, the essay. Students write texts experimenting with style, genre, and subject; read contemporary nonfiction texts by varied authors; attend lectures/readings of visiting writers.
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WRT 120 - Writing Enrichment College of Arts and Sciences
1-3 credit(s) Every semester
Special instruction in writing, graded on pass/ fail basis. Does not substitute for WRT 105 or 205. Permission of instructor.
Repeatable
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WRT 180 - International Course College of Arts and Sciences
1-12 credit(s) Irregularly
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript.
Repeatable
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