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Spring 2010 WGS Courses/Descriptions
All WGS Courses
WGST-125: Gender in Society 4:1 (3)
This course focuses on the social construction of gender along with other forms of social inequality; representations of gender that permeate all forms of cultural experience; and theoretical arguments regarding key issues such as equality, ethics and politics, as well as debates at the frontier of gender theory. Usually offered every fall.
The distinctive contributions of women to Western artistic and intellectual traditions. Significant articulations of human experience expressed by women through literature, art, and history; how such traditions became established and how women, despite obstacles, have produced lasting works of ideas and imagination. Usually offered every fall.
This course explores the ways in which the social and cultural construction of sexual difference influences the nature and practice of political life in a variety of countries. It examines the ways in which power is gendered and studies how gender has served as a basis for political organization and a critique of public life. Usually offered every spring. Prerequisite for General Education credit: COMM-100 or ECON-100 or GOVT-110 or SOCY-150.
Examines theories of gender as constructed or problematic, not natural or immutable. Surveys the historic development of theories of women's inequality and strategies for changes. Probes contemporary issues and conflicts within feminist and gender theory. Theorizes gender relations in students' own lives. Forges understandings across divisions of race, class, nationality, ability, sexualities, and sexual orientation. Usually offered every spring. Prerequisite: WGST-125 or permission of director.
Topics vary by section, may be repeated for credit with different topic. An exploration of diverse aspects of gender experience from different disciplinary perspectives. Rotating topics focus on specific subjects, integrating recent scholarship and interdisciplinary contexts. Representative topics include sisters and brothers/husbands and wives, women and the performing arts, and women and men in American culture. Usually offered every term.
Prerequisite: WGST-125 and permission of department chair and Cooperative Education office.
Prerequisite: permission of instructor and program director.
Prerequisite: WGST-125 and permission of instructor and program director.
Prerequisite: WGST-500.
Exploration of the philosophies, methods, and theories entailed in doing scholarly work in women's and gender studies. Close examination of selected current works in the discipline. Collaborative work developing bibliographies and designing course activities; individual work in the field. Usually offered every fall. Prerequisite: permission of instructor or program director.
Prerequisite: permission of instructor and program director.
Topics vary by section, may be repeated for credit with different topic.
Examines theories of gender as constructed or problematic, not natural or immutable. Surveys the historic development of theories of women's inequality and strategies for changes. Probes contemporary issues and conflicts within feminist and gender theory. Theorizes gender relations in students' own lives. Forges understandings across divisions of race, class, nationality, ability, sexualities, and sexual orientation. Usually offered every spring. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
Topics vary by section, may be repeated for credit with different topic.
