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SPA 296 - Directed Study 3 credits
Conditions and hours to be arranged
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor, department chairperson, and college dean
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered.
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SPA 298 - Experience Program variable credits
Conditions and hours to be arranged
Prerequisites: At least sophomore standing; permission of the instructor, department chairperson, and college dean
Work experience at an elective level supervised for academic credit by a faculty member in an appropriate academic field. Conditions and hours to be arranged. For specific procedures and regulations, see the section of catalogue on Other Learning Experiences.
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SPA 300 - Advanced Spanish Grammar and Syntax 3 credits G, C
Prerequisites: SPA 202 or equivalent.
A systematic study of Spanish grammar with extensive practice in composition. Recommended for those planning to teach.
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SPA 301 - Composition and Conversation I 3 credits G
Prerequisites: SPA 202 or equivalent
Varied oral and written activities that develop students’ dialogic, narrative, descriptive, and argumentative abilities in Spanish. Inclusion of film clips and expository or journalistic prose from Spain and Latin America.
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SPA 302 - Composition and Conversation II 3 credits G
Prerequisites: SPA 301 or equivalent, or permission of instructor
Continuation of SPA 301 with additional activities that include discussion and analysis of modern literary works, an introduction to methods and theories used in upper-division analyses of literary and cultural representations, and development of skills in writing research papers in Spanish.
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SPA 304 - Advanced Composition and Conversation 3 credits G
Prerequisites: SPA 302 or consent of instructor
Abundant discussion and oral reports on current themes in the Hispanic world. Frequent compositions on topics found in Spanish, and Spanish-American periodicals and newspapers.
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SPA 305 - Business Spanish 3 credits G
Prerequisites: SPA 202
Spanish for correspondence, investments, law, transportation, banking, administration, personnel, publicity and promotion. Abundant practice in translation and vocabulary. Readings and selections from different fields for comprehension.
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SPA 306 - Medical Spanish 3 credits G
Prerequisites: SPA 202
Spanish for communication with Spanish-speaking patients and medical professionals in hospitals, clinics, and offices. Practice in the specialized vocabulary that health-care professionals need to interact meaningfully and efficiently with Hispanic patients. Conversation practice in realistic situations through dialogues, interviews, and role-playing.
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SPA 312 - Culture and Civilization of Spain 3 credits G
Prerequisites: SPA 302 or consent of instructor
Introduction to the cultural development of the Spanish people throughout their history. Lectures, class discussions, and written and oral reports convey significant aspects of Spanish literary, social and artistic life.
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SPA 314 - Culture and Civilization of Latin America 3 credits G
Prerequisites: SPA 301 or consent of instructor
Lectures, class discussions, written and oral reports on the significant aspects of Latin American literary, social, and artistic development from the period of discovery and colonization to present times.
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SPA 326 - Introduction to Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Fiction 3 credits C
Prerequisites: SPA 202 or equivalent.
Notable 20th century Latin American fiction, the world events that influenced this fiction, as well as an introduction to literary analysis of these texts. Students will explore the cultural contexts that have influenced Latin American literary production and examine themes of revolution, the racial other, dictatorship, women, literary innovation, urbanization, U.S.- Latin American relationship and human rights.
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SPA 328 - Introduction to 20th Century Spanish Fiction, Poetry, and Theater 3 credits C
Prerequisites: SPA 202 or equivalent.
Study of notable 20th century Spanish fiction, the world events that influenced this fiction, an introduction to literary analysis and a comparison of fictional texts to literary works from other genres and periods. Students will explore the cultural contexts that have influenced 20th century literary production and examine themes of realism/idealism, art and life, national identity, honor, the Civil war, exile, and women’s experience as portrayed in this literature.
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SPA 331 - Masterpieces of Spanish Literature I 3 credits G
Prerequisites: SPA 302 or consent of instructor
The representative authors, poets and dramatists of Spanish literature from El Cantar de Mio Cid in the Middle Ages to Quevedo in the Baroque period.
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SPA 332 - Masterpieces of Spanish Literature II 3 credits G
Prerequisites: SPA 302 or consent of instructor
Selected plays, novels and poetry from the eighteenth century to the contemporary period.
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SPA 333 - Representative Authors of Spanish American Literature I 3 credits G
Prerequisites: SPA 302 or consent of instructor
The main writers from the period of conquest and discovery in the New World to the development of Gaucho literature in the nineteenth century.
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SPA 334 - Representative Authors of Spanish American Literature II 3 credits G
Prerequisites: SPA 302 or consent of instructor
The major works from the pre-Modernist period in the nineteenth century to the contemporary period.
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SPA 396 - Directed Study 3 credits
Conditions and hours to be arranged
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor, department chairperson, and college dean
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered.
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SPA 425 - Latin American & Caribbean Music 3 credits C
Prerequisites: SPA 302 or permission of instructor.
Exploration of Caribbean music and its relationship to other musical traditions of Latin America and North America, focusing exclusively on the Hispanic context. The course examines both the aesthetic and sociocultural contexts of this music and includes discussion of diverse musical forms as well as issues of identity, gender, race and social class that have impacted the production and reception of this music. Cross-listed as SPA 525
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SPA 430 - Latina Literature 3 credits C
Prerequisites: SPA 302 or permission of instructor.
Introduction to Latina literature written by Latina women living in the U.S. The course examines issues of home and hybridity, revolution and opposition, the search for popular culture, collective and community identity, the re-evaluation of men and women’s societal roles, cross-cultural identity and language use. Themes explored include place, space and memory and their impact on ideas and identities, gender issues, and the use of literary innovation in Latina texts.
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SPA 435 - Latin-American Theater three credits
Contemporary Latin American theatre. Major trends examined in the course include the commitment of this theatre to social conscience as well as artistic expression, feminist perspectives, the revolutionary nature of Latin American theatre, the cultural politics of resistance, the relationship between theater and representation of reality, and the understanding of theater not only as written text but as performance art. The course is also designed to further participants’ language and discourse skills at an advanced level. Participants will be asked to develop their creative and critical thinking skills through the course in extended, organized, oral and written formats.
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SPA 445 - Spanish Poetry and Drama of the Golden Age 3 credits G
Prerequisites: SPA 331, 332; or 333, 334; or consent of instructor
The poetry of the Renaissance and Baroque periods together with the selected plays of Lope de Vega, Calderon de la Barca and Tirso de Molina.
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SPA 446 - Spanish Prose of the Golden Age 3 credits G
Prerequisites: SPA 331, 332; or 333, 334; or consent of instructor
The main authors of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries with emphasis on the life and major works of Miguel de Cervantes.
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SPA 455 - Spanish Literature of the 19th-Century three credits
The main literary movements, romanticism, realism and naturalism are studied together with the representative works of outstanding authors, poets and dramatists.
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SPA 456 - Contemporary Spanish Literature 3 credits G
Prerequisites: SPA 331, 332; or 333, 334; or consent of instructor
The leading writers of each literary form from the generation of ‘98 to the present.
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SPA 481 - Seminar in Spanish 3 credits G
Prerequisites: SPA 331, 332; or 333, 334; or consent of instructor
An intensive study of a specific topic or topics, such as a particular author, genre, or literary movement. The topic or topics will vary from year to year so that the course may be repeated with credit.
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SPA 482 - Seminar In Spanish 3 credits C, G
Seminar
Prerequisites: SPA 331, 332; or SPA 333, 334 or permission of instructor
Similar to SPA 481 but with a different topic.
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SPA 495 - Independent Study 3 credits
Conditions and hours to be arranged
Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; permission of instructor, department chairperson, and college dean
Intensive study or research on a special topic in Spanish or Spanish American literature under the direction of a faculty member.
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SPA 496 - Directed Study 3 credits
Conditions and hours to be arranged
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor, department chairperson, and college dean
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered.
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SUS 101 - Principles of Sustainability 3 credits
Fundamental principles of sustainability. Goal is to provide a larger context for topics covered in sustainability courses. Topics covered include: What is Sustainability?, Climate Change and Environmental Challenges, systems Thinking/Systems Analysis, “Natural” Systems and Function, Human Interactions with Natural Systems, Ethics, and Values.
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SUS 202 - Topics in Sustainability 3 credits
Lecture
Multi-disciplinary introduction to /sustainability/, defined as balancing present human needs and desires against the future’s capacity to support human needs and desires. Mixed faculty from Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering, Nursing, and Visual and Performing Arts will explore current and alternative social systems within a single theme, thereby demonstrating the interrelationships between natural and social systems. Topics will change depending on faculty, but will include such interests as food, energy, biodiversity, biotechnology, economic development and environmental stewardship, public health, business and law, representations of culture, technology, and/or nature in literature and art and climate change. Students from all majors welcome.
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SUS 235 - Environmental Policy 3 credits
An overview of environmental policy at the local, regional, and national level. Focus will be placed on the “incentive-based” approach to environmental regulation. There will be he opportunity to analyze a “real-life” environmental issue affecting the local region. Cross-listed as PSC 235
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SUS 250 - Special Topics Sustainability 3 credits
Investigation of special areas in Sustainable Studies. May be repeated with change of content.
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SUS 296 - Directed Study 1 to 6 credits
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
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SUS 347 - Environmental Law 3 credits
Prerequisites: Upper-division standing
An introduction to basic concepts of environmental law. The emphasis is on broad introductory themes. Cross-listed as PSC 347
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SUS 348 - Ocean Policy and Law 3 credits
Laws and policies associated with marine resource management. The declining status and productivity of many of our marine resources has led to growing concern about human activities such as pollution, overfishing, and environmental degradation. The course explores the fundamentals of policy analysis in order to gain insights into issues including jurisdiction, harvest regulation, ecosystem approaches, and environmental protection. Cross-listed as PSC 348
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SUS 350 - Special Topics Sustainability 3 credits
Investigation of special areas in Sustainable Studies. May be repeated with change of content.
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SUS 396 - Directed Study 1 to 6 credits
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
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SUS 450 - Advanced Seminar in Sustainability Studies 3 credits
Prerequisites: 45 credit hours of study.
Corequisites: SUS 201, or 202, or 211
An integration study of concepts from various fields in sustainability. Students will critically review how individuals and/or institutions apply knowledge relating to sustainable best practice to restore and enhance natural, human, and financial capital and to create intergenerational value and well-being.
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SUS 451 - Politics of Developing Countries 3 credits
Prerequisites: PSC 151 or permission of instructor
Focus is “development” and its conceptual counterpart “underdevelopment.” Some of the questions we seek to explore are: What is development? How should it be measured? Will all countries eventually follow the development path of the advanced industrial countries? Is income inequality getting better or worse between rich and poor on a global scale? What factors explain underdeveloped in different regions of the globe? What are some of the specific development strategies that countries have followed and with what results? Cross-listed as PSC 451
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SUS 460 - Environmental Impacts of Globalization 3 credits
Prerequisites: PST 102 or upper-division standing
Environmental impacts of contemporary globalization. The course reviews the effects of unregulated economic activity, rapid industrialization, and population growth in the Global South. The course also examines the effects of profligate consumption patterns, the practices of Northern-based corporations, and other aspects of the globalization process that impact the world’s collective environmental security, such as unsustainable environmental practices that impact climate change, biodiversity, the world’s natural resource base, and food supply. Cross-listed as PST 460
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SUS 495 - Independent Study 1 to 6 credits
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area not otherwise part of the discipline’s course offerings. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
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SUS 496 - Directed Study 1 to 6 credits
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
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UNV 101 - Introduction to the University 3 credits
Prerequisites: Freshman class, College Now/START Program student
Facilitating the new student’s adjustment to the demands of higher education. The course promotes academic success and social development by fostering personal and academic goal setting, evaluating personal learning styles, and developing successful study strategies. Students will gain or improve study techniques and strategies, research literacy, time management skills, organizational skills, speaking and writing skills, personal development, interpersonal skills, career goals, appreciation for cultural diversity, and orientation to university resources and services.
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WGS 101 - Introduction to Women’s Studies 3 credits D, O.
Basic concepts and perspectives in Women’s Studies, placing women’s experience at the center of interpretation. With focus on women’s history and contemporary issues, the course examines women’s lives with emphasis on how gender interacts with race, class, sexual orientation, and ethnicity. The central aim is to foster critical reading and thinking about women’s lives: how the interlocking systems of oppression, colonialism, racism, sexism, and ethnocentrism shape women’s lives; and how women have worked to resist these oppressions.
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WGS 103 - Cities, Minorities, and Poverty 3 credits D, E, O
Review and analysis of major social problems faced by cities; emphasis on origin, causes and possible solutions for poverty and minority problems. Cross-listed as AAS 103, ECO 103, LST 103, PST 141.
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WGS 104 - Identities: Gender, Race, and Sexuality 3 credits C, D
A cross-disciplinary course in Women’ s Studies and Social Philosophy which examines the concepts and intersections of gender, race, and sexuality. The course examines whether these identities exist as natural “facts” or are socially constructed, while also questioning how we are to understand individuals who do not fit - or refuse to fit - into these categories. Cross-listed as PHL 104.
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WGS 111 - Jobs and Discrimination 3 credits D, E, O
Basic analysis of problems of economic growth, job creation, and unemployment; structure of work and jobs will be explored, along with current issues surrounding the government’s impact on inflation, taxation, and economic planning. Cross-listed as ECO 111.
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WGS 196 - Directed Study variable credits
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor, department chairperson, and college dean.
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered.
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WGS 200 - Special Topics in Women’s Studies 3 credits
Topics will be determined by the faculty member and will therefore vary; course may be repeated with change of content. This course will be cross-listed with an academic department.
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WGS 201 - Introduction to Feminist Theory 3 credits D
Overview of the different frameworks within feminist theory: cultural feminism, liberal feminism, marxist/socialist feminism, radical feminism, womanist feminism/multicultural, French feminism, third wave, and lesbian. These theories will be examined through the work of founders of feminist theory like Adrienne Rich, Simone DeBeauvoir, Robin Morgan, Charlotte Bunch, Audre Lorde, and Betty Friedan, among others.
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WGS 202 - Women’s Health and Environment 3 credits
Investigation of the complex relationship between our environment and women’s health and bodies. Theoretical concepts such as environmental justice, envrionmental racism, cancer prevention, the precautionary principle, and ecological feminism will be examined. Key women’s health issues including reproductive health, cancer, asthma and lung disease will be explored in detail. A feminist intersectional analysis of the ways race, class, and gender inform one’s experience of environmental harm and degradation will inform our study of women’s health issues. In addition, we will be exploring various activist and political responses to environmental and women’s health issues in the United States.
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WGS 204 - Social Psychology 3 credits G
Prerequisites: PSY 101
The study of experimental findings, theoretical and methodological issues in understanding the individual in a social context. Cross-listed as PSY 204.
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WGS 206 - Career Decision Making 3 credits
This course explores career decision-making for women both in practical terms and in the light of contemporary issues and problems.
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WGS 207 - Women’s Health Issues 3 credits D
Women’s health needs throughout the life stages. The course explores the significance of women’s reproductive capacity, in a physiological, psychological, and social context and provides a framework for discussion of related issues. The course presents basic health information to assist students in promoting positive personal health. Cross-listed as NUR 207.
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WGS 208 - Global Perspectives on Women 3 credits D, G
Prerequisites: WMS 101 recommended
Cultural, social, and political issues involved in women’s movements for development and change around the world explored through history, political theory, sociology, anthropology, literature, and art.
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WGS 209 - Women’s History in the United States: Colonial to the Present 3 credits C, D
Survey of the history of women - black and white, native and immigrant, rich and poor - in the U.S. from colonial times to the present. Among the topics to be discussed are: women’s role in agrarian vs. industrial society; women and the family; women in the labor movement; female friendships and organizations; the frontier experience; women’s suffrage; sex and sex roles; and the birth and growth of the feminist movement. Cross-listed as HST 207.
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WGS 210 - Topics in Women’s Studies 3 credits
Exploration of different topics in Women’s Studies. May be repeated with change of content.
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WGS 212 - The Case of Lizzie Borden 3 credits C
Using primary source documents such as newspapers, wills, city directories, the federal census, etc., students will study the fascinating case of Lizzie Borden of Fall River who was accused of the brutal axe murder of her father and stepmother. Students will develop their skills in historical methodology, and participation in class discussions is emphasized. Cross-listed as HST 212.
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WGS 213 - Sex Workers, Nannies, and Maids 3 credits
Investigation of women’s experiences of globalization and migration patterns. This course will engage in feminist analysis of the multiple ways women’s labor is crucial to the global economy, yet often women’s labor is exploited in global assembly lines, domestic labor, global care chains, and sex tourism and human trafficking. We will examine the feminization of poverty, militarism and environmental degradation and analyze globalization’s negative effects for women. A cross-cultural feminist analysis of women’s reactions and political resistence to globalizing forces is adopted and presented through case studies of women’s activism in Thailand, Peru, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Lebanon, France and Philippines.
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WGS 214 - African-American Literature 3 credits C
Chronological survey beginning with Gustavus Vassa and Robert Hayden’s “Middle Passage” and continuing through contemporary writers. Toward the end of the course there will be focus on new women writers and major writers through the 1990s. Cross-listed as ENL 214, AAS 214, LST 214.
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WGS 216 - Politics of Welfare Reform 3 credits
Examines the relevant historical, ideological, public-opinion, mass-media, partisan, interest-group, and other factors which together comprise the politics of welfare and welfare reform. Cross-listed as PSC 216.
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WGS 245 - Images of Women in Literature 3 credits C
Study of archetypes and stereotypes of women in literature from the ancient world to the present in an attempt to reevaluate traditional literary criticism and how authors have used images of women to create character, plot, etc. Cross-listed as ENL 245.
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WGS 246 - Women Writers 3 credits C
Examination of the relationship between the woman writer and her work through a study of literature by and about women. Cross-listed as ENL 246.
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WGS 260 - Gender and Sexuality in Lusophone Literature 3 credits C
Critical study of representations of gender and sexuality in the literatures of Portugal, Brazil and Lusophone Africa from the Middle Ages to the present. Attention will be given to discursive and narrative construction of gendered and sexual identities; historically and culturally variable perspectives on gender and sexuality; and the roles played by gendered agents and sexual engagements in the historical processes occurring in the Portuguese-speaking world, with particualr emphasis on colonial and postcolonial contexts and relations. Cross-listed as POR 260.
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WGS 270 - Latin-American Civilization 3 credits C, G
A comprehensive survey of the pre-Colombian and European-initiated civilizations which developed in regions of the Western Hemisphere colonized by Spain and Portugal. Emphasis is on the independent nations of Latin America from the 1820s to the present. Issues include race and class economic development and dependency, and the legitimation of political authority. Cross-listed as HST 270.
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WGS 296 - Directed Study Variable credits
Conditions and hours to be arranged.
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor, department chairperson, and college dean.
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered.
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WGS 298 - Experience Program variable credits
Conditions and hours to be arranged.
Prerequisites: At least sophomore standing; permission of the instructor, department chairperson, and college dean.
Work experience at an elective level supervised for academic credit by a faculty member in an appropriate academic field. For specific procedures and regulations, see the selection of catalogue on Other Learning Experiences. Graded CR/NC
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WGS 301 - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Identity and Culture 3 credits
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transexual identity, history and culture, sexual roles, homophobia, heterosexism, the gay liberation movement and cross-cultural experiences. Family, health, religious, economic, racial, political and legal issues will be explored. Cross-listed as ANT 300, SOC 300.
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WGS 302 - Global Feminism 3 credits G
Examination of systems of gender in other cultures as well as the lives and experiences of women outside the U.S. The course will include theoretical study of what “feminism” means in non-western cultures, empirical study of women’s local activism, and an examination of the role of international agencies in the elimination of gender oppression.
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WGS 305 - Contemporary Feminist Theory and Practice 3 credits D, E
The theoretical works of contemporary feminism (1945-present), covering such theorists as Simone de Beauvoir, Adrienne Rich, Audre Lorde, Judith Butler, Luce Irigaray, and Gloria Anzaldua. Readings and discussions examine feminist theories and their applications to the lives of individual women and the practices of women’s organizations and institutions.
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WGS 306 - Third Wave Feminism three credits D
An examination of the First and Second Waves of the women’s movement in the United States, followed by an in-depth examination of the Third Wave, a term given to the feminist movement from 1990 forward. Contributions and the future of women’s rights and issues in the United States are analyzed through Third Wave feminist readings with a particular focus on women of color.
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WGS 307 - Ecofeminism: Philosophy and Practice 3 credits C, E
Study of ecofeminism as systems of oppressions based on race, class, gender, sexuality, and ethnicity that stem from a cultural ideology that enables the oppression of nature. The course explores ecofeminist theories, literature, and practice, including ecofeminist ethics, and the applications of ecofeminism to the lives of individual men and women, as well as cultural institutions and organizations. Cross-listed as PHL 307.
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WGS 308 - The Jewish Woman 3 credits
The diversity of Jewish women’s social, cultural and religious experiences through fiction, poetry, biography, history and sociology, with an emphasis on the impact of feminism on the lives of Jewish women.
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WGS 310 - America’s Working Women 3 credits C, D
This course will examine the experience of American working women: black and white, native and immigrant, organized and unorganized from the colonial period to the present day. Because work is defined as productive labor, this course will examine women as paid and unpaid workers in the marketplace as well as in the home. Some of the areas of study will be women on the frontier, women in the mills and factories, labor union women, women in the professions, and the history and politics of housework. Cross-listed as HST 310.
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WGS 312 - Feminist Research Methods 3 credits W
Framework for thinking and learning about research in women’s studies. The course provides an overview of the terminology and key concepts in feminist research methods. It begins with an examination of feminist critiques of traditional methods of research and conceptions of knowledge. The course then covers, among other things, work on standpoint theory, research methods in the natural and social sciences, ethical/political issues in research and the practice of cross-cultural research.
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WGS 316 - Gender in Medieval and Early Modern Europe 3 credits C
An exploration of how pre-modern European societies understood, represented, and enforced gender differences. A wide variety of source material including saints’ lives, marriage contracts, sermons, law codes, guides for witch hunters, aristocratic portraits, and medical treatises and mystical poetry will be used to explore the changing answers to two basic questions: What makes a person a woman or a man? And how does this gender identity affect their lives in the world? The course content will move from the waning days of the Roman Empire through the Protestant Reformation and Catholic Reform. Cross-listed as HST 316.
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WGS 317 - History of European Women 3 credits C, G
A survey of women’s history from the Renaissance to the present that critically examines the recent scholarship on this topic. The course will deal both with remarkable and ordinary women. Extensive use will be made of recent research on the history of the family and social demography as well as the more traditional areas of political, intellectual, and economic history. While emphasizing Western Europe, the course will include some material from the Americas and other areas. Cross-listed as HST 317.
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WGS 318 - Women’s Biography and Autobiography 3 credits C
Examines the lives of various women in the United States, Great Britain, and elsewhere both from a literary and historical perspective. Examples of women whose lives are studied are Charlotte Bronte, Sarah and Angelina Grimke, Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Cross-listed as HST 318.
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WGS 319 - Gender Variation and Sexual Orientation Across Cultures 3 credits G
Prerequisites: SOC 101 or ANT 111 or SOC/ANT 113
The social construction of sexual identity in various societies of the world, including the United States. Same gender, “third gender”, and transgendered roles, relations, and ideologies are examined in ancient and modern societies. Cross-listed as ANT 319, SOC 319.
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WGS 321 - Women, Crime, and the Law 3 credits
Lecture
Prerequisites: CJS 190 or WMS 101
Explores the impact that women have on the criminal legal system, as well as the impact that the system has upon women’s lives. Despite women’s involvement in all aspects of the legal system, research in the field has historically focused on the roles of men. This course will broaden that study by exploring issues relevant to understanding the experiences of women and girls as both offenders and victims. In addition, we will look at the changing roles of women as prison guards, police officers and other officers of the court. CJS 321
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WGS 323 - Women, Film, and Popular Culture 3 credits C
Analysis of representations of women in film and popular culture. Cross-listed as ARH 323.
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WGS 325 - Sex, Marriage and Family 3 credits
Prerequisites: WMS 101 or SOC 101 or ANT 111 or SOC/ANT 113
A survey of basic human patterns of bonding and reproduction in different cultures, through human evolution to modern times, focusing on an exploration of issues surrounding sex, marriage and family in contemporary society. Cross-listed as ANT 325, SOC 325.
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WGS 327 - Witchcraft, Magic, and Religion three credits
Offers critical, cross-cultural and comparative perspectives on religion, magic and witchcraft and how people in different cultures conceive of the supernatural. Surveys how scholars have defined religion, symbol and myth and why some practices and beliefs come to be defined as “religions” while others are characterized as “myth”, “sorcery”, or “witchcraft”.
Cross-listed as ANT 327, REL 327, SOC 327
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WGS 328 - Survey of African-American Literature I 3 credits C
Survey of African-American literature from colonial times to the turn of the twentieth century. Course surveys genres of poetry, slave narrative, fiction, essay, and drama with attention to the social, political, and cultural histories of African-Americans from slavery to freedom to Reconstruction. This course may also include sections on oral narratives (oral slave narratives, speeches, folktales, and sermons) and music (such as sorrow songs and spirituals). Cross-listed as AAS 328, ENL 328.
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WGS 329 - Survey of African-American Literature II 3 credits C
Survey of African-American literature from the turn of the twentieth century to the present. Course begins with the work of DuBois and Washington and continues through the Harlem Renaissance, the post-war period, the Black Arts Era into the present, paying particular attention to the women writers who led the post-1970s Renaissance. Course examines all genres of literature and may also include sections on oral literature (such as spoken word poetry) and music (such as jazz, rap, and hip hop). Like the Survey of African American Literature I, this course pays particular attention to the social, political, intellectural, and cultural climate surrounding the literature. Cross-listed as AAS 329, ENL 329.
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WGS 332 - Sex Roles and Politics 3 credits
Prerequisites: PSC 101 or PSC 238 or WMS 101, and upper-division standing
An examination of the impact of gender as a variable in American politics. The course analyzes women in the electorate as candidates, as office holders, and as political participants, including participation in political organizations and lobbying groups. Cross-listed as PSC 332.
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WGS 333 - Mothers and Daughters 3 credits D
Prerequisites: ENL 101
Mother/daughter relationships: biological mothers and daughters, adopted mothers and daughters, motherless daughters. Explorations are based on a multicultural perspective. The course examines how culture, patriarchy, and stereotypes of the family affect mother/daughter relationships. Topics include competition between mothers and daughters, the women’s movement in their lives, feminist parenting, Lesbian mothers or daughters, and motherhood as an institution.
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WGS 336 - Women and Social Policy 3 credits
Prerequisites: SOC 101 or ANT 111 or SOC/ANT 113 or WMS 101 or PST 101; junior or senior standing
Family policy issues in the U.S., such as childcare, family leave, job equity, and marriage and family relationships. U.S. public policy is compared with that of other countries. Cross-listed as SOC 336, PST 355
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WGS 339 - Women and Public Policy 3 credits D
Prerequisites: PSC 101, and upper-division standing
Examines public policies and landmark Supreme Court opinions relating to gender equality and women’s interests in the United States. Topics may include educational policies, employment policies, child care policies, health care policies, reproductive rights, and policies relating to women as criminals. Cross-listed as PSC 339.
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WGS 344 - The Economics of Sex and Race Discrimination 3 credits G, E
Prerequisites: ECO 231, 232; or permission of instructor
The theory of labor markets and the problem of discrimination. Current problems facing women and minorities will be examined. Existing programs and trends will be explored. Cross-listed as ECO 343.
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WGS 345 - Education, Work, and Discrimination 3 credits
Examination of the economic and social issues associated with education and training which include productivity, employment, wages, and income distribution. Includes topics on testing, discrimination, poverty, and taxation. Cross-listed as ECO 345.
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WGS 346 - Wise Women 3 credits C
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Womens Studies Majors, Minors, and Liberal Arts Womens Studies Concentration.
Multidisciplinary perspective of the phenomena of women and aging in American society in a team-taught format. The experiences of older women are explored through literature, oral histories, and intergenerational class projects to determine the forces that affect quality of life and productivity in later life. Cross-listed as ENL 346
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WGS 347 - Special Topics in Women’s Literature 3 credits C
Advanced study of a specialized topic chosen by the instructor. May be repeated with a change of content. Cross-listed as ENL 347.
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WGS 348 - American Women Playwrights 3 credits C, D
Prerequisites: ENL 102
Analysis, evaluation, comparison, and appreciation of plays by 20th-century American women playwrights and insights into their themes and the images of women which they create. Cross-listed as ENL 348.
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WGS 350 - Readings in Sociological and Anthropological Literature 3 credits
Directed readings/analysis in selected topics. Cross-listed as ANT 350, SOC 350, CJS 350 when topic is applicable
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WGS 359 - Men and Masculinities 3 credits D
Prerequisites: SOC 101 or ANT 111 or SOC/ANT 113 or WMS 101
The social construction of male identity and culture. Male sexualities, relationships, sports, health, work, violence, warfare and changing male culture will be explored. Cross-listed as ANT 359, SOC 359.
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WGS 362 - Women in World History 3 credits
An exploration of the lives of ordinary women and men in relation to their place in the fabric of global history. The course fosters understanding of the world’s infinite variety of cultures by examining what particular constructions of gender tell us about those societies and our own. The main strategy focuses on biography as a tool weaving through gender, class, race, and ethnicity in particular historical periods.
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WGS 364 - Social and Cultural History of Russia 3 credits C, G
Topics pertaining to social classes, the development of serfdom, religion, and art and literature in Russia from the 9th century to the present. Cross-listed as HST 364.
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WGS 365 - Female Crime and Deviance 3 credits
Prerequisites: CJS 190; junior or senior standing
Female crime and deviance is examined as a continuum of behaviors among girls and women within the context of the criminal justice system as well as in a larger social context. Cross-listed as ANT 365, CJS 365, SOC 365
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