Women's and Gender Studies Program (WMNS)
Prerequisites: Junior standing
Description: Overview of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer drama and popular culture.
Description: Sexual practices and ideologies in American history from the 1800's to the present.
Prerequisites: 6 hrs ANTH
Description: Theoretical approaches to gender. Emphasis is placed on cross-cultural differences in gender socialization of as it pertains to sexual behavior, power within domestic and public spheres, and the impact of gender on individual aspirations.
Description: Theories and research findings about the social, cultural, and psychological aspects of clothing and appearance in relation to the self and others. Special emphasis will be placed on relationship(s) between the body, dress, and personal and social identites.
This course is a prerequisite for: TMFD 910
Prerequisites: Junior or Senior standing
Description: Examination of how religion is used to shape, maintain, and transform gender and sexuality in the U.S. and beyond. Focus on the intersection of religion, gender, and sexuality from a feminist/queer theoretical perspective.
Prerequisites: Junior standing.
Description: A particular historical or other groups of literature by and about women, seen in their aesthetic and intellectual context.
Prerequisites: 9 hrs PSYC.
Description: Differences between sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, and sexuality. Social construction of gender, and the intersections between gender and other social identities (e.g., sexuality, race/ethnicity). Interrogate gender within the field of psychology (e.g., developmental, neuroscience, cognitive, personality, social); Role if gender in important aspects of the human experience (e.g., bodies, violence, media, work, parenthood, mental health). Application of gender outside the classroom (e.g., how gender shapes our every-day lives and experiences).
Description: Ancient Greek and Roman evidence pertaining to the fields of women's studies, gender studies, and the study of sexuality.
Description: Introduction to economic theory and empirical research on race and gender differences in economic outcomes and social circumstances. Topics include discrimination, history of exclusionary public policy, evolution of gender roles, human capital, the criminal justice system.
Description: Explores how the contemporary women's movement has emerged within Africa and its relationship to social change.
Description: Examination of a variety of feminist Latin American texts including poetry, fiction, history, philosophy and political manifestos from a cultural and literary studies perspective. Consideration of pop culture and visual artists.
Prerequisites: Junior standing
Description: Rhetoric and rhetorical theory of women writers and speakers and its implications for literature, composition, literacy, feminist theory, and women's and gender studies.
Prerequisites: Junior standing
Description: Experience of femininity and masculinity compared according to time and place, revealing the intimate connections with nation, modernity, race, and ethnicity.
Prerequisites: Junior Standing; 3 hours in any of the following areas: ANTH, SOCI, HIST, AHIS, TMFD or WMNS.
Description: In depth analysis of the relationship between material culture and gender roles, categories, and performances. Engages with theoretical frameworks for material culture and gender, as well as topics such as the body, clothing, the built environment, technology and media.
Prerequisites: WMNS major or minor.
Description: Introduction to feminist and gender theory. Important theoretical frameworks upon which Women's Studies is based and the implications of these theories in practice.
This course is a prerequisite for: WMNS 489
Prerequisites: 9 hours of SOCI, or Senior standing.
SOCI 200 is strongly recommended.
Description: Evaluation and application of scholarly theory and research on gender in societal context. The nature and effects of sex stratification, gendered culture, institutionalized sexism, feminist theory and sociology of knowledge.
Description: Advanced graduate level seminar in Women's and Gender Studies. Topics vary by semester.
Prerequisites: Permission
Description: Individual or group study on a topic in Women's and Gender Studies under supervision and evaluation of a Women's and Gender Studies faculty member.
Prerequisites: Permission.
Description: Experiential and service learning designed to deepen understanding of classroom concepts related to study of women and gender in society.
Description: A comparative approach, offering readings on a central theme from a variety of periods and/or areas. Themes vary.