An introductory survey of the concepts and research data in the new scholarship on women. Topics covered include biology, sexuality, socialization, family and work, creativity, and politics.

WGSS 28000 Women's, Gender, And Sexuality Studies: An Introduction

Women's, Gender, And Sexuality Studies: An Introduction

This course examines in-depth particular topics from the introductory course in Women's Studies.  It addresses gender issues for both men and women.  Possible topics include gender and popular culture, women's bodies, body image, and health, masculinities, queering gender and gender transgression. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.

WGSS 28100 Intro To Study Of Rel

Intro To Study Of Rel

WGSS 28100 20th Century Women Artists

20th Century Women Artists

WGSS 28100 Arab Women Writers

Arab Women Writers

This course examines in depth particular topics from the introductory course in Women's Studies. It addresses gender issues for both men and women. Possible topics include gender and popular culture, women's bodies, body image, and health, masculinities, queering gender and gender transgression.

WGSS 28100 Wom Pol And Publ Pol

Wom Pol And Publ Pol

(ANTH 28200)  This course offers students an introduction to the interdisciplinary study of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer lives. It provides a basic grounding in theories of sexuality and LGBT histories, identities and movements in the U.S. and globally.

WGSS 28200 Introduction To LGBTQ Studies

Introduction To LGBTQ Studies

(ANTH 28200) This course offers students an introduction to the interdisciplinary study of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer lives. It provides a basic grounding in theories of sexuality and LGBT histories, identities and movements in the U.S. and globally. Typically offered Fall Spring.

WGSS 28200 Introduction To LGBT Studies

Introduction To LGBT Studies

This course expands students' understanding of gender issues by exploring the multicultural diversity of women's lives. It examines how race, class, sexuality, and culture interact and shape society and ecology in the United States and in a global context.

WGSS 38000 Comparative Studies In Gender And Culture

Comparative Studies In Gender And Culture

This course expands students' understanding of gender issues by exploring the multicultural diversity of women's lives. It examines how race, class, sexuality, and culture interact and shape society and ecology in the United States and in a global context. Typically offered Fall Spring.

WGSS 38000 Gender And Multiculturalism

Gender And Multiculturalism

Explores the diversity of racial and ethnic groups in the United States with a particular emphasis on the histories, experiences, and cultural contributions of women of color. Provides a broad introduction to the intersections of gender, race and ethnicity.

WGSS 38100 Women Of Color In The United States

Women Of Color In The United States

Explores intimate relationships and marriage practices in Western and non-Western societies from a historical and comparative perspective. Examines the changes in love and marriage in Greco-Roman societies, medieval and modern Europe, China, India and the Muslim world, among others.

WGSS 38200 Love, Sex And Sexuality

Love, Sex And Sexuality

Examines race, class and gender issues as they affect working women in America. Covering women's work from domestic labor to informal economies to factories, topics include women's participation in trade unions, wage inequalities, family leave policies and sexual harassment.

WGSS 38300 Women, Work, And Labor

Women, Work, And Labor

Examines race, class and gender issues as they affect working women in America.  Covering women's work from domestic labor to informal economies to factories, topics include women's participation in trade unions, wage inequalities, family leave policies and sexual harassment.  Typically offered Fall Spring.

WGSS 38300 Women And Work

Women And Work

Variable topics under the direction of an instructor in a particular field of specialization.

WGSS 39000 STEM And Gender

STEM And Gender

WGSS 39000 Coffee, Comnty & Change Rwanda

Coffee, Comnty & Change Rwanda

Selected topics under the direction of an instructor in a particular field of specialization. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

WGSS 39000 US Women Since 1870

US Women Since 1870

WGSS 39000 Understanding The NFL

Understanding The NFL

WGSS 39000 Gender And Literature

Gender And Literature

WGSS 39000 American Beauty

American Beauty

WGSS 39000 Latina Feminisms

Latina Feminisms

WGSS 39000 Sports & Popular Feminism

Sports & Popular Feminism

WGSS 39000 Underst Nat Football Leag

Underst Nat Football Leag

WGSS 39000 Queens In Early Modern Europe

Queens In Early Modern Europe

WGSS 39000 Women And Leadership

Women And Leadership

WGSS 39000 Women And The Law

Women And The Law

WGSS 39000 Hist Of Sexual Regul In US

Hist Of Sexual Regul In US

WGSS 39000 Sports & Feminism

Sports & Feminism

WGSS 39000 Women And Health In America

Women And Health In America

Intensive study of a variety of contemporary and international feminist theories from an interdisciplinary perspective.  Provides an overview of major trends, critical approaches, and diverse viewpoints in the field of feminist theory.  Typically offered Fall Spring.

WGSS 48000 Feminist Theory

Feminist Theory

This course offers an interdisciplinary introduction to recent work in lesbian and gay studies in various fields, including literature, history, film, cultural theory, medicine, law, and studies of sexuality. Typically offered Fall Spring.

WGSS 48200 Interdisciplinary Studies In Sexuality: Scholarship On Lesbian And Gay Issues

Interdisciplinary Studies In Sexuality: Scholarship On Lesbian And Gay Issues

This course offers an interdisciplinary introduction to recent work in lesbian and gay studies in various fields, including literature, history, film, cultural theory, medicine, law, and studies of sexuality.

WGSS 48200 Interdisciplinary Studies In Sexuality

Interdisciplinary Studies In Sexuality

Explores feminist struggles through the writings of First and Third World feminist scholars.  Focuses on feminist projects within and against colonial, nationalist, religious and global contexts.  Includes Third World feminist critiques of Western feminisms.  Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.

WGSS 48300 Feminisms In Global Perspective

Feminisms In Global Perspective

In this course, students investigate the gendered and intersectional meanings ascribed to or generated by popular cinematic and other mass-distributed visual texts, with particular attention to the way that visual media have impacted women's participation in public culture over the last century and a half. This course is highly conceptual, asking students to learn to recognize power relations hiding within visual entertainments and embedded within the experience of everyday life, with the goal of deepening their understanding and appreciation of the experience of spectatorship and visuality as a central element of modern American and contemporary global mass culture.

WGSS 48500 Feminist Perspectives On Film And Cinema And Visual Culture

Feminist Perspectives On Film And Cinema And Visual Culture

This course is designed to integrate knowledge derived from women's studies scholarship with practical experience. Students will define their own projects in consultation with women's studies faculty. Periodic conferences and written reports required. Permission of instructor required.

WGSS 49200 Practicum In Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Practicum In Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Special topics or projects under the direction of the instructor in a particular field of specialization. Permission of instructor required.

WGSS 49900 Intersec Stds Sex & Gendr Iden

Intersec Stds Sex & Gendr Iden

Special topics or projects under the direction of the instructor in a particular field of specialization. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

WGSS 49900 Women And Health In America

WGSS 49900 Black Women's Studies

Black Women's Studies

WGSS 49900 Religion Gender & Sexuality

Religion Gender & Sexuality

A study of selected topics taught by an instructor in whose particular field of specialization the content of the course falls.  Permission of instructor required.  Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

WGSS 59900 Public Pol And Family

Public Pol And Family

WGSS 59900 Religion Gender & Sexuality

This course focuses on feminist theories at an advanced level and in a global perspective.  Graduate students engage with key theoretical issues in contemporary feminist studies, and examine how feminist scholars have theorized women and gender issues across disciplines.  Typically offered Fall Spring.

WGSS 68000 Science, Technology & Society

Science, Technology & Society

WGSS 68000 Feminism Theories & Practices

Feminism Theories & Practices

This course focuses on feminist theories at an advanced level and in a global perspective. Graduate students engage with key theoretical issues in contemporary feminist studies, and examine how feminist scholars have theorized women and gender issues across disciplines.

WGSS 68000 Race Class And Gender

Race Class And Gender

WGSS 68000 Feminist Theory

Applies feminist theory, knowledge, and methods to the examination of selected contemporary issues. Emphasizes ways in which theory and practice interact in feminist scholarship. Content may vary according to the issues examined.  Prerequisite: WGSS 68000. Typically offered Fall Spring.

WGSS 68100 Cultural Instrsctn Globl South

Cultural Instrsctn Globl South

Applies feminist theory, knowledge, and methods to the examination of selected contemporary issues. Emphasizes ways in which theory and practice interact in feminist scholarship. Content may vary according to the issues examined. Prerequisite: WGSS 68000.

WGSS 68100 Gender&Culture Sci Ed

Gender&Culture Sci Ed

WGSS 68100 Contemp Black Fem Lit

Contemp Black Fem Lit

WGSS 68100 Feminism Theories & Practices

WGSS 68100 Feminist Ecology

Feminist Ecology

WGSS 68100 Sem In Black Feminist Studies

Sem In Black Feminist Studies

WGSS 68100 Feminist Persp On Cinema

Feminist Persp On Cinema

This course provides a methodological framework for theorizing, constructing and executing research from a feminist perspective. Students acquire knowledge of the diversity of feminist research projects and methods; they learn to pose research questions; and they will be able to prepare a research or grant proposal drawing on interdisciplinary methods. The course is designed to meet the needs of graduate students in Women's Studies and is open to students in other programs who are interested in feminist research. The course deals with both theoretical and practical issues in methodology. Prerequisites: WGSS 68000.

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