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GENDER, WOMEN, AND SEXUALITY STUDIES (GWSS)
College of Liberal Arts
Gender, Women and Sexuality
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GWSS
1001
- Gender, Power, and Everyday Life
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, every year)
U.S. multi-/cross-cultural studies of contemporary social, cultural, and personal conditions of women's lives. Includes honors recitation.
GWSS
1002
- Politics of Sex
(SOCS, DSJ)
(3.0 - 4.0 cr [max 4.0 cr]; spring, every year)
Introductory survey of historical, cultural, psychological, and sociopolitical dimensions of analyzing gender/sexuality. Norms/deviances pertaining to gender/sexuality as differently enacted/understood by social groups in different time-/place-specific locations.
GWSS
1003W
- Women Write the World
(LITR, GP, WI)
(3.0 cr; spring, every year)
Concepts in literary studies. Poems, plays, short stories, novels, essays, letters by women from different parts of world. Focuses on lives, experiences, and literary expression of women, including basic concepts of women's studies.
GWSS
1004
- Screening Sex: Visual and Popular Culture
(AH)
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, even years)
Film history and theory; feminist critique of popular culture.
GWSS
1005
- Engaging Justice
(CIV)
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, odd years)
U.S./cross-cultural studies of social movements/political organizing around justice/equality.
GWSS
1006
- Skin, Sex, and Genes
(SOCS, TS)
(3.0 cr; fall, odd years)
Interdisciplinary course that explores the tense relationships between science, medicine and gender and sexuality.
GWSS
1007
- Introduction to GLBT Studies
(DSJ, SOCS)
(3.0 cr; =[GLBT 1001]; fall, every year)
History of contemporary GLBT-identified communities. Terms of theoretical debates regarding sexual orientation, identity, experience. Analyzes problems produced/insights gained by incorporating GLBT issues into specific academic, social, cultural, political discourses.
GWSS
1902
- Freshman Seminar
(DSJ)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Fr; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Topics/description vary. See Class Schedule, Course Guide.
GWSS
1904
- Freshman Seminar
(3.0 cr; Prereq-freshman; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, offered periodically)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
GWSS
1905
- Freshman Seminar
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-freshman; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, offered periodically)
Topics/description vary. See Class Schedule, Course Guide.
GWSS
1910W
- Topics: Freshman Seminar
(WI)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Fr; spring, every year)
Topics specified in Course Guide.
GWSS
3002V
- Honors Gender, Race, and Class: Women's Lives in the United States
(DSJ, WI)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Honors; A-F only, spring, every year)
Comparative study of women/gender, race, class, sexuality in two or more U.S. ethnic cultures. Honors recitation.
GWSS
3002W
- Gender, Race, and Class: Women's Lives in the United States
(DSJ, WI)
(3.0 cr; =[02027]; fall, every year)
Comparative study of women/gender, race, class, and sexuality in two or more U.S. ethnic cultures. Includes honors recitation.
GWSS
3003
- Gender and Global Politics
(SOCS, GP)
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Similarities/differences in women's experiences throughout world, from cross-cultural/historical perspective. Uses range of reading materials/media (feminist scholarship, fiction, film, news media, oral history, autobiography).
GWSS
3003H
- Honors: Gender and Global Politics
(3.0 - 4.0 cr [max 4.0 cr]; Prereq-honors; fall, offered periodically)
Similarities/differences in women's experiences throughout world from cross-cultural/historical perspective. Uses range of reading materials/media (feminist scholarship, fiction, film, news media, oral history, autobiography). Includes honors recitation.
GWSS
3004V
- Honors: Point/Counterpoint: Contemporary Feminist Debates
(WI)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Honors; fall, offered periodically)
Contemporary debates of concern to many women. Abortion, affirmative action, marriage rights, welfare rights, sex education, children's rights, date rape. In-depth study of several issues. Debate pros/cons of relevant perspectives. Includes honors recitation.
GWSS
3004W
- Point/Counterpoint: Contemporary Feminist Debates
(CIV, WI)
(3.0 cr; spring, every year)
Contemporary debates of concern to many women. Abortion, affirmative action, marriage rights, welfare rights, sex education, children's rights, date rape. In-depth study of several issues. Debate pros/cons of relevant perspectives. Includes honors recitation.
GWSS
3102V
- Honors: Feminist Thought and Theory
(WI)
(3.0 - 4.0 cr [max 4.0 cr]; fall, every year)
Feminist theoretical perspectives. How theory develops in response to traditions/forms of practice.
GWSS
3102W
- Feminist Thought and Theory.
(AH, CIV, WI)
(3.0 cr; fall, every year)
Feminist theoretical perspectives. How theory develops in response to traditions/forms of practice.
GWSS
3190
- Topics: Theory, Knowledge, and Power
(3.0 cr [max 12.0 cr]; fall, spring, summer, offered periodically)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
GWSS
3201
- Sociology of Gender
(3.0 cr; =[SOC 3221]; Prereq-1001 or 1002 or #; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, summer, offered periodically)
Organization, culture, and dynamics of gender relations. Gender/racial inequalities in workplace. Relationships between gender/race, gender/culture. Sexuality, gendered politics, women's movement.
GWSS
3202H
- Honors: Biology of Women
(4.0 cr; fall, offered periodically)
Biological aspects of female life from early development to old age. Biology of sex differences/sexuality, menarche, gestation/parturition, female-specific diseases/conditions, menopause. Ways of knowing biology of female body. Includes lab.
GWSS
3203W
- Blood, Bodies and Science
(TS, SOCS, WI)
(3.0 cr; fall, every year)
Ways in which modern biology has been site of conflict about race/gender. Race/gender demographics of scientific professions.
GWSS
3290
- Topics
(3.0 cr [max 9.0 cr]; A-F only, fall, spring, summer, every year)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
GWSS
3290H
- Topics: Biology, Health, and Environmental Studies: Enviro/ Feminism
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Honors; spring, every year)
Concepts of environmental biology, changing conditions of life on earth, creating a sustainable future. Connection between feminism and environmental justice. Disproportionate impact of environmental crises on women, children, and economically disadvantaged communities.
GWSS
3301W
- Women Writers
(LITR, WI)
(3.0 cr; spring, every year)
Complexities of women's roles and way women writers have used various genres of literature to articulate personal and social struggles. Fiction, poetry, drama, critical nonfiction texts. Fidelity/betrayal within relationships and societal perceptions. What images of femininity do these writers convey? How do formal and stylistic devices transform meaning?
GWSS
3302
- Women and the Arts
(AH, DSJ)
(3.0 cr; fall, every year)
Study of women in the arts, as represented and as participants (creators, audiences). Discussion of at least two different art forms and works from at least two different U.S. ethnic or cultural communities.
GWSS
3303W
- Writing Differences: Literature by U.S. Women of Color
(LITR, DSJ, WI)
(3.0 cr; =[AAS 3303W]; fall, odd years)
Interpret/analyze poetry, fiction, and drama of U.S. women minority writers. Relationship of writer's history, ethnicity, race, class, and gender to her writings.
GWSS
3305
- Queer Cinema
(AH)
(3.0 cr; spring, every year)
What "queer" and "queering" signify in relation to cinema. Directors, films, styles, genres of queer cinema. Ways in which traditional narrative codes are challenged/repackaged. Ideological dimensions. Impact of political climate. Readings, screenings, discussions, assignments.
GWSS
3306
- Pop Culture Women
(AH, DSJ)
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, every year)
Contemporary U.S. feminism as political/intellectual movement. Ways in which movement has been represented in popular culture.
GWSS
3307
- Feminist Film Studies
(AH, DSJ)
(3.0 cr; fall, every year)
Construction of different notions of gender in film, social uses of these portrayals. Lectures on film criticism, film viewings, class discussions.
GWSS
3308W
- Women's Contemporary Fiction
(WI)
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, summer, offered periodically)
Themes and features of style and content related to changes in women's roles in novels and short stories by English-language women writers of the late 20th century. Significance of race, sexual orientation, class, and age in the conditions of women's lives and their portrayal in literature.
GWSS
3351
- Women and Diasporas in Modern History
(3.0 cr; =[01498]; spring, even years)
Comparing diasporas across time. Focuses on gendering of lives/identities of people whose identities continue to be shaped by forced/free migrations of past 500 years.
GWSS
3390
- Topics: Visual, Cultural, and Literary Studies
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
GWSS
3403W
- Jewish Women in the United States
(WI)
(3.0 cr; fall, offered periodically)
Twentieth century American Jewish women--historically, sociologically, religiously, and culturally; key developments over the century.
GWSS
3404
- Transnational Sexualities
(GP)
(3.0 cr; =[GLBT 3404]; fall, spring, odd years)
Lesbian/gay lives throughout world. Culturally-specific/transcultural aspects of lesbian/gay identity formation, political struggles, community involvement, and global networking. Lesbian/gay life in areas other than Europe and the United States.
GWSS
3406
- Gender, Labor, and Politics
(SOCS, GP)
(3.0 cr; fall, every year)
Historical developments/contemporary manifestations of women's participation in labor force/global economy. Gender as condition for creation/maintenance of exploitable category of workers. How women's choices are shaped in various locations. Women's labor organizing.
GWSS
3407
- Women in Early and Victorian America: 1600-1890
(HIS, DSJ)
(3.0 cr; =[HIST 3347]; fall, every year)
Varied experiences of women in American history from European settlement in North America to the end of the 19th century.
GWSS
3408
- Women in Modern America
(3.0 cr; =[HIST 3348]; spring, every year)
History of women in the United States from 1890 to present. Women's changing roles in politics, in labor force, in family, and in popular culture. Work, family, sexuality, gender ideologies, women's right struggles. Different experiences of women based on race, class, religion, and region.
GWSS
3409W
- Asian American Women's Cultural Production
(AH, DSJ, WI)
(3.0 cr; =[AAS 3409W]; fall, every year)
Analysis of media, art, literature, performance, on artistic contributions. History, politics, culture of Asian American women. Interpret cultural production to better understand role of race, gender, nation within American society/citizenship.
GWSS
3410
- La Chicana
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, every year)
Focus on Chicanas or politically defined women of the Mexican-American community. Method is interdisciplinary emphasizing the importance of historical context and cultural process to any discussion of the Chicana experience.
GWSS
3412
- American Indian Women: Ethnographic and Ethnohistorical Perspectives
(DSJ, HIS)
(3.0 cr; A-F or Aud, fall, even years)
Comparative survey of ethnographic/ethnohistorical writings by/about American Indian women.
GWSS
3413
- Women and Gender in Latin American History
(GP, HIS)
(3.0 cr; =[HIST 3424]; spring, offered periodically)
Changing gender norms in Latin America over time as compared with lives of women/men of diverse classes, ethnic groups. How women responded to their position in society, on continuum from accomodation to resistance.
GWSS
3414
- Women in Medieval Europe
(3.0 cr; =[HIST 3614]; A-F or Aud, fall, offered periodically)
Women's role in family, politics, religion, work, and social movements. Representations of women in religious texts, art, literature, scientific studies, and law. Methods/approaches to study of women's history.
GWSS
3415
- Feminist Perspectives on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
(DSJ)
(3.0 cr; A-F only, fall, every year)
History of and contemporary thinking about public policies and legal remedies directed toward domestic violence and sexual assault. How notions of public/private spheres and social constructions of gender roles, agency, and bodies contribute to attitudes/responses.
GWSS
3469
- History of Women and family in China, 1600-2000
(3.0 cr; =[ALL 3372, HIST 3469]; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Marriage/family life, foot binding, cult of women's chastity. Women in nationalist/communist revolutions. Gender relations in post-socialist China. Effect of ideologies (Confucianism, nationalism, socialism) on women/family life. Differences between ideology and social practice.
GWSS
3490
- Topics: Political Economy and Global Studies
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
GWSS
3501
- Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Social Movements in the United States
(3.0 cr; =[GLBT 3301]; spring, every year)
Interdisciplinary course. Development of GLBT social movements using social movement theory/service learning.
Effective: Spring 2014
GWSS
3503
- Women and the Law
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Legal system as it relates to women: historical legal approach to issues related to constitutional rights of women.
GWSS
3590
- Topics: Social Change, Activism, Law, and Policy Studies
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; fall, offered periodically)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
GWSS
3681
- Gender and the Family in the Islamic World
(3.0 cr; =[SOC 3681, GLOS 3681, RELS 3716]; Prereq-At least soph; A-F only, spring, offered periodically)
Experiences of Muslim women/families from historical/comparative perspective. Gender/family power relations in colonial representations, sexual politics, family, education/health, paid work, human rights, Islamic feminism.
GWSS
3690
- Topics: Women, Society, and Race in the United States
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; spring, odd years)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
GWSS
3880H
- Honors Directed instruction
(1.0 - 8.0 cr [max 12.0 cr]; Prereq-honors; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Directed instruction.
GWSS
3890H
- Topics: Honors Seminar
(1.0 - 8.0 cr [max 12.0 cr]; Prereq-honors; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Topics vary. Topics that students would like faculty to develop into a course or topics closely related to faculty research/scholarship or contemporary issues.
GWSS
3893H
- Honors Directed Study
(1.0 - 8.0 cr [max 12.0 cr]; Prereq-honors; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Honors directed study.
GWSS
3894H
- Honors Directed Research
(1.0 - 8.0 cr [max 12.0 cr]; Prereq-honors; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Honors directed research.
GWSS
3980
- Directed Instruction
(1.0 - 12.0 cr [max 12.0 cr]; Prereq-#, %, @; fall, spring, every year)
Directed Instruction
GWSS
3993
- Directed Study
(1.0 - 12.0 cr [max 12.0 cr]; Prereq-#, %, @; fall, spring, summer, every year)
TBD
GWSS
3994
- Directed Research
(1.0 - 12.0 cr [max 12.0 cr]; Prereq-#, %, @; fall, spring, every year)
TBD
GWSS
4001
- Nations, Empires, Feminisms
(3.0 cr; A-F only, spring, odd years)
Feminist critiques of the nation-state and citizenship, political economy and development, globalization, and/or empire and colonialism. Overview of the broader literature and an interrogation of specific attendant questions (such as how do feminists theorize state violence; what are feminist and queer critiques of U.S. empire; and how do feminists theorize globalization from above and below).
GWSS
4002
- Politics of Engagement and Social Justice
(CIV)
(3.0 cr; A-F only, fall, odd years)
Ways in which feminist scholars have thought about and worked to complicate the opposition between theory and praxis. Diverse efforts by intellectuals situated within the Western academy to produce scholarship that is committed to deinstitutionalizing knowledge production and relevant to political struggles confronted by their own material and institutional inequalities.
GWSS
4003
- Science, Bodies, Technologies
(3.0 cr; spring, even years)
Feminist approaches to scientific methods and practices. Relationship between scientific practices and social relations, emphasizing the larger social, political, and economic context in which scientific knowledge production takes place. How scientific knowledge structures relationships of power and inequality, and constructs understandings of bodies and identities. Ways in which science shapes meanings of sex, race, gender and sexuality.
GWSS
4004
- Queering Desire
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, even years)
Core perspectives of queer theory. Recent extensions and manifestations.
GWSS
4102
- Women, Gender, and Science
(3.0 cr; Prereq-1001 or 1002 or 3102 or #; fall, offered periodically)
Three intersecting themes analyzed from 1700s to the present: women in science, sexual and gendered concepts in modern sciences, and impact of science on conceptions of sexuality and gender in society.
GWSS
4103
- Transnational Feminist Theories
(GP)
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, every year)
Western/non-Western feminist theories in conversation. Historical, cultural, political context. Relation of theory to activism.
GWSS
4103H
- Transnational Feminist Theories
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[3102, 8 cr WOST] or grad student or #; fall, spring, every year)
Western/nonWestern feminist theories in conversation. Historical, cultural, and political context. Relation of theory to activism.
GWSS
4108
- Senior Seminar: Writing
(1.0 cr; Prereq-GWSS major [jr or sr]; spring, every year)
Capstone course. Conduct independent research/writing in conjunction with 3xxx-, 4xxx-, or 5xxx-level GWSS class.
GWSS
4122
- Philosophy and Feminist Theory
(3.0 cr; =[PHIL 5622, PHIL 4622, GWSS 5122]; Prereq-8 crs in [philosophy or women's studies] or #)
Encounters between philosophy/feminism. Gender's influence in traditional philosophical problems/methods. Social role of theorist/theorizing as they relate to politics of feminism.
GWSS
4190
- Topics: Theory, Knowledge, and Power
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Sr or grad student or #; spring, offered periodically)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
GWSS
4201
- The Older Woman: A Feminist Perspective
(3.0 cr; Prereq-12 cr in WoSt or substantial work in psych or soc sci; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Myths and realities surrounding conceptualizations of older women in public, private, personal, social, sexual, professional, and
community interactions.
GWSS
4290
- Topics: Biology, Health, and Environmental Studies
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Sr or grad student or #; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
GWSS
4303W
- Writing Differences: Literature by U.S. Women of Color
(LITR, DSJ, WI)
(3.0 cr; =[02057]; fall, odd years)
Interpret/analyze poetry, fiction, drama of U.S. women minority writers. Relationship of writer's history, ethnicity, race, class, gender to writings.
GWSS
4390
- Topics: Visual, Cultural, and Literary Studies
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Sr or grad student or #; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
GWSS
4401
- Chicana/Latina Cultural Studies
(AH, DSJ)
(3.0 cr; =[01460]; fall, even years)
Readings in Chicana/Latina cultural studies. TV, film, art, music, dance, theatre, literature. Identity/sexuality. Production of culture/theory.
GWSS
4402
- Rebels, Radicals, and Revolutionaries: History of Western Feminisms
(3.0 cr [max 4.0 cr]; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Survey of main currents in history of western feminist thought, politics, and social movements from 1770s to present.
GWSS
4403
- Queering Theory
(3.0 cr; =[GWSS 5503]; Prereq-1002 or 3102 or #; fall, spring, summer, every year)
Lesbianism and lesbian identities as products of cultural practices, relations, and meanings that are historically specific/changing.
GWSS
4404
- Gender, Nation, and Literature in Latin America
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[1001 or course on feminist theory], [jr or sr]; fall, offered periodically)
Latin American literature/film concerning gendered nature of Latin American politics, society, and history. Texts by (mostly) women writers/filmmakers. Texts are in English but available in Spanish or Portuguese.
GWSS
4406
- Black Feminist Thought in the American and African Diasporas
(3.0 cr; =[GWSS 5406]; spring, offered periodically)
Critically examine spatiality of African descendant women in Americas/larger black diaspora. Writings from black feminist/queer geographies, history, contemporary cultural criticism. Recent black feminist theorizing.
GWSS
4415
- Body Politics: A History
(HIS)
(3.0 cr; A-F only, fall, odd years)
The body as historically constituted and as site of political contest. Its constitution in relation to sex/gender, race, and sexuality. Notions of (dis)ability and normalcy. Ethnographic display. Modification. Discipline/surveillance.
GWSS
4490
- Topics: Political Economy and Global Studies
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Sr or grad student or #; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
GWSS
4505
- Legislative Internship
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[4504 or equiv or grad student], %; spring, every year)
Discussion group and learning community for students working as interns for a Minnesota legislator during the year's legislative session.
GWSS
4590
- Topics: Social Change, Activism, Law, and Policy Studies
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Jr or sr or grad student; spring, odd years)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
GWSS
4621W
- Rhetoric of Feminism
(DSJ, WI)
(3.0 cr; =[COMM 4621W]; fall, spring, offered periodically)
History/criticism of rhetoric of feminism from 19th century to present.
GWSS
4690
- Topics: Women, Society, and Race in the United States
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; spring, odd years)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
GWSS
4790
- Topics: Sexuality Studies
(3.0 cr; fall, even years)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
GWSS
4900W
- Women's Studies Seminar
(WI)
(3.0 cr [max 12.0 cr]; Prereq-WoSt major, junior or senior standing, or #; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
Includes a component on research methods/writing. Capstone experience. Culminates in a 20-25 page paper.
GWSS
4980
- Directed Instruction
(1.0 - 8.0 cr [max 12.0 cr]; fall, spring, every year)
TBD
GWSS
4993
- Directed Study
(1.0 - 5.0 cr [max 10.0 cr]; Prereq-Filled out student/faculty contract, #, %, @; fall, spring, summer, every year)
TBD
GWSS
4994
- Directed Research
(1.0 - 8.0 cr [max 12.0 cr]; fall, spring, every year)
TBD
GWSS
5101
- Feminist Approaches to Ethnography
(3.0 cr)
Preparation for feminist ethnographic research in the social sciences. Using recent works by feminist ethnographers, focus is on the methods, politics, and ethics, as well as gender, race, class, and cross-cultural issues pertaining to fieldwork.
GWSS
5102
- Feminist Approaches to History
(3.0 cr; Prereq-8 cr WoSt or grad or #)
Analysis and practice of feminist history. Theories, methods, and sources that address the interrelationship of gender, race, class, and sexuality.
GWSS
5103
- Feminist Pedagogies
(3.0 cr; Prereq-grad or #; fall, spring, every year)
Theory and practice of feminist pedagogies by comparing and evaluating various multicultural feminist theories of education/teaching and the application of specific theories, techniques, and teaching strategies.
GWSS
5104
- Transnational Feminist Theory
(3.0 cr; fall, odd years)
Third World and transnational feminisms. Interrogating the categories of "women," "feminism," and "Third World." Varieties of power/oppression that women have endured/resisted, including colonization, nationalism, globalization, and capitalism. Concentrates on postcolonial context.
GWSS
5105W
- Gendered Rhetoric of Science and Technology
(WI)
(3.0 cr; Prereq-[=Rhet 5108, =Rhet 8530]; 8 cr WoSt or grad or #)
How cultural gender roles are affected by science and technology as well as influence scientific and technological thinking and communication strategies.
GWSS
5107
- Gender, Culture, and Science
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Critical study of some of the major papers concerning the relations of gender and scientific inquiry produced in the past 20 years.
GWSS
5122
- Philosophy and Feminist Theory
(3.0 cr; =[PHIL 5622, PHIL 4622, GWSS 4122]; Prereq-8 crs in [philosophy or women's studies] or #)
Encounters between philosophy/feminism. Gender's influence in traditional philosophical problems/methods. Social role of theorist/theorizing as they relate to politics of feminism.
GWSS
5190
- Topics: Theory, Knowledge, and Power
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, odd years)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
GWSS
5201
- Global Processes and the Politics of Sexuality
(3.0 cr; Prereq-12 cr WoSt or feminist studies grad student or #)
Comparative examination of the social construction of sexuality. Formal/informal norms/regulations, categories of deviance, representation of sex in the media/arts, role of sexuality in relation to agency/subjectivity.
GWSS
5290
- Topics: Biology, Health, and Environmental Studies
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
GWSS
5300
- Communication and Gender
(3.0 cr; =[COMM 5406]; Prereq-one women's studies course or #; A-F or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
How gender affects verbal communication. Development of analytical skills through readings, exercises, research that raise awareness of the power of language and the influence of gender prescriptions.
GWSS
5390
- Topics: Visual, Cultural, and Literary Studies
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; fall, odd years)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
GWSS
5404
- Working Class Women's Cultures
(3.0 cr; Prereq-12 cr WoSt or #)
Myths and realities surrounding working class women and their cultures. Use sociological and literary material in an effort to learn about working class women and to hear their own voices.
GWSS
5405
- Chicanas: Women and Work
(3.0 cr; Prereq-#)
Chicanas, their various relationships to family/community. Local, national, and global work forces. Questions/issues related to growing integration of world.s systems of production.
GWSS
5406
- Black Feminist Thought in the American and African Diasporas
(3.0 cr; =[GWSS 4406]; spring, offered periodically)
Critically examines spatiality of African descendant women in Americas/larger black diaspora. Writings from black feminist/queer geographies, history, contemporary cultural criticism. Recent black feminist theorizing.
GWSS
5490
- Topics: Political Economy and Global Studies
(3.0 cr [max 12.0 cr]; spring, every year)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
GWSS
5503
- Queering Theory
(3.0 cr; =[GWSS 4403]; fall, every year)
Lesbianism and lesbian identities as products of cultural practices, relations, and meanings that are historically specific/changing.
GWSS
5590
- Topics: Social Change, Activism, Law, and Policy Studies
(3.0 cr [max 12.0 cr]; fall, spring, every year)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
GWSS
5690
- Topics: Women, Society, and Race in the United States
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; spring, odd years)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
GWSS
5790
- Topics: Sexuality Studies
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; spring, odd years)
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
GWSS
5993
- Directed Study
(1.0 - 12.0 cr [max 12.0 cr]; fall, spring, summer, every year)
TBD
GWSS
5994
- Directed Instruction
(1.0 - 12.0 cr [max 36.0 cr]; fall, spring, summer, every year)
TBD
GWSS
5995
- Directed Research
(1.0 - 8.0 cr [max 36.0 cr]; fall, spring, every year)
TBD
GWSS
8101
- Intellectual History of Feminism
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Major trends in feminist intellectual history from 14th century to the present, especially in the United States and Europe.
GWSS
8102
- Advanced Studies in Sexuality
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Priority given to feminist studies grad students; fall, odd years)
Contemporary theoretical scholarship/research on selected issues related to sexuality, gender, and the body.
GWSS
8103
- Feminist Theories of Knowledge
(3.0 cr; fall, offered periodically)
Interdisciplinary seminar. Feminist approaches to knowledge and to criticism of paradigms of knowledge operative in the disciplines. Feminist use of concepts of subjectivity, objectivity, and intersubjectivity. Feminist empiricism, standpoint theory, and contextualism. Postmodern and postcolonial theorizing.
GWSS
8107
- Feminist Pedagogies
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Feminist Studies grad student [Maj or Minor] or #; spring, even years)
Explore feminist theories/critical approaches to pedagogy. Develop teaching philosophy statement, design syllabus, practice teach/learn problem-solving strategies for classroom.
GWSS
8108
- Genealogies of Feminist Theory
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Feminist studies PhD or grad minor student or #; fall, every year)
Two-semester seminar. First term: debates in gender theory; intersections of gender theory with critical race theory, post-colonial theory, sexuality theory, social class analysis. Second term: inter-/multi-disciplinary feminist research methodologies from humanities/social sciences.
GWSS
8109
- Feminist Knowledge Production
(3.0 cr; Prereq-Feminist studies PhD or grad minor student or #; spring, every year)
Two-semester interdisciplinary seminar. First term: debates in gender theory; gender theory, critical race theory, post-colonial theory, sexuality theory, social class analysis. Second term: inter-/multi-disciplinary feminist research methods from humanities/social sciences.
GWSS
8190
- Seminar: Feminist Theory & Praxis
(3.0 cr [max 9.0 cr]; fall, spring, every year)
Topics in feminist theory.
GWSS
8201
- Feminist Theory and Methods in the Social Sciences
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Seminar on recent theories, including feminist versions of positivist, interpretivist, critical theoretical, and postmodernist models of social science knowledge. Methodologies congenial to feminist practices of inquiry, including use of narrative in theory, feminist ethnography, discourse analysis, and comparative methods in history.
GWSS
8220
- Seminar: Science, Technology & Environmental Justice
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; spring, offered periodically)
Topics related to science, technology, environmental justice.
GWSS
8260
- Seminar: Race, Representation and Resistance
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-Grad student; spring, every year)
Race, racialization, racial justice as related to representation/struggles for social/economic justice. Intersectional analysis of power, politics, ideology/identity. Queer of color critique, women of color feminisms, critical sex/body positive approaches.
GWSS
8301
- Feminist Literary Criticism
(3.0 cr; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Recent developments and major issues in feminist studies of literature. Introduction to array of scholars and scholarship in field of feminist literary theory and criticism, emphasizing broad range of feminist textual analysis taking place in various University departments.
GWSS
8333
- FTE: Master's
(1.0 cr; Prereq-Master's student, adviser and DGS consent; No Grade, fall, spring, summer, every year)
(No description)
GWSS
8390
- Seminar: Cultural Criticism and Media Studies
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; spring, offered periodically)
Topics in literature, film, art.
GWSS
8444
- FTE: Doctoral
(1.0 cr; Prereq-Doctoral student, adviser and DGS consent; No Grade, fall, spring, summer, every year)
(No description)
GWSS
8490
- Seminar: Transnational, Postcolonial, Diaspora
(3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; fall, spring, every year)
Graduate topics in comparative/global studies.
GWSS
8590
- Topics: Historical Studies
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 3.0 cr]; fall, offered periodically)
Topics: Historical Studies
GWSS
8666
- Doctoral Pre-Thesis Credits
(1.0 - 6.0 cr [max 12.0 cr]; Prereq-Doctoral student who has not passed prelim oral; no required consent for 1st/2nd registrations, up to 12 combined cr; % for 3rd/4th registrations, up to 24 combined cr; doctoral student admitted before summer 2007 may register up to four times, up to 60 combined cr; No Grade, fall, spring, summer, every year)
TBD
GWSS
8888
- Thesis Credit: Doctoral
(1.0 - 24.0 cr [max 24.0 cr]; Prereq-Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 24 cr required; No Grade, fall, spring, summer, every year)
(No description)
GWSS
8993
- Directed Study
(1.0 - 6.0 cr [max 9.0 cr]; fall, spring, summer, every year)
TBD
GWSS
8994
- Directed Instruction
(1.0 - 8.0 cr [max 36.0 cr]; fall, spring, summer, every year)
TBD
GWSS
8995
- Directed Research
(1.0 - 8.0 cr [max 36.0 cr]; fall, spring, every year)
TBD
GWSS
8996
- Feminist Studies Colloquium
(1.0 cr [max 4.0 cr]; Prereq-Grad major or minor in feminist studies; S-N or Aud, fall, spring, every year)
TBD
GWSS
8997
- Feminist Research and Writing
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 9.0 cr]; Prereq-8109, passed written prelims in degree granting program; fall, spring, every year)
Develops interdisciplinary feminist components of Ph.D. thesis or other major piece of writing. Facilitates research/writing.
GWSS
8998
- Professional Development
(1.0 - 3.0 cr [max 6.0 cr]; Prereq-Grad student; S-N only, spring, every year)
Workshop addressing one of a variety of professional development issues including, but not limited to, grant writing, book reviewing, revising term papers for publication, course development, writing and presenting conference papers, preparing to enter the job market (writing a c.v./application letter, preparing for interviews, job talk).
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