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WGST 3230 - Women, Work, and Money
Explores the relationship of American women to money - as workers, consumers, caregivers, etc. Examines the dynamics of wealth, poverty, care-giving, mothering, gendering and occupational segregation on the lives of all women, young and old.
Credit Hours: (3)
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WGST 3231 - Working Women/Women in Business
Historical, sociological, legal, personal, and cross-cultural issues affecting working women.
Credit Hours: (3)
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WGST 3310 - Gender and Sexuality
An interdisciplinary introduction to gender and sexuality studies. Its primary focus is critical perspectives on the social construction of gender and sexuality, inequalities based on gender and sexuality, activism around issues of gender and sexuality, and how gender and sexuality shape and are shaped by other systems of inequality.
Credit Hours: (3)
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WGST 3803 - Independent Study
Supervised individual study and/or field-based experience in a topic or area of Women’s and Gender Studies of particular interest to the student.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): Permission of instructor and Director of Women’s and Gender Studies.
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WGST 3820 - Feminist Philosophy
Views of contemporary feminist and female philosophers on traditional philosophical issues such as ethics, human nature, the construction of knowledge, modes of social and political organization, the relationship between the mind and the body, and the nature of God.
Credit Hours: (3)
Cross-listed Course(s): PHIL 3820 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2015
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WGST 4050 - Topics in Women’s Studies
Special topics in Women’s Studies.
Credit Hours: (1 to 3)
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016
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WGST 4051 - Topics in Women’s Studies
Special topics in Women’s Studies.
Credit Hours: (3) (W)
General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WGST 4120 - Women’s Studies International
Explores policies affecting women’s lives across international borders and will look at a range of topics from divorce, marriage, violence against women and abortion to work and poverty.
Credit Hours: (3)
Cross-listed Course(s): INTL 3120 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WGST 4130 - Female Adolescence in America
Explores the modern cultural, social and personal experience of young females in America. The central focus of the course will be the social construction of femininity and how it impacts female adolescents. We will examine the influence of race/ethnicity, class, and sexuality upon the lives of female adolescents.
Credit Hours: (3)
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WGST 4131 - Culture, Pregnancy, and Birth
Explores how culture shapes the experience and practice of pregnancy and birth. Topics include: the birthing experience, midwifery, infertility, new reproductive technologies, and surrogate motherhood.
Credit Hours: (3)
Cross-listed Course(s): ANTH 4131 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WGST 4140 - African American Feminism
Examines the foundations, ideas, concerns and implications of African American feminism within historical and contemporary United States. Centers on fostering dialogues and critical discussions about African American feminism as a site of theory and practice emphasizing social, political, and personal transformation.
Credit Hours: (3)
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016
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WGST 4150 - Gender, Science, and Technology
Examines select issues related to women and gender in science and technology. Topics include: the role of women in science, the impact of science and technology on women, and feminist critiques of science and technology.
Credit Hours: (3)
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WGST 4151 - Women, Biology, and Health
An understanding of the structure and functions of women’s bodies and examines the social, economic, environmental, behavioral, and political factors associated with women’s health.
Credit Hours: (3)
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WGST 4152 - Ecological Feminism
Examines the cultural conditions that make possible the marginalization of both women and nature, the connections between feminism and environmentalism, and the relation between the norms and practices that inform developmental and environmental policies.
Credit Hours: (3)
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WGST 4153 - Virginity: Power, Politics, and Pleasure
Examines female virginity from an interdisciplinary perspective - all challenging and re-theorizing our modern conceptions of virginity. Course texts and discussion explore the history, myths, biology, politics, and personal definitions of female virginity and first-time sex across identities of gender, race, sexual orientation, age, and more. A key question considered by the course: why is the initiation into female heterosexuality defined as a “loss” and what has been the consequence?
Credit Hours: (3)
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WGST 4160 - Race, Sexuality, and the Body
Examines how biological, historical, and cultural interpretations of race and gender influenced and characterized definitions of sexuality and body image among persons of color.
Credit Hours: (3)
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WGST 4165 - Sociology of Women
Examines how the social world of women is influenced by their race, ethnicity, and class. Attention is given to changing roles of women in public and private spheres, and to the role conflict that arises as women attempt to meet obligation in families, communities, and the workplace.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): Junior or Senior standing.
Prerequisite(s): SOCY 1101 or WGST 1101 ; permission of instructor.
Cross-listed Course(s): SOCY 4165 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WGST 4170 - Queer Theory
Introduction to key issues in queer theory, a field of studies that questions and redefines the identity politics of early lesbian and gay studies. Queer theory investigates the socially constructed nature of identity and sexuality and critiques normalizing ways of knowing and being.
Credit Hours: (3)
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
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WGST 4191 - Women’s Health Issues
Exploration of contemporary issues in women’s health from the feminist and women’s health movement perspectives.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): Permission of instructor.
Cross-listed Course(s): NURS 4191
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WGST 4228 - French Women Writers in Translation
Advanced studies of literature and criticism by French women writers in English translation, with a focus on women’s issues from a cross-cultural perspective. Course conducted in English.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): Junior or Senior standing.
Prerequisite(s): UWRT 1103 or UWRT 1104 with a grade of C or above
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2017, Spring 2016
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WGST 4260 - Women: Middle Age and Beyond
Position of older women in society and the particular problems of and issues for women as they age.
Credit Hours: (3)
Cross-listed Course(s): GRNT 4260 and HLTH 4260 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WGST 4401 - Internship in Women’s Studies
Research and in-service training in cooperative community organizations that provide services to women and their families. Specific content based on a contract between the student, supervising professor, and community organization. Graded on a H/P/NC basis.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): Women’s and Gender Studies minor and permission from the Director of Women’s and Gender Studies.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WGST 4601 - Senior Colloquium
Critical examination of selected issues.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): 15 credit hours in Women’s and Gender Studies or permission of instructor.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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