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WGST 2140 - Gender and Sport
Explores the gendered nature of sports and the impact of feminist theory on the study of sport. Areas of focus include historical developments, media and representation, race and ethnicity, masculinity, sexuality, and physicality and power.
Credit Hours: (3)
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WGST 2150 - U. S. Women’s History to 1877
A survey of women’s experience in the U. S. from colonization through the civil war and reconstruction. Special emphasis on the evolution of women’s public roles and the impact of class, race, and region in shaping women’s lives.
Credit Hours: (3)
Cross-listed Course(s): HIST 2150 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WGST 2160 - Introduction to LGBTQ+ Studies
Provides an overview of historical, sociopolitical, and psychological influences on the development of current day lesbian, gay, queer, and trans social movements and cultures and their social and cultural impact and experiences.
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 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021
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WGST 2170 - Gender and Globalization
Examines how globalization interacts with and influences gender roles around the world. Topics include: the effect of globalization on the gendered divisions of power, violence, labor, and resources.
Credit Hours: (3)
Cross-listed Course(s): INTL 3121
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WGST 2251 - U.S. Women’s History since 1877
A survey of women’s experience in the U.S. from reconstruction to the present. Special emphasis on work, family, and feminism, and the impact of class, race, and region in shaping women’s lives.
Credit Hours: (3)
Cross-listed Course(s): HIST 2151 .
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WGST 2252 - European Women’s and Gender History
An exploration of women’s experiences in western Europe and Russia, covering topics of religion, work, family, and politics.
Credit Hours: (3)
Cross-listed Course(s): HIST 2152 .
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WGST 2310 - Gender, Activism, and Leadership
Students select and complete a community activism project focusing on a gender issue. Key issues and controversies of past and present feminist/social movements, and what activists are doing today. While exploring the components of ethical leadership, students learn how to apply classroom theory to the real world around them.
Credit Hours: (3) (W)
General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WGST 3019 - Hispanic Women Writers in English Translation
Examination of prose and poetry by women writers from Spain and the Americas to understand women’s voices and other cultures. Conducted in English; knowledge of Spanish not required. Not applicable toward Spanish major or minor.
Credit Hours: (3) (W)
Restriction(s): Sophomore, Junior, or Senior standing.
Prerequisite(s): WRDS 1103 or WRDS 1104 with a grade of C or above; or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed Course(s): LTAM 3319 and SPAN 3019
General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)
Most Recently Offered (Day): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WGST 3050 - Topics in Women’s Studies
Special topics in Women’s Studies.
Credit Hours: (3)
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2021, Summer 2021, Summer 2021
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2019, Spring 2021, Fall 2021
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WGST 3051 - 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): Summer 2020
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WGST 3100 - Research Methods in Women’s and Gender Studies
An overview of qualitative and quantitative research methods. Covers the fundamentals of qualitative research by exploring the epistemological issues that shape qualitative research design, multiple ways of knowing, the relationship between theory and qualitative research methods, as well as the significance of critical methods in the study of marginalized groups and the “other.” Matters of subjectivity, positionality, reflexivity, and trustworthiness of qualitative data collection and analysis are addressed. Additionally, the following data collection strategies are discussed: focus groups, interviews, narratives, and ethnographies. Examines the fundamentals of quantitative research, by covering the philosophical tenets and basic assumptions of quantitative research, formulation of research questions and hypothesis testing; data collection, basic descriptive statistics, and issues of reliability and validity. Lastly, addresses: (1) the advantages and disadvantages of both qualitative and qualitative research methods and (2) when it is appropriate to use qualitative versus quantitative, or both.
Credit Hours: (3)
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit one time.
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WGST 3102 - Changing Realities of Women’s Lives
Influence of gender, race and class stereotypes on women’s identities and choices. Examination of women’s individual circumstances through writing.
Credit Hours: (3) (W)
General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WGST 3110 - Gender and Communication
Examination of the relationship between language and gender. Topics covered include how language shapes perceptions of men/women; gender differences in verbal and nonverbal communication; and gendered communication in relationships, friendships, and the workplace.
Credit Hours: (3)
Cross-listed Course(s): COMM 3110 .
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Fall 2021
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WGST 3111 - Women in Judaism
A survey of the roles and activities of Jewish women throughout Jewish history, as it is portrayed in a diverse sampling of Jewish religious literature and practice.
Credit Hours: (3)
Cross-listed Course(s): RELS 3111 .
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WGST 3112 - Women’s Diaries and Women’s Experience
This course examines why women keep diaries, how diaries provide an understanding of women’s experiences, and how diaries may be read as literature.
Credit Hours: (3) (W)
General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)
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WGST 3130 - Perspectives on Motherhood
Examination of the social, political, and economic conditions surrounding motherhood in the U.S.; explores the history and representations of motherhood, contraceptive/abortion issues, pregnancy and birthing practices, gender-neutral, same-sex, and bi-racial parenting.
Credit Hours: (3)
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WGST 3131 - History of Sexuality
An exploration of the origins and evolution of our modern attitudes toward sexuality, sexual orientation, and gendering in societal context. Discussion of sexual and gender identification, relationship and marriage, family planning and policy, prostitution and vice, and expressions or depictions of sexuality. Case studies may draw from multiple cultures through time.
Credit Hours: (3)
Cross-listed Course(s): HIST 3131 .
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WGST 3140 - Domestic Violence
A survey of domestic violence in the US focusing on female experience as both victim and survivor of partner abuse. We will evaluate theories of partner violence, examine types of abuse across diverse female lifespans, and discuss multicultural and gender expectations, treatment, modalities, and social policy implications.
Credit Hours: (3)
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WGST 3150 - Body Image
Discussion of body image through varying perspectives: size discrimination, advertising and consumerism, eating disorders, cosmetic surgery, self-image/male gaze, health vs. beauty, etc. All perspectives are examined as they are projected across the intersection of sexism, racism, classism, ageism and sexuality.
Credit Hours: (3)
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WGST 3152 - Modern Gay America
Focuses on the emergence of the LGBT community in 20th century American Culture. Interdisciplinary methods and topics examine intersections of science, religion, popular culture, politics, geography, and other factors as they affect LGBT people in their heterogeneity. This course is designed to be an introduction to the study of LGBT culture, and students at all levels are invited to participate in the discussion of where this community has been and where it will go in the 21st century.
Credit Hours: (3)
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WGST 3155 - Disney: Gender, Race, and Empire
Focuses on how ideologies of gender, race, class, and sexuality are constructed in early and recent animated films of Walt Disney. By examining the content of these films created within particular historical and cultural contexts, students develop an understanding of the cultural productions, meanings, and intersections of racism, sexism, colonialism, and imperialism. A close analysis of these films also introduces concepts in feminist film theory and criticism.
Credit Hours: (3)
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2019
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WGST 3157 - Women and Activism
Examines current and historical women’s activist movements across the globe. Special focus on methods and strategies for creating change and the social and cultural factors that shape specific activist movements.
Credit Hours: (3)
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WGST 3158 - Third Wave Feminism
A review of the theoretical perspectives reflective of third-wave feminism, with a specific focus on work published in the past twenty years. Such third-wave feminism concepts as cyberfeminism, individualist feminism, new feminist theory, girl power, and transgender politics are addressed. New work by prominent third-wave feminists such as Naomi Wolf, Jessical Valenti, Elizabeth Wurtzel, Jennifer Baumgardner, bell hooks, and Judith Butler is discussed, while also emphasizing the importance of activism for contemporary feminists.
Credit Hours: (3)
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WGST 3160 - Gender and Education
Explores the relationship between gender and education, primarily in the context of formalized schooling. Topics include: the history of women’s education; gender identity and socialization; gender discrimination and biases in curriculum and classroom teaching; gender gaps in academic performance; and the relationship between educational choices and gender.
Credit Hours: (3)
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WGST 3170 - Female Adolescence in Film
Study of mainstream and independent films that focus on adolescent girls (or the lack thereof) and the sometimes symbiotic relationship between these films and society.
Credit Hours: (3)
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WGST 3180 - Gender in Hip Hop Culture
Examines the roles of gender during the Black Power Movement to the ascendancy of Hip Hop culture in the twenty-first century. Designed to introduce students to the patterns of converging and cross cutting racism, nationalism, and feminism that are vitally important to the hip hop generation.
Credit Hours: (3)
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2021
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WGST 3212 - Women and Peacebuilding
Exploration of the contributions women can make and have made to peacebuilding and conflict-resolution.
Credit Hours: (3)
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WGST 3215 - Religion and Sexuality
An examination of the role of religious discourses and practices in shaping, understand and evaluating sexual practices, desires and identities.
Credit Hours: (3)
Cross-listed Course(s): RELS 3215 .
Repeatability: Although the focus of this course may vary, it may only be taken once for credit.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2018
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WGST 3216 - Religion and Masculinity
An examination of the role of religious discourses and practices in shaping, regulating and evaluating masculine identities and practices.
Credit Hours: (3)
Cross-listed Course(s): RELS 3220 .
Repeatability: Although the focus of this course may vary, it may only be taken once for credit.
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WGST 3217 - The Bible and Homosexuality
Considers a wide range of biblical texts that are referenced in political, cultural, and theological arguments concerning homosexuality, lesbian and gay civil rights, and same-sex marriage. Examines how both pro-gay and anti-gay interpreters have engaged biblical texts and invoked biblical authority across time, rather than determining which views are “right” or “wrong.”
Credit Hours: (3)
Cross-listed Course(s): RELS 3217
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WGST 3220 - Feminist Thought
Cross-cultural and interdisciplinary survey of the main traditions of feminist theory in the context of their historical and philosophical roots.
Credit Hours: (3) (W)
Prerequisite(s): WGST 1101 or permission of instructor.
General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Fall 2021
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Fall 2018
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WGST 3221 - Feminist Thought
Cross-cultural and interdisciplinary survey of the main traditions of feminist theory in the context of their historical and philosophical roots.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): WGST 1101 or permission of instructor.
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WGST 3226 - Introduction to the Psychology of Women and Gender
Application of research in developmental, experimental, and clinical psychology to issues regarding women and gender. Includes such topics as gender-role development, gender differences in cognitive abilities and performance, psychological perspectives on women’s physical and mental health, and violence toward women.
Credit Hours: (3)
Prerequisite(s): PSYC 1101 with grade of C or above.
Cross-listed Course(s): PSYC 2126 .
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WGST 3230 - Gender, 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)
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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)
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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.
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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 .
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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): Spring 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2021
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2020
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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): Fall 2019
Most Recently Offered (Evening): 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 .
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WGST 4130 - Girl Studies in America
Explores the modern cultural, social and personal experience of girls in America. The central focus of the course is the social construction of femininity and how it impacts female adolescents. The influence of race/ethnicity, class, and sexuality upon the lives of female adolescents are examined.
Credit Hours: (3)
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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 .
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021
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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 .
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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): Spring 2020
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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
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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): WRDS 1103 or WRDS 1104 with a grade of C or above
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
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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): Fall 2021
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WGST 4401 - Internship in Women’s Studies
Research and in-service training in cooperative community organizations, corporations, and units that are based on women’s and gender-based leadership and studies. Specific content based on a contract between the student, supervising professor, and community organization.
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): Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020
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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.
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WRDS 1103 - Writing and Inquiry in Academic Contexts I and II
Students write extensively as they explore literacy and writing. They engage critically with the opinions and voices of others while developing an extended inquiry project that integrates materials from varied sources and includes writing in multiple genres. Students write, revise, edit, and reflect on their writing with the support of the teacher and peers. Students also immerse themselves in a conversation about a topic through reading, questioning, and process writing. Students learn to distinguish rhetorical contexts, practice different conventions, and develop positions in relation to research. They also adopt digital technologies to network, compose, and/or critique and disseminate their work.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): Appropriate Score on ACT or SAT Critical Reading and high school performance.
General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: First-Year Writing
Grading Method: Grades are derived primarily from portfolios that include work generated throughout the term.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2021, Fall 2021, Fall 2021
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WRDS 1104 - Writing and Inquiry in Academic Contexts I and II with Studio
In this hybrid course, students learn to analyze and compose a variety of texts and use a range of technologies, adapting language and style for particular audiences, contexts, and purposes. They develop flexible composing strategies; locate and evaluate primary and secondary research; and deepen engagement with source material, their own ideas, and the ideas of others in order to strengthen claims and solidify logical arguments.
Credit Hours: (4)
Restriction(s): Appropriate Score on ACT or SAT Critical Reading and high school performance.
General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: First-Year Writing
Grading Method: Grades are derived primarily from portfolios that include work generated throughout the term.
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2021, Fall 2021, Fall 2021
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WRDS 2101 - Advanced Writing: Research and Critical Analysis
Provides strategies for writing in academic majors, across majors, and beyond graduation into professions and graduate school. Students build on their current knowledge, acquiring advanced research practices; engaging in critical analysis of professional materials in their field; learning to use grammar, mechanics, and textual conventions for appropriate media; and understanding and supporting arguments and claims with credible evidence. The focus is on how to transfer academic writing to students’ chosen profession or field.
Credit Hours: (3) (W)
Prerequisite(s): WRDS 1103 or WRDS 1104 with a grade of C or above
General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WRDS 3102 - The Effective Sentence: A Writing Course for All Majors
Students build their writing flexibility by looking at contemporary and historical writing exercises, multiple ways to word sentences, and writing that matches readers’ needs, not the writer’s. Students consider the old-to-new information flow, sentence rhythm and stress, grammar, usage, punctuation, writing, and revising to create a cumulative ePortfolio.
Credit Hours: (3) (W)
Restriction(s): First Year Writing or equivalent
General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2020, Spring 2021
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WRDS 3140 - Arguing With Images
Visual rhetoric and culture teaches students to become proficient and thoughtful users of visual argumentation and to understand how visual rhetoric operates within specific sociocultural and political contexts. Through attention to particular examples of controversies involving images, students learn why and how images matter, and how to leverage the power of images in both an effective and a sensitive way. Assignments require students both to analyze particular controversies involving images, and to create their own images that make controversial arguments.
Credit Hours: (3) (W)
Restriction(s): Successful completion of the First-Year writing requirement or equivalent transfer credit.
General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WRDS 3211 - Online Writing: Ethics, Appropriation, and Social Media
Focuses on issues of responsibility, ownership, and access. Students research and write multimodal, online content, exploring the ethics and accessibility of texts in technological cultures that both facilitate and prevent access.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): Successful completion of the First-Year writing requirement or equivalent transfer credit
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2021
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WRDS 3215 - Information Literacy and Digital Composing
Provides highly transferable digital composition and rhetorical skills students can use to compose across many different curricular, academic, professional, and personal contexts. Students learn methods used to cultivate research from digitally enabled social networks and adapt traditional rhetorical skills to account for digital cultures, accessibility, and portability in an update culture that participates in the critique and composition of online knowledge.
Credit Hours: (3) (W)
Restriction(s): Successful completion of the First-Year writing requirement or equivalent transfer credit
General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2021
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WRDS 3220 - Current Theories and Applications of Writing
Building on historical approaches in composition and rhetorical theories, this activity-based class engages students in a variety of tasks that help them enact the main principles of the discipline. Learning how theories in writing are processes in the making, students learn to use theories to interrogate writing challenges, adapt theories when new tasks present, and develop flexible approaches to communicating in traditional and emerging contexts.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): Successful completion of the First-Year writing requirement or equivalent transfer credit
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2021
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WRDS 4011 - Topics in Writing Technologies
Examination of how various technologies (e.g., sound, gesture, movement, video) complement, forward, or replace print formats in digital spaces. Students also see how these same technologies are accounted for in print, learning to adapt from one medium to another to produce the most effective text for an audience and message.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): Successful completion of the First-Year writing requirement or equivalent transfer credit
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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WRDS 4021 - Topics in Writing and Reading
Focuses on how meaning is constructed through particular mediums. Students learn how various types of “writing” inform, create, and are repurposed within a genre and activity system by examining the multiple representations of an idea, perspective, or representation in order to develop strategies for reading and writing efficiently and effectively within and across complex contexts. Students understand how meaning changes throughout the history and presentation of a genre, and how to effectively read and use those shifts in their own presentations.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): Successful completion of the First-Year writing requirement or equivalent transfer credit
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WRDS 4201 - Composing Across Borders: Transnational Digital Composition
Explores composing as cultural and political work with a specific focus on what it means to read, write, and research as a global writer in digital settings. In this reading- and writing-intensive hands-on course, students participate and compose in a variety of digital ecosystems, examining how texts create, construct, and reinforce our identity and language use.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): Successful completion of the First-Year writing requirement or equivalent transfer credit
Most Recently Offered (Day): Spring 2020, Spring 2021
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WRDS 4210 - Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
Familiarizes students with some of the contemporary conversations that highlight current debates and trends in writing studies that draw from and influence how we write in multiple contexts. Readings focus on rhetorical theory from the mid-20th century through the early 21st century, with a focus on the last twenty-five years.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): Successful completion of the First-Year writing requirement or equivalent transfer credit
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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WRDS 4225 - Writing Research Methods
Explores a broad range of theories and methods for engaging in and reading various aspects of power, organizations, and communication through the lens of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed method writing studies research. Students analyze and apply these methods to any article, research site, or professional setting to answer questions about how people use, create, distribute, and create what stands for evidence-based knowledge.
Credit Hours: (3) (O)
Restriction(s): Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies najor or minor, or permission of instructor
General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Oral Communication (O)
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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WRDS 4330 - Reading, Writing, and Archiving: Charlotte
Researchers who work with the public have a particular need to be comfortable with digital tools. Using the city of Charlotte as its subject, this course offers students a basic grounding in the technological skills needed to conduct online historical research and to present the results online, emphasizing how the Internet changes the relationship between researchers and their audience.
Credit Hours: (3) (W)
Restriction(s): Successful completion of the First-Year writing requirement or equivalent transfer credit
General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)
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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WRDS 4400 - Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies Internship Practicum
Internships are off-campus experiential learning activities designed to provide students with opportunities to make connections between the theory and practice of academic study and the practical application of that study in a professional work environment. Internships are completed under the guidance of an on-site supervisor and a faculty sponsor who, in combination with the student, creates a framework for learning and reflection. This internship asks that students use the range of theories and methods from previous courses to study various aspects of power, organizations, and communication flows. Students work 8-10 hours per week and are assisted in finding placements that extend their learning experience.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): Junior or Senior standing; Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies major or minor; and 2.0 GPA in all major or minor coursework.
Pre- or Corequisite(s): WRDS 4225
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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WRDS 4402 - Research, Theory, and Practice of Tutoring Writing
A practicum, which educates peer tutors to assist writers in the Writing Resources Center (WRC). All writing consultants are required to complete this course, which provides an introduction to writing center research, theory, and practice. Coursework explores the history, contexts, and research-based principles of writing centers; the social, collaborative nature of learning; strategies of one-with-one writing instruction; threshold concepts in Writing Studies; composition theory; and current issues in writing pedagogy, such as linguistic justice and accessibility. Significant attention is given to practices for supporting multilingual writers. In addition to completing coursework, students tutor in the WRC for three hours per week. Because this course includes a practicum in the WRC, enrollment is by permission only, following a successful interview with the Director and/or Assistant Director of the WRC.
Credit Hours: (3) (W)
Restriction(s): Interview and permission of WRC Director and/or Assistant Director
Prerequisite(s): WRDS 1103 or WRDS 1104
Cross-listed Course(s): ENGL 4400 and ENGL 5400
General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)
Most Recently Offered (Day): Fall 2021
Most Recently Offered (Evening): Course has not been offered at this time in the past 3 years
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WRDS 4900 - Senior Research Capstone
Students complete an article-length research paper under the supervision of a member of the faculty (typically the instructor-of-record for the course). The paper must involve quantitative or other methods of writing research. Students propose and research a topic that builds on their previous coursework for the Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies major.
Credit Hours: (3)
Restriction(s): Junior or Senior standing; Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies major or minor; and minimum 2.0 GPA in all major or minor coursework.
Pre- or Corequisite(s): WRDS 4225
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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