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Undergraduate Women's Studies
Undergraduate Women's Studies
2013 Spring Term
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INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN'S STUDIES (GE)
WOMENST 100
An investigation of women's experience from the perspective of various disciplines. The course examines the ways gender interacts with ethnicity, race, class and sexuality and explores contemporary and historical issues related to women's lives. Included are such subjects as health and body image, violence against women, and women's achievements.
WOMEN AND WORK (GE)
WOMENST 240
This course focuses on the recent successes as well as the problems women face in the work force. It provides as overview of the changing nature of work in the United States and of the history of women from diverse groups and backgrounds.
WOMEN'S VOICES/WOMEN'S LIVES
WOMENST 303
A study of the lives of women in different ages and cultures. Women's roles in society as revealed in diaries, autobiography and biography are explored.
GENDER LAW AND POLICY (GS)
WOMENST 380
A study of legal, social, and moral issues related to gender, such as the definition of sexual difference, inequality in the workplace, lesbian and gay rights. How those issues have been handled historically and normatively within the legal system will be investigated.
ISSUES AND TOPICS IN WOMEN AND GENDER STUDIES
WOMENST 455
This course provides intensive study of important issues in Women's Studies, with special emphasis on courses that reflect the most contemporary thought in our discipline and that correspond to faculty research interests. Topics include Women's Human Rights, Gender and AIDS, and Women, Militarism and War.
INTERNSHIP IN WOMEN'S STUDIES
WOMENST 493
Work and study with an agency or institution related to women's issues. Students working under faculty supervision will combine academic learning with practical experience.
INDEPENDENT STUDY
WOMENST 498
Study of a selected topic or topics under the direction of a faculty member.