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Undergraduate Women's Studies

2010 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.

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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.

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GENDER AND GEOGRAPHY (GS)

WOMENST 245

Human geographies will be studied through the lens of gender along with gender relations at home and abroad. Content is organized according to a variety of spatial scales including the body, home, city, and world. Cases investigated at the global scale include gendered livelihoods and migration, nationalism and war, and environmental issues.

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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.

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WOMEN AND THE SHAPING OF LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE

WOMENST 310

This course critically examines roles of women in shaping Latin American culture and society through exploration of individual and collective action. Through the lenses of film, essay, and objective studies students encounter ways in which women create, maintain and restore cultures often viewed by the outside as strongly male-dominated.

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WOMEN IN MUSIC

WOMENST 345

A survey of women musicians in Western European art music and twentieth-century popular musical styles. Historical, cultural, and philosophical issues surrounding the contributions of female performers, composers, conductors, patrons, teachers, musicologists, and other musical professions will be explored, as well as the portrayal of women in opera, musical theater, and music videos.

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GENDER AND THE LAW

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.

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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.

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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.

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INDEPENDENT STUDY

WOMENST 498

Study of a selected topic or topics under the direction of a faculty member.