2022-2023 Graduate Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
College of Arts and Sciences Courses
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College of Arts and Sciences
Spanish
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SPA 690 - Independent Study College of Arts and Sciences 1-6 credit(s) Every semester In-depth exploration of a problem or problems. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department. Repeatable
Applied Statistics
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STT 690 - Independent Study College of Arts and Sciences 1-6 credit(s) Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department. Repeatable
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STT 750 - Statistical Consulting College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Crosslisted with: MAT 750 Working with real data taken from case studies, published papers, and current projects in the statistical laboratory. PREREQ: (MAT 525 OR MAT 652 ) AND (MAT 654 OR APM 630 OR MAS 766 ) Repeatable
Kiswahili
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SWA 620 - Language Training in Preparation for Research Using Kiswahili College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Every semester Language instruction to prepare students to conduct research in areas that require knowledge of Kiswahili. Permission of instructor. Repeatable 3 time(s), 12 credits maximum
Tamil
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TML 620 - Language Training in Preparation for Research Using Tamil College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Every semester Crosslisted with: SAS 620 Language training to prepare students to conduct research in areas that require knowledge of Tamil. Repeatable 3 time(s), 12 credits maximum
Turkish
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TRK 620 - Language Training in Preparation for Research Using Turkish College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Every semester Language training to prepare students to conduct research in areas that require knowledge of Turkish. Repeatable 3 time(s), 12 credits maximum
Women’s and Gender Studies
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WGS 500 - Selected Topics College of Arts and Sciences 1-6 credit(s) Irregularly Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester. Repeatable
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WGS 512 - African American Women’s History College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8 Crosslisted with: AAS 512 The intellectual, political, and social history of African American women from pre-colonial Africa to the re-emergence of black feminism in the late 20th-century United States.
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WGS 513 - Toni Morrison: Black Book Seminar College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5 Crosslisted with: AAS 513 A multi-dimensional study of Morrison’s bookwork: fiction, non-fiction, and scholarship. Involves conceptual frameworks and ideas that link this project with broader understandings and interpretations of Blacks in the world. A wide range of questions (i.e., aesthetics, feminisms, knowing-politics, language, race) derives from Morrison’s literary witnessing of Black community life.
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WGS 525 - Economics and Gender College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Crosslisted with: ECN 525 Offered only in Strasbourg. European economy, with central focus on economic principles underlying decisions to create and extend scope of European Community and on economic policies EU has followed since creation.
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WGS 553 - Women and Social Change College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5 Crosslisted with: ANT 553 Function of changes in women’s roles in sociocultural urbanization, revolution, and modernization. Women in Third World countries compared to women in industrialized countries.
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WGS 555 - Food, Culture and Environment College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Crosslisted with: NSD 555 Understand the environment in which nutrition education and communication occur. The broader environment includes cultural diversity, the food system from farm to table, as well as functionality of food components.
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WGS 576 - Gender, Place, and Space College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Crosslisted with: GEO 576 Contemporary debates in feminist geography on the gendered construction of space and the spatial construction of gender.
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WGS 600 - Selected Topics College of Arts and Sciences 1-6 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester. Repeatable
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WGS 601 - Feminist Theories College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Examines the conceptual underpinnings of multiple and interrelated forms of inequality; critiques existing theoretical paradigms of sex/gender; explores the politics of power, knowledge, and subjectivity; and fosters intersectional, transnational, and decolonial feminist thinking.
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WGS 605 - Religion and the Body in Late Antiquity College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Crosslisted with: REL 605 History of the human body as history of its modes of construction in Graeco-Roman antiquity. Problems that arise when the body becomes a topic for religious inquiry. Readings in ancient texts and contemporary theory.
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WGS 607 - Indigenous Feminist Thought and Theory College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Crosslisted with: NAT 607 Double Numbered with: WGS 407 Surveys major theoretical interventions/debates/concerns in Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) by centering Native women and Indigenous feminisms. Provides critical context for more ethical engagement with indigenous communities/knowledges. Additional work required of graduate students.
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WGS 612 - French Women Writers College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5 Crosslisted with: FRE 612 Double Numbered with: WGS 412 Trends in French feminine and feminist writing from the early modern period to the present. Conducted in French. Additional work required of graduate students.
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WGS 614 - Introduction to Qualitative Research College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Every semester Crosslisted with: EDU 603 Developing and using qualitative methods used by sociologists to conduct research. Underlying assumptions and limitations.
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WGS 615 - Communication, Power & Gender College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Crosslisted with: CRS 614 Consideration of the ways in which communication structures power and gender relations. Reviewing Continental and North American literature on power, and feminist literature on gender, students study how communication produces social identities and hierarchies.
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WGS 625 - Feminist Organizations College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Crosslisted with: SOC 625 Double Numbered with: WGS 425 Analyzes feminist organizing/activist work within and beyond the U.S. Interrogates what counts as feminist organizing and how different organizations use feminist principles in work for social change. Additional work required of graduate students.
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WGS 626 - Persons in Social Context College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Crosslisted with: SWK 626 Assessment of behavior of diverse individuals, groups, and social systems. Applying concepts from the biological, behavioral, and social sciences in identifying and understanding forms and causes of behavior.
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WGS 627 - New York City: Black Women Domestic Workers College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Crosslisted with: AAS 627 , SOC 627 Double Numbered with: WGS 427 Historical understanding of Black women’s engagement in paid domestic work in the United States, increasing need for domestic workers in the ever-changing economy and family, and the social construction of Black women as “ideal” domestic workers.
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WGS 628 - Human Diversity in Social Contexts College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Crosslisted with: SWK 628 Diversity, including race, gender, sexual orientation, and selected topics. Examines individual, group, and institutional identity formation. Theories of biopsychosocial development, reference group affiliation, social stratification, oppression, and institutional discrimination. Implications for social work practice.
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WGS 636 - Feminist Rhetoric(s) College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Crosslisted with: CCR 636 , CRS 636 Double Numbered with: WGS 436 Feminist rhetoric from both a historical and global context, utilizing both primary and secondary readings in order to gain a sense of breadth and depth in the field of feminist rhetoric. Additional work required of graduate students.
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WGS 640 - Psychology of Gender College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest Crosslisted with: PSY 640 Research and literature related to sex differences. Process of socialization of girls and boys, women and men in American society. Permission of Instructor. Repeatable
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WGS 644 - Feminist Theology College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Crosslisted with: REL 644 Feminist theology as a global religious movement from its roots in U.S. feminism to its current political and philosophical battles.
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WGS 645 - The Caribbean: Sex Workers, Transnational Capital, and Tourism College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Crosslisted with: AAS 645 , SOC 645 Double Numbered with: WGS 445 A political economy approach to educating students about the human and capital costs of tourism to the Caribbean. The integral relationship between sex work and Caribbean tourism exposes the region’s development that has resulted in its current configuration.
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WGS 649 - Seminar on Women in Art College of Arts and Sciences 3-4 credit(s) Irregularly Crosslisted with: HOA 640 Women artists and images of women in the works of their contemporaries. Students conduct original research, relating topic to their specific areas of interest (interdisciplinary studies).
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WGS 652 - Feminism and Postcolonial Studies College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Double Numbered with: WGS 452 Introduction to postcolonial studies and its engagement with feminism. Central emphasis on questions of power and decolonization across time and space. Focus on cross-cultural feminist analysis of colonialism, capitalism, orientalism, and racism/racialization. Emphasis on questions of political economy, representation, agency, and subjectivity. Additional work required of graduate students.
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WGS 653 - Sinner and Saints in 19th and 20th Century Spanish Literature and Film College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Crosslisted with: SPA 653 Representations of women in novel, poetry, theater, and film through diverse theoretical approaches. Issues of power, sex, hierarchy, and institution.
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WGS 655 - Culture and AIDS College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Crosslisted with: ANT 655 Double Numbered with: WGS 455 Relationship between AIDS and cultures in which it spreads. Cultural practices and sexuality and social effects of widespread AIDS, including healthcare in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and USA. Additional work required of graduate students.
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WGS 661 - Self, Body, Transcendence College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Crosslisted with: REL 661 Examines Continental and American feminist and gender theory for intersections between religion, subjectivity, and bodily practice.
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WGS 662 - Youth, Schooling and Popular Culture College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Crosslisted with: CFE 662 Double Numbered with: WGS 362 Positioned where school, media, and youth cultures intersect. How schools and media represent “good” and “bad” youth, and how youth negotiate schools and popular cultures. Includes theories of popular culture and adolescence. Additional work required of graduate students.
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WGS 664 - Aging and Society College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Crosslisted with: HFS 664 SOC 664 Double Numbered with: WGS 364 Current policy issues in an aging society. Health care, end-of-life, social security, productive aging, and generational equity. Special problems facing elderly women and minorities.
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WGS 671 - Latin American Literature and Feminist Theory College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Crosslisted with: SPA 671 Includes reading and critical discussion of novels by 20th-century Latin American women writers and an introduction to feminist theory as it pertains to Latin America.
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WGS 672 - Language, Culture, and Society College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Crosslisted with: ANT 672, LIN 672 Cross-cultural survey of the role of language in culture and society, including cognition and language usage along the dimensions of class, gender, race, ethnicity, and social status.
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WGS 673 - Women, Rap and Hip-Hop Feminism College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Double Numbered with: WGS 473 Links between feminism, rap music and hip-hop culture. We explore the work of actual women in hip-hop, images of women, and feminist critiques of the music and the culture. Additional work required of graduate students.
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WGS 690 - Independent Study College of Arts and Sciences 1-6 credit(s) Every semester Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department. Repeatable
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WGS 700 - Selected Topics College of Arts and Sciences 1-6 credit(s) Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester. Repeatable
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WGS 701 - Intersectionality College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Introduces intersectionality as an analytic. Offers an overview of intersectionality applications in theory, methods, and politics. Focuses on contemporary and historical intersectionality literatures, particularly in Black feminist and women of color theorizing.
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WGS 705 - Negotiating Difference: Coming of Age Narratives College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Using a range of genres, explores influence of place, family, and social expectations on self-definition; examines politics of everyday life, including untellable silences and violence; considers how authors crafts to resist marginalization.
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WGS 710 - Feminist Inquiries College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Focus on developing and applying interdisciplinary feminist methods. Raises issues of bridging research/theory/practice. Engages intersectional, transnational, and decolonial frameworks. Examines feminist approaches to and critiques of ontological, epistemological and methodological assumptions in research.
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WGS 725 - Gender and Race in Higher Education College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Crosslisted with: CFE 725 , HED 725 Examines the influence of gender and race in historical and contemporary higher education from interdisciplinary perspective; considers dynamics of power, privilege, and oppression; includes topics related to student and faculty experiences, and curricular issues.
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WGS 740 - Feminist Theories of Knowing College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Engages interdisciplinary, intersectional, and decolonial knowledge models. Examines feminist theoretical debates about: knowledge/power nexus; epistemic salience of location, identity, and difference; contesting dominant or hegemonic imaginaries; and subjugated knowledges and marginalized knowers.
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WGS 746 - Queer Rhetorics College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5 Crosslisted with: CCR 746 , CRS 746 , QSX 746 Explores contemporary queer scholarship and activism from a rhetorical perspective. Analyzes purposes, arguments, tropes, figures, exigencies, modes of delivery, and audiences in historical and transnational contexts
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WGS 757 - Black Feminist Theories College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Crosslisted with: AAS 757 Explores historical backgrounds and contemporary expressions of Black feminist thought around the globe to broaden our knowledge of feminist theory. We take an interdisciplinary approach to Black feminist theory that crosses genres and disciplines.
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WGS 764 - Gender and Globalization College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Crosslisted with: ANT 764 , GEO 764 The impact of the increasing hypermobility of capital and culture flows across borders on gender relations.
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WGS 776 - Gender, Education & Culture College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Crosslisted with: CFE 776 , DSP 776 How gender is culturally constructed in American society with particular reference to education broadly conceived; how race and social class influence gender analysis.
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WGS 795 - Practice of Transnational Feminism College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Advanced seminar on core theoretical, methodological, and ethical issues in transnational feminist praxis. Focus on feminist anti-capitalist critique, counterhegemonic struggles, and emancipatory knowledge production. Working space for ongoing student research and pedagogy.
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WGS 812 - Advanced Seminar in Qualitative Research I College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Crosslisted with: EDU 810 , SOC 811 Expand fieldwork skills and increase theoretical understanding: emphasis on “thinking qualitatively;” intensive fieldwork.
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WGS 876 - Feminist Geography College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8 Crosslisted with: GEO 876 The relationships between gender, space, and place. Topics include the gendered spaces of everyday life, identity and spatial metaphor, geographies of the body and the border, human migration, gender and the city.
Writing Studies, Rhetoric, and Composition
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WRT 500 - Selected Topics College of Arts and Sciences 1-6 credit(s) Irregularly Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester. Repeatable
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WRT 601 - Composition and Rhetoric Pedagogy at Syracuse College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring This course is designed for those who plan to teach WRT 105 and WRT 205. It is for students who have never taught writing before as well as those with experience studying and teaching rhetoric and composition in other contexts.
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WRT 617 - Technical Documentation & Usability College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Double Numbered with: WRT 417 Builds on technical writing fundamentals, focusing on practical techniques and extensive practice designing and writing technical product/process documents. Includes audience assessment, task analyses, use-case scenarios, usability testing, and end-use documentation. Additional work required of graduate students.
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WRT 619 - Advanced Technical Writing Workshop College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Double Numbered with: WRT 419 Intensive experience in writing technical texts. Additional work required of graduate students.
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WRT 627 - Emerging Technologies in Professional & Technical Writing College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Double Numbered with: WRT 427 An advanced technical writing course focusing on project management and writing that development teams perform regularly, with emphasis on digital writing, site architecture, and assessment/implementation of emerging technologies. Additional work required of graduate students.
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WRT 637 - Rhetoric and Information Design College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Double Numbered with: WRT 437 Focuses on visual presentation of scientific and technical information, with emphasis on rhetorical approaches, design technologies, and digital presentation of finished work. Additional work required of graduate students.
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WRT 647 - Professional & Technical Writing in Global Contexts College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Double Numbered with: WRT 447 Complexities arising in writing technical documents for a wide range of audiences, including other cultures and workplaces both domestically and internationally. Addresses ways that systems of knowledge, interfaces, design processes, and instructional mechanisms affect users.
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