College of Arts and Sciences
Women’s and Gender Studies
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WGS 414 - Communication & Gender College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5 Exploration of assumptions under-lying different approaches to gender and communication. Gender and power implications of understanding communication as socially constructing identity and societal structures.
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WGS 416 - British Masculinity on Screen: James Bond and Sherlock Holmes College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Every semester Crosslisted with: QSX 416 and FIL 416 Offered only in London. Construction of British masculinity in screen adaptations of James Bond and Sherlock Holmes. Providing close readings of texts and adaptations, explores gender, sexuality, class, race, ethnicity, and nationhood in construction of hegemonic and “other” British masculinity on screen.
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WGS 417 - History of Women in Spain College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Every semester Crosslisted with: HST 417 , SPA 417 Offered in Madrid only. History of women in Spain from primitive communities to the present. Topics include medieval, Golden Age, Enlightenment, and Romanticism; liberalism and feminism; women under Franco; Marxism and feminism; feminist movement in Spain.
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WGS 422 - Work and Family in the 21st Century College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Crosslisted with: HFS 422 , SOC 422 Examines the social, demographic, and economic forces that are reshaping the boundaries between family and work.
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WGS 423 - Indigenous Feminist Futures College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Crosslisted with: NAT 423 Examines Indigenous women’s cultural production (art/poetry/film) and the social/political endeavors they lead (e.g. food sovereignty/climate change/water protection) as part of an Indigenous futurist movement underway across Turtle Island (North America) to bring forth better futures for all.
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WGS 425 - Feminist Organizations College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Crosslisted with: SOC 425 Double Numbered with: WGS 625 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 427 - New York City: Black Women Domestic Workers College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Crosslisted with: AAS 427 , SOC 427 Double Numbered with: WGS 627 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 429 - Politics, Gender and Race in the Contemporary Spanish Short Story College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Every semester Crosslisted with: SOC 429 , SPA 429 Offered only in Madrid. Overview of the Spanish short story from late 19th century to present. Themes of political and social rifts of Spanish society in the 20th century, female representations, and images of exclusion. PREREQ: SPA 202 OR (SPA 300 OR ABOVE)
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WGS 432 - Gender and Disability College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Crosslisted with: DSP 432 , SOC 432 This course will investigate the intersection of gender and disability and how it impacts such issues as representation/self-representation, art and poetry, illness, education, sexuality, reproduction and motherhood, and caring work.
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WGS 433 - Race, Class, and Gender College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Crosslisted with: SOC 433 Intersection of oppression and privilege via socially constructed categories of “race,”” “class,”” and “gender.” Racism, sexism, institutional authority, and multiculturalism.
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WGS 435 - Sexual Politics College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Crosslisted with: SOC 435 Social construction of sex and sexuality. Formation and organization of sexual communities, of sexuality as a form of social control. Social issues related to sexuality.
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WGS 436 - Feminist Rhetoric(s) College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Crosslisted with: CRS 436 , WRT 436 Double Numbered with: WGS 636 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 438 - Trans Genders and Sexualities College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Crosslisted with: QSX 438 Examines normative and non-normative genders/sexualities. Focuses on embodiment, desire, and identity. Examines relation between individual and collective subjectivities and politics. Foregrounds transnational and decolonial challenges to categories such as man/woman, lesbian/gay, straight/queer, transgender, transsexual..
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WGS 439 - Women, Gender and Violence in a Transnational Context College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Critical exploration of the relationship between women, gender, and violence within transnational feminist frameworks. This course also examines women’s experiences of, participation in, and resistance to different forms of violence.
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WGS 441 - Topics in Feminist Philosophy College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Crosslisted with: PHI 441 Feminist approaches to traditional philosophical questions in various areas, including epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, and philosophy of science. Use of philosophical tools and methods on questions regarding the subordination of women.
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WGS 443 - Intersectional Feminist Disability Studies College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8 Crosslisted with: DSP 443 Examinations of the political meanings of human conditions, normality, sexuality, health, and differences from the perspectives of embodied disability and illness. It explores intersectional feminist crip disability studies approaches to violence, injustice, and social changes.
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WGS 444 - Schooling & Diversity College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Every semester Crosslisted with: CFE 444 Construction of diversity (race, ethnicity, gender, nationality, class, disability, sexual orientation) in schools. Emergence of inequalities based on difference in pedagogy and curriculum. Student resistance in relation to cultural diversity. Teaching for empowerment.
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WGS 445 - 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 445 , SOC 445 Double Numbered with: WGS 645 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 449 - Women in Art College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Crosslisted with: HOA 440 Representation of women in art from prehistoric to contemporary times and the works of women artists in historical contexts.
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WGS 451 - Visual Culture Past and Present: Gender, Religion and Politics College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Crosslisted with: CRS 451 , HST 451 , REL 451 Offered only in Florence. Contemporary visual culture; its representation of gender, religion, and politics and the origins of that representation in a pictorial language first codified in Italy and Europe between circa 1450 and 1650.
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WGS 452 - Feminism and Postcolonial Studies College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Double Numbered with: WGS 652 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. PREREQ: WGS 101 OR WGS 201 OR WGS 301 OR WGS 310 OR WGS 410
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WGS 453 - Feminisms, Sexualities, and Human Rights in Middle Eastern Societies College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Crosslisted with: MES 453 , QSX 453 Focuses on the centrality of gender and sexuality to the politics of everyday life by mapping women’s rights movements, LGBT Mobilizations, and minority activisms in the Middle East.
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WGS 454 - Family and Gender in Contemporary Italy College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Crosslisted with: HST 454 , SOC 454 Family structures and gender relations in Italy from the Unification to the present. Offered only in Florence.
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WGS 455 - Culture and AIDS College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Crosslisted with: ANT 455 Double Numbered with: WGS 655 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 456 - LGBT Studies in Sociology College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Crosslisted with: QSX 456 , SOC 456 Recent sociological research in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender studies addressing sexuality, identity, community, representation, politics, social change and their inter-relations.
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WGS 457 - Gender, Politics, Society in Europe (1400-1800) College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Crosslisted with: HST 457 , SOC 457 Relationship between the sexes in politics, philosophy, literature, and art. Emergence of a dissident “voice” relative to gender identity and social role, with implications for race and religion. Offered only in Florence.
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WGS 462 - Culture and Reproductive Health and Medicine College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Crosslisted with: ANT 462 , PHP 462 Cultural anthropological approaches to cross-cultural variations in reproductive practices (pregnancy, childbirth, infertility, etc.) Impact of globalization, biomedicalization, international development on reproduction and reproductive health. Medical anthropology and gender studies.
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WGS 465 - Beyond the Veil: Gender Politics in Islam College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring Crosslisted with: MES 465 , REL 465 , SAS 465 Politics of gender, religious identities, and resistance in the Islamic world. Gender scripts in Qur’anic scripture and Shariah laws. Contemporary realities of Muslim women living in different parts of the world. Additional work required of graduate students.
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WGS 473 - Women, Rap and Hip-Hop Feminism College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Crosslisted with: HOM 473 Double Numbered with: WGS 673 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 475 - Women, Myth and Nation in Latin American Literature College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Crosslisted with: LAS 475 , SPA 475 Myths about women and nation. Modern interpretations and reconstructions of these myths in contemporary literature by Latin American women writers. Literary texts with theories on myth. Representation and “real” constructions of feminine and national identities in different regions of Latin America.
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WGS 479 - Power, Conflict, Violence, and the Family College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5 Crosslisted with: HFS 479 Introduction to power and conflict in intimate and familial relations. Neglect, abuse, molestation, rape, battering, and violence.
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WGS 480 - International Course College of Arts and Sciences 1-12 credit(s) Irregularly Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution’s practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student’s transcript. Repeatable
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WGS 490 - 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
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WGS 492 - Work and Inequality College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Irregularly Crosslisted with: SOC 492 Current and past issues in research and policy concerning inequalities associated with work. Social construction and structural arrangements of work in American society.
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WGS 494 - Music and Gender College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5 Crosslisted with: HOM 494 The impact of gender ideology and behavior on the performing arts and the role of performance in maintaining and subverting gender identities and relations.
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WGS 498 - Senior Project in Women’s & Gender Studies College of Arts and Sciences 3 credit(s) Every semester For senior women’s and gender studies majors graduating with distinction. Individualized and small group mentoring and directed research culminating in an independent project. Permission of department.
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WGS 499 - Honors Capstone Project College of Arts and Sciences 1-3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest Completion of an Honors Capstone Project under the supervision of a faculty member. Repeatable 2 time(s), 3 credits maximum
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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. PREREQ: NSD 225
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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
- Women and Gender in the Arab World
Writing Studies, Rhetoric, and Composition
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