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VIS 500 - Selected Topics S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
1-6 credit(s) Every semester
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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VIS 501 - Photography and Multimedia for Non-Majors S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
3 credit(s) Every semester
Students study basic principles of photography and multimedia, including composition and lighting. Teaches workflow and post-production processes and basic editing for photography and video/multimedia.
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VIS 507 - Intermediate Design and Production for Non-Majors S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
This course teaches intermediate design, with a focus on developing more sophisticated layout, illustration and production skills while exploring classic and contemporary design styles.
PREREQ: VIS 207
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VIS 508 - Basic Photo/Video Lab S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
0 credit(s) Every semester
Basic photo/video lab for VIS 201 or VIS 501.
COREQ: VIS 201 or VIS 501
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VIS 510 - Specialized Practice S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
1 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
These short courses provide specific areas of study not covered in depth in other courses. These courses are based on faculty and student interest.
Repeatable, 3 credits maximum
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VIS 517 - Interactive Fashion Communications S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
This course is designed to explore various methods of how visual communications are used as a method of promotion in the fashion, art and communications industries.
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VIS 527 - Publication Design S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Teaches visual concepts and strategies in publication design, including use of typography, color, language, images, and the use of space. Students will learn to create smart design solutions for books, magazines and newspapers.
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VIS 528 - Advanced Photo/Video Lab S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
0 credit(s) Every semester
Advanced photo/video lab to support advanced photography and video course work.
Repeatable 7 time(s)
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VIS 544 - Fashion and Portraiture S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Teaches an overview of industry innovators, fashion and portrait photography. Instruction includes studio and location lighting, the portrayal of subjects, and color printing. The course may include a visit to a professional NYC fashion shoot.
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VOC 110 - Voice/Non Music Major Setnor School of Music
1-4 credit(s) Every semester
For non-music students.
Repeatable 1 time(s), 4 credits maximum
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VOC 115 - Voice/Music Majors Setnor School of Music
1-4 credit(s) Every semester
For performance majors.
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VOC 116 - Voice/Music Majors Setnor School of Music
1-4 credit(s) Every semester
For performance majors.
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VOC 210 - Voice/Non Music Majors Setnor School of Music
1-4 credit(s) Every semester
For non-music students.
Repeatable 1 time(s), 4 credits maximum
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VOC 215 - Voice/Music Majors Setnor School of Music
1-4 credit(s) Every semester
For performance majors.
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VOC 216 - Voice/Music Majors Setnor School of Music
1-4 credit(s) Every semester
For performance majors.
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VOC 310 - Voice/Non Music Major Setnor School of Music
1-4 credit(s) Every semester
For non-music students.
Repeatable 1 time(s), 4 credits maximum
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VOC 315 - Voice/Music Majors Setnor School of Music
1-4 credit(s) Every semester
For performance majors.
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VOC 316 - Voice/Music Majors Setnor School of Music
1-4 credit(s) Every semester
For performance majors.
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VOC 319 - Voice/Perform Honors Setnor School of Music
1-4 credit(s) Every semester
Repeatable 1 time(s), 4 credits maximum
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VOC 410 - Voice/Non Music Majors Setnor School of Music
1-4 credit(s) Every semester
For non-music students.
Repeatable 1 time(s), 4 credits maximum
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VOC 415 - Voice/Music Majors Setnor School of Music
1-4 credit(s) Every semester
For performance majors.
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VOC 416 - Voice/Music Major Setnor School of Music
1-4 credit(s) Every semester
For performance majors.
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VOC 419 - Voice/Perform Honors Setnor School of Music
1-4 credit(s) Every semester
Repeatable 1 time(s), 4 credits maximum
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VOC 499 - Honors Capstone Project Setnor School of Music
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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VOC 510 - Voice/Non Music Majors Setnor School of Music
1-4 credit(s) Every semester
For non-music students.
Repeatable 1 time(s), 4 credits maximum
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VOC 515 - Voice/Music Majors Setnor School of Music
1-4 credit(s) Every semester
For performance majors.
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VOC 516 - Voice/Music Majors Setnor School of Music
1-4 credit(s) Every semester
For performance majors.
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VOC 520 - Vocal Coaching Setnor School of Music
1-2 credit(s) Every semester
Private coaching of vocal repertoire for singers and pianists. Music majors only.
Repeatable 7 time(s), 16 credits maximum
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VPA 270 - Experience Credit College of Visual and Performing Arts
1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.
Repeatable
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WGS 101 - Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Introduces the interdisciplinary field of women¿s and gender studies; gender as a social construct shaped by race, class, sexuality, disability, and nation; and feminist theories of oppression, power, and resistance.
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WGS 192 - Gender and Literary Texts College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Crosslisted with: ENG 192
Construction and representation of “gender,” especially as it affects the production and reception of literary and other cultural texts.
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WGS 201 - Global Feminisms College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Introduces transnational feminist analysis and politics. Interdisciplinary exploration of how gender intersects with other forms of identity and is shaped by constructions of knowledge, power, and experience across local and global contexts.
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WGS 230 - Intergroup Dialogue College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Crosslisted with: CFE 230 , CRS 230 , SOC 230
Guided intergroup communication skills. Cycle of socialization; social identities, and social structures that create and maintain inequality; power of dynamic of racism, sexism, and other systems of oppression. Students explore conflict and enact collaboration to deepen understanding.
Repeatable 1 time(s), 6 credits maximum
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WGS 240 - Topics in Contemporary Feminisms College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Interdisciplinary and intersectional study of current topics and debates in feminist scholarship, activism, politics, and cultural production..
Repeatable 1 time(s), 6 credits maximum
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WGS 248 - Racial and Ethnic Inequalities College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Crosslisted with: SOC 248
Identification of individuals and groups by self and others as members of ethnic categories. Consequences of ethnic identifications for individual, group, and societal interaction. Emphasizing ethnic inequalities, group interactions, social movements and change, racism, prejudice, and discrimination.
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WGS 258 - Poverty and Discrimination in America College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: ECN 258
Nature and causes of inequality, poverty, and discrimination in rural and urban America. Income maintenance, employment, training, education, and other antipoverty programs; antidiscrimination and equal opportunity policies. Students may not receive credit for both ECN/WGS 258 and ECN/WGS 358.
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WGS 281 - Sociology of Families College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Crosslisted with: SOC 281
Families and their connections to other social and economic institutions. Diversity of family forms and experiences. Formation and dissolution of relationships. Trends and changes.
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WGS 297 - Philosophy of Feminism College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: PHI 297
Philosophical analysis of feminist theory. Feminist theories about human nature, gender, relations among gender, race and class, and causes of and remedy for women’s subordinate status.
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WGS 300 - 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 301 - 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 302 - Gender, Race, Migration and Family in Spain College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Crosslisted with: SOC 302
Offered only in Madrid. How our lives are shaped by concept of gender. Intersection between distribution of gender roles and development of different migration models, care strategies, and work-life balance strategies. Interaction between social conceptualizations of gender and development of public policies.
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WGS 303 - Black Women Writers College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: AAS 303
Literature and scholarship by Black women writers. Analytical reading, writing and discussion of various topics, stylistic questions, strategies generated in autobiography, fiction, drama, poetry, speeches and scholarship: 1960’s to present, and earlier times. Bambara, Davis, Hurston, Jones, Lorde, Morrison, Williams.
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WGS 305 - Sociology of Sex and Gender College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Crosslisted with: SOC 305
Social forces shaping women’s and men’s lives in contemporary societies. Changing gender expectations. Intersections of gender with race and ethnicity, class, and age. Social movements for women’s and men’s liberation.
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WGS 306 - Sexuality in Spain College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Crosslisted with: QSX 306 , SOC 306
Offered only in Madrid. Explores important transformations in Spaniards’ concepts of sexuality and gender through readings, film screenings and observing certain urban areas in Madrid.
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WGS 307 - African Women Writers College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: AAS 307
Literature in English and translation by African women writing from a variety of cultural stances and geographic locations in Africa, Europe and North America. Writing styles and creative modes of expression used by African women writers to convey and envision the life of their work. Adichie, Aidoo, Dangaremba, El Sadaawi, Liking, Mbye d’Ernville, Tadjo.
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WGS 309 - Race, Gender and Sexuality in the African Diaspora College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Crosslisted with: AAS 309 , SOC 309
To introduce students to the reality of how institutional racism informs the “common sense” understanding of what is known as Black sexuality.
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WGS 310 - Feminist Inquiries College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
An interdisciplinary and critical investigation of the relationship between feminism and feminist knowledge production. Offers insight into the development and application of feminist epistemologies, theories, and methodologies.
PREREQ: WGS 101 OR WGS 201
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WGS 311 - Decolonial Feminism College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Examines anticolonial and decolonial practice, thought, and method for feminist and transfeminist transformation; places third-world and US women of color feminisms in conversation with anticolonial histories, identities, cultural productions, and activisms.
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WGS 317 - Qualitative Methods in Sociology College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Every semester
Crosslisted with: SOC 319
Field research methods including participant observation, unstructured interviewing, life histories, and case studies. Preparation and analysis of fieldnotes and interview data.
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WGS 319 - Gender and Politics College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: PSC 319
Relationships between gender and American political institutions, law, and policymaking processes. How social movements based on gender, prevailing gender ideologies, and gender relations have shaped American politics. Exploring how the American state has shaped the political meanings and relative positions of power associated with men and women.
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WGS 324 - Modern South Asian Cultures College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
Crosslisted with: ANT 324 , SAS 324
Societies of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Social organization, economic and political structures, religions and world view, survey of languages, the arts. Transition and modernization, rural and urban problems.
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WGS 325 - Economics and Gender College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: ECN 325
Economic issues examined within a gender sensitive context. Includes the economics of family, the economics of marriage, and labor market discrimination and segregation.
PREREQ: ECN 101 OR ECN 203
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WGS 326 - Persons in Social Context College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: SWK 326
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 327 - Africa Through the Novel College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: ANT 326
Cultural, political, and social life of Africa and Africans through African literature. Each semester deals with a motif (e.g., novels of Achebe).
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WGS 328 - Human Diversity in Social Contexts College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: SWK 328
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 329 - Biopsychological Perspectives on Women’s Health College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: PSY 329
Psychoanalytic and evolutionary theories of gender and adaptive fitness; pscyhoneuroimmunological perspectives on sexually influenced disease processes, aging, and biopsychological influences on women’s health.
PREREQ: PSY 205 or PSY 209
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WGS 341 - Women, Abolition, and Religion in 19th Century America College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s)
Crosslisted with: HST 387 , REL 341
The role that religion may have played in women’s understandings of themselves as abolitionists and social reformers. A selected group of women will be studied, with considerable attention given to Frances Harper.
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WGS 342 - Women in America: 17th Century to the Civil War College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s)
Crosslisted with: HST 340
Focus on significant social and political transformation, activism, and individuals
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WGS 343 - Latina Feminist Theories College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: LAS 343 , LIT 343
Examines Latina feminist and queer thought and methods for social transformation; places US women of color feminisms in conversation with Latina/o and Latin American histories, identities, cultural productions, and activisms.
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WGS 349 - Women in America: Civil War to Present College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s)
Crosslisted with: HST 349
Focus on significant social and political transformation, activism, and individuals.
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WGS 354 - Gender, Militarism, and War College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: PSC 386 , SOC 354
Examines militarism and war and their relationship to gender and power. Particular attention is given to how war impacts people differently across axes of race, class, ethnicity, sexuality, and other forms of identity.
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WGS 355 - Sociology-of Health and Illness College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: SOC 355
Conceptions of health and illness in society. The nature and organization of health professions and health delivery systems. Social aspects of health related behavior.
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WGS 358 - Economics of US Poverty and Discrimination College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: ECN 358
Economic analysis of inequality, poverty, and discrimination, as applied to USA. Income maintenance, employment, training, education, and other antipoverty programs; antidiscrimination and equal opportunity policies. Students may not receive credit for both ECN/WGS 258 and ECN/WGS 358.
PREREQ: ECN 101 OR ECN 203
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WGS 360 - Topics in Reading Gender and Sexualities College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: ENG 360
Textual, cultural, and/or historical constructions of gender and sexualities.
Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
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WGS 362 - Youth, Schooling and Popular Culture College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: CFE 362 , SOC 361
Double Numbered with: WGS 662
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 363 - Anthropology of Family Life College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: ANT 363
Historical and cross-cultural study of forms of family and domestic organization, marriage, status and sex roles, ideals, and customs of family life.
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WGS 364 - Aging and Society College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: SOC 364
Double Numbered with: WGS 664
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 365 - 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 craft stories to resist marginalization.
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WGS 367 - Gender in a Globalizing World College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: ANT 367 , GEO 367
Economic and cultural processes of globalization as they affect different groups of men, women, and households; including gender and work, development and environmental change, and redefinitions of masculinity and femininity across the globe.
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WGS 379 - Gender, Race, and Colonialism College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: HST 379
Explores the intersection of gender and race in colonial ideologies, imperial practices and anti-colonial nationalist movements, in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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WGS 381 - Italian and European Theater 1500-1700 College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Crosslisted with: DRA 381 , LIT 381
Secular and professional drama as it emerged in Renaissance Italy and spread to Spain, England, and France. Selected works of Machiavelli, Monteverdi, Cervantes, Calderon, Shakespeare, Molière, Behn and others (in English). Offered only in Florence.
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WGS 384 - Goddesses, Women and Power in Hinduism College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Odd academic yr e.g. 2007-8
Crosslisted with: REL 384 , SAS 384
Interrelationship of power as female and female power in Hindu cosmology, mythology, and society. Complexities of mythic, domestic, and economic gender hierarchies.
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WGS 389 - LGBT History College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: HST 389 , QSX 389
The history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender experience in period and region (North America, Europe, or Global) of instructor’s expertise, with attention to the international context..
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WGS 395 - Gender and Popular Culture College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
How gender is created, mediated, maintained and policed through popular culture. The role of celebrity, music, musicians and musical performers and performances, film, television, the news, gossip, the internet, and advertising.
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WGS 396 - Women and the American Frontier College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: HST 396
The North American frontier, from the 17th to the early 20th century, as it was experienced by women of various cultural and national origins.
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WGS 400 - 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 403 - African and Caribbean Women Writers College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: AAS 403
Comparative approaches and trans-Atlantic analysis of literature by women writers from Africa and the Caribbean. Representations and constructions of social, political, and cultural life in colonial, neo-colonial, and contemporary contexts. Writers such as Ba, Brodber, Dangaremba, Marshall, Head, Dandicat, Nwapa.
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WGS 407 - Indigenous Feminist Thought and Theory College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Irregularly
Crosslisted with: NAT 407
Double Numbered with: WGS 607
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 408 - The Practice of Eros:A History of Sexuality in Europe (1400-1800) College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s)
Crosslisted with: ANT 408 , HST 408
Authorized and “alternative” sexuality in Europe 15th to 18th centuries (especially Italy, France, and England.) “Licit love” (courtship, marriage, conjugal relations) as opposed to “illicit unions” (adultery, rape, prostitution, bestiality, homosexuality, lesbianism). Offered only in Florence.
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WGS 409 - A History of Witchcraft College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s)
Crosslisted with: ANT 409 , HST 409 , REL 409
History of witchcraft from various perspectives: its intellectual roots, the causes and dynamics of the witch-hunt, and the beliefs and self-perceptions of those who were called “witches”. Offered only in Florence.
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WGS 410 - Advanced Studies in Feminist Thought College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
Topics in women’s and gender studies.
PREREQ: WGS 101 OR WGS 201
Repeatable
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WGS 412 - French Women Writers College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s) Even Academic Yr e.g. 2004-5
Crosslisted with: FRE 412
Double Numbered with: WGS 612
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 413 - Identity and Difference College of Arts and Sciences
3 credit(s)
Crosslisted with: PHI 413 , PSC 413
Interdisciplinary approach to examine concepts of identity and difference, challenges notions of subjectivity, nation and gender. Philosophical, political, and gender-related dimensions explored. Offered only in Florence.
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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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