Cross-Listed Course
Descriptions
All Women's Studies majors and minors must take at least
one course from both Block A and Block
B.
Block A
ENG 373/WS 373. Literary Forms
and Reformulations
An examination of how literature interrogates and revises received traditions.
By focusing on sequences of works, juxtaposed works, or the works of a single
author, it examines imitations, critiques, and transformations within formal
literary categories and within canons.
The Liar in Literature - Janzen
Telling Lives - Dykstra
Women on Trial in 18th and 19th Century British Literature - Kipp
Four Credits
Each class offered once every two years
ENG 375/WS 375. Language, Literature, and
Social/Cultural Difference
An examination of literary works as cultural artifacts, examining
how they not only record and reflect the dynamics of social and cultural
difference but also influence or resist change. Under investigation will
be conflicts and modifications in cultural identification, how literature
draws upon the lives and times of its authors, and how race, class, gender,
and other forms of difference generate social and cultural tensions and
express and embody them in literature.
19th and 20th Century British Women Writers - Kipp
Latina Novels - Montano
Four Credits
Each class offered once every two years
ENG 480/WS 480. Introduction to Literary Criticism:
Feminist Theories
A chronological survey of major 20th-century theoretical approaches
to literature.
Four Credits
Kipp
Offered once every two years
FREN 342/WS 395-03. French Society from the
Revolution
to the 21st Century
A topics oriented introduction to the intellectual, social,
historical, and artistic developments in French society from the 18th
to the 21st century. Topics for the course will include one of the following:
Paris, Myth and Reality; French Novels and Films. Conducted entirely
in French.
Four Credits
Larsen
Offered every other Fall Semester (2008, 2010)
FREN 443/WS 495-01. Early
Modern French Literature
and Culture
A course on the literary, historical, sociopolitical, economic, and artistic
developments in French society from the Renaissance period to the French Revolution.
Four Credits
Larsen
Offered every third semester
HIST 200/WS 295-01A. Women in Early Modern Europe
Four Credits
Gibbs
Offered: varied
HIST 285/WS 285. Women in Antiquity
This course surveys the status and accomplishments of women
in the ancient Mediterranean world, from Egypt to the fall of the Roman
Empire. It examines questions of matriarchy, marriage patterns, and attitudes
toward women displayed in literature and art. Attention is given to problems
of methodology and modern interpretations of ancient sources on this subject.
Four Credits
Bell
Offered Spring Semester, Odd Years
HIST 352/WS 352. U.S. Women and Social Change
What role have women had in making social change happen in the
United States? In this course, we will answer this question by examining
how women sought to shape their society during periods of transformation
in United States history. Topics include women in Revolutionary America;
women and anti-slavery campaigns; Progressive women; women during times
of war; and the rise of feminism during the 20th century. We will also
explore how issues such as race, class, region, ethnicity, religion and
sexual orientation affected women’s historical experience.
Four Credits
Petit
Offered Fall Semester, Even Years
HIST 357/WS 395-01. U.S. Intellectual History:
Ideas of Race, Gender, and Class
In this course, we will explore the meaning of race, gender
and class through the lens of intellectual history-a history that examines
how ideas change over time. We will read about ordinary people as well
as elite intellectuals in order to understand how Americans debated the
meanings of these concepts and how these ideas affected the lived experiences
of men and women in the past.
Four Credits
Petit
Offered Fall Semester, Odd Years
REL 260/WS 236. Introduction to Theology: Christian
Feminism
A study of basic Christian beliefs about God, creation, humanity,
evil, Jesus Christ, salvation, the church, and the future, based on a
careful reading and an informed discussion of classical texts.
Four Credits
Japinga
REL 349/WS 395. Women in American Religious
History
A course designed to enable current staff or visiting faculty
to teach a course in the area of their current research, and to facilitate
cross-listing courses.
Four Credits
Japinga
REL 366/WS 366. Feminist Theology
An exploration of theological questions (who is God?, what does
it mean to be human?, how do we read the Bible?, etc.) from the perspective
of feminist theologians.
Four Credits
Japinga
SPAN 494/WS 495. Literature Seminar: Spanish
Narrative by Women in 20th Century Spain
A course in advanced literary studies whose topic varies from
year to year depending on the interests of students and the on-going
research interests of Spanish faculty at any given time. Emphasis
on critical thinking and writing of well-developed papers. Recommended
for students planning on graduate studies in Spanish. Conducted entirely
in Spanish.
Four Credits
Dorado
Offered once every two years
PHIL 295/WS 295. Sexual Ethics
Two Credits
Simon
Offered once every two years
Block B
COMM 470/WS 470. Cultural Communication Theory
This seminar examines theories of how power is expressed symbolically and embedded
in cultural texts. Students will develop skills in the interpretation and
analysis of cultural meaning.
Four Credits
Housel
Offered Spring Semester
COMM 371/WS 371. Intercultural and Gender Communication
This course addresses the social construction of inequality,
specifically focusing on how communication processes are the means by
which gender, race, class, nationality, culture and ethnicity are created,
and are also the means by which individuals can resist personal participation
in perpetuating systems of inequality. Through encountering multicultural
experiences, interviewing people in different social positions, and engaging
in exercises and simulations, we will learn to broaden our self-identities
and our understanding of others by learning about the experiences, feelings,
and views of people in social situations different from our own.
Four Credits
Johnston
Offered Fall Semester
POL 295/WS 295. Gender, Islam, and Democracy
This course examines the status of women in predominantly
Muslim societies. The course meets for the first half of the semester
and
will focus on looking at the intersectionality of gender, Islam and
politics. We will also discuss the compatibility of Islam and Democracy
in the context of religion and politics. The course is a Women’s
Studies class that is cross-listed with Political Science.
Two Credits
Dandavati
Offered once a year
PSY 380/WS 380. Psychology of Women
This course helps students recognize that women have historically
been excluded from defining theory and research in psychology and remedies
this bias by: 1) providing a feminist critique of existing theories,
research and methods, 2) exploring current scholarship on women, and
3) connecting psychology with women’s lives in their diversity
and particularity, and in issues of race, class and sexual orientation.
Women’s lives are viewed as valid for serious study and discussion.
Four Credits
Dickie
Offered once a year
PSY 395/WS 395. Human Sexuality
Four Credits
Bade
Offered once a year
SOC 271/WS 271. Sociology of Gender I
In this course we will examine the different roles prescribed
to individuals on the basis of sex. The particular focus will be the
role of
socialization and social institutions. We will consider the consequences of
women’s and men’s assigned roles for their home and family life,
work roles and achievements, media portrayals, and religious practices.
Two Credits
Swanson
Offered Spring Semester (First Half)
SOC 272/WS 272. Sociology of Gender II
In this half of the course we will examine the most popular gender theories
and discuss their impact on men’s and women’s roles in the
U.S. culture. We will focus more specifically on men’s roles, the history
and impact of the women’s movement, and prospective gender roles in the
future.
Two Credits
Swanson
Offered Spring Semester (Second Half)
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