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UNS 495B - Independent Study: Capstone II
Completion and presentation of portfolio demonstrating a synthesis of student’s areas of study. Through enrollment in a summer internship with an approved site, students complete work, including a capstone project, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of the UNS degree.
Credits 3
Prerequisites UNS 494 and consent of instructor.
Notes Must be taken in the student’s senior year.
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WMST 101 - Introduction to Women’s Studies
Introduction to the history, theories, methods, and issues that constitute the field of Women’s Studies since its inception in the late 1960s. Begins with exploration of individual women’s experiences on the personal level. Considers diverse women’s issues locally, nationally, and globally.
Credits 3
Prerequisites WMST 113.
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WMST 113 - Gender, Race and Class
Interdisciplinary, cross-cultural survey of the ways in which gender interacts with race, age, class, and sexuality to shape human consciousness and determine the social organization of human society.
Credits 3
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WMST 247 - Philosophy and Women
(Same as PHIL 247.) Variety of philosophical writings by or about women, from Plato to the present, focusing on such key concepts as nature, equality, dignity, freedom, love, and self-realization; may include feminist critiques of the western philosophical tradition.
Credits 3
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WMST 275 - Introduction to Marriage and Family
(Same as SOC 275.) Critically examines the institutions of marriage and family. Addresses issues such as alternative life choices and family violence, in the context of social, economic, and political factors.
Credits 3
Prerequisites SOC 101 or SOC 102.
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WMST 302 - Feminist Research Methodology
Rigorous examination of the theory and application of feminist research methods. What are feminist research methods, and how do these methods differ from traditional research methods or “research on women?” Methods explored include: survey, interview, content analysis, experimental, oral history, case study, and action research.
Credits 3
Prerequisites WMST 113.
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WMST 308 - Anthropology of Women
(Same as ANTH 308.) Role of women in societies around the world. Social factors influencing women’s status and the implications for anthropological theory and contemporary life.
Credits 3
Prerequisites ANTH 101, SOC 101, WMST 113.
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WMST 380 - Women and Media
(Same as JOUR 380.) Exploration of the role of women within the media and the treatment of women by the media.
Credits 3
Prerequisites WMST 113.
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WMST 400 - Rhetoric of Women’s Rights
(Same as COM 401.) Examination of the rhetorical campaign for woman suffrage and women’s rights from the early nineteenth century up to passage of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920. Emphasis on identifying, understanding, and evaluating major rhetorical strategies in their historical context.
Credits 3
Prerequisites COM 216.
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WMST 401 - Advanced Feminist Theories
American feminist thought in its diversity, examining the differences among liberal, radical, Marxist, socialist, psychoanalytic, and postmodern feminisms and the challenges to each posed by women of color.
Credits 3
Prerequisites WMST 113.
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WMST 401J - Women in Politics
(Same as HIST 453 & PSC 401J.) History of women in U.S. politics beginning with the suffrage movement and concluding with the most recent election. Topics include women as candidates, in office, as administrators, as lobbyists and as political activists. Concludes with a section on so-called “Women’s Issues,” choice, domestic violence, child support, day care, women’s health and current issues.
Credits 3
Prerequisites WMST 113 or upper-division standing.
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WMST 407 - Communication Between the Sexes
(Same as COM 407.) Introduction to gender research in communication. Studies ways in which language, interpersonal communication, the media, and various social institutions influence conceptions of gender.
Credits 3
Prerequisites Upper-division standing.
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WMST 408 - Making Gender, Sexuality, and Race
(Same as ETS 407.) Analysis of how regulations of sexuality, gender, and marriage converge with issues of race and class, and how people act upon gender, sexual, and racial differences.
Credits 3
Prerequisites ANTH 101 and ENG 101.
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WMST 411D - Constitutional Rights of Women
(Same as PSC 411D.) Case approach to legal issues concerning abortion, contraception, sterilization, penalties of pregnancy, voting, access to professions, equal pay, and various forms of political, economic and social discrimination. Key constitutional provisions considered include judicial review, due process, equal protection, privileges and immunities, and right to privacy.
Credits 3
Prerequisites PSC 101.
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WMST 418 - Language and Gender
Examines from anthropological perspective the ways language and gender intertwine. Explores how language emerges from, reproduces, and challenges ideas of gender and gendered practices cross-culturally. Topics covered include the interaction of gender with race, identity and class in language use.
Credits 3
Prerequisites ANTH 101.
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WMST 426 - Contemporary Asian American Families
(Same as ETS 426.) Examination of the effect of transnational migration on Asian American families. Exploration of how the changing political, economic, and social circumstances in the United States and in Asian countries affect family structures and gender, racial, and intergenerational relations.
Credits 3
Prerequisites WMST 113 or upper-division standing.
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WMST 427B - Gender and Literature
(Same as ENG 427B.) Study of gender and literature through the ages. Focus may be aesthetic, historical or thematic.
Credits 3
Prerequisites WMST 113 or upper-division standing.
May be repeated for a maximum of six credits.
Notes Topics may vary.
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WMST 428 - Women and Crime
(Same as CRJ 428.) Women as offenders and as processed through the criminal justice system; women as victims and the response of the criminal justice system and the community.
Credits 3
Prerequisites CRJ 270 and 301.
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WMST 432A - History of American Women to 1870
(Same as HIST 432A.) Examines the history of women in the United States from the period of European contact to reconstruction. Examines women’s changing roles in the family, work force, politics, and social movements. Examines the historical experience of European colonists, Native Americans, African Americans, and immigrants.
Credits 3
Prerequisites Six credits of history.
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WMST 432B - History of American Women, 1870 to the Present
(Same as HIST 432B.) Women’s relationship to the economy and to political movements, changing ideals of womanhood, the demographic and sexual revolutions transforming family life and gender roles, and class, race, ethnic, and regional variations in female experience.
Credits 3
Prerequisites Six credits of history.
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WMST 440B - Gender and Early Literature
(Same as ENG 440B.) Study of gender, sexuality, and literature from the beginning to the Early Modern period.
Credits 3
Prerequisites ENG 101 and 102.
Notes Topics may vary.
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WMST 441B - Gender and Renaissance Literature
(Same as ENG 441B.) Study of gender and literature in the Renaissance.
Credits 3
Prerequisites ENG 102.
Notes Topics may vary.
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WMST 446B - Gender and Modern British Literature
(Same as ENG 446B.) Study of gender and literature in the British tradition.
Credits 3
Prerequisites ENG 102.
Notes Topics may vary.
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WMST 448 - Gender and Social Interaction
(Same as SOC 448.) Examines the micro-social and political aspects of gender, including socialization into gender roles, same-sex and cross-sex communications, interactions, and long-term relationships.
Credits 3
Prerequisites WMST 113 or upper-division standing.
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WMST 449 - Sex and Social Arrangements
(Same as SOC 449). Examination of human sexuality in social contexts. Emphasis on cross-cultural and historical comparisons with themes dealing with deviant sexuality, pornography, and homosexuality.
Credits 3
Prerequisites SOC 101 or 102 or WMST 113.
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WMST 453 - Gender and Society
(Same as SOC 453.) Examines the micro-social and political aspects of gender, including socialization into gender roles, same-sex, and cross-sex communications, interactions, and long-term relationships.
Credits 3
Prerequisites SOC 101 or SOC 102.
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WMST 454B - Gender and Modern American Literature
(Same as ENG 454B.) Study of gender and literature in the American tradition.
Credits 3
Prerequisites ENG 102.
Notes Topics may vary.
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WMST 467 - Psychology of Gender
(Same as PSY 467.) Examination of gender—the “social role” of being male or female and the effects it has on people as individuals and as a society.
Credits 3
Prerequisites PSY 101.
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WMST 471 - Sexuality, Literature, and the City
Explores how categories of sexuality change as the U.S. becomes increasingly urbanized. Texts include novels and stories, a history of sexual relations, and critical theory of the modern notion of “sexuality.”
Credits 3
Prerequisites WMST 113.
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WMST 472 - Controversies in Gender and Race
Situates selected current topics in historical, social, political, economic, intellectual, and popular culture contexts. Topics may include rape, police profiling, civil rights, reparations for slavery, feminist activism, immigration. Students develop and apply critical thinking, reading, and writing to variety of academic and non-academic situations.
Credits 3
Prerequisites WMST 113.
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WMST 473 - Chicana Feminism and Experience
Examines Chicana/Latina experiences as they intersect with race, class, gender, sexuality, and nation. Examines the work of Chicana/Latina writers, feminists, scholars, performers, artists, filmmakers, and activists. Focuses on issues such as immigration, labor, family, language, education, spirituality, identity, patriarchy, homophobia, and racism.
Credits 3
Prerequisites WMST 113.
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WMST 474 - Gender, Sexuality, and Consumer Culture
Explores theoretical and empirical approaches to consumer culture, with a focus on gender, sexuality, class, and consumption. Examines the rise of mass consumerism in American society, and the ways social participation, individual identities, subcultural communities, and political life are shaped through varied acts of consumption.
Credits 3
Prerequisites WMST 113.
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WMST 475 - Gender, Development, and Globalization
Examines the relationship between women’s position and processes of development and globalization, with a primary focus on Third World women. Considers the interaction of local and global forces in creating change (both positive and negative) and women’s perspectives and activism for promoting social equality.
Credits 3
Prerequisites WMST 113.
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WMST 476 - Feminism and Activism
Presents selected activist movements across the political spectrum. Includes nineteenth century abolitionism, women’s rights and twentieth century socialism and feminism. Also examines movements for social change from the right and left.
Credits 3
Prerequisites WMST 113.
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WMST 482 - Women in the Performing Arts
(Same as DAN 482.) Explores the contributions by women to the performing arts of dance, music, and theater/film. Integrates the socioeconomic and historic factors that helped shape the artists’ intentions and contributions.
Credits 3
Prerequisites DAN 100, DAN 101.
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WMST 483 - Feminist Issues in the Popular Arts
(Same as DAN 483.) Explores feminist issues found by female “pop” artists in the performing arts of dance, music, and theater/film from the 1940s to the present.
Credits 3
Prerequisites DAN 100, DAN 101, DAN/WMST 482.
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WMST 488 - Women’s Health Issues
Biological, psychological, and socioeconomic issues central to women’s health care. Students study historical and current inequities and socioeconomics of the health care system and women’s health issues.
Credits 3
Prerequisites WMST 113 or upper-division standing.
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WMST 490 - Special Topics
Intensive study of a major topic in women’s studies.
Credits 3
Prerequisites WMST 113.
May be repeated to a maximum of twelve credits.
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WMST 491A - Women in the Ancient World
(Same as HIST 491A.) Explores women’s varied roles in the ancient Near East, Greece and Rome. Examination of women’s participation in religion, politics and the family as well as representations of women in myth, art, philosophy, medicine, and literature.
Credits 3
Prerequisites Six credits of history.
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WMST 491B - Women in Medieval Culture and Society
(Same as HIST 491B.) Explores medieval women’s experiences as religious leaders, workers, queens, and ladies of the manor, and as mothers, wives and daughters. Special attention paid to women’s voices expressed in letters and autobiography, literature, historical records and art.
Credits 3
Prerequisites Six credits of history.
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WMST 492A - Women in Early Modern Europe
(Same as HIST 492A.) Explores the roles of women during the Renaissance, Reformation, and the early modern period. Topics include women and work, women’s participation in the creation of culture and religion, and the European witch-hunts.
Credits 3
Prerequisites Six credits of history.
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WMST 492B - Women’s Role in European History, 1750-1970
(Same as HIST 492B.) Analysis and interpretation of women’s roles in the modern world. Topics include the emergence of feminism and the international women’s movement; the impact of industrialization on work and the family; constructions of gender, sexuality and motherhood.
Credits 3
Prerequisites Six credits of history.
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WMST 495 - Special Topics in Gender and History
(Same as HIST 495.) Study of a selected topic concerning gender and history.
Credits 3
Prerequisites Six credits of history.
May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.
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WMST 497 - Feminist Praxis
Capstone course where majors complete a project embodying the principles of feminist praxis and synthesize knowledge of women’s studies, develop their own definition of feminist praxis, develop skills useful in post-undergraduate years, define a response to patriarchy, and develop alternative practices.
Credits 4
Prerequisites WMST 113, WMST 302, and WMST 401.
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WMST 498 - Internship in Women’s Studies
Students interact in a work or social setting that presents issues related to women. Arranged in consultation with the chair of women’s studies.
Credits (1-6)
Prerequisites Upper-division standing.
May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.
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WMST 499 - Independent Study
Independent study of special topics selected in consultation with the chair of women’s studies.
Credits (1-6)
Prerequisites Consent of chair.
May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.
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