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  • 3.00 Credits

    An examination of feminists' analyses of women's status in America since the 1960s. This coursefocuses on issues raised and analytic frameworks used by Latina, African American, Native American, Asian American, and European American women in seeking to improve women's status and in theorizing gender inequalities. Prerequisite:WS 100, or 150, or sophomore standing. Spring semester. Offered 2008-09 and alternate years.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Students will read feminist critiques of science and technology with attention to the ways in which science reinforces existing power structures as well as the ways in which feminist scientists work to challenge those structures. Readings include work in feminist epistemology and standpoint theory, as well as critiques of feminist philosophy of science. Prerequisite: a 100-level course in philosophy. Spring semester. Grebowicz.
  • 3.00 - 4.00 Credits

    Internship working with women in public leadership positions combined with individual conferences or seminars focusing on governmental issues confronting women public officials and featuring briefings by political leaders. May be taken for letter grade only. Prerequisite: one political science course orWS 100, orWS 150. Githens.
  • 3.00 Credits

    (GEN. ED. #10) What is the meaning of faith for black women as they struggle for life and freedom This course attempts to answer this question as it explores black women's religious/theological experience, from a Christian perspective. Attention is given to the nature of the social/historical struggle that informs black women's understandings of themselves in relationship to God, church, and community. Focus is given to four distinct periods in black women's history: the antebellum period, the period of the great migration, the civil rights era, and the contemporary situation. Reflective of the womanist tradition, this course accesses various media forms in a effort to discern the womanist religious experience. Prerequisite: one course in women's studies or religion and sophomore standing. Spring semester. Douglas. Offered 2009-10 and alternate years.
  • 3.00 Credits

    An interdisciplinary examination of the female experience of war and efforts toward peace, from women's historical response to armed aggression to the contemporary feminist response to the threat of nuclear war. Examination of essays, novels, speeches, and historical works written by women about every aspect of war and peace work; exploration of the traditional treatment and analysis of women's involvement in war and the peace movement. Prerequisite:WS 100, or 150, or sophomore standing. Spring semester. Offered 2009-10 and alternate years.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course focuses on gender roles and women's issues by examination of American women'sroles during wartime. The focus will include a study of women's lives on the home front and in the military.We will read about women activists for peace in the different conflicts as women who fought to serve in the military. Feminist scholarship is key to many of these issues, especially those concerning surrounding sexuality, both on the home front and in the military.We will consider issues surrounding homosexuality and rumors of prostitution duringWorldWar II, as well as African American women's experiences in the CivilWar and wars that occurred during the 20th century. Fall semester. Hoyt. Offered 2008-09 and alternate years.
  • 3.00 Credits

    (GEN. ED. #7 AND #10) Focus on current issues involving women in the law: family law; reproductive rights; violence against women; employment, pregnancy, and pensions; sexual harassment; sex discrimination; and women in poverty. Prerequisite:WS 100 or 150 or sophomore standing. Spring semester. Department. Variable.
  • 3.00 Credits

    An examination of the legal, ethical, and public policy questions raised by controversial contemporary issues. Topic: Abortion and Reproductive Technology. Focus on the impact of these issues on women's lives. Prerequisite:WS 100, or 150, or sophomore standing. Variable. Department.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Assessment of changing roles of men and women in modern societies. Review of theories explaining gender differences as a basic mechanism of social organization. Impact of gender roles on love relationships, family, work, political reality. Prerequisite: SOC 106, or ANT 107, or sophomore standing. Fall semester. Shope. Offered 2008-09 and alternate years.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Courses include a pre-departure preparation or post-departure discussion (or both in the fall or spring semester) and a three-week intensive course abroad in January or the summer.
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