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  • WS 274: Women And Work: a Global Perspective

    3.00 Credits
    Goucher College

    Impact of economic systems on female workers, consumers, volunteers, and housewives. Analysis of theoretical explanations of women's patterns of low-paid employment, unemployment, relation to unions, media, and government. Social and economic problems of women heads of family, minorities, and unemployed homemakers. Prerequisite: SOC 106 or ANT 107, or sophomore standing. Fall semester. Burton. Offered 2008-09 and alternate years.
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  • WS 276: Feminist Philosophy

    3.00 Credits
    Goucher College

    (GEN. ED. #10) A philosophical study of questions of gender and gender inequality. The class will explore the sex/gender distinction, social construction of femininity and masculinity, theories of male normativity and masculine privilege, and various, competing strategies for resistance. Students will reflect on gender in relation to other social inequalities, with particular attention to sexuality and heterosexism. Prerequisite: sophomore standing, 100-level philosophy course or permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Grebowicz. Offered 2008-09 and alternate years.
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  • WS 277: Sex Work: Ethical And Historical Perspective

    3.00 Credits
    Goucher College

    Sex is one of the most controversial areas of feminist inquiry.While so much of the U.S. women's movement has fought to eliminate the (legal and illegal) trafficking in women's bodies,equally much feminist work goes towards improving the lives and social/legal status of sex workers. This course studies the history of sex work to examine how race, class, and gender provide a basis for ethical debates on prostitution and pornography. Questions of who decides what is moral and not, what is healthy, sick and what is considered obscene in modern society and how theses questions have been answered through the years. Prerequisites: Any one of the following: PHL 115, 276, 237 and any one of the followingWomen's Studies courses:WS 100, 120, 225, 230, or permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Grebowitz. Offered 2009-10 and alternate years.
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  • WS 282: Women in The Middle East

    3.00 Credits
    Goucher College

    (GEN. ED. #9 AND #10) This course examines the role of women in the greater Middle East region, from the pre-Islamic period through the present. Using primary sources, memoirs, and visual material, the course compares and examines the impact of religion (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), empire, slavery, colonialism, and nationalism on women in Arab, Iranian, Israeli, and Turkish civil society and history. Prerequisite:WS 150, a 100-level history course or sophomore standing. Fall semester. Fran ois. Offered 2008-09 and alternate years.
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  • WS 290: Internship in Women's Studies

    3.00 - 4.00 Credits
    Goucher College

    Placements in settings where issues of past and present concern to women can be studied. Prerequisite: one course in women's studies. Graded pass/no pass only. Department.
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  • WS 299: Independent Work

    1.50 - 4.00 Credits
    Goucher College

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  • WS 300: Seminar in Selected Topics in Women's Studies

    3.00 Credits
    Goucher College

    An interdisciplinary seminar aimed at integrating theoretical approaches and research on women that have emerged from a number of academic disciplines Prerequisite:WS 100 orWS 150. Spring semester. Hoyt. Offered 2008-09 and alternate years.
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  • WS 308: Jewish And Christian Feminism

    3.00 Credits
    Goucher College

    What do feminism and religious traditions have to say to one another In this course, students read both autobiography and theological texts written by women struggling with questions having to do with feminism and the religious traditions of Judaism and Christianity. Students explore such themes as the understanding of God, interpretation of sacred texts and halakhah, and the meaning of community, sexuality, and ritual. This course also incorporates opportunities for students to pursue their own questions vis-'a-vis feminism, Judaism, and Christianity. Through interviews and guest speakers, students attend to and analyze the religious life journeys of a variety women in their own community. Prerequisite: one course in women's studies or religion and sophomore standing. Department. Variable semesters.
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  • WS 320: International Feminist Theory And Women's Activism

    3.00 Credits
    Goucher College

    (GEN. ED. #10) Crossing the boundaries of nationality, ethnicity, citizenship, sexuality, and genre, this course brings together a plurality of women's voices of the non-Western world that counter colonial, post-colonial, multinational, and masculine paradigms of otherness. The central aims are to examine the extent to which their activism and theoretical thinking grew out of historical conditions; to establish a dialog which forms the wide-ranging spectrum of women's experiences across the globe; and to assess these social and political writings for national change in the 21st century. Readings may include writings by Hanan Ashrawi (Palestine), Trinh Minh-Ha (Vietnam), Lila Ahmed (Egypt), Molara Ogundipe-Leslie (Nigeria), Aung San Suu Kyi (Burma), Chandra Talpade Mohanty (India), Marjorie Agosin (Chile), Jacqui Alexander (Trinidad), and others. Prerequisite: junior standing. Fall semester. Fran ois. Offered 2008-09 and alternate years.
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  • WS 323: Comparative Public Policy And Gender

    3.00 Credits
    Goucher College

    Examination of the public policy process in comparative perspective, focusing on four policy areas affecting women: population control, employment, education, and health care. The role of women in the formulation and implementation of public policies in these areas. Prerequisite: permission of the instructor. Spring semester. Githens. Offered 2009-10 and alternate years.
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