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3.00 Credits
Description: Students will gain insight into the historical and cultural factors that have created, and continue to perpetuate gender and ethnic inequity. Students will come to understand African American writers, particularly women, as historical agents and self-defined individuals. While the course will emphasize the multiple roles of African American women, as portrayed autobiographically it also incorporates the historical struggles of those around them. It is my goal that through the course material students will see how African Americans are constantly recreating themselves in the face of adversity. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Approved as: General Education Diversity Emphasis. Identical to: AFAS 306; AFAS is home department. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: This course will examine the varied and evolving concerns of Chicanas as they forge new visions of feminism through the Chicano Movement of the 1960s; organizing among Chicana lesbian communities; Chicanas' entrance into academic, literary and artistic arenas; diverse community and national activist efforts in the 1980s; and current transnational initiatives. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): W S 240. Identical to: MAS 307. Usually offered: Fall.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Explores theories and critiques of sexuality, gender, race and nation, as they have been organized under the concept of 'queer theory.' Possible course concerns include: historical emergence of queer theory in relation to histories of feminism, lesbian & gay studies, and social activism; queer of color critique; theories of sexuality; the critique of identity; sexual cultures; and similarities and differences. within lesbian, gay, trans, and queer theories. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): 6 units of Women's Studies courses or consult department before enrolling. Usually offered: Fall.
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3.00 Credits
Description: This course examines how Latinas/os have been a major force in the production of popular culture. In particular we will critically examine discourses of ?atinidad (a seamless construction of Latinos as a monolithic group) in the corporate production of identities. This lack of attention to national origin and historical specificity is one definition of Latinidad. Latinidad also provides the contradictory grounds where consumer culture meets Latina/o performance. Some artists choose to reappropriate commercial spaces as sites of empowerment, while others are complicit in perpetuating stereotypical representations of Latinas/os. With special attentiveness to the body, we will explore the construction of Latina/o identities as they influence and produce particular racial, sexual and gendered identities. The body becomes an essential marker of ?atinidad, which is constantly connected to notions of sexuality. We will also examine the material effects of such cultural and commercial practices upon U.S. Latino populations, reminding us that there are real-world implications for these performances as they commodify Latina/o culture. To account for the shifts in notions of performance and cultural practices, the focus of the course will center Latina/o/Chicana/o musical production, movies, television, advertising, magazines, literary texts, performance art, murals, installation art, music videos, and animation within a historical context.Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors only. Identical to: ENGL 312, MAS 312. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Science fiction is studied as a genre of film and print fiction in which we can imagine future societies and future science and technology in utopian and dystopian forms paying particular attention to race/class/gender and depictions of identity and otherness, as well as social power in imagined societies. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): two courses from Tier One, Traditions and Cultures (TRAD 101,102,103,104). Approved as: General Education Tier Two - Humanities. Identical to: ENGR 317. Usually offered: Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Images of Jewish women in Jewish and other texts. Texts include religious, historical and literary genres from biblical, medieval, and modern sources. The course will deal with Jewish women as mothers, leaders, stereotypes, and current feminist viewpoints. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Identical to: JUS 321; JUS is home department. Usually offered: Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Considers the place of women in multicultural U.S. society by placing them in historical perspective with regard to religious communities. Pursues historical encounters between women and their religions. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Identical to: RELI 324; RELI is home department. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Explores the relationship of women and Christianity in history and literature. Examines multiple images and ideals of womanhood in Christian history; women's influence in shaping cultures and thought; feminism and fundamentalism in Christianity. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Available to qualified students for Pass/Fail Option. May be repeated: for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments). Identical to: RELI 327; RELI is home department. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Images of Russian women as reflected in literary, historical, and religious texts. Cultural attitudes revealed help to understand the status and role of women in today's Russia. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): Two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103). Approved as: General Education Tier Two - Individuals and Societies. Approved as: General Education Diversity Emphasis. Identical to: RSSS 328; RSSS is home department. Usually offered: Fall.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Examination of politics through the lens of gender hierarchy. Emphasis on how constrictions of masculinity and femininity shape and are shaped by interacting economic, political and ideological practices. This is a Writing Emphasis Course. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): Satisfaction of the Mid-Career Writing Assessment (MCWA). Approved as: General Education Diversity Emphasis. Identical to: POL 335; POL is home department. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
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