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4.00 Credits
Directed toward students with previous work in women's studies scholarship and is open to students from any major discipline. Explores and critically assesses certain interdisciplinary aspects of women's studies that relate to the 'reading' and representing of women's lives. Examines women's lives in the United States, and considers the possibilities and problematics of locating similarities and differences among women in specific global contexts. Topics may include women's historical movements, global feminism, equal rights, health and bio ethics, violence against women, and feminist critiques of fine art and popular culture. IV W
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Designed to introduce students to women's issues, experiences, and activities from outside of the United States, focusing on areas generally understood to be part of the 'Third World.' Using an interdisciplinary and comparative approach, students will draw on various methods of analyzing and understanding the production of gender relations and the webs of power within which women's lives are situated. Cultural dimensions of gender and power will also be considered. Topics studied may include colonialism, globalization, maternity and reproductive rights, violence, population and poverty, sexuality and sex work, women's activism, and grassroots cooperatives. Each time the course is taught, the focus is on three major world regions, exploring the above issues within each one. Also listed as ANTH 3244. III A or IV W
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Examines the impact of women on philosophical foundations in the field of education and the subtle forms of sexism that undermine the education of girls and young women in current educational contexts. Students will examine work of historical and contemporary women philosophers to understand their unique contributions to the field of education. Students will also examine developmental needs of girls and current research on gender inequities within schools. Prerequisite: Completion of Area II Social Science and EDU 2014. Also listed as EDU 3424. IV W
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4.00 Credits
Provides analysis of the cultural conditions (both material and ideological) that shape the meanings underlying masculinity and femininity in various cultural contexts. Perspectives from Marxist and feminist theory, political economy, psychodynamic/psychological anthropology, and evolutionary psychology are utilized to understand gendered differences in cultural behavior. Prerequisite: ANTH 1024 or WS 1004; and at least 1 2000 level or above anthropology course. Also listed as ANTH 3504. III A or IV W.
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4.00 Credits
Examines critical and theoretical issues in Black feminism from the 19C to the present, focusing on the influential contemporary black feminist intellectual tradition that emerged in the 1970s. From this perspective, students will explore certain themes and topics, such as work, family, politics, and community, through reading the writings of Black feminists. We will also study the ways in which women and men have worked together, towards the eradication of race and gender inequality, among other systems of oppression, which have historically subjugated Black women. Although emphasis will be placed on Black feminist traditions in the United States and Britain, at the end of the semester we will consider Black feminism in global perspecitive. Prerequisite: WS 1004 or PHIL 2004/WS 2004, or permisison of instructor. Also listed as PHIL 3534. III B or IV.
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4.00 Credits
The internship program is designed to provide students with opportunities for learning and working in organizations in ways that connect their course work in women's studies to specific issues in community settings; this may include legal, medical, governmental, political, educational, or other organizations. Working with a women's studies faculty member, the student will design a project based on volunteer work in a community organization serving the needs of women. Throughout the term, the faculty member will closely supervise the student's work. CR/NC grading. Prerequisites: Three courses in the women's studies minor, including WS 1004, declared women's studies minor, and permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Individual student reading and research in a selected area of women's studies. Allows students to supplement their study of women's studies in areas not covered by existing course offerings. The project must be approved by the Director of Women's Studies as well as the student's academic adviser prior to the student's registration for the course. The directed study will be executed under the supervision of the appropriate faculty member. Prerequisites: Four courses in the women's studies minor, including WS 1004, declared women's studies minor, and permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
This interdisciplinary course provides students with an examination of significant issues at the forefront of feminist theory and research, as well as the principal theoretical debates in women's studies. The course includes an overview of current research in women's studies, emphasizing theoretical and methodological issues, the development of women's studies as a field, the relationship of women's studies to traditional fields, and the nature of interdisciplinary research. It is designed primarily to encourage students to engage more deeply with questions that arise from the study of women's studies, as well as provide occasion for students to reflect on work done throughout the major or minor. The course also includes an independent, advanced research project, the topic of which will be chosen in close consultation with the instructor. Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing in women's studies and permission of instructor. IV
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