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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Recommended: prior coursework in Middle East studies or gender studies. Also offered as HIST 492. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: HIST 492 or WMST 456. Examines the customs, values and institutions that have shaped women's experience in the Middle East in the past and in the contemporary Middle East.
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3.00 Credits
Also offered as HIST433. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: HIST433 or WMST457. Exploring changing perceptions of gender in the U.S., 1880-1935, and the impact of those changes on the day to day lives of men and women.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Two English courses in literature or permission of department. Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs. Also offered as ENGL458. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: WMST458 or ENGL458. Selected writings by women after 1800.
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3.00 Credits
Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs. Each version of this course focuses on one or several forms of popular culture -- such as TV, music, film, cyber-culture, or genre fiction (for example, science fiction) -- and demonstrates how feminists value, critique and explain such forms. Tools of feminist cultural studies include economic and social analyses of power, race, sexuality, gender, class, nationality, religion, technology, and globalization processes.
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3.00 Credits
Also offered as HLTH471. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: WMST471 or HLTH471. The women's health movement from the perspective of consumerism and feminism. The physician-patient relationship in the gynecological and other medical settings. The gynecological exam, gynecological problems, contraception, abortion, pregnancy, breast and cervical cancer and surgical procedures. Psychological aspects of gynecological concerns.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: permission of department. Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs. Seminar for advanced majors in women's studies or other students with appropriate preparation. Interdisciplinary topics will vary each semester.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: One course in Women's Studies, preferably WMST200 or WMST250. Also offered as JWST493. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: WMST493 or JWST492 or JWST493. Using memoirs, essays, poetry, short stories, films, music and the visual arts, course investigates what it means/has meant to define oneself as a Jewish woman across lines of difference. Focus is largely on the secular dimensions of Jewish women's lives but will also explore the implications of Jewish law and religious practices for Jewish women. Our perspective will be international, including Ashkenazi and Sephardi women.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: One course in Women's Studies, preferably WMST200 or WMST250. The meanings of lesbian communities across many lines of difference. Using lesbian-feminists of the 1970s as a starting point, we will look both back and forward in history, tracing changes and exploring the meanings of these in their social and historical contexts.
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3.00 Credits
Also offered as THET496. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: WMST496 or THET496. Examines the cinematic artistry of African-American women filmmakers and the ways in which these films address the dual and inseparable roles of race and gender.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: permission of department. Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs.
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