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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Upper division status.Exploration of the histories of women in China, Japan and Korea from prehistory to the present. Major themes include women's contributions to social, cultural and political change, and the complex relationship between feminism and nationalism in the modern period.Same courses as A/ST 406A and HIST 406A.
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3.00 Credits
Emphasis on modern period; exploration of complexities of women's roles in multicultural, multilingual societies in South and Southeast Asia, including gender as a continuing site of contention in nationalist discourse.Letter grade only (A-F). Same course as A/ST 406B and HIST406B.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 100 and upper division status, or consent of instructor. Study of women as spiritual and religious beings responding to and coping with largely patriarchal religious doctrine. Examines socio-religious construction of women and women's religious experience from prehistory to present day. Focus on feminist transformations of religious traditions.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: W/ST 300 or consent of instructor. Examines contemporary feminist theoretical perspectives. Discussion of primary sources from a number of positions, including liberal, socialist, poststructural, "third world", postmodernist and postcolonial feminisms. Issues include gender and sexuality, race, ethnicity, class and nationality. Focus on discussion of current debates which cross disciplinary boundaries. Active student participation required. Letter grade only (A-F).
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3.00 Credits
Analyzes how mothering is "reproduced" in daughters, and why/how patriarchal culture regulates the mother/daughter bond. Course materials include novels, film, and interdisciplinary theoretical works. Special emphasis on the mother/daughter relationship in a range of historical, racial, class and sexual contexts.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Completion of Foundation curriculum and upper division status. Examines complex relationship between women and nature and their treatment through 1) socio-religious ideologies, 2) international development, 3) environmental pollution, and 4) patterns of consumption and waste in industrialized nations. Third World feminists' insights largely frame the debate.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: A previous W/ST class (101, 102, or 300) and upper division status or consent of instructor. Examination of ways power has been defined, obtained, shaped and maintained, and effect this has historically had on women. Applies theory to contemporary issues affecting women and explores strategies for empowerment.
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3.00 Credits
Women as victims and survivors of physical, psychological, and philosophical violence. Problems of rape, woman battering, incest, pornography and sexual harassment; examination of legal, religious and philosophical issues and alternatives for change.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the way women respond to urban environment, both literally and imaginatively. Special attention paid to sexual division of space, particular needs of immigrant and third world women, and utopian cities of sisterhood. Readings feature literary texts, augmented by an interdisciplinary range of theoretical and empirical studies of cities.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Upper division status; ENGL 100; and W/ST 101, BIOL 205, BIOL 207, or BIOL 211B. Fundamentals of anatomy and physiology relevant to the cause, prevention, and treatment of various health issues, including reproductive organ dysfunction, sexually-transmitted disease, infertility, contraception, pregnancy, osteoporosis, cancer, and cardiovascular disease. Emphasizes lifestyle habits such as diet, exercise, and stress.
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