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Cross-listed as ARH 310. Examines the contributions and creations of women to the visual arts throughout history, with an emphasis on the women artists of the last two centuries. Students will gain an understanding of artistic techniques and movements and become familiar with the social and political history of women, in order to understand how such conditions affect artistic production. 3 Cr.
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Studies the relationship between genetics, anatomy, physiology, and behavior from the point of view of sexual reproduction, competition, and fitness. Also explores the relationship between reproductive mating systems and specific ecological environments. Examines invertebrates and vertebrates, with a final discussion on whether humans ?fit?the typical patterns encountered in other mammalian species. For non-biology majors. 3 Cr.
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Cross-listed as PLS 313. Explores, from a feminist perspective, socio-political barriers that have made women the ? majority minority?or ?ilenced majority.?Includes barriers such as discriminatory legislation, political folkways, sex and gender roles, and myths that have created and perpetuated a maledominated society . 3 Cr.
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Cross-listed as AAS 315. Eclectically explores the various positions and roles played by black women in contemporary times against their historical backdrop. Focuses on the roles of black women in traditional and contemporary contexts in Africa; black women in rural and urban areas and in the Caribbean; and professional black women and their characteristics. 3 Cr.
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Surveys the history of women in Europe and North America from 1700 to the present. Examines changes in women ? economic, social, and cultural and political roles, and in images and stereotypes of women, and explores the growing emphasis on reproduction and mothering in the modern era. Focuses on ordinary wome n? s experiences . 3 Cr.
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Cross-listed as HST 324. Explores American politics from the 18th century until today, emphasizing central tendencies and longterm patterns in the distribution and exercise of power in America, with special attention to gender, interests, and ideologies. 3 Cr.
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Crosslisted as HST 328. Focuses on cultural images of American women, such as the Victorian lady, the fl apper, and Rosie the Riveter, individual as well as organized resistance to conventional definitions of womanhood; and contemporary issues, including employment, reproductive freedom, and historiographical issues in women ? history. 3 Cr. Spring
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Cross-listed with PHL 335. Explores the philosophical foundations of some major strands in feminist theory. Examines the philosophical commitments of, e.g., liberal, radical, lesbian, Marxist, postmodern, and cyber feminisms. Investigates how these feminisms respond to contemporary concerns about work, parenthood, sexuality and technology. 3 Cr.
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Cross-listed as AAS 339, ENL 339. Explores literary representations of women in Afro-American fiction from the Harlem Renaissance to today. Examines the degree to which sexism, cultural stereotypes and racism infl uence the portrayals and functions of women in black American literature. 3 Cr.
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Cross-listed as HST 344. Explores the origins of the modern American woman. Seeks to describe and explain the ways women in America transformed their reproductive, productive, political, and personal lives during the first century of The Great American Republic, c. 1776-1876. Is aimed at a general audience and has no prerequisites. Entails lectures, reading, discussion, quizzes, and essay exams. 3 Cr. Fall
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