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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Explores the intersection of gender and race in the modern world. Themes include the expression of gender and race in arts and humanities, the structures of discrimination, theories about race and gender, the lively debate across cultural and ethnic lines concerning these issues.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the relationships between education, gender, and race/ethnicity. Course content will include such issues as identity development in girls and boys, controversies about gender, race, and education, feminist theories about learning and teaching, social stratification in schools, and pedagogical methods designed to empower all students through education. Using contemporary case studies, students will examine multiple dimensions of school life-such as formal and informal curricula, student-teacher relationships, and the social construction of teaching-for their gendered and racialized components. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for WMST 300K.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on the study of feminist approaches to university learning. Special emphases on feminist theories of student-centered learning, innovative teaching methods in higher education, and social change through higher education. Designed for students who are preparing to serve as Peer Discussion Leaders in WMST 101. Enrollment Requirement: WMST 101, or other introductory Women's Studies course.
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4.00 Credits
Feminist theory is used to reflect upon classroom leadership and experience. Designed for students who are serving as Peer Discussion Leaders in WMST 101, under faculty supervision. May be repeated for a total of eight (8) units. Enrollment Requirement: WMST 101, or other introductory Women's Studies course. Enrollment restricted to students who have obtained consent of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Explores issues of power, representation, and access in relation to the female body in dance, performance art, body art and the staging of political empowerment. Examines crucial historical figures and moments when the body in a motion ruptures or destabilizes normalized expectations. Also offered as DNCE 323. Students may not receive credit for both.
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4.00 Credits
Internationally, women contribute to a growing share of public activity, the labor market, and civic leadership. Based on recent feminist research on leadership development, this course will address the challenges of and opportunities for leadership as they affect women from different cultural backgrounds. Subjects include cultural perceptions of leadership, traditional stereotypes of femininity, and the evaluation of leadership and coaching skills. Biographies of women leaders will be used to explore some of the key factors that have shaped women's success. Three hours of lecture plus required off-campus Service Learning activities. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for WMST 300G.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on various meanings of male identify and the effects that notions of masculinity have had on both men and women. Examines cultural beliefs, values, and representations of masculinity and male identities. Explores distinct perspectives on the meanings of masculinity-past, present, and future-in relation to socialization, work, family, race and ethnicity, class, culture, sexuality, and technological change. Focuses primarily on the United States, with cross-cultural comparisons to the construction of masculinity in other countries. May not be taken for credit by students who have received credit for WMST 300H.
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to the foundational writings in Chicana and Latina feminist theory with close attention to how race, class, gender, and sexuality affect Chicana and Latina lives. Includes triple oppressions theory, identity politics, mestiza consciousness, Chicana subjectivity (agency), lesbian identities, and media analysis.
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3.00 Credits
Explores women's international movement, giving attention to the relationship between U.S. women's movements for social change and global feminist struggles. Interdisciplinary readings, including fiction and feminist theory, focus on women's activism in various countries and regions of the world.
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3.00 Credits
Directed readings and research under the guidance of an instructor. Semester project, paper, or performance required. May be repeated for a total of six (6) units. Enrollment restricted to students who have obtained consent of instructor.
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