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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on health and human reproduction in the United States. We will view reproduction as both a biological and social event and will be particularly concerned with the medical and health aspects of reproduction. Decisions about child bearing, the medicalization of child bearing, fecundity, birth control, fetal and neonatal health, maternal health and new reproductive technologies are among the topics that will be considered in the research-intensive course. The course will also cover technical, methodological and statistical issues arising in the study of reproduction. Note: This is a research-intensive course.
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3.00 Credits
Women’s experience in the pre-industrial period varied greatly across different regions of the globe, yet there were also important commonalities. This course examines comparatively, in various traditional European and third world societies, some important themes in women’s history: work, sexuality, marriage, social control, science and medicine, and religion. It also discusses ways of studying the history of people who were for the most part not literate and left few traces of their own thoughts and experiences.
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3.00 Credits
A variable topics course. Additional work arranged by the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of contemporary feminist theory as it applies to various fields of academic and social discourse. The course encourages critical analysis of the foundation of knowledge.
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3.00 Credits
A variable content course which selects one of the topics necessary for a comprehensive understanding of women in society and studies it in depth. The course may focus on a particular group of women, the study of women from a specific perspective, or the position of women in a particular institution.
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3.00 Credits
The aims are to develop an understanding of the status of women in the Criminal Justice System as offenders, victims, and workers. We will examine the extent to which status is a reflection of stereotypes of women currently in vogue or a reflection of social structural arrangements in society. Patterns of female crime, treatment within the criminal justice system, victimization, and career opportunities will be studied and compared with those of males, as well as within other societies, where data is available.
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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on the relationships among gender, race, class, and urban spaces of the 20th century U.S. cities. The course will explore how urban spaces reflect and perpetuate different relations of power, inequality, and identity. How does urban space reflect and reinforce unequal power relations? How do multiple and contradictory identities shape one’s experience of the city? How are contemporary debates about the city imbued with racialized, gendered and classed meanings? Focus will be on housing (suburbanization, gentrification, and homelessness), economic restructuring and poverty, welfare policy, and urban social movements.
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3.00 Credits
The women’s movement and its implications for public policy. The role of politics and political philosophy in restraining women’s opportunities; an examination of the ideological roots of feminism; present discrimination in the workplace; and women as political activists.
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3.00 Credits
The opportunity to work in a public or private agency whose mission includes women’s advocacy. Available to students majoring in Women’s Studies and students throughout the College of Liberal Arts. A paper or project related to the area of the field study is also required. Note: Placement and faculty advisors arranged prior to registration. (Call 215-204-6953.) Requires a designated supervisor at the field placement (minimum of 7 1/2 hours per week) and a faculty advisor within the College.
Prerequisite:
Consultation with and written approval of the Women’s Studies Program before registering for the course
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3.00 Credits
This course serves as the capstone for the Women’s Studies major. Students write a substantial research paper (20-25 pages) either drawn from and expanding upon their Women’s Studies internship, or on another selected topic. They work closely with the instructor and each other in increasing and applying their understanding of the writing process, scholarly research, and feminist theory and methodology. Note: Capstone writing course. For majors only.
Prerequisite:
WOM STD 4389 (0299)
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