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  • 1.00 - 4.00 Credits

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  • 3.00 Credits

    Variable content. An intensive study of special problems, topics, or issues related to lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender studies. Barring duplication of content, a student may repeat the course for a total credit of six semester hours.
  • 1.00 - 6.00 Credits

    Supervised work in an appropriate field experience. Participating community partners are listed on the Women’s Studies web site at www.ws.appstate.edu. Prerequisite: student must get approval from the Director of the Women’s Studies Program prior to enrolling. Graded on an S/U basis.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course gives students the opportunity to draw together the diverse strands of their women’s studies education, reflect on the connections among these strands, and produce an in-depth senior project. Students will reflect on methodologies and theories used in women’s studies academic research. Students will be asked not only to write but to present aspects of their project. Prerequisite: senior standing. (WRITING; SPEAKING; CROSS-DISCIPLINARY)
  • 3.00 Credits

    An advanced study of ideas and figures central to queer theory. Questions explored include the norms and assumptions that structure our understanding of identity and its complex relationship to sexuality, sex and gender. Figures discussed include Foucault, Sedgwick and Butler. This course also investigates queer theory’s critique of both hetero-and homo-normativity.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course surveys a wide range of contemporary theories of gender inequality. Students will become familiar with these theories and learn to recognize the intellectual roots and theoretical assumptions of various arguments about sex and gender. Students will also examine the complexity of identity and politics in a social context characterized by inequalities of opportunity, privilege, and authority and by rapid change, global media, and advancing technology. Important for the assessment of various theories will be the proposition that any man or woman is positioned within other hierarchies of dominations (for example: those of race, class, nationality, physical ability, and sexuality) in addition to gender. Prerequisites: ANT 2420 or SOC 2850 or WS 2400 or WS 2421 or permission of the instructor; and ENG 2001 or its equivalent. (WRITING; SPEAKING; MULTI-CULTURAL; CROSS-DISCIPLINARY)
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