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4.00 Credits
This interdisciplinary course will examine some aspects of institutionalized sexism in contemporary America, such as differential role socialization and its consequences; legal inequalities; job discrimination; reproductive issues; and violence against women. Every woman's experience of sexism is mediated by her class, race, age, religion, sexual preference and so forth; therefore the diversity of women's experience is a key factor in our study. The class format will be primarily a lecture-discussion format and may include small group discussions.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
The purpose of this course is to explore personal narrative and autobiography as texts of resistance in Black women's lives. The course will use the multiple genres of autobiography such as poetry, essay, short narrative, memoir and major autobiographical works to illustrate Black women's resistance to race, class, and gender subordination or other forms of marginalization and oppression in their lives and in society. These autobiographical texts will be paired with select readings from women's studies and black studies to provide students with the analytical tools to identify how these texts function as forms of personal, social, political or institutional protest.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
Sex,Gender & the Brain
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3.00 Credits
Current research on sex differences in humans and animals has raised our awareness of bona fide variations in brain chemistry and function between males and females. How do these legitimate research findings compare with our stereotypes about gender differences? During the semester we will investigate several perspectives on sex and gender differences - from popular media sources to leading research. We will also investigate the role of women and men in science in a historical and modern context. Ultimately our goal is to blend our knowledge with our personal experiences to answer the question, "Is the study of science divided by sex and gender?" 4
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3.00 Credits
This course compares and evaluates a variety of theories which attempt to explain the origins, persistence and effects of sexual inequality in American society. In particular, it explores a number of settings: the family, the work place, the political arena, religious activity, violence against women, and face-to-face interactional contexts. Special attention is given to the ways in which race/ethnicity, class and sexual orientation shape gender experiences. Although its primary focus is American society, the course compares problems of sexual inequality in American society with other, quite different, societies in order to gain a comparative understanding of how discrimination, prejudice, and structural inequality, wherever they are found, create special problems for women. Throughout, the focus is on learning to use structural, historical, and theoretical information as guides to understanding social change and the choices facing women and men. This course has no prerequisite.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
This course surveys the history of women in Europe from 1700 to the present. Topics covered include women in revolutions, the effect of industrialization on women and the family, changing views of sexuality, women's rights movements and socialism, the female experience of world wars, women under fascism and women in the welfare state. (Not offered 2008-2009) (4 Credits)
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4.00 Credits
Historically, women have played an integral role in musical traditions around the world, although the extent of their contributions has only recently been recognized and studied in an academic context. This course traces the development and current state of women's roles in music, including Western art music composers, performers, critics, and teachers: performers of popular American genres such as jazz, country, and rock; and performers of popular "World Beat" and traditional world musics.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
This course surveys the history of women in the United States from 1870-1980. We will emphasize the experience of women of all races, classes and sexual orientation - women who entered the paid labor force in increasing numbers at the turn of the century and non-wage earning women who performed work integral to the survival of their families.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
Selected poetry and prose by women guide inquiries into writing and gender and into related issues, such as sexuality, history, race, class, identity and power.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
Are religions problematic to women's lives or vice versa? Inquiring about women's commitment to social activism in their respective religions and societies, this course will explore various spiritualities practiced by women. The students will be asked to contemplate what issues women are facing in their institutionalized religions and societies; how they create their own sacred space through spiritual practices; and in what ways these women interweave their lived experiences, religious traditions, and social activism together. This course will explore women's diverse spiritualities from cross-cultural and inter-religious perspectives. Prospective traditions will be drawn from Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Native-American religion practiced by eco-feminists, Latinas, Asian and African women, womanists, and western feminists. (Only offered Fall 2008).(4 credits)
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