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3.00 Credits
Focuses on the role gender and race play in the economy; specifically the way that gender and race affect economic outcomes for individuals in the United States. Cross listed with AGEC 5200, dual listed with WMST 4200. Prerequisites: Graduate standing
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3.00 Credits
Introduces feminist methods of research problem formulation, data acquisition, analysis, and presentation of research findings regarding topics related to sex, gender and sexuality. Requires participation in research projects. Dual listed with WMST 4210. Prerequisites: Nine hours of WMST.
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3.00 Credits
Examine the role mass media plays in the Black community and other racial, ethnic, gendered, and socioeconomic communities. Students will develop a critical understanding of the way the mass media uses stereotypes and prejudice to influence society's views about ethnic minorities and women in in contemporary United States society. Cross listed with AAST 5233 and COJO 5233. Dual listed with WMST 4233. Prerequisite: three credit hours in AAST, COJO, or WMST, WB, and junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
Drawing upon case studies from Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe, this course explores the gendered intersections of power and privilege through the lens of sex work, broadly defined as the exchange of intimacy for something of value, and trafficking, defined as coerced forms of sex work. Dual listed with WMST 4240; cross listed with INST 5240. Prerequisite: 3-6 hours of WMST or INST.
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3.00 Credits
The experiences of women and the history of gender from the Renaissance through the nineteenth century. Focuses on the changing notions of the masculine and the feminine through such historical episodes as the Reformation, the Enlightenment, the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution. Dual listed with WMST 4330. Prerequisite: HIST 1110 or 2110.
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3.00 Credits
Examines women's lives in Islamic societies from the seventh century to the present in the Middle East and throughout the world. Themes include women's position in Islamic law, society and culture, Western images of Muslim women, veiling and Islamist movements, theoretical readings on power, gender and agency. Dual listed with WMST 4335. Prerequisites: 6 hours in women's studies, international studies, religious studies or history.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the lives of American Indian women in a variety of contexts through time. The complexity and diversity of Indian women's experiences throughout history are emphasized. Much of the class concerns Indian women's lives within the reality of European American colonization and its consequences for Indian peoples. Dual listed with WMST 4360; cross listed with NAIS 5360. Prerequisite: six hours of NAIS 2000-level classes.
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3.00 Credits
Surveys general patterns of women's paid and unpaid work in the U.S. and abroad. Offers reconceptualizations of the meaning of work in women's lives, as well as debates surrounding comparable worth, pay equity, women's work experience and women in the world economy. Dual listed with WMST 4400.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces students to the intellectual lens used to evaluate the messages regarding gender and sexuality of many institutions and the way in which some actual experiences fall out of line with those norms. Prerequisites: Consent of Instructor
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3.00 Credits
Focus is on issues of gender, women and ecology. Ecofeminist thinkers argue that there is no liberation for women and no solution to the ecological crisis without a fundamental shift in relationships of domination. Uniting the two movements results in a radical reshaping of modern socioeconomic relations. Dual listed with WMST 4450. Prerequisites: six credits from women's studies, philosophy, and/or ENR.
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