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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Prereq: . Critical analysis of 3-4 contemporary issues pertaining to women and gender, such as: work, health and reproduction, politics, education, violence, women in the arts, women in athletics, women in science, gender, and aging. May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
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4.00 Credits
Prereq: . An analysis of the extent to which rock and roll has challenged the boundaries of women and gender by exploring the relationship between feminism and rock. Topics may include blues, jazz, girl groups, folk, soul, punk, rap, MTV, and riot grrl. May be retaken one time excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
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4.00 Credits
Prereq: WS 100 OR 200. Course examines various sexual revolutions, past and present, through differing disciplinary lenses. May be retaken one time excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
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4.00 Credits
Prereq: WS 100 OR 200 & NOT 250. An introduction to feminist theory. Examines feminist theoretical concepts in Europe and the U.S. from their inception in early 20th century through the present. Includes discussions of women and the vote, sexuality, identity politics, and girl culture. Texts are theoretical, historical, and literary. Film and video clips may be used to enhance course lectures. May be retaken one time excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
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4.00 Credits
Prereq: WS 100. Includes a two-hour seminar and a sixhour work experience. The seminar will focus on applying and evaluating ideas learned in Women's Studies courses to the "real world" experience of women's organization and feminist practice. The seminar and supervised job placement are designed to help students make a successful transition into the competitive work world by testing personal strengths, clarifying preferences and sharing reflections on work experiences with the instructor and other students. May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
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4.00 Credits
Prereq: WS 350. Considers women's issues and feminist movements from a global and non-Western perspective. Includes discussion of the globalization of feminism; the relationship between feminism and colonialism; the connection of women's movements to national/independence movements and revolutionary movements; and specific issues such as work/labor, sexuality, reproduction, and religion. May be retaken one time excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
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4.00 Credits
Prereq: WS 100 OR 200. Explores how globlization has affected the social status of women, their economic resources, their rights, and their opportunities. Focus is on the economic effects of the spread of free market capitalism. May be retaken one time excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
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4.00 Credits
Prereq: WS 250 OR 350. An exploration of post-1980s feminist theory. Begins with key Continental thinkers and moves to American theorists. Course looks at important ways in which social construction has shifted the discussion of race, ethnicity, and postcoloniality away from identity and other concerns of the early Second Wave. May be retaken one time excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
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4.00 Credits
Prereq: WS 250 OR 350. Draws upon theoretical, historical, and aesthetic texts in order to discuss the relationship between gender, sexuality, and diverse forms of cultural representation. May be retaken one time excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
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4.00 Credits
Prereq: WS 250 OR 350. Examines the intellectual and activist roots of queer theory, some of its most consequential statements, and current issues and debates within this body of literature. May be retaken one time excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
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