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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits Identity of the modern Black woman novelist as seen in the works and lives of African American women novelists. Some cross-cultural comparisons with African and Caribbean women novelists. Readings of selected essays in Black feminist criticism. A research paper is required. This course is the same as Africana Studies 27 and English 64.4. Prerequisite: one of the following: Africana Studies 24, 24.1, 24.2, 44.6; English 1, 1.2, 1.7; Core Studies 1; Women's Studies 10.7, 12, 33.
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3 hours; 3 credits Philosophical feminism. Critical examination of current issues in feminist scholarship. Issues of discrimination, equality, and difference; women in relation to science, epistemology, and political and moral philosophy. This course is the same as Philosophy 15.2. Prerequisite: Core Studies 10, or one philosophy course, or one women's studies course, or permission of the director.
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3 hours; 3 credits The various images of women in film from the beginning to the present. Readings and discussions of myths, fears, and fantasies that have led to the production of such images. The star system and its relationship to women performers. Screenings include films made by and about women. This course is the same as Film 22. Prerequisite: Film 1 or permission of the chairperson.
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3 hours; 3 credits Women's power, activism, and inequality on the basis of gender in the African continent. Explorations of gender-based inequality and the way African women exercise formal power. African women scholars' and activists' theoretical and practicalanalyses of feminism and the consequences of such analyses on gender relations in the continent. Theoretical readings and case studies. Course may have a national, regional, or continental focus. This course is the same as Political Science 78.35 and Africana Studies 44.9. Prerequisite: Core Studies 3 or Core Studies 9, or Political Science 1.51 or 1.7, or Africana Studies 0.12, or Women's Studies 10.7 or 12, or permission of the instructor.
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3 hours; 3 credits Definitions of feminism; feminists in the Renaissance and early modern Europe; feminist demands arising from the French Revolution; early radical feminism in the United States, France, and the Germanies; liberal and Marxist feminism; women's movements from the 1850s to World War I in the West; the development of women's movements outside of Europe and America; imperialism, feminism, and national independence; the "second wave": women's liberation movements sinc1968. This course is the same as History 30.3. Prerequisite: Core Studies 4 or permission of the coordinator.
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3 hours 3 credits An interdisciplinary study of women's relation to war, peace, and militarism, the theoretical debate over women as "essentially" maternal and therefore more pacifistic;dependence of military policy on notions of masculinity and femininity; war and militarism providing women greater opportunities for advancement and equality; relationship between war, militarism, gender inequality, and racism; similarity and differences between personal violence against women (rape, battering) and state organized and supported violence; relationship between feminism and peace activism. Prerequisite: Women's Studies 12.
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3 hours; 3 credits History of the socioeconomic position of women; evidence on the changing economic position of women in the post-civil rights era; assessments of the welfare-to-work transition; political economy of marriage and childbearing decisions. (This course is the same as Economics 40.6.) Prerequisite: Women's Studies 12.
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3 hours; 3 credits Selected topics in the humanities examined from the perspective of the study of women. Topics vary from term to term. Course description may be obtained in the program office before registration. Students may take Women's Studies 58 or 59 for credit twice, or 58 and 59 for credit once each, but may not repeat topics. Prerequisite: Women's Studies 10.8 or 12 or Humanities 10.7.
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3 hours; 3 credits Selected topics in the social sciences examined from the perspective of the study of women. Topics vary from term to term. Course description may be obtained in the program office before registration. Students may take Women's Studies 59 or 58 for credit twice, or 58 and 59 for credit once each, but may not repeat topics. Prerequisite: Women's Studies 10.8 or 12 or Social Science Interdisciplinary Studies 10.7.
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3 hours; 3 credits Study of gender politics and policy around the globe. Examination of women's citizenship and impact of gender on public policy and of public policy on gender in a range of societies. Exploration of the gendered foundations and impacts of the international processes of globalization, militarization, and democratization. Exposure to several types of political analysis such as political ethnography and feminist comparative policy. (This course is the same as Women's Studies 77.3.) Women's Studies 359 Prerequisites: Political Science 1.7,Women Studies 10.7, or permission of the instructor.
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