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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
This course is an introductory and inter-disciplinary survey of the study of men and masculinities primarily in the contemporary United States. Major themes are the rationale for study men and masculinities; gender, power, and male privilege; the utility of the plural term ‘masculinities’; the social construction of masculinities; masculine cultures of sports, war, and violence; masculinity in popular culture; and alternative masculinities. Course information: Same as SOA 457. This course fulfills an Engaged Citizenship Common Experience requirement at UIS in the areas of U.S. Communities or ECCE Elective.
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4.00 Credits
Traces women's past as healers and medical practitioners, as well as issues of women's health and medicine. Includes a multicultural emphasis and focuses primarily on the United States. Course Information: Same as HIS 458.
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2.00 - 8.00 Credits
Independent study, structured reading, or research in the field of women's studies. Student should make arrangements with an appropriate faculty member. Course Information: May be repeated if topics vary. Students may register in more than one section per term.
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4.00 Credits
Novels or longer works in other genres (e.g., drama, film, etc.) by female authors or directors. Course Information: Same as ENG 461.
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4.00 Credits
Literary works created by and about women through the ages. Course Information: Same as ENG 462.
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4.00 Credits
Novels, short stories, poetry, and literary and cultural criticism by Native American women writers, such as Paula Gunn Allen, Leslie Marmon Silko, Joy Harjo, and Louise Erdrich. Course Information: Same as ENG 463.
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4.00 Credits
Exploration of women's spirituality, spiritual autobiographies, devotional literatures, novels, poetry, and essays. Course Information: Same as AAS 464 and ENG 464.
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4.00 Credits
Explores diverse writings by Black women: autobiography, fictions, poetry, social and literary criticism, and essays. Black Women Writers illuminate how they transcend under-representation in literature and academia, as well as the double oppression of being Black and female. Course Information: Same as AAS 465. This course fulfills an Engaged Citizenship Common Experience requirement at UIS in the areas of U.S. Communities or ECCE Elective.
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4.00 Credits
Explores the writings of women from a variety of American cultures and subcultures, which may include (but are not limited to) Asian, American Indian, Latina, and African. Course Information: Same as ENG 466.
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4.00 Credits
Examines works by women authors who identify themselves emotionally and/or erotically with other women, such as Radclyffe Hall, Rita Mae Brown, Dorothy Allison, Audre Lorde, and Jane Rule. Course emphasizes both the literature and its social history. May be repeated if topics vary. Course Information: Same as ENG 467.
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