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4.00 Credits
This course will use an interdisciplinary perspective to provide an introduction to Women's Studies. The course will focus on the rise of feminist consciousness in the western world from the middle ages to the late 20th century. It will consider the concept of patriarchy, its dominance for the past four millennia, and the multitude of efforts by women and men to conceptualize an alternative world view. The course will consider key historical patriarchal and feminist texts, study the rise of feminist thought, and consider the history of women's activism and the women's rights movement from the late 18thcentury through the second half of the 20th century. The course will also consider feminist theory and the rise of feminism. Part of the women and gender studies concentration and minor and may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)
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4.00 Credits
This course considers the history of American women from the colonial era to Seneca Falls Convention. We will examine the experiences of women of different races and classes across the country, looking at Puritans in Massachusetts and at planters' daughters in the Carolinas; at female slaves in the deep South and at mill workers in the urban North. We will investigate the impact of the American Revolution movement, culminating in the convention at Seneca Falls. Part of the women and gender studies concentration and minor and may also be taken as an elective. Cross-listed with history, 0507-401. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)
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4.00 Credits
This course considers the history of American women from the Seneca Falls Convention to the present. We will trace the impact of the first women's rights convention and follow the story of the struggle for the vote. We will also consider the role of women in other important nineteenth century reform movements, including abolition, temperance, spiritualism, and progressivism. We will also look at the varied experience of women in the twentieth century from birth control to second wave feminism to co-education. Part of the women and gender studies concentration and minor and may also be taken as an elective. Cross-listed with history, 0507-402. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)
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4.00 Credits
This interdisciplinary women's studies course links science, feminist theory, history, and biography in recognizing the importance of gender to the study and practice of science. The course focuses on four critical concerns: recognition of women pioneers in the sciences, analysis of the barriers women scientists have faced historically and presently, awareness of the historical roots and exclusions of women in science, and examination of how the practice of science particularly affects women. This course is relevant to non science majors as well as those majoring in the field. Part of the women and gender studies concentration and minor and the science writing minor. It may also be taken as an elective. Cross-listed with science and technology studies, 0508-581. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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4.00 Credits
This course will introduce students to the foundations of feminism in political theory, and it will critically explore how feminist concepts can be expanded to take account of class, race, and sexuality. We will examine the differences between the categories of sex and gender and the ways in which feminist understandings of human experience have modified traditional philosophical accounts of reality, knowledge, morality, and justice. Part of the women and gender studies concentration and minor and may also be taken as an elective. Cross-listed with philosophy 0509-454. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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4.00 Credits
The course is intended to familiarize students with sexual crimes and violence as they interface with each phase of the criminal justice system including enforcement, adjudication, treatment and prevention. Discussion will include laws related to sex offenses, types of sex crime, child sexual abuse, the psychology and treatment of sex offenders, prevention and victim aftercare. Part of the women and gender studies concentration and minor and may also be taken as an elective. Cross-listed with criminal justice, major issues: seminar in sexual violence. (0501-405) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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4.00 Credits
This course examines the history and aesthetics of the motion picture in the U.S. during the Classical Hollywood Studio period. Emphasis will be placed on the analysis of both the work of major American film makers and the evolution of major American film genres. Among the filmmakers to be studied are Griffith, Chaplin, Hawks, Ford, Capra, Welles, Hitchcock, Wilder and Kubrick. Genres to be covered include the melodrama, silent comedy, screwball comedy, western, thriller, film noir, and the gangster film. The films will be studied within the context of contemporary cultural and political events, and will be discussed from several viewpoints, including aesthetic, technical, social and economic. Part of the women and gender studies minor only as an affiliated course and may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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4.00 Credits
This introductory course examines a broad range of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues within the historical, psychological, racial, theological, cultural and legal contexts in which we live. Students will learn the historical and theoretical foundations of GLBT studies as well as the contemporary implications for family, work, religion and law for GLBT people and the mainstream society. Students will have the opportunity to compare the regulation of sexual orientation across different gender, race and socioeconomic communities. Part of the women and gender studies concentration and minor and may be used as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually).
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4.00 Credits
The course will cover the history of domestic violence as a social problem, its dynamics, prevalence, outcomes, theories, research issues, and contemporary domestic violence policy. Special emphasis will be placed upon the cycle of violence, the effects of children's exposure to family violence, and the intersectional of race, gender, class and sexuality. It will include readings from the social sciences as well as literary texts. Part of the women and gender studies concentration and minor and may be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually).
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4.00 Credits
This course will provide an introduction to women's films through an exploration of narrative structure in films made by women. Through film screenings and class discussion, the course will examine the themes and issues of women's narratives and how they are presented in the medium of film. The hero's journey and traditional narrative structure will be contrasted with the heroine's journey and the more personal story telling style of the feminine. The course will also examine differences between films made by women and films made by men about women. The course will introduce the work of feminist film critics and consider the relevance of those theories to women's roles in current films. The course will view women's storytelling in a context of feminine mythology and psychology. Part of the women and gender studies concentration and minor. Cross-listed with CIAS 2065-553 and fine arts 0505-439. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)
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