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Deals with women as criminal offenders and as victims of crime, focusing upon theories about women in crime, types of crimes committed patterns of criminality and the treatment of women offenders. Also examines the role of women as law enforcement officers, judges, lawyers and correctional officers in the criminal justice system. Part of the women and gender studies concentration and minor and may also be taken as an elective. Cross-listed with criminal justice, 0501-446. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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Broad sociological issues affecting women, work and culture are a result of the emerging global economy and technological revolution. The course will consider how the process of gender socialization is complicated by the way in which gender intersects with racial, class ethnic, sexual, and other identities. This course will present the major theoretical perspectives employed in sociology and women's studies and consider how they related to the study of women, work and culture. Part of the women and gender studies concentration and minor and may also be taken as an elective. (0510-210, 0515-210 or equivalent) Cross-listed with sociology, 0515-447. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)
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This course will explore the gendered nature of Western science and technology. We will focus on three areas: the history of women's participation in science and engineering since the birth of modern science in the seventeenth century; the historical roots of gender bias in the scientific enterprise; and current debates over whether women have changed science and engineering since the 1970's. Special attention will be paid to the experience of women in engineering, one of the most male-dominated professions. The course will focus on minority and non-minority women in Western Europe and the United States and will occasionally employ cross-cultural contexts. Part of the women and gender studies concentration and minor and may also be taken as an elective. Cross-listed with science and technology studies, 0508-449. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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This course explores feminist critiques of Western science and technology by investigating the ways in which gender, power and politics shape the content and context of science and technology. Particular attention is placed upon social and cultural dimensions of scientific and technological practices including the development of theory, method and application. Part of the women and gender studies concentration and minor and may also be taken as an elective. Cross-listed with science and technology studies, 0508-452. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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This course explores issues of gender and sexuality in a global context. Students will be introduced to anthropological perspectives on the experience of men and women, as gendered subjects, in different societies and historical contexts such as colonialism, nationalism, and global capitalism. In turn, we will explore how cultural constructions of masculinity and feminity are configured by race, class, ethnicity, and sexual orientation. Course materials are drawn from an array of sources, reflecting various theoretical perspectives and ethnographic views from different parts of the world. Part of the women and gender studies concentration and minor and may be taken as an elective. (0510-210 or 0515-210) Cross-listed with anthropology, 0510-451. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually).
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The body in culture, society, and history. Comparative approaches to the cultural construction of bodies, and the impact of ethnic, gender, racial differences on body practices (i.e. surgical alteration, mutilation, beautification, surrogacy, erotica). The formation of normative discourses of the body (regarding sexuality, AIDS/illness, reproduction, fat/food) in medical science, consumer culture, and the mass media. The course will be discussion and project oriented, encouraging students to acquire a range of analytic skills through a combination of text interpretation and research. Part of the women and gender studies concentration and minor and may be taken as an elective. (0510-210 or 0515-210) Cross-listed with anthropology, 0510-452. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)
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This course applies economic theory to explain choices faced and selected by women concerning marriage, fertility and labor market participation, alongside government policies targeting those decisions Empirical research will be presented that describes the changing demographic profile of families, poverty and the labor force. Students in this course will gain experience evaluating how economic theory and practice fits into the larger social sciences goal of describing human behavior by focusing on the changing economic role of women. Part of the women and gender studies concentration and minor and may be taken as an elective. Cross-listed with economics, 0511-480. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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4.00 Credits
Through reading and discussion of Toni Morrison's novels and feminist and African American critical theory, this course will allow students to follow the development of Morrison's art and to approach her work from alternative critical perspectives. Particular attention will be paid to the role of narrative in African American Culture and to Morrison's understanding of its literary, historical, and political functions. Part of the women and gender studies concentration and minor and may also be taken as an elective. (0502-227 or equivalent). Cross-listed with literature, 0504-459. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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4.00 Credits
Examines the image of women in the visual arts and the role of women image makers. Major topics include the variety of images of women, the evolution and change of these images over time, media images (as differentiated from fine art images) of women, images of women by women and by men, women's images and the issues of their relationship to the images made by men, the nude and pornography, history of women artists, selected women artists and their work, relation of their work to the art of the period, current issues and status of women artists. Part of the women and gender studies concentration and minor and may also be taken elective. Cross-listed with fine arts, 0505-480. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)
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Concentrates on literature by women, about women, primarily from the early 19th century to the present. Considers the aspirations, frustrations and achievements of women as documented by themselves, as well as the perceptions and representations of women in literature by male writers. Works are examined for their literary value as well as their documentation of broader feminist issues. Part of the women and gender studies concentration and minor and may also be taken as an elective. (0502-227 or equivalent) Crosslisted with and literature, 0504-480. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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