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3.00 Credits
This interdisciplinary, writing intensive course examines feminist responses to "master narratives"/different narrative forms - including literary, ethnographic, scientific, numerical, digital, cinematic, musical, popular, etc. - which silence or prompt alternative narratives that address concerns from marginal perspectives. Students will create their own counter-narratives as a final project while assessing these issue
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Consideration of topics or issues in women's studies. May be taken more than once if content varies. Consult semester schedules for specific topics and prerequisites.
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3.00 Credits
How can activists, scientists, and scholars democratize science and technology? This seminar explores the social, historical, and ethical dimensions of modern technology through the lens of global social movements and activism. Students will be introduced to basic social movements and activism. Students will be introduced to basic social movement theory as well as concepts from science and technology studies (STS) and feminist theory in order to examine the socio-economic and ideological barriers to creating science and technology oriented more toward human needs. Topics may include appropriate technology in the "developing" world; women's and community health movements; community supported agriculture; popular epidemiology in global AIDS organizing; environmental justice; and the Indy Media movement. The course offers the option of completing a team-based, service-learning project in collaboration with a local community-building organization. Community partners include organizations focusing on community health, environmental justice, technology access, independent media, etc.
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3.00 Credits
The course addresses women's issues in the local context of women's movements in several regions and countries around the world as articulated by feminist scholars within those countries, with some attention to the relationship between U.S. women and global feminist struggles. Interdisciplinary readings, including fiction and feminist theory, bring the perspective of gender to global/international political and economic structures. Prerequisite: junior or senior class standing.
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3.00 Credits
This course investigates current concerns about health through transnationalfeminist analysis and activism in the context of social change movements. Feminist and related movements for social justice have long recognized health as a basic human right. Many of the world's nations, however, including the United States, do not. Topics will vary with current critical issues but may include achievements and struggles of women's health movements; the control of birthing practices and reproduction; illness and mortality across socio-economic status, race/ethnicity, sexualities, and geographic regions; and scientific evidence, cultural beliefs, and economic interests in different healthcare systems. Mainly for sophomores and juniors. Prerequisite(s): preferably at least one course in women's studies or health/biology. A Wss 109 is the best preparation for this course
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3.00 Credits
In-depth study of issues central to contemporary feminism, with special emphasis on group process, self-motivated learning and social change through education. For students who wish to prepare to co-facilitate A Wss 101 or 101Z as members of the Women's Studies Teaching Internship. Prerequisite(s): A Wss 101 or 101Z, and either A Wss 220 or A Wss 240, and A Wss 360 (which may be taken concurrently with A Wss 310), and permission of Chair of the Women's Studies Department. S/U graded.
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3.00 Credits
The literary, historical and archaeological evidence concerning the lives and roles of women in Greek and Roman society. Only one of A Wss 311Z & A Clc 310Z may be taken for credit. Prerequisite: junior or senior class standing.
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3.00 Credits
Continuation of A Wss 310 for students who are members of the Women's Studies Teaching Internship. Theory is discussed in the context of students serving as facilitators in sections of A Wss 101 and 101Z. Students work under supervision in a collaborative, collective mode of shared responsibility and leadership. Taken concurrently with A Wss 322. Prerequisite(s): A Wss 310 and 360, and permission of chair.
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3.00 Credits
With preparation from A Wss 310 and, concurrently A Wss 320, students serve as facilitators in sections of A Wss 101 and 101Z under faculty supervision. This course can be taken only once for credit. Prerequisite(s): A Wss 310 and 360, and permission of Chair of Women's Studies.
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3.00 Credits
Examination of contemporary social constructions of race, gender, and class (primarily) in the United States. Analysis of race, gender, and class as interlocking systems that stratify society. Discussion of key institutions that construct race, gender, and class - especially the media, education, and the political economy. Focus on: both oppressed and privileged positions in the social hierarchies; how we learn about our own and others' race/ethnicity, gender, and social class; how being a member of a particular social category (e.g., a woman or a man; a white person or a person of color; rich, poor or middle class) affects perspectives and opportunities. Prerequisite(s): A Soc 115 or 115Z.
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