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2.00 Credits
Each year Hip Hop is responsible for pumping millions of dollars into the American economy, as a result it has influenced our perceptions of others. This course is designed to help students examine social and cultural Diversity issues through a Hip Hop lens. This course will challenge students to think critically about Diversity and Hip Hop and its place and influence on society. Student will use listening exercises, readings, and conversations to examine how Hip Hop artists create meaning in their works. Drawing on various readings, students will consider the following topics: racism, sexism, able-ism, age-ism, class-ism, and social activism in the United States.
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3.00 Credits
In this course students will explore historical and current issues related to gender and leadership. Today's leadership climate has changed to some degree for women; however, women are still vastly underrepresented in higher leadership positions. This course will analyze the role gender plays and what barriers are in place that account for this inequity. Topics include leadership in a variety of contexts. e.g. higher education, politics, and the corporate world; how the gender binary/continuum influences our conception of leadership; leadership and feminist theory; intersectionality; and an overview of some of the current research on gender and leadership. Students will explore leadership from a personal and political perspective. They will critically think about their own definitions of and experiences with leadership and how gender has influenced their views. Stemming from a critical and feminist perspective, students will explore ways in how leadership can be more inclusive, participatory, and egalitarian.
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4.00 Credits
An overview of the economic, social, and political roles women have played in American history, from the colonial period to today. Investigates women's work in the household and market economies, women and the family, and women's legal and civil rights and liabilities across time. Offered alternate years.
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4.00 Credits
Increased migration is a nearly present feature in the news and politics. Although women comprise about half of all migrants, discussions of gender and sexuality are generally absent in the analyses, even as they are highlighted in the press and in the way we talk about migration. This course will use stories-understood broadly-to explore migration, specifically through the lens of gender studies and the uneven impact of migration on women. This course fulfills the Engaging the World requirement. Prerequisite: Completion of Writing Emphasis course.
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4.00 Credits
This course will provide cross-disciplinary understanding of different forms of slavery and their current prevalence in the United States and throughout the world (as sex-trafficking, forced labor, child soldiers, and similar). We will identify connections between historical slavery and modern-day practices of human trafficking, focusing on issues of economics, power, human rights, abolition, and legislation on both local and global levels. Our readings will include first-person narratives, abolition materials, scholarly articles, case studies, and government reports and legislation. We will also watch several documentaries and follow prominent anti-slavery campaigns. A substantial component of the course will be devoted to civic engagement, allowing us to conduct research in the community and get involved in local organizations that emphasize prevention and protection. The ultimate goal will be to apply academic research and service learning to problem-solving in a critically informed and socially responsible fashion. This course fulfills the Engaging the World requirement. Prerequisites: Junior standing
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4.00 Credits
An overview of major theories of women's development, applications of feminist theory, gender-related research, and women's health issues across the life span. Psychological issues important to women during childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age, are discussed, such as gender role acquisition, pay inequities in the work force, adjustment to menopause, and violence against women. Focus is given to research on women in relation to diverse socioeconomic classes, ethnic backgrounds and culture. Prerequisite: PSYC 105 or SOC 105. Suggested prerequisite: GNDR 100. This course serves as a Diversity LE course.
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4.00 Credits
Humanism is the belief that reason provides the best tools for solving the problems of the world. It has dominated political and literary thought at least since the seventeenth century. It is the foundation of human rights discourse, of many theories of democracy, and of the prevailing models of social justice. Nonetheless, humanism has its detractors, and the last several decades have seen the rise of "posthumanism," which seeks to challenge humanism's dominant position in political and social thought. Some critics suspect that humanism unconsciously upholds the racism, misogyny, and homophobia of the texts that established its terms in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Others are motivated by the challenges to reason presented by psychoanalysis, Marxism, and radical feminism. Queer Theory is among the must important posthumanist discourses in the United States, though not all queer theorists are posthumanists. This course investigates how queer theorists have attacked and defended humanism, and also explores queer theory's relationship to other posthumanist discourses. Authors to be considered may include Michel Foucault, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Donna Haraway, Lauren Berlant, Leo Bersani, Jasbir Puar, Lee Edelman, Jacques Derrida, Giorgio Agamben, and Joan Copjec. This course fulfills the Theory requirement for English majors.
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4.00 Credits
Students explore issues of maleness and femaleness. Emphasis is placed on identifying and evaluating value systems related to sexuality. The impact of cultural definitions on individual behavior is also examined. Attention is directed toward societal ramifications of shifting roles with the intention of evaluating new alternatives open to men and women. A final emphasis is placed on understanding sexual functioning and different means of sexual expression.
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4.00 Credits
This course exposes students to the problematic concept of "gender", including the many ways in which society's organizations reinforce and shape gender relations, and the ways in which gender shapes our identity, relationships, and the division of labor in society. Using a feminist perspective and drawing on international authors, this course will focus on the concept of "gender" at the individual, interactional, and institutional levels. (WCore: DE)
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4.00 Credits
Focuses on analyzing the portrayals of race, gender, and class in the media. The class introduces students to theoretical concepts in contemporary media studies, surveys some of the most influential and interesting genres of contemporary media, and focuses on issues of gender and sexuality, class, and race from a critical perspective. This course serves as a Diversity LE course.
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