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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: Minimum performance standard scores on the reading and writing preassessment placement tests This course emphasizes women's changing roles in American history from 1607 to the present. The course covers the nature of women's work and their participation in the family, church, and reform movements in the colonial and republican periods and the 19th and 20th centuries. It includes the emergence of the modern woman in the twentieth century, as well as the reemergence of the women's movement. The course stresses both the changes and the continuities over the last 400 years. Credit will be granted for only one prefix: WMS or HIS. (General Studies-Level II, Historical) (GT-HI1) (HIS 165
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3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: WMS 1001 or AAS 1010 or CHS 1000; or Permission of instructor Though U.S. women share much in common, their differences are salient to a thorough understanding of all these women's experiences. Comparative analysis of these differences and their significance according to race/ ethnicity and class are central to this course. The similarities among diverse groups of women will also be examined in order to better understand the complexity of women's lives. To focus the discussion the course will cover work; families; sexuality and reproduction; violence; religion; and politics. Credit will be granted for only on prefix: WMS or AAS or CHS. (General Studies-Level II, Social Sciences; Multicultural) (GT-SS3) (AAS 2100, CHS 2100
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3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: ENG 1010 and ENG 2100 for students enrolled through English; ENG 1010 and WMS 1001 for students enrolled through Women's Studies This course introduces students to women authors; to images of women in fiction, drama and poetry; and to feminist literacy criticism. Works by women of color are included. It has an historical perspective with most reading on British and United States women, particularly those writing in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. The focus will be on the ways in which literature by women in any tradition is affected by their gender. Credit will be granted for only one prefix: WMS or ENG. (ENG 2450)
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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) This course examines women who inhabited the American frontiers from pre-Columbian times through the 20th century. The lives and attitudes of Native American, Hispanic, African American, and native-born and European immigrant women are emphasized. Differences between images and the reality of women's lives are highlighted. Credit will be granted for only one prefix: WMS or HIS. (HIS 2650)
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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: SPE 1710 or WMS 1001 or Permission of instructor, ENG 1010, and satisfaction of Level I Communication requirement This course is designed to expand students' abilities to inventory their own and others' culturally derived gendered communication pattern; analyze those pattern; contrast their own resulting functional and dysfunctional gendered behaviors; relate those behaviors and outcomes to their personal, social, community, political, cultural, economic, work and professional lifestyles; and formulate and engage in new behaviors outside the academic community based on increased gendered communication awareness. Credit will be granted for only one prefix: WMS or SPE. (General Studies-Level II, Arts and Letters) (SPE 2770
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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: PSY 1001 or WMS 1001 This course presents a survey of major contemporary approaches to gender, including a range of scientific and theoretical work. A constructionist approach is utilized to synthesize the views. The course then reviews several major areas of application including relationships, health, violence, workplace, and achievements. Credit will be granted for only one prefix:WMS or PSY. (PSY 3050)
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3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: PSY 1001; 6 additional hours of psychology or Permission of instructor This course explores psychological theory and research dealing with sexual orientation, with an emphasis on lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) identity. Topics include historical and theoretical frameworks, homophobia and heterosexism, origins of sexual orientation, LGB identity development and coming out, diversity, relationships and parenting, the role of community, and others. Credit will be granted for only one prefix: WMS or PSY. (PSY 3070)
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5.00 Credits
3 (1 + 4) Prerequisite: WMS 1001 and ENG 1020; or Permission of instructor This course permits the student to develop an in-depth knowledge of the materials and information in the discipline of women's studies. Through the selections read, students will learn the theory, history, and scope of the literature in the field. This course offers individualized instruction and personal consultation with faculty.
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5.00 Credits
3 (2 + 2) Prerequisite: WMS 1001 or PSY 1001; six additional semester hours in Women's Studies or six additional semester hours in Psychology Social justice encompasses research, activism and current events about manifestations of social oppression and social change This course focuses upon psychological theory and self-identity in the context of multicultural and social justice issues (classism, racism, sexism, heterosexism, and ableism). Lectures, readings, and discussions are integrated with a required service learning placement involving 30 hours of volunteer work in a setting for the underserved. Students have the opportunity to a) reflect on social oppressions; b) analyze the political systems that surround their communities and institutions; and c) apply their reflections to their career goals and personal development. Credit will be granted for only one prefix: WMS or PSY. (Multicultural) (WMS 3170)
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5.00 Credits
3 (3 + 0) Prerequisite: PHI 1010 or 1030 and junior standing are recommended This course involves an examination of traditional philosophical topics and questions from the perspective of contemporary feminist theory. Special consideration is given to feminist critiques of logic, rationality and scientific objectivity and to feminist approaches to ethical, social and political thought. Credit will be granted for only one prefix: PHI or WMS. (PHI 3180)
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