GWST 1112: Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies (CRN 3336) Tuesday/Thursday, 10-11:50, 4 credits, Lindsey Feitz
This course fulfills an SI: Society core curriculum requirement.
This course provides an introduction to the discipline of gender and women's studies. All cultures engage in a complex process of assigning cultural values and social roles which vary according to the cultural environment in which human interaction occurs. Among these, the process of translating biological differences into a complex system of gender remains one of the most important.
Gender and women's studies aims to understand how this process of "gendering" occurs. This course also explores how this system of meaning relates to other systems of allocating power, including socioeconomic class, social status, ethnicity, religion, sexuality and nationality.
Using this lens, this course explores contemporary social developments and problems. This class presents students with a variety of texts from sociological articles to literary fictions, and documentary and fictional cinema to explore gender from many directions.
GWST 2982: Gender and Disability: "Witches, Cripples and other Monsters" (CRN 2284) Tuesdays, 4-5:50, 2 credits, Heike Peckruhn
This course examines the constructions of the intersecting categories of disability and gender via social, political, cultural and symbolic means. Special focus will be given to the ways disability is gendered and gender is disabled, though in investigation of texts and cultural examples we will also keep in mind the intersections with other bodily and social markers, such as race, sexuality, class and nationality.
We will mainly focus on the experiences of women with disabilities, but will also investigate intersections with queerness, masculinities and gender transgression. This course provides and introduction to different theoretical approaches to disability and explores similarities and differences to theories of gender. We will also explore issues regarding sexuality, relationships, civil rights, cultural representation and advocacy.
For the purposes of this course, "disability" will include various ways in which bodies/minds can be seen as "abnormal," including physical and cognitive disabilities as well as chronic illness and emotional/mental difference.
GWST 3950: Theories in Gender and Women's Studies (CRN 4542) Wednesdays, 6-9:50, 4 credits, Luc Beaudoin
Prerequisite: GWST 1112
This course is an overview of a number of different manifestations of gender theory. The course is divided into four parts: feminist theory, masculinity theory, queer theory and international perspectives.
We will be covering some of the foundational approaches to questions of sexuality and gender identity, as well as exploring examples of these questions through select works of literature and film.
This course may be repeated for credit as long as course subtitles are different.
ASEM 2687: Sex and Globalization (CRN 3316) Mondays/Wednesdays, 12-1:50 p.m., 4 credits, Lindsey Feitz
You may get major credit for an ASEM if it is taken after your ASEM requirement is met. Email hava.gordon@du.edu to discuss further.
Over the last 30 years, scholars from a variety of disparate fields have laid claim to the study of the complex, pervasive phenomena that many now simply refer to as "globalization." More recently, however, feminist scholars in these same fields have argued that globalization is also an inherently gendered (and sexed and raced) phenomenon that has profound consequences on people's livelihoods, identities and well-being around the world.
This course will examine globalization as a process that centers upon these gendered, raced and sexual differences. You will be introduced to range of interdisciplinary feminist scholarship and asked to consider the following questions:
What does a gendered analysis of globalization look like?
How does it enhance our understanding of the ways power, privilege and inequality manifest themselves in different parts of the world?
In what ways do women and men get enlisted to support (both physically and symbolically) global commerce, migration and war?
Courses with GWST attribute:
HIST 2630: American Women's History (CRN 4376) Tuesdays/Thursdays, 10-11:50, 4 credits, Elizabeth Escobedo
This course is a survey of U.S. women's history from the colonial period to the present. It will examine the social, cultural, economic, and political developments shaping American women's public and private roles over several centuries, in addition to the ways in which women gave meaning to their everyday lives.
Particular attention will be paid to the variety of women's experiences, with an emphasis on the interplay of race, class, ethnicity and sexuality.
COMN 1015: Voice and Gender (CRN 2666) Tuesdays/Thursdays, 8-9:50, 4 credits, Brian Grewe
SOCI 2730: Gender in Society (CRN 4396) Tuesdays/Thursdays, 8-9:50, 4 credits, Amie Levesque
Although there is a prerequisite, please talk to the instructor about waiving for GWST.
Every day, gender norms and prescriptions shape the ways we think about, act upon and discuss the world we live in. From the moment we are born, boys and girls are treated differently based on the roles that are assigned by the dominant culture.
In this course, we will examine the ways in which societal expectations and our own perceptions of sexuality, violence, family, religion, education, health, work and public policy are shaped by gender. Within each of these categories, we will also analyze the intersections of race and class.
We will look at gender theories in the contexts of femininities and masculinities, as neither are possible to understand without an analysis of the other. We will also explore the ideas of gender beyond the exclusive dichotomy of men and women.
It is my goal that each of you will leave this course with a comprehension of the sociological understanding that gender is not essential, but rather, it is a social construction and a complex process that is continuously created, maintained, and transformed.
ASEM 2653: Law & Politics of Reproduction (CRN 4387) Tuesdays/Thursdays, 12-1:50, 4 credits, Jennifer Reich
You may get major credit for an ASEM if it is taken after your ASEM requirement is met. Email hava.gordon@du.edu to discuss further.
COMN 2700: Topics: Gender, Culture, Identity in the Middle East (CRN 4349) Tuesdays/Thursdays, 10-11:50, 4 credits, Fatima Zahrae Chrifi Alaoui
ECON 2280: Gender in the Economy (CRN 2459) Tuesdays/Thursdays, 12-1:50, 4 credits, Paula Cole
Although there is a prerequisite, please talk to the instructor about waiving for GWST.
GWST and GWST-attributed courses coming up in spring 2013 include...
GWST 1112: Intro to GWST (CRN 3209)
GWST 2983, Colloquium: Black Feminism and Pop Culture (CRN 1635)
GWST 2700: Topics in GWST: Selling Gender and the American Dream (CRN TBD)
COMN 1015: Voice and Gender (CRN 2671)
SOCI 2220: Sociology of Childhood (CRN 4344)
ENGL 2830: Representations of Women (CRN 2631)
SOCI 2765: The Female Offender (CRN 2765)
ANTH 3380: Women and Development (CRN 4268)
INTS 3390: Gender and Development (CRN 4375)
MFJS 3652: Culture, Gender & Global Comm (CRN 2659)
ENGL 3733 Topics: Jane Austen (CRN 3032)
More information will be provided about spring classes during winter quarter.
Course Listing Archive
Fall 2012
GWST 1112: Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies (CRN 3336) Tuesday/Thursday, 10-11:50, 4 credits, Lindsey Feitz This course provides an introduction to the discipline of Gender and Women's Studies. All cultures engage in a complex process of assigning cultural values and social roles which vary according to the cultural environment in which human interaction occurs. Among these, the process of translating biological differences into a complex system of gender remains one of the most important. Gender and Women's Studies aims to understand how this process of 'gendering' occurs. This course also explores how this system of meaning relates to other systems of allocating power, including socioeconomic class, social status, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, and nationality. Using this lens, this course explores contemporary social developments and problems. This class presents students with a variety of texts from sociological articles to literary fictions, and documentary and fictional cinema to explore gender from many directions.
GWST 2981: Victim Advocacy and Activism in a Multicultural Context (CRN 3337) Monday, 4-5:50, 2 credits, Lisa Ingarfield Given the prevalence of interpersonal violence (sexual assault, relationship violence and stalking) in society, this course provides students with the intellectual, philosophical, and practical skills to understand advocacy for survivors of interpersonal violence in a multicultural context. The course explores victim advocacy, the focus areas of interpersonal violence, cultural considerations, students' own philosophy of victim advocacy, and the experience of survivors. The class challenges students to consider how their own social identities influence the advocacy relationship. While the focus of the class is on interpersonal violence, the discussions will provide skills for any kind of crime victim advocacy.
GWST 2700: Narratives about Gender: Digital Storytelling Tuesday/Thursday, 2-3:50, 4 credits, Kate Burns and Ruth Hickerson This course explores the use of narrative as both a sense‐making and self‐presentation tool. Throughout the quarter students will work on their own digital narratives related to gender created through editing software found on their laptops. Each student will produce a compelling creative treatment of their story through activities that include writing exercises, discovering the story, storyboarding, scripting, digitizing images and video, recording a voiceover and soundtrack, and editing the project. As they build their narratives, students will study the elements of digital storytelling, including point of view, dramatic questions, emotional content, voice, soundtrack, economy, and pacing. Further, their own work on a personal narrative will inform their examination of meta-narratives and resistant narratives related to gender and intersecting identities.
Courses with GWST Attribute:
SOCI 2210: The Family (CRN 2279) Tuesday/Thursday, 12-1:50, 4 credits, Christine Sheikh This course explores the family, with emphasis on different kinds of families and on contemporary issues of changing gender roles, intimacy, childbearing, family breakup and reconstitution, and family relationships with other social institutions.
SOCI 2420: Social Inequality (CRN 2210) Monday/Wednesday, 8-9:50, 4 credits, Lisa Martinez This course focuses on dimensions of social class and its effect on economic, political and social institutions as well as style of life.
MFJS 3203: Women & Film (CRN 4272) Monday/Wednesday, 12-1:50, 4 credits, Diane Waldman This course explores representations of women in film, both in the dominant Hollywood cinema and in alternative filmmaking practices (experimental film, documentary, etc.).
ANTH 2061: Gender, Change, Globalization (CRN 3778) Tuesday/Thursday, 4-5:50, 4 credits, Ermitte St. Jacques This course introduces students to anthropological approaches to the study of gender and globalization with a focus on social and cultural change. The course presents a survey of cross-cultural variations in gender identities and practices and analyzes how men and women are affected differently by the economic and cultural changes brought about by globalization, such as international development policies, migration, and media productions are emphasized. Contemporary social issues are discussed to explore these transformations and the effects they have on people's everyday lives.
