Gender and Women's Studies

Fall 2008 Courses

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SOCS 1112	Foundations in Gender and Women's Studies 10-11:50am, Monday/Wednesday, 4 Credits, Jessica Munns This course offers a broad and theoretically engaged introduction to the field(s) of gender and women’s studies. Feminist theory will serve as a framework for exploring how women and men’s identities, opportunities and experiences are informed not only by our cultural assumptions about gender, but also by other interrelated factors such as race, ability, ethnicity, class, and sexuality. Topics we will interrogate include: the social construction of masculinity and femininity; the politics of bodies; communication and gender; sexuality; families; violence; and the media. This course will be run as a seminar in which all students will write regularly and participate often.
GWST 2981 section 1	Colloquium in GWST: Rhetoric, Suffrage, and US Women's Writing 10:00 - 11:50 a.m., Tuesdays, 2 Credits, Geoffrey Bateman This interdisciplinary course will allow students to gain familiarity with the history of feminist rhetoric through an exploration of the U.S. women's suffrage movement and the literary traditions that surround this issue in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
GWST 2981 section 2	Colloquium in GWST: Gender, Politics, and Power 4:00-5:50pm, Wednesdays, 2 credits, Jennifer Reich Students taking this course will attend a series of 6 politically related talks given on campus over the fall term, with class meetings immediately following the lecture. Gender, Politics, and Power is a service learning course, so students will complete 8 contact hours of service learning in addition to the class meetings. Students will be doing politically related work, such as voter registration. A final election night event at the Cable Center will wrap up the exciting course!
GWST 3680/HCOM 3680	Gender and Communication 10-11:50am, Monday/Wednesdays, 5 credits, Elizabeth Suter
GWST 3985	Gender and Women's Studies Internship Arranged, Staff
GWST 3991	Independent Study Arranged, Staff Prereq: Independent Study Form - available in Registrar's Office
GWST 3998	Gender and Women’s Studies Honors Thesis Arranged, Staff
GWST 4991	Graduate Independent Study Arranged, Staff Prereq: Graduate Independent Study Form – available in Graduate Dean's Office

Also-listed Courses Counting for GWST Credit

SOCI 2780	Women and the Law 2:00-3:50p.m., Monday and Wednesday, 5 credits, Nancy Reichman
SOCI 2210	The Family 4:00-5:50pm, Monday and Wednesday, 5 credits, Christine Sheikh

Other Courses of Interest

CORE 2653	Law and Politics of Reproduction 10-11:50am, Monday and Wednesday, 4 credits, Jennifer Reich
CORE 4281	Witchcraft and Renaissance Drama 10-11:50am, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4 credits, Linda Bensel-Meyers