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| WGS 180.001 | “Gendered Lives” | Mary Ann Drake | MW | 3:00-4:15 |
| WGS 180.002 | Darlene Flaming | TR | 1:40-2:55 | |
| WGS 180.003 | Cynthia Gottshall | MWF | 11:00-11:50 |
An examination of how we live our lives as “men” and “women.” This course investigates the biological basis and cultural construction of gender, with particular attention to cross-cultural examples and the history of challenges to the status quo of gendered societies. WGS 180 is the “gateway” course to the WGS minor.
| WGS 285.001 | “Three Women Authors ” | Diana Stege | TR | 9:25-10:40 |
We will study the works and lives of three women writers who give us piercing analyses of their societies and the position of women in them. We'll read and discuss three works by each author, Jane Austen, Edith Wharton, and Virginia Woolf.
| WGS 285.002 | “Human Sexuality And Relationships” | Emily Piassick | MWF | 1:00-1:50 |
Human sexuality and loving relationships will be taught from a psychological perspective with attention to the physiological, emotional, developmental, and relationship dimensions of sexuality. Course goals are to present factual information and to promote scholarly examination of biological, social, personal, and ethical factors in sexual expression. This course operates under the assumption that sex and relationships are appropriate and important topics of study, and that our understanding will be enhanced by reading about, thinking about, and discussing many aspects of human sexuality. Virtually everyone will feel some self-consciousness or discomfort with some of the subject matter, but if you do not share the belief that it is appropriate and worthwhile to study and discuss sexual issues in the context of the university classroom, this course is probably not for you.
| WGS 314.001/ POL 314 | “Women in Developing Countries” | Eimad Houry | TR | 12:15-1:30 |
Of the many dimensions and consequences of the process of development, the role of women in this process has received relatively little attention until recent years. This course offers an opportunity to learn about the status of women in developing countries, in general, and the role of women in the process of development, in particular. We examine the interactions between women and the dominant political, economic, religious and social structures on both national and international levels. Multiple perspectives are employed to guide the discussions. The goal is to identify the obstacles restricting the participation of women in public life, and to explore some of the solutions offered to overcome these constraints.
| WGS 385.001/ AFR 300/ ENG 380 | “African-American Women's Literature” | Tia Gafford | TR | 10:50-12:05 |
This course answers the basic query of how and why Black women chose to write literature (1853-1900) that reflects a proactive rather than a reactive stance in their protest literature. We will contextually analyze the literary works of Harriet Jacobs, Harriet Wilson, Frances E.W. Harper, Pauline Hopkins and Elizabeth Keckely who reconstructed the “tragic” mulatto as the first Black female heroine.
| WGS 401.001 | “Gender Theory & Feminist Thought” | Sarah Gardner | TR | 8:00-9:15 |
An interdisciplinary examination of theoretical perspectives in women's and gender studies, including the history of Western ideas on gender and the impact on traditional academic disciplines of scholarship on women and gender. We will emphasize the connection between critical theories, lived experience, and activism. Prerequisites: WGS 180 and 201
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