First semester. Three credits. 

An introduction to research on women and gender in a variety of social science fields. Considers interpersonal relationships, socioeconomic status, power and authority as women experience them and explores the myths and realities of difference between women and men, and of differences among women of different race, class or ethnic backgrounds in the U.S.

Either semester. Three credits. D' Alleva

Interdisciplinary examination of the representations of women and works by women in one or more of the following genres: drama, art, music, or film. Key issues of feminist criticism and scholarship in the arts are introduced and discussed.

Either semester. Three credits.

Exploration of the social position and relations of women and men (political, economic, cultural and familial) in selected non-western societies. Emphasis is given both to understanding the origins of culturally distinctive patterns and to recognizing the ways in which these relationships have been and are being transformed.

Either or both semesters. Credit and hours by arrangement. May be repeated for credit. Consent of program director required, normally before the student's departure

(Also offered as POLS 203W.) Second semester. Three credits. Creevey

Analysis of the role of women in the process of development in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The importance of gender to the understanding of development and modernization will be explored and the ways in which change in traditional societies has affected the position of women economically, socially, and politically will be examined.

(Also offered as POLS 204). Either semester. Three credits.

An introduction to feminist thought, the study of women as political actors, the feminist movement and several public policy issues affecting women.

(Also offered as HIST 210.) Either semester. Three credits. Not open to students who have taken HIST 202 or WS 202 before fall 1998. Dayton

Compares the evolving gender systems of native American groups, transplanted Africans, and immigrant Europeans up to the early Nineteenth Century. Topics include women's work, marriage and divorce, witch-hunting, masculinity, and women's Revolutionary War roles.

(Also offered as HIST 215.) Either semester. Three credits. Not open to students who have taken HIST 202 or WS 202 before fall 1998. Porter-Benson

Women and gender in family, work, education, politics, and religion. Impact of age, race, ethnicity, region, class, and affectional preference on women's lives. Changing definitions of womanhood and manhood.

Either semester. Three credits.

Feminist analysis of Hollywood film. Investigates women's roles as filmmaker, writer, editor, and actress as well as messages communicated to female viewers.

(Also offered as ANTH 231.) First semester. Three credits. Open to sophomores. Dussart

Major conceptual and historical problems in the anthropological study of gender. Women's roles in different historical and contemporary settings, the emergence of new concepts of family, kinship, power, and cultural ideology.

Three credits.  Prerequisites: WS 103, 104, or 124. Meyers

Current feminist theories and related social and political issues.

Either semester. Three to nine credits. Hours by arrangement. Prerequisite: One Women's Studies course in field appropriate to placement. To be taken concurrently with WS 262. Open only with consent of Women's Studies Internship Coordinator. Transfer students who wish to major in Women's Studies are not required to take Women's Studies Internship Program.

A field placement 9-18 hours per week in an organization related to the student's major field of study. Such work is overseen by the field work supervisor and the Women's Studies Internship Coordinator. 

Either semester. Three credits. Open only with consent of Women's Studies Internship Coordinator. McComiskey

A weekly seminar on women and work in which students integrate their field experience with readings, class discussion and guest lecturers.

Second semester. Three credits.  McComiskey

A discussion of the various forms of violence against women in our society, including rape, battering, incest and pornography; treats the social, political and personal meaning of violence.

First semester. Three credits.

An examination of the role of gender in shaping the American workplace and the lives of workers. Discussion of important issues such as comparable worth and sexual harassment drawing on research done in a variety of social science disciplines.

First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: WS 103 or WS 104 or WS 124 or HIST 121. Women's Studies majors are strongly urged to take this course as early as possible and before PHIL 218.

Analyses gender bias in research design and practice, problems of androcentric values, and over-generalization in research. Varieties of feminist research methods and their implications for the traditional disciplines. Student projects using different methodologies.

First semester. Three credits.

An examination of the intersections of gender, race and culture as these are played out in women's studies, oral histories, and other forms of testimony. Readings and discussions will explore the myths and realities of Asian-American, Latin, and African-American women's experiences using a sociohistorical perspective.

Second semester. Three credits.  McComiskey

Focus on poverty in the United States with special attention to its effects on women and their families, including emphasis on race and class differences, and on the policies that keep women in poverty and those that will bring them out of it.

Second semester. Three credits. Not open for credit to students who have passed WS 278. 

An examination of the cultural assumptions about gender in our major communication processes. We will draw from the new scholarship on women to critically analyze the theory and practice of communication in contemporary U.S. society.

Either semester. Three credits. Not open for credit to students who have passed WS 278.

What is feminism? Who are the feminists and what do they want? How effective has the Women's Movement been in accomplishing its goals? What are the most controversial questions it has raised? Is the Women's Movement dead or dying? We will research and discuss questions like these both through examination of the writings and activities of the contemporary Women's Movement in the United States and through historical and international comparisons.

(Also offered as ANTH 274.) Second semester. Three credits. Not open for credit to students who have passed WS 278.

Religion has been a source of personal empowerment and social change for women throughout history. This course will examine the various roles women have assumed in religion and its effects on their position in their personal lives and in society.

First semester. One credit. 

This course explores issues of sexual violence and trains those enrolled to facilitate rape awareness workshops for the campus community. Students are required to attend an intensive two-day training program and participate in weekly seminars.

Second semester. One credit. Prerequisite: WS 271.

This course further explores broader issues of sexual violence and continues to train those enrolled to facilitate rape awareness workshops for the campus community. Students are required to participate in weekly seminars and facilitate rape awareness workshops.

Either semester.  Three credits.

An introduction to Biblical interpretaion from a feminist perspective, examining how women are represented in Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament.  Issues of authorship, translation, point of view, cultral context and language.

Second semester. Three credits. Recommended preparation: WS 265 and PHIL 218 (Feminist Theory) or consent of instructor. For WS majors only. McComiskey

Capstone course integrating and analyzing Women's Studies theory and substance through research on a common topic and discussion of advanced texts.

(Also offered as ARTH 290.) Either semester. Three credits. 

Topics in twentieth-century visual culture (film, advertising, fine arts, crafts, literatures), with emphasis upon matters related to social constructions of ethnicity and sexuality, and upon issues raised by feminist and postcolonial theories.

Either or both semesters. Credit and hours by arrangement. May be repeated for credit. Consent of program director required, normally before the student's departure. May count toward the major with consent of the director.

Either semester. Three credits. With a change of topic, may be repeated for credit. Prerequisites and recommended preparation vary.

Either semester. Credits and hours by arrangement. With a change in content, may be repeated for credit. Prerequisites and recommended preparation vary.

Either semester. Credits and hours by arrangement. This course may be repeated for credit with a change in subject matter. Open only with the consent of the instructor and Women's Studies Program Director.