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Courses
GW 101. INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN'S STUDIES 4
An introduction to the origins, purpose, subject matters, and methods of the interdisciplinary study of gender. Students are expected to expand their knowledge of the relative historical and present social conditions of women and men in different contexts and to develop analytical skills for the examination of socially significant variables - race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality. Students will explore different and often opposing understandings of what constitutes feminism and feminist action. The class format will combine interactive lectures, reading assignments, discussion, formal research and writing assignments and other student projects. Ideally, students will leave the class with an understanding of how gender structures cultural, political, economic and social relations in various contexts
GW 201. FEMINIST THEORIES AND METHODOLOGIES 3
A critical exploration of the history, development, influence, and implications of feminist theories and methods. Beginning with seventeenth- and eighteenth-century proto-feminism, the course examines the first and second waves of the women’s movement in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as well as current trends in feminist, gender, and queer theories. Emphasis is placed on the cross-disciplinary nature of inquiry in gender studies and the ways in which particular methods arise from and relate to specific theoretical positions. Prerequisite: GW101.
GW 210. ECOFEMINISM, WOMEN AND THE ENVIRONMENT 3
An interdisciplinary exploration of the complex relationship between feminist theory and praxis, and environmental philosophy and activism. Using the idea of "ecofeminism" as its unifying focus, the course examines such national and global issues as deforestation, overpopulation, species extinction, bioregionalism, environmental pollution, habitat loss, development, and agribusiness. Representative perspectives include those based in deep ecology, social ecology, animal and nature rights, human ecology, earth-based spiritualities, "wise use," the "land ethic," conservation, and wildlife management. M. Stange
GW212. WOMEN IN ITALIAN SOCIETY: YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW 3
Students examine the changing role of women in Italian society. Authors and filmmakers studied include Natalia Ginzburg (Family Lexicon), Dacia Maraini (The Blind Countess), and Lina Wertmuller (Pasqualino Seven Beauties). A portion of the course is dedicated to the new multiethnic Italian reality. Texts by women immigrants in Italy in the last decade include works by Igiaba Scego and Christiana de Caldas Brito. Also counts for the minor in Italian. S. Smith, Foreign Languages and Literatures
GW220. TOO FAT? TOO THIN? WOMEN AND EATING DISORDERS 3
The course begins with a historical examination of the ways in which the female body has been coded with meanings, and the effects those meanings have had on women’s real lives. We will study the ambivalence and contradictions regarding norms of health, thinness, and obesity. We will approach eating disorders from feminist perspectives, which consider these behaviors as women’s responses to oppression. Finally we will consider food from a scholarly as well as real-life perspective. Prerequisite: GW101 or one course listed as applicable to Women’s Studies. V. Rangil
GW 227. HOLDING UP HALF THE SKY: GENDER, WRITING, AND NATIONHOOD IN CHINA 3
Interdisciplinary exploration of gender issues in China, especially but not exclusively focusing on the roles of women in the making of modern Chinese history. Students will learn about cultural specificities in the experiences of Chinese women while exploring the diverse meanings of "women's status" and gender relations. Themes to be examined in the course content include gendered subjectivities, the ideology of the new women, the impact of globalization and transnational capital, different gender roles, and women’s writing from the Opium War to contemporary China. Emphasis on different stages of women’s writing in relation to their cultural conditions and social awakening, and on the ways ideologies helped form gender identities in the twentieth century. (Designated a non-Western culture course.) M. Chen
GW 371, 372. INDEPENDENT STUDY 3, 3
A program of individual reading and research under the direction of the gender studies faculty. Prerequisite: approval of the director of gender studies.
GW 375. SENIOR SEMINAR IN GENDER STUDIES 4
Exploration of primary and secondary sources in the interdisciplinary examination of a particular theme or topic in gender studies. The focus is on advanced research, and close attention is paid to the development, organization, and production of a major project. Students will present their research to the seminar; those intending to write an honors thesis will present their thesis proposals. Prerequisites: GW101 and GW201.
GW 376. SENIOR THESIS 3
Independent study and research leading to a thesis examining, from an interdisciplinary perspective, a topic relevant to gender studies. Students will work under the direction of a faculty advisor as well as a second reader. Open to genderstudies majors only, and required of candidates for program honors.
GW 399. PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIP IN GENDER STUDIES 3
Internship opportunity for students whose academic and cocurricular experience has prepared them for professional work related to gender studies. With faculty sponsorship and approval of the director of the Gender Studies Program, students may extend their educational experience into such areas as counseling, education, crisis intervention, health care delivery, business and management, and other areas relevant to gender studies. Academic assignments will be determined by the faculty sponsor in consultation with the on-site supervisor. Prerequisites: Two courses in gender studies, at least one of which is at the 200 or 300 level.
The following list may be revised with the approval of the director as departments offer additional courses in gender studies.
AH 369 Topics in Gender and Visual Culture
AH 375 Seminar: Special Topics in Art History (when applicable)
AM 230 Born in America
AM 340 Women and Work in America
AM 342 Black Feminist Thoughts
AM 363 Women in American Culture
AM 376 Disorderly Women
AN 347 Women and Gender in Evolutionary Perspective
AN 351 Topics in Cultural or Biological Anthropology (when applicable)
CC 365 Advanced Topics in Classical Studies (when applicable)
EC 351 Gender in the Economy
EN 208 Language and Gender
EN 223 Women and Literature
EN 316 Nineteenth-Century British Novel
EN 338 Queer Fictions
EN 360 Women Writers
EN 363 Special Studies in Literary History (when applicable)
EN 375 Senior Seminar in Literary Studies (when applicable)
GO 223 Current Issues in Public Policy
GO 313 Politics of Contemporary United States Social Movements
GO 352 Women and the Law
GO 353 Sex and Power
GO 354 Feminist Political Thought
GO 357 Sexing Global Politics: Gender and International Relations
HI 217 Topics in History (when applicable)
HI 228 Race, Class, and Gender in Latin America
HI 363 Topics in History (when applicable)
MB 336H Diversity and Discrimination in the American Workplace: Is the Melting Pot Boiling Over?
PS 331 Psychology of Women
RE 205 Women, Religion, and Spirituality
RE 220 Encountering the Goddess in India
RE 330 Advanced Topics in Religion (when applicable)
SB 315 Work, Family, and Organizations
SO 203 Femininities and Masculinities
SO 217 Families in the United States
SO 225 Quantifying Women
SO 316 Women in Modern Society
SO 331 Women in Global Economy
TH 251 Theater Topics (when applicable)
TH 334 Special Studies in Theater History and Theory (when applicable)
