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Women’s and Gender Studies is intended to introduce
the student to the history of women and to the effects of gender on
the forms of and approaches to disciplinary study and practice.
Minor
Five courses must be completed, one of which must be either
Introduction to Women’s Studies – Theory or Introduction to Women’s
Studies – History. Students must select courses from at least three
different disciplines in addition to courses identified as WGS
courses. Examples of other courses applicable to the minor are as
follows:
CRS 390 Advanced
Topics in Communication and Rhetoric Studies: Women in the History
of Rhetoric
CRS 390 Advanced
Topics in Communication and Rhetoric Studies: Gender and
Communication
ECO 424 Labor
Economics
ENG 304 Images of
Women in Literature
ENG 312 Special
Topics in Literature and Culture: Gender and Autobiography
ENG 312 Special
Topics in Literature and Culture: Contemporary Women Writers
ENG 314 Special
Topics in Major British and American Authors: Jane Austen
FRE 404 Great French
Actresses and Their Film Roles
MUS 430 Special
Topics in Music: Women in Music
PSY 401 Special
Topics in Psychology: Gendering (Social Constructions of Gender)
PSY 401 Special
Topics in Psychology: Psychology of Women
SOC 201 The Family
SPN 401 Special
Topics in Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures:
Contemporary Latin American Women Writers
THE 320 Special
Topics in Theatre: Feminist Theatre
THE 320 Special
Topics in Theatre: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful –
Hollywood’s Treatment of Women
The following courses are offered in Women's and Gender Studies:
| WGS 301. Introduction to Women's
Studies - Theory |
4 hours |
The purpose of this
course is to examine the diverse theoretical approaches which
have evolved as scholars and activists have endeavored to
incorporate the concerns and experiences of diverse groups of
women into dominant world views. The seminar will explore the
issues of race, class, and gender, paying close attention to how
these variables affect the development of women’s identities and
relationships.
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| WGS 302. Introduction to Women's
Studies - History |
4 hours |
The purpose of this
course is to explore the history of feminism. By examining a
wide range of texts, this seminar will investigate the
development of ideas, which have come to be recognized as
feminist-womanist and the discipline that has developed into
women’s studies in the context of Western civilization. Included
will be Raine Eisler’s The Chalice and the Blade, which examines
the position on women in the beginnings of civilization, Mary
Wollstonecrafts’s Vindication of the Rights of Women (1792),
Mary Beard’s Women as a Force in History, De Beauvoir’s Second
Sex, Susan Faludi’s Backlash, and Ellen Carol Dubois’s Unequal
Sisters: A Multi-Cultural Reader in U.S. Women’s History.
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| WGS 303. The Literature and
History of Immigrant and Minority Women in America |
4 hours |
The purpose of this
course is to explore the experiences of immigrant and minority
women in North America from the interdisciplinary perspectives
of history, literature, and women’s studies. Through extensive
reading, discussion, and research this seminar will attempt to
recapture women’s sense of their own identities in relation to
the dominant ideologies of race, class, and gender.
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| WGS 304. Women Poets |
4 hours |
This course is a survey
of poetry by women, from ancient Chinese, Persian, and others in
translation, to medieval Irish and Renaissance English, to 19th-
and 20th-century Americans, as well as Eastern Europeans and
Latin Americans in translation. Included will be several recent
poets such as Gwendolyn Brooks, Adrienne Rich, and Mary Oliver
in order to discover what themes, images, and attitudes seem to
emerge from the works. Prerequisites: COR 101 and COR 102.
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| WGS 305. Special Topics in
Women's and Gender Studies |
4 hours |
This course is intended
to introduce the student to the study of women and gender.
Special emphasis is placed on the intersection of gender with
the epistemological foundations of other disciplines, and on the
theory and practice of the study of gender. Courses are not
limited to, for example, Southern Women's Literature and
History, but will often be under the same rubric of other
disciplines such as are listed under the requirements of the
minor.
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| WGS 400. Independent Study in
Women’s and Gender Studies |
1-4 hours |
Supervised research on
a selected topic. Prerequisite: Submission of a proposed outline
of study that includes a schedule of meetings and assignments
approved by the instructor, the division chair, and the Provost
and Senior Vice President prior to registration.
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| FRE 404. Great French Actresses
and Their Film Roles |
4 hours |
This course will study
French film actresses and their roles in an attempt to
understand better the situation of women in France during the
last half of the 20th century. Readings from The Second Sex by
Simone de Beauvoir, written at the outset of the period in
question, provide a counterpoint to the cinematic fiction.
Actresses studied may include Isabelle Adjani, Arletty, Fanny
Ardant, Brigitte Bardot, Juliette Binoche, Sandrine Bonaire,
Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Miou-Miou, Romy Scheider,
and Simone Signoret. The course is conducted in English.
Students may take the course as part of a French major or minor
and complete readings, tests, and written work in French.
Prerequisite: None for work in English, FRE 302 for work in
French.
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| WGS 407. Internship in Women’s
and Gender Studies |
1-4 hours |
| An internship is
designed to provide a formalized experiential learning
opportunity to qualified students. The internship generally
requires the student to obtain a faculty supervisor in the
relevant field of study, submit a learning agreement, work 30
hours for every hour of academic credit, keep a written journal
of the work experience, have regularly scheduled meetings with
the faculty supervisor, and write a research paper dealing with
some aspect of the internship. Written work should total five
pages of academic writing for every hour of credit. An extensive
list of internships is maintained by the Career Services Office.
Graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisites:
Permission of the faculty supervisor and qualification for the
internship program. |
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