Center for Women’s and Gender Studies
Women's and Gender Studies: WGS
Lower-Division Courses
WGS 301. Introductory Topics in Women's and Gender Studies.
Three lecture hours a week for one semester, or as required for the topic. Some topics partially fulfill legislative requirement for American history. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Varies with the topic.
Topic 2: Introduction to Child Psychology. General introduction to physical, social, and cognitive development from conception onward. Prerequisite: Psychology 301 with a grade of at least C.
Topic 4: Family Relationships. Same as Human Development and Family Sciences 304. The process of family interaction over the life cycle. Application of research findings to the understanding of relationships.
Topic 5: Child Development. Same as Human Development and Family Sciences 313. Motor, language, cognitive, social, and emotional development in the family context. Only one of the following may be counted: Human Development and Family Sciences 313, 313H, Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 5). Prerequisite: Psychology 301 with grade of at least C-, and credit or registration for Human Development and Family Sciences 113L.
Topic 6: Ethnicity and Gender: La Chicana. Same as Mexican American Studies 319 (Topic 1: Ethnicity and Gender: La Chicana) and Sociology 308D.
Topic 7: Women's Reproductive Health for Nonscience Majors. Same as Nursing 307 (Topic 1: Women's Reproductive Health for Nonscience Majors) and Sociology 308 (Topic 2: Women's Reproductive Health for Nonscience Majors). Overview of contemporary women's reproductive health issues, with emphasis on historical, physiological, psychosocial, and cultural influences that affect the reproductive health of women during adolescence, the childbearing years, and midlife. Only one of the following may be counted: Nursing 307 (Topic 1), Sociology 308 (Topic 2), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 7). Additional prerequisite: One year of high school biology, or Biology 301L or 309D or the equivalent.
Topic 11: United States Women, Sexuality, and Gender to 1865. Same as History 317L (Topic 5: United States Women, Sexuality, and Gender to 1865). Partially fulfills legislative requirement for American history.
Topic 12: Gay and Lesbian Literature and Culture. Same as English 314V (Topic 4: Gay and Lesbian Literature and Culture). Prerequisite: English 603A, Rhetoric and Writing 306, 306Q, or Tutorial Course 603A.
WGS 305. Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies.
Introduction to the role of gender identity and representation in key social institutions and processes, including borders, displacements, and diasporas. Analysis of the social narratives of gender, race, and sexuality. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic: Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies) and 305 may not both be counted.
WGS 119S, 219S, 319S, 419S, 519S, 619S, 719S, 819S, 919S. Topics in Women's and Gender Studies.
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Center for Women's and Gender Studies. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Upper-Division Courses
WGS 321. Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies in the Humanities.
Multidisciplinary course examining the creative work of women and the image of women in history and art. Topics in addition to the following may be offered; these are listed in the Course Schedule. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Varies with the topic and is given in the Course Schedule.
Topic 4: Women and Literature: European Tradition. Same as Scandinavian 323 (Topic 3: Women and Literature: European Tradition). Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
WGS 322. Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies in the Social Sciences.
Multidisciplinary course using approaches from the social sciences to examine gender constructs and male/female roles. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Varies with the topic.
Topic 1: Sociology of Gender. Same as Sociology 333K. Inequality between the sexes; men's and women's changing roles in society. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
WGS 323. Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies in the Natural Sciences.
Examination of gender constructs and male and female roles and differences and similarities, using approaches from the natural sciences. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, or as required for the topic. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Varies with the topic.
Topic 2: Human Physical Growth and Development.
WGS 324. Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies in Communication.
Multidisciplinary course examining issues of women, gender, and sexuality in media industries, texts, and audiences. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, or as required for the topic. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Varies with the topic and is given in the Course Schedule.
Topic 1: Gender and Communication. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 2: Women and Media Culture. Introduction to the study of women's relations to media culture. Three lecture hours and two and one-half screening hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: For radio-television-film majors: upper-division standing and the following coursework, with a grade of at least C in each course: Radio-Television-Film 305, either 314 or 316, and six additional semester hours of lower-division coursework in radio-television-film; for others, upper-division standing and consent of instructor.
WGS 125. Special Topics in Women's and Gender Studies.
Analysis of special topics in women's and gender studies through reading, discussion, and lectures. One lecture hour a week for one semester. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Varies with the topic and is given in the Course Schedule.
WGS 129S, 229S, 329S, 429S, 529S, 629S, 729S, 829S, 929S. Topics in Women's and Gender Studies.
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the Center for Women's and Gender Studies. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
WGS 340, 440. Cross-Cultural Topics in Women's and Gender Studies.
Women's experiences in different cultures. Three or four lecture hours a week for one semester. Some topics partially fulfill legislative requirement for American history. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Varies with the topic.
Topic 2: Women and Family in Asia. Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 2) is same as Asian Studies 372 (Topic 5: Women and Family in Asia). Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Topic 3: African American Family. Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 3) is same as African and African Diaspora Studies 374 (Topic 1: African American Family) and Social Work 360K (Topic 2: African American Family).
Topic 5: German Women Filmmakers. Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 5) is same as Germanic Civilization 361E (Topic 5: German Women Filmmakers). Only one of the following may be counted: English 322 (Topic 14: German Women Filmmakers), European Studies 361 (Topic 15: German Women Filmmakers), Germanic Civilization 361E (Topic 5), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 5). Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 8: Women in Asian Societies. Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 8) is same as Asian Studies 361 (Topic 14: Women in Asian Societies) and History 350L (Topic 25: Women in Asian Societies). Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 9: Black Women in America. Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 9) is same as African and African Diaspora Studies 374D (Topic 9: Black Women in America) and History 350R (Topic 17: Black Women in America). Uses primary sources, historical monographs, and essays to provide a chronological and thematic overview of the experiences of black women in America from their African roots to the circumstances they face in the present era. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 374D (Topic 9) History 350L (Topic: Black Women in America), 350R (Topic 17), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 9). Partially fulfills legislative requirement for American History. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of coursework in history.
Topic 10: Iranian Women Writers. Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 10) is same as Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 321 (Topic 11: Iranian Women Writers) and Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic 11: Iranian Women Writers). Only one of the following may be counted: Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 321 (Topic 11), Middle Eastern Studies 324K (Topic 1: Iranian Women Writers), 342 (Topic 11), Persian 361 (Topic 3: Iranian Women Writers), WGS 340 (Topic 10). Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 11: Veiling in the Muslim World. Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 11) is same as Asian Studies 372 (Topic 14: Veiling in the Muslim World), Islamic Studies 372 (Topic 2: Veiling in the Muslim World), and Religious Studies 358 (Topic 5: Veiling in the Muslim World). Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 372 (Topic 14), Islamic Studies 372 (Topic 2), Middle Eastern Studies 322K (Topic 17: Veiling in the Muslim World), Religious Studies 358 (Topic 5), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 11). Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 12: Women in Modern Japanese Fiction. Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 12) is same as Asian Studies 372 (Topic 17: Women in Modern Japanese Fiction). Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or consent of instructor.
Topic 13: Law and Society in Early Modern Europe. Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 13) is same as European Studies 346 (Topic 4: Law and Society in Early Modern Europe) and History 350L (Topic 57: Law and Society in Early Modern Europe). Research seminar on how historians have explored the significance of law, criminal and civil, in the lives of early modern Europeans. Topics include infanticide, fornication, drunkenness, theft, debt, slander, and family disputes. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 346 (Topic 4), 361 (Topic: Law and Society in Early Modern Europe), History 350L (Topic 57), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 13). Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 14: Self-Revelation in Women's Writing. Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 14) is same as African and African Diaspora Studies 374 (Topic 26: Self-Revelation in Women's Writing), Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 4: Self-Revelation in Women's Writing), and Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic 19: Self-Revelation in Women's Writing). Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 374 (Topic 26), Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 4), English 376L (Topic 9: Self-Revelation in Women's Writing), Middle Eastern Studies 322K (Topic 26: Self-Revelation in Women's Writing), 342 (Topic 19), Persian 361 (Topic: Self-Revelation in Women's Writing). Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 17: Italian Women Writers. Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 17) is same as Italian Civilization 349 (Topic 5: Italian Women Writers). Only one of the following may be counted: English 322 (Topic 38: Italian Women Writers), Italian Civilization 349 (Topic 5), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 17). Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 18: Women and Gender in China. Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 18) is same as Asian Studies 372 (Topic 21: Women and Gender in China) and History 350L (Topic 46: Women and Gender in China). Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 19: Contemporary India. Exploration of urban and rural inequality through classic and contemporary novels, ethnographies, and films that highlight gender relations. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 20: Violence in Contemporary Mexican Culture. Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 20) is same as Latin American Studies 370S (Topic 23: Violence in ContemporaryMexican Culture) and Spanish 350 (Topic 13: Violence in Contemporary Mexican Culture). Studies the representation of violence in contemporary literary and cultural production in Mexico in order to understand social, political, and cultural implications of current violence in that country. Taught in Spanish. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Spanish 611D, 612, or 312L.
Topic 21: Minorities and the Media. Discussion of issues concerning minority or nondominant groups in the United States. Survey of minority communication problems, including alienation; fragmentation; media and Internet access; and criticism and feedback for minority groups based on racial/ethnic background, age, sex, disability, social or economic class, and sexual orientation. Only one of the following may be counted: Journalism 340C (Topic 1: Mass Media and Minorities), 341H, Latin American Studies 322 (Topic 10: Minorities and the Media), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic 22: Minorities and the Media), Urban Studies 354 (Topic: Minorities and the Media), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 21). Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 22: Muslim Women: Past and Present I. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 23: Muslim Women: Past and Present II. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 24: Nationalism and Gender in South Asia. Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 24) is same as Anthropology 324L (Topic 36: Nationalism and Gender in South Asia) and Asian Studies 361 (Topic 26: Nationalism and Gender in South Asia). Explores why nationalist movements often make the reform of women's roles central to their political projects.
Topic 25: Gender, Sexuality, and the Family in Indian Religions and Cultures. Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 25) is same as Anthropology 324L (Topic 40: Gender, Sexuality, and the Family in Indian Religions and Cultures), Asian Studies 372 (Topic 25: Gender, Sexuality, and the Family in Indian Religions and Cultures), and Religious Studies 341 (Topic 3: Gender, Sexuality, and the Family in Indian Religions and A comprehensive historical overview of gender issues as they are represented in the textual traditions of South Asia.
Topic 26: American Popular Culture, 1682-Present. Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 26) is same as American Studies 370 (Topic 35: American Popular Culture, 1682-Present) and History 350R (Topic 19: American Popular Culture, 1682-Present). Explores the evolution of American popular culture and its relationship to national consolidation, and at times, disunion, over the last 330 years. Partially fulfills legislative requirement for American history. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of coursework in history.
WGS 345. Topics in Women's and Gender Studies.
Three lecture hours a week for one semester, or as required for the topic. Some topics partially fulfill legislative requirement for American history. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Prerequisite: Varies with the topic.
Topic 1: Child Development.
Topic 2: The Family. Family history and origins; comparative family systems; the American family; social antecedents of family structure and process; family formation and dissolution; family and society.
Topic 3: Women in Sickness and Health. Same as History 350R (Topic 18: Women in Sickness and Health). Explores medical and biological views throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries of women and women's health, the social context of those views, the development of medical practices, and the treatment of illness and debility. Only one of the following may be counted: History 350L (Topic: Women in Sickness and Health), 350R (Topic 18), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 3). Partially fulfills legislative requirement for American history. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of coursework in history.
Topic 5: Women and Sport. Same as Kinesiology 352K (Topic 3: Women and Sport).
Topic 6: Introduction to Developmental Psychology. Physical, social, and cognitive development in humans. Psychology 333D and Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 6) may not both be counted.
Topic 7: Eighteenth-Century Women Writers. Same as English 350M (Topic 1: Eighteenth-Century Women Writers). Women writers in the early 18th-century canon. Argues for a historical perspective that demonstrates the centrality of early 18th-century women writers to the western canon. Only one of the following may be counted: English 350M (Topic 1), 376L (Topic: Aphra Behn and 18th Century Women Writers), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 7). Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
Topic 8: Gender-Based Discrimination. Same as American Studies 370 (Topic 6: Gender-Based Discrimination) and Government 357M (Topic 1: Gender-Based Discrimination). Studies the substance of laws that relate to gender-based roles, and the participation of women in the legal process. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing, six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government, a University grade point average of at least 3.50, and consent of department received prior to registering.
Topic 9: Women in Classical Antiquity. Same as Classical Civilization 348 (Topic 7: Women in Classical Antiquity).
Topic 10: Freudians and Feminisms. Same as Germanic Civilization 362E (Topic 1: Freudians and Feminisms) and Philosophy 365 (Topic 1: Freudians and Feminisms). Prerequisite: For English majors, Rhetoric and Writing 306 and English 316K or their equivalents, and three additional semester hours of lower-division coursework in either English or rhetoric and writing; for others, upper-division standing.
Topic 12: Family Policy Issues. Same as Sociology 352M (Topic 5: Family Policy Issues). Consideration of liberal, conservative, and centrist views concerning the major family policy issues facing the United States and other advanced industrial societies.
Topic 13: Isak Dinesen/Karen Blixen. Same as Germanic Civilization 323E (Topic 1: Isak Dinesen/Karen Blixen) and Scandinavian 373 (Topic 6: Isak Dinesen/Karen Blixen). Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 14: Social Dramas of Henrik Ibsen. Same as English 322 (Topic 17: Social Dramas of Henrik Ibsen) and Scandinavian 323 (Topic 2: Social Dramas of Henrik Ibsen). Men and women in their public and private lives. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 15: Contemporary Women Authors. Same as African and African Diaspora Studies 374F (Topic 4: Contemporary Women Authors) and English 370W (Topic 2: Contemporary Women Authors). Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
Topic 17: Language and Gender. Same as English 364S. Linguistic, social, and political dimensions of gender-related speech differences. Only one of the following may be counted: English 346S, Linguistics 373 (Topic: Language and the Sexes), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 17). Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
Topic 19: Social Development in Children. Development of social behavior (for example, sex typing and aggression) and social relationships. Psychology 333R and Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 19) may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing, Psychology 301 with a grade of at least C, Psychology 304 or 333D, and Psychology 418 or an equivalent statistics course with a grade of at least C.
Topic 21: Male-Female Communication. Same as Communication Studies 365K. Studies of speech patterns related to the concepts of male and female, including sexism in speaking, patterns of male and female speaking, patterns of listening to males and females, speech in courtship and family, speech and sexual discrimination in careers. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 23: Sociology of Education. Same as African and African Diaspora Studies 321L and Sociology 321L. Education as a societal institution, with emphasis on the United States educational system: how the system works; the effects of the system; recent changes. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 25: Women and Socialism. Same as Sociology 321K (Topic 4: Women and Socialism). The origins of socialism, its relationship to gender issues, and the role women have played in existing socialist states as revolutionaries and citizens. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 26: American Dilemmas. Examination of critical American social problems and how these problems are a natural outgrowth of the existing social structure. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 27: Southern Cultures. Same as American Studies 370 (Topic 40: Southern Cultures). Investigation of multiple, fluid, and diverse southern cultures through topics such as NASCAR, biscuits and cornbread, mega-churches, beauty pageants, jazz, country music, southern hip hop, migrant farm cultures, matzo ball soup with collards, the Trail of Tears, Gullah, Tara, Graceland, and more. Includes discussion of stereotypes and the individual truths about women, men, and southern in the context of this discussion. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 28: Cult Movies and Gender Issues. Three lecture hours and two and one-half screening hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 29: Witches, Workers, and Wives. Same as European Studies 346 (Topic 3: Witches, Workers, and Wives) and History 343W. Explores the role of families and concepts of gender as expressed in key economic, social, political, and cultural patterns in early modern Europe. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 30: Gay and Lesbian Literature and Culture. Same as English 370W (Topic 8: Gay and Lesbian Literature and Culture). Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
Topic 31: Gender and Slavery in the United States. Same as African And African Diaspora Studies 372C (Topic 4: Gender and Slavery in the United States) and History 350R (Topic 14: Gender and Slavery in the United States). Examines the gendered experience of chattel slavery in the United States. Includes critical analysis of classic and contemporary texts, films, and songs that focus on slave labor, family, community, sexuality, and the economy. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 372C (Topic 4), 374D (Topic: Gender and Slavery in the United States), History 350L (Topic: Gender and Slavery in the United States), 350R (Topic 14), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Gender and Slavery in the United States), 345 (Topic 31). Partially fulfills legislative requirement for American history. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of coursework in history.
Topic 33: The History of Witchcraft. Study of the prosecution of people, most of them women, for the crime of witchcraft in Europe and colonial America between 1450 and 1750. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 34: Leadership in America. Same as American Studies 370 (Topic 10: Leadership in America) and Government 370L (Topic 2: Leadership in America). Introduction to the concepts of leadership and the application of those concepts in public and political leadership. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing, six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government, a University grade point average of at least 3.50, and consent of department received prior to registering.
Topic 35: Psychosocial Issues in Women's Health. Psychosocial issues in women's physical and mental health. Includes a broad definition of women's health that considers traditional reproductive issues, disorders that are more common in women than in men, and the leading causes of death in women. Covers gender influences on health risk behaviors, and societal influences on women's health through a consideration of social norms and roles. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 36: Feminist Media Theory. Survey of basic theories related to the structure and process of film and video communication. Three lecture hours and two and one-half screening hours a week for one semester.
Topic 37: Women in Postwar America. Same as American Studies 370 (Topic: 30: Women in Postwar America) and History 350R (Topic 8: Women in Postwar America). Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic 30), History 350L (Topic 58: Women in Postwar America), 350R (Topic 8), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 37). Partially fulfills legislative requirement for American history. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of coursework in history.
Topic 38: History of Sexuality in America. Same as History 350R (Topic 13: History of Sexuality in America). Only one of the following may be counted: History 350L (Topic 55: History of Sexuality in America), 350R (Topic 13), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 38). Partially fulfills legislative requirement for American history. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of coursework in history.
Topic 39: Gender, Sexuality, and Migration. Same as English 370W (Topic 9: Gender, Sexuality, and Migration). Only one of the following may be counted: Asian American Studies 320 (Topic: Gender, Sexuality, and Migration), English 370W (Topic 9), 370W (Topic: Cultures of Immigration and Dislocation), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 39). Prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.
Topic 40: Virginia Woolf. Same as English 349S (Topic 8: Virginia Woolf). Examines critical and fictional works of Virginia Woolf and the author's continuing legacy and influence. Explores the value and limitations of high modernism; English literary heritage and tradition; feminism; creative and critical definitions of gender and sexuality; intellectual activism, including Woolf's critiques of patriarchy, war, and fascism; and Woolf and imperialism and colonialism. Only one of the following may be counted: English 349S (Topic 8), 370W (Topic 10: Virginia Woolf), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 40). Prerequisite: Six semester hours of upper-division coursework in English.
Topic 41: American Food. Same as American Studies 370 (Topic 26: American Food). Studies diverse American food cultures from a humanities perspective, exploring connections between global, national, and local communities. Uses scholarship in the field of food studies as well as cookbooks, novels, poetry, photographs, songs, documentaries, and oral histories to investigate the past and present of American food communities. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 42: Nature and Gender in America. Same as American Studies 370 (Topic 27: Nature and Gender in America). Study of the connections between nature and gender in American national narratives. Explores how Americans of differing classes, races, genders, sexual orientations, and ages have shaped and experienced changing ideas of America, wilderness, domestication, and society over time and in different regions of the country. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 43: Animals and American Culture. Same as American Studies 370 (Topic 28: Animals and American Culture) and History 350R (Topic 9: Animals and American Culture). Explores the role of animals in American history, culture, and society. History 350L (Topic 60: Animals and American Culture) and Women's and 28), History 350L (Topic 60: Animals and American Culture), 350R (Topic 9), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 43). Partially fulfills legislative requirement for American history. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of coursework in history.
Topic 44: Women Radicals and Reformers. Same as American Studies 370 (Topic 29: Women Radicals and Reformers). Traces traditions of women's radical activism and reform beginning with the Enlightenment and the American Revolution and continuing to the present, with concentration on the twentieth century. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 45: Comparative Cultures of Beauty. Same as American Studies 370 (Topic 24: Comparative Cultures of Beauty) and Asian American Studies 320 (Topic 2: Comparative Cultures of Beauty). Examines fashion and beauty as discourses, and cultural practices affecting identity, body politics, race, gender, sexuality, and class. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 46: Toni Morrison. Same as African and African Diaspora Studies 372E (Topic 1: Toni Morrison) and English 349S (Topic 5: Toni Morrison). An examination of select novels by the Nobel Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist focuses on the positional uniqueness that womanism shares with a predominant feminism, which surfaces in historicized familial relationships. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 372E (Topic 1), 374F (Topic: Toni Morrison), English 349S (Topic 5), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Toni Morrison), 345 (Topic 46). Prerequisite: Six semester hours of upper-division coursework in English.
WGS 350. Feminist Theory.
Feminist theory with selections from women's and gender studies scholars. Recommended feminist theory course for women's and gender studies majors. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Women's and Gender Studies 322 (Topic 4: Feminist Theory) and 350 may not both be counted. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing and consent of instructor.
WGS 356. Introduction to Feminist Research Methods.
Introduction to feminist research methods across a range of traditional disciplines. Designed to prepare students to analyze research within gender studies and to develop their own research skills. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
WGS 358Q. Supervised Research.
Supervised individual research on an issue in women's and gender studies. Individual instruction. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing and written consent of the supervising faculty member; consent forms are available in the Center for Women's and Gender Studies.
WGS 360. Research and Thesis in Women's and Gender Studies.
Individual project or paper to be completed under the direction of a women's and gender studies faculty member. Conference course. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing and written consent of the supervising faculty member; consent forms are available in the Center for Women's and Gender Studies.
WGS 466. Guidance in Adult-Child Relationships.
Same as Human Development and Family Sciences 466. Theory and implementation of positive child and adult interactions, communication, and guidance strategies. Two lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester. Only one of the following may be counted: Human Development and Family Sciences 466, Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 4: Guidance in Adult-Child Relationships), Women's and Gender Studies 466. Prerequisite: Human Development and Family Sciences 313 and 113L; and three semester hours of upper-division coursework in human development and family sciences, education, psychology, or sociology.
WGS 679H. Honors Tutorial Course.
Restricted to honors candidates majoring in women's and gender studies. Individual reading of selected works for one semester, followed in the second semester by the writing of an honors thesis. The equivalent of three lectures hours a week for two semesters. Prerequisite: For 679HA, twelve semester hours of coursework in women's and gender studies and consent of supervising faculty; for 679HB, Women's and Gender Studies 679HA.
WGS 379L. Internship in Women's and Gender Studies.
Experience working in the community or for a nonprofit agency. Six to nine hours of work a week for one semester. Prerequisite: At least twelve semester hours of coursework in women's and gender studies and written consent of the supervising faculty member; consent forms are available in the Center for Women's and Gender Studies.
WGS 379S. Senior Seminar.
Intensive study of selected topics in women's and gender studies. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. May not be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Completion of at least ninety semester hours of coursework, including nine hours in women's and gender studies.