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Women's and Gender Studies (WGS)

WGS 301  Introductory Topics in Women's and Gender Studies  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Three lecture hours a week for one semester, or as required for the topic.
Pre/Corequisites: Varies with the topic.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Lower Division  
Topic 2: Introduction to Child Psychology. General introduction to physical, social, and cognitive development from conception onward. Additional prerequisite: Psychology 301 with a grade of at least C.

Topic 3: Introduction to Latinx Body Art. Examine the social, historical, economic, and commercial contexts influencing the production, display, and circulation of Latinx body art. Only one of the following may be counted: Mexican American Studies 318D, 319 (Topic: Intro to Latinx Body Art), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic: Intro to Latinx Body Art), 301 (Topic 3). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: MAS 318D

Topic 4: Family Relationships. The process of family interaction over the life cycle. Application of research findings to the understanding of relationships. Only one of the following may be counted: Human Development and Family Sciences 304, 304H, Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 4). Core Curriculum: 080

Topic 5: Child Development. 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). Additional 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. Only one of the following may be counted: Mexican American Studies 311, 319 (Topic 1), Sociology 308 (Topic: Ethnicity and Gender: La Chicana), 308D, Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 6). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: MAS 311, SOC 308D Core Curriculum: 080

Topic 7: 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), 307R, Sociology 308 (Topic 2), 310S, Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 7). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: N 307R, SOC 310S Additional prerequisite: One year of high school biology, or Biology 301L or 309D.

Topic 8: Performing Blackness. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315D, 317F (Topic: Performing Blackness), American Studies 315 (Topic: Performing Blackness), 315M, Theatre and Dance 311T (Topic: Performing Blackness), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic: Performing Blackness), 301 (Topic 8). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.

Topic 9: Women and Gender in Judaism. Only one of the following may be counted: Jewish Studies 361 (Topic: Women and Gender in Judaism), Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 341 (Topic: Women and Gender in Judaism), Middle Eastern Studies 325 (Topic: Women and Gender in Judaism), Religious Studies 311 (Topic 4: Women and Gender in Judaism), 361 (Topic: Women and Gender in Judaism), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 9), Women's Studies 301 (Topic 9: Women and Gender in Judaism), 340 (Topic: Women and Gender in Judaism).

Topic 10: Introduction to Asian American Studies.

Topic 11: United States Women, Sexuality, and Gender to 1865. History 317L (Topic 5) and Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 11) may not both be counted. Same as: HIS 317L.5 Core Curriculum: 060

Topic 12: Gay and Lesbian Literature and Culture. American writing by gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or queer authors and/or with gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or queer themes. English 314V (Topic 4) and Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 12) may not both be counted. Same as: E 314V.4 Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: One of the following: English 303C, Rhetoric and Writing 306, 306Q, 309J (or 309K), or Tutorial Course 303C.

Topic 13: Mexican American Women, 1910-Present. Examines the history of Mexican and Mexican American women in the United States from the twentieth century to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: History 317L (Topic: Mexican American Women, 1910-Present), 317L (Topic 12), Mexican American Studies 319 (Topic: Mexican American Women, 1910-Present), 319 (Topic 4), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic: Mexican American Women, 1910-Present), 301 (Topic 13). Same as: HIS 317L.12, MAS 319.4 Core Curriculum: 060

Topic 14: Performance, Feminism, and Social Change. Exploration of the ways that engaged performance and feminist practice generate space for social change, including the basic principle that social transformation requires individual awareness, and that awareness necessitates a rigorous examination of race, gender, class, and sexuality. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 311C, 317F (Topic: Performance, Feminism, and Social Change), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic: Performance, Feminism, and Social Change), 301 (Topic 14). Same as: AFR 311C Core Curriculum: 050

Topic 15: Yoruba Women. Examination of gender construction in Yorubaland, including an exploration of the difference between Western gender construction and African notions of gender through analyses of the religious, linguistic, cultural, and sociopolitical aspects of Yoruba life. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 317C (Topic: Yoruba Women), 317C (Topic 2), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic: Yoruba Women), 301 (Topic 15).

Topic 16: Introduction to Black Women's Studies. Interdisciplinary examination of the complexities of black womanhood in America through an investigation of history, identity, popular culture, and black feminism/womanism, as well as social and political activism. Only one of the following can be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315P, 317D (Topic 5), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 16). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 315P

Topic 17: Black Queer Art Worlds. Exploration of over two decades of work produced by and about black queer subjects throughout the circum-Atlantic world. Provides an introduction to various artists and intellectuals of the black queer diaspora, as well as an examination of the viability of black queer aesthetic practice as a form of theorizing. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315Q, 317E (Topic 1), Anthropology 310L (Topic 6), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 17). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 315Q, ANT 310L.6

Topic 18: Religion and Gender in America. Examines the complex relationship between religious involvement and gender and sexuality in American society with a focus on the historic relationship between religious engagement and women's movements as well as more contemporary issues. Exploration of several major religious traditions in the United States today, including Evangelical Christianity, Catholicism, and Judaism. Examination of smaller religious groups and their attempt to confront the complex and contradictory relationship between gender roles and belief. Only one of the following may be counted: Sociology 308 (Topic: Religion and Gender in America), 308F, Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 18). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Core Curriculum: 080

Topic 19: Diversity in American Families. Examination of the diversity of American families and current debates on family life from a sociological perspective with an emphasis on how diverse family forms came to exist and what these changes mean for adults and children in contemporary society. Study of recent trends in several aspects of family life, including dating and courtship, cohabitation, marriage, divorce, parenthood, family structure, and work-family balance. Overview of theoretical perspectives on family life with a focus on gender, race/ethnicity, and sexuality. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 315 (Topic: Diversity in American Families), Sociology 307F, 308 (Topic: Diversity in American Families), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic: Diversity in American Families), 301 (Topic 19). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: SOC 307F Core Curriculum: 080

Topic 20: Fertility and Reproduction. Explores the when, why, how, and with whom Americans bear children, and how the United States compares to other developed and developing countries in the world. Subjects include infertility and its treatments, the ethics of surrogacy and international adoption, voluntary childlessness, the rapid rise of nonmarital childbearing in the United States and other countries, the politics of childbirth, the risks of maternal morbidity and mortality in developed and developing countries, and the declining populations and rapid aging of rich countries including Japan, Italy, and Spain where many women have stopped having children. Sociology 307K and Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 20) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours or two lecture hours and one discussion hour a week for one semester. Same as: SOC 307K Core Curriculum: 080

Topic 21: Gender, Race, and Class in American Society. Use of the sociological perspective to analyze how the structure of American society, individual life, and group life chances are shaped by broader structures of privilege and disadvantage based on gender, race, and class. Examination of these in institutional arenas such as work, the family, education, health, the criminal justice system, sexuality, popular culture, and more. Only one of the following may be counted: Sociology 307L, 308 (Topic: Gender, Race, and Class in American Society), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic: Gender, Race, and Class in American Society), 301 (Topic 21). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: SOC 307L Core Curriculum: 080

Topic 22: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Demography. Introduction to the patterns, trends and debates on race, ethnicity, and gender in demography. Study of the social aspect of demography and the relationship of demographic phenomena relative to racial, ethnic, and gender populations. Specific areas will include the following: conceptual/measurement issues; migration and population dynamics; health and morality; and family and fertility. Only one of the following may be counted: Sociology 308 (Topic: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Demography), 308E, Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 22). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Core Curriculum: 080

Topic 23: Romantic Relationships and Family Formation. Examination of romantic relationships and family formation from a cultural framework. Subjects include: historical transformations of romance; socioeconomic perspectives on sexual relationships and family formation; the impact of demographic transitions on the emergence of cohabitation as a relationship form; the economics undergirding relationship decision making; common narratives, practices, and gender differences about entry into marriage in the West; and population-level implications of contemporary patterns. Only one of the following may be counted: Sociology 308 (Topic: Romantic Relationships and Family Formation), 308J, Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 23). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Core Curriculum: 080

Topic 24: Race, Immigration, and Family. Introduction to family systems in the United States in a post-WWII framework with a central focus on Asian Americans. Students will investigate how gender, race, and ethnicity intersect and inform our understanding of the institution of the family. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 315 (Topic: Alternative Family Systems), 315 (Topic 3), Asian American Studies 310 (Topic: Alternative Family Systems), 310 (Topic 5), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic: Alternative Family Systems), 301 (Topic 24). Same as: AAS 310.5, AMS 315.3

Topic 25: The Revolution Will Be Dramatized. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315E, 317F (Topic: The Revolution Will Be Dramatized), American Studies 315 (Topic: The Revolution Will Be Dramatized), 315K, Theatre and Dance 305S (Topic 2), 311T (Topic: The Revolution Will Be Dramatized), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic: The Revolution Will Be Dramatized), 301 (Topic 25). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 315E, AMS 315K, T D 305S.2

Topic 26: Toni Morrison and August Wilson. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315F, 317F (Topic: Toni Morrison and August Wilson), American Studies 315 (Topic: Toni Morrison and August Wilson), 315L, Theatre and Dance 305S (Topic 3), 311T (Topic: Toni Morrison and August Wilson), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic: Toni Morrison and August Wilson), 301 (Topic 26). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 315F, AMS 315L, T D 305S.3

Topic 27: Women, Gender, Literature, and Culture. An introduction to literary analysis focusing on women's and gender studies. English 314V (Topic 6) and Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 27) may not both be counted. Same as: E 314V.6 Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: One of the following: English 303C, Rhetoric and Writing 306, 306Q, 309J (or 309K), or Tutorial Course 303C.

Topic 28: History of Human Sexuality. The history of human sexuality is approached from four angles: sexual behaviors; sexual consequences; sexual regulation, and sexual science. Only one of the following may be counted: History 306N (Topic: History of Human Sexuality), 306N (Topic 15), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic: History of Human Sexuality), 301 (Topic 28). Same as: HIS 306N.15

Topic 29: Latina Performance: From Celia to Selena. Only one of the following may be counted: Mexican American Studies 315, 319 (Topic: Latina Performnc: Celia-Selena), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic: Latina Performnc: Celia-Selena), 301 (Topic 29). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: MAS 315 Core Curriculum: 050

Topic 30: Latina and Latino Media and Popular Culture. Explore Latina/o media and popular culture from 1950 to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 315 (Topic: Latina/o Med/Pop Cul 1950-Pres), 315N, Mexican American Studies 318C, 319 (Topic: Latina/o Med/Pop Cul 1950-Pres), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic: Latina/o Med/Pop Cul 1950-Pres), 301 (Topic 30). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AMS 315N, MAS 318C

Topic 31: Introduction to Gender and Sexuality. Explore social, emotional, cognitive, and physical aspects of gender and sexuality within the contexts of individual human development, families, and cultures. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: HDF 306

Topic 32: Rights in Modern America. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 316C, 317D (Topic: Rights in Modern America), American Studies 315 (Topic: Rights in Modern America), 315J, History 317L (Topic: Rights in Modern America), 317L (Topic 10), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic: Rights in Modern America), 301 (Topic 32). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 316C, AMS 315J, HIS 317L.10 Core Curriculum: 060

Topic 33: Female Voices in China. Introduction (in translation) to the most important texts and other sources by, for, and about women in Chinese intellectual, political, social, and cultural history. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 301M (Topic: Female Voices in China), 302E, History 302F, Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 33). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANS 302E, HIS 302F

Topic 34: Introduction to African American Women's History. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 310 (Topic: Intro Afr Amer Women's Hist), 315I, History 317L (Topic: Intro Afr Amer Women's Hist), 317L (Topic 20), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 34). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 315I, HIS 317L.20 Core Curriculum: 060

Topic 35: Introduction to Yoruba Religions. Introduction to the cosmological world of the Yoruba of southwestern Nigeria, covering history, societal organization, myths, legends, customs, and cultural traditions. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 310S, Religious Studies 310S, Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 35). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 310S, R S 310S

Topic 36: Police, Prisons, and Inequality. Explore the ethical issues related to inequality and the United States criminal legal system. Examine the experiences of the poor, Indigenous people, immigrants, racial minorities, women, sexual minorities, and gender-nonconforming people. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 316G, Mexican American Studies 308E, 319 (Topic: Police/Prisons/Inequality), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 36). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 316G, MAS 308E
  

WGS 301.11  United States Women, Sexuality, and Gender to 1865  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
History 317L (Topic 5) and Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 11) may not both be counted.
Same as: HIS 317L.5  
Core Curriculum: 060  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

WGS 301.12  Gay and Lesbian Literature and Culture  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
American writing by gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or queer authors and/or with gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or queer themes. English 314V (Topic 4) and Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 12) may not both be counted.
Same as: E 314V.4  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: One of the following: English 303C, Rhetoric and Writing 306, 306Q, 309J (or 309K), or Tutorial Course 303C.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

WGS 301.13  Mexican American Women, 1910-Present  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examines the history of Mexican and Mexican American women in the United States from the twentieth century to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: History 317L (Topic: Mexican American Women, 1910-Present), 317L (Topic 12), Mexican American Studies 319 (Topic: Mexican American Women, 1910-Present), 319 (Topic 4), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic: Mexican American Women, 1910-Present), 301 (Topic 13).
Same as: HIS 317L.12, MAS 319.4  
Core Curriculum: 060  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

WGS 301.14  Performance, Feminism, and Social Change  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Exploration of the ways that engaged performance and feminist practice generate space for social change, including the basic principle that social transformation requires individual awareness, and that awareness necessitates a rigorous examination of race, gender, class, and sexuality. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 311C, 317F (Topic: Performance, Feminism, and Social Change), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic: Performance, Feminism, and Social Change), 301 (Topic 14).
Same as: AFR 311C  
Core Curriculum: 050  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

WGS 301.16  Introduction to Black Women's Studies  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Interdisciplinary examination of the complexities of black womanhood in America through an investigation of history, identity, popular culture, and black feminism/womanism, as well as social and political activism. Only one of the following can be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315P, 317D (Topic 5), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 16). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 315P  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

WGS 301.17  Black Queer Art Worlds  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Exploration of over two decades of work produced by and about black queer subjects throughout the circum-Atlantic world. Provides an introduction to various artists and intellectuals of the black queer diaspora, as well as an examination of the viability of black queer aesthetic practice as a form of theorizing. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315Q, 317E (Topic 1), Anthropology 310L (Topic 6), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 17). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 315Q, ANT 310L.6  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

WGS 301.19  Diversity in American Families  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examination of the diversity of American families and current debates on family life from a sociological perspective with an emphasis on how diverse family forms came to exist and what these changes mean for adults and children in contemporary society. Study of recent trends in several aspects of family life, including dating and courtship, cohabitation, marriage, divorce, parenthood, family structure, and work-family balance. Overview of theoretical perspectives on family life with a focus on gender, race/ethnicity, and sexuality. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 315 (Topic: Diversity in American Families), Sociology 307F, 308 (Topic: Diversity in American Families), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic: Diversity in American Families), 301 (Topic 19). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SOC 307F  
Core Curriculum: 080  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

WGS 301.20  Fertility and Reproduction  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explores the when, why, how, and with whom Americans bear children, and how the United States compares to other developed and developing countries in the world. Subjects include infertility and its treatments, the ethics of surrogacy and international adoption, voluntary childlessness, the rapid rise of nonmarital childbearing in the United States and other countries, the politics of childbirth, the risks of maternal morbidity and mortality in developed and developing countries, and the declining populations and rapid aging of rich countries including Japan, Italy, and Spain where many women have stopped having children. Sociology 307K and Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 20) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours or two lecture hours and one discussion hour a week for one semester.
Same as: SOC 307K  
Core Curriculum: 080  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

WGS 301.21  Gender, Race, and Class in American Society  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Use of the sociological perspective to analyze how the structure of American society, individual life, and group life chances are shaped by broader structures of privilege and disadvantage based on gender, race, and class. Examination of these in institutional arenas such as work, the family, education, health, the criminal justice system, sexuality, popular culture, and more. Only one of the following may be counted: Sociology 307L, 308 (Topic: Gender, Race, and Class in American Society), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic: Gender, Race, and Class in American Society), 301 (Topic 21). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SOC 307L  
Core Curriculum: 080  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

WGS 301.24  Race, Immigration, and Family  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Introduction to family systems in the United States in a post-WWII framework with a central focus on Asian Americans. Students will investigate how gender, race, and ethnicity intersect and inform our understanding of the institution of the family. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 315 (Topic: Alternative Family Systems), 315 (Topic 3), Asian American Studies 310 (Topic: Alternative Family Systems), 310 (Topic 5), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic: Alternative Family Systems), 301 (Topic 24).
Same as: AAS 310.5, AMS 315.3  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

WGS 301.25  The Revolution Will Be Dramatized  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315E, 317F (Topic: The Revolution Will Be Dramatized), American Studies 315 (Topic: The Revolution Will Be Dramatized), 315K, Theatre and Dance 305S (Topic 2), 311T (Topic: The Revolution Will Be Dramatized), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic: The Revolution Will Be Dramatized), 301 (Topic 25). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 315E, AMS 315K, T D 305S.2  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

WGS 301.26  Toni Morrison and August Wilson  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 315F, 317F (Topic: Toni Morrison and August Wilson), American Studies 315 (Topic: Toni Morrison and August Wilson), 315L, Theatre and Dance 305S (Topic 3), 311T (Topic: Toni Morrison and August Wilson), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic: Toni Morrison and August Wilson), 301 (Topic 26). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 315F, AMS 315L, T D 305S.3  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

WGS 301.27  Women, Gender, Literature, and Culture  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
An introduction to literary analysis focusing on women's and gender studies. English 314V (Topic 6) and Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 27) may not both be counted.
Same as: E 314V.6  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: One of the following: English 303C, Rhetoric and Writing 306, 306Q, 309J (or 309K), or Tutorial Course 303C.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

WGS 301.28  History of Human Sexuality  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
The history of human sexuality is approached from four angles: sexual behaviors; sexual consequences; sexual regulation, and sexual science. Only one of the following may be counted: History 306N (Topic: History of Human Sexuality), 306N (Topic 15), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic: History of Human Sexuality), 301 (Topic 28).
Same as: HIS 306N.15  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

WGS 301.29  Latina Performance: From Celia to Selena  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Mexican American Studies 315, 319 (Topic: Latina Performnc: Celia-Selena), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic: Latina Performnc: Celia-Selena), 301 (Topic 29). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: MAS 315  
Core Curriculum: 050  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

WGS 301.3  Introduction to Latinx Body Art  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine the social, historical, economic, and commercial contexts influencing the production, display, and circulation of Latinx body art. Only one of the following may be counted: Mexican American Studies 318D, 319 (Topic: Intro to Latinx Body Art), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic: Intro to Latinx Body Art), 301 (Topic 3). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: MAS 318D  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

WGS 301.30  Latina and Latino Media and Popular Culture  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explore Latina/o media and popular culture from 1950 to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 315 (Topic: Latina/o Med/Pop Cul 1950-Pres), 315N, Mexican American Studies 318C, 319 (Topic: Latina/o Med/Pop Cul 1950-Pres), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic: Latina/o Med/Pop Cul 1950-Pres), 301 (Topic 30). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 315N, MAS 318C  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

WGS 301.31  Introduction to Gender and Sexuality  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explore social, emotional, cognitive, and physical aspects of gender and sexuality within the contexts of individual human development, families, and cultures. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HDF 306  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

WGS 301.32  Rights in Modern America  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 316C, 317D (Topic: Rights in Modern America), American Studies 315 (Topic: Rights in Modern America), 315J, History 317L (Topic: Rights in Modern America), 317L (Topic 10), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic: Rights in Modern America), 301 (Topic 32). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 316C, AMS 315J, HIS 317L.10  
Core Curriculum: 060  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

WGS 301.33  Female Voices in China  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Introduction (in translation) to the most important texts and other sources by, for, and about women in Chinese intellectual, political, social, and cultural history. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 301M (Topic: Female Voices in China), 302E, History 302F, Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 33). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANS 302E, HIS 302F  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

WGS 301.34  Introduction to African American Women's History  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 310 (Topic: Intro Afr Amer Women's Hist), 315I, History 317L (Topic: Intro Afr Amer Women's Hist), 317L (Topic 20), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 34). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 315I, HIS 317L.20  
Core Curriculum: 060  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

WGS 301.35  Introduction to Yoruba Religions  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Introduction to the cosmological world of the Yoruba of southwestern Nigeria, covering history, societal organization, myths, legends, customs, and cultural traditions. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 310S, Religious Studies 310S, Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 35). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 310S, R S 310S  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

WGS 301.36  Police, Prisons, and Inequality  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explore the ethical issues related to inequality and the United States criminal legal system. Examine the experiences of the poor, Indigenous people, immigrants, racial minorities, women, sexual minorities, and gender-nonconforming people. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 316G, Mexican American Studies 308E, 319 (Topic: Police/Prisons/Inequality), Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 36). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 316G, MAS 308E  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

WGS 301.6  Ethnicity and Gender: La Chicana  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Mexican American Studies 311, 319 (Topic 1), Sociology 308 (Topic: Ethnicity and Gender: La Chicana), 308D, Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 6). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: MAS 311, SOC 308D  
Core Curriculum: 080  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

WGS 301.7  Women's Reproductive Health for Nonscience Majors  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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), 307R, Sociology 308 (Topic 2), 310S, Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic 7). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: N 307R, SOC 310S  
Pre/Corequisites: One year of high school biology, or Biology 301L or 309D.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

WGS 303  Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explore concepts of gender and sexuality, race, class, religion, and nation; as well as skills in theory, history, and research methods relevant to LGBTQ studies. Survey the making of modern understandings of sexual and LGBTQ identities in the last one hundred years and the implications of this history for broader understandings of gender and sexuality. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

WGS 305  Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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. Women's and Gender Studies 301 (Topic: Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies) and 305 may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

WGS 119S, 219S, 319S, 419S, 519S, 619S, 719S, 819S, 919S  Topics in Women's and Gender Studies  1-9 Hours  

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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 Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality 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.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Lower Division  

WGS 322C  Sociology of Gender  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Inequality between the sexes; men's and women's changing roles in society. Only one of the following can be counted: Sociology 333K, Women's and Gender Studies 322 (Topic 1), 322C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SOC 333K  
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 322D  Population and Society  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
The study of populations, including their growth, age structure, and patterns of fertility, mortality, and migration; the social causes and consequences of these phenomena. Only one of the following may be counted: Sociology 369K, Women's and Gender Studies 322 (Topic 2), 322D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SOC 369K  
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 322E  Sociology of Masculinities  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Sociological examination of the most important debates and discussions about men's experiences of masculinity in contemporary patriarchal societies. Exploration of social and individual meanings of masculinity, the dominant paradigms of masculinity that are taken as the norm, and the problems, contradictions, and paradoxes men experience in modern society. Sociology 322M and Women's and Gender Studies 322E may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SOC 322M  
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 322F  The Sociology of Race and Work  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Critical examination of work in the United States over the twentieth and twenty-first centuries through a gendered, Asian American lens, using a comparative race perspective. Subjects include the sociological examination of concepts such as labor markets, globalization, care work, and gender/racial segregation in the workplace along with the ways race and gender shape how and where individuals are fitted into the workplace, how skills are evaluated, and how labor markets emerge. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian American Studies 330 (Topic 4), 330E, Sociology 321R, Women's and Gender Studies 322 (Topic 6), 322F. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AAS 330E, SOC 321R  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 322G  Race and the Digital  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Review of theoretical developments in the sociological study of "race, including an examination of processes of racialization and cultural texts, in order to better understand the ways in which identities are socially produced. Attention will be placed on forms of popular culture, black cultural production, and political action to question how such practices are shaped by migrations within the African diaspora. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 322D, Sociology 322D, Women's and Gender Studies 322 (Topic 7), 322G. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 322D, SOC 322D  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 322I  Sociology of Sexualities  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Review of sociological perspectives on sexuality. Examines how social institutions in United States society shape sexual values, beliefs, and practices. Subjects include changing cultural images of sexuality, sexual identities, and social movements. Only one of the following may be counted: Sociology 340G, Women's and Gender Studies 322 (Topic 5), 322I. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SOC 340G  
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 322J  Race, Gender, and Surveillance  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Overview of theories in the sociology of social control, with a focus on risk, power, ethics, and surveillance. Examines historical transformations in social control and the distributions of power in the United States and global contexts, with attention to race, gender, and class. Subjects include: the transatlantic slave trade; prisons and punishment; the gaze, voyeurism, and reality television watching; the Internet; travel and state borders; privacy; and biometrics and the body. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 360D, 372C (Topic 12), American Studies 321 (Topic 6), Sociology 322V, Women's and Gender Studies 322 (Topic 8), 322J. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 360D, AMS 321.6, SOC 322V  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 322K  Sex and Violence in Popular Culture  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Overview of the cultural framing of sex and violence through realistic and hyper-realistic representations of sex, love, violence, and war in popular culture. Examination of the ethical implications, including the ways in which these representations rely on and further social inequalities and the sociological concepts, methods, and theoretical approaches to understanding sex and violence in popular culture. Only one of the following may be counted: Sociology 322P, Women's and Gender Studies 322 (Topic 10), 322K. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SOC 322P  
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 323  Topics in Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies in the Natural Sciences  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examination of gendered constructs such as gender and sexual development, male and female differences and similarities, and feminist or alternative scientific epistemologies using approaches from the natural sciences. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, or as required by the topic.
Pre/Corequisites: Varies with the topic.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Primate Behavior. Two lecture hours and two laboratory hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Anthropology 301.

Topic 2: Human Physical Growth and Development.
  

WGS 323C  Primate Social Behavior  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Studies primate behavior and why primates do what they do, including basic theoretical principles and the models used to explain primate behavior. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 346L, Women's and Gender Studies 323 (Topic: Primate Social Behavior), 323C. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 346L  
Pre/Corequisites: Anthropology 301.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 323D  Sex and Human Nature  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Provides an introduction to the scientific study of sexual behavior, mate choice, and reproduction in humans from the perspective of evolutionary biology; examines a wide range of genetic, ecological, social, physiological, and behavioral aspects of human sexuality. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 348J, 348K (Topic 12), Biology 337 (Topic: Sex and Human Nature), Women's and Gender Studies 323 (Topic: Sex and Human Nature), 323D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 348J  
Pre/Corequisites: Anthropology 301.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 324  Topics in Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies in Communication  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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.
Pre/Corequisites: Varies with the topic.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Gender and Communication. Additional 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. Additional 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.

Topic 3: Girls' Media and Culture Studies. Introduction to the critical analysis of women and media culture. Focuses on commercial media texts mass produced in the United States, and explores the dominant strategies used by the magazine, film, and broadcasting industries to represent women and women's issues as well as to attract women consumers. Examines how women participate in media culture via their roles as consumers and audiences, as well as fans of particular cultural texts. Explores how women have developed alternative media economies by creating their own cultural texts and practices. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 359S (Topic: Girls' Media and Culture Studies), 359S (Topic 6), Women's and Gender Studies 324 (Topic 3), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic: Girls' Media and Culture Studies).

Topic 4: Gender and the News. Historical and contemporary exploration of gender and the news. Examination of the role of marginalized gender groups in producing news and the construction of gender within news texts. Only one of the following may be counted: Journalism 348D, Women's and Gender Studies 324 (Topic 4), 324G. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: For journalism majors, Journalism 310F with a grade of at least B-; for others, six semester hours of upper-division coursework in women's and gender studies.
  

WGS 324C  Gender and Media Culture  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Critical analysis of media and its interrelation with issues of gender. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 325C, 328C, 359 (Topic: Women and Media Culture), 359S (Topic 2), Women's and Gender Studies 324 (Topic: Gender and Media Culture), 324C. Three lecture hours and one two-and-one-half hour film screening a week for one semester.
Same as: RTF 328C  
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 324D  Race, Class, and Gender in American Television  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Surveys history and contemporary debates regarding the construction of race, class, gender and sexual orientation in U.S. television from the late 1940s through the present day and related issues of television aesthetics, production practices, audiences, and advocacy. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 321 (Topic: Race/Class/Gender in Amer TV), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic: Race/Class/Gender in Amer TV), Radio-Television-Film 335 (Topic 2), 335 (Topic: Race/Class/Gender in Amer TV), Women's and Gender Studies 324 (Topic: Race, Class and Gender in American Television), 324D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with two-and-one-half-hours of film screening a week.
Same as: RTF 335.2  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 324E  Gender and Fan Culture  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 359S (Topic: Gender and Fan Culture), 359S (Topic 12), Women's and Gender Studies 324 (Topic: Gender and Fan Culture), 324E. Three lecture hours and one two-and-one-half-hour film screening a week for one semester.
Same as: RTF 359S.12  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 324F  Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Sports Media  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 359 (Topic 6), 365 (Topic: Gender/Race/Sexlty Sport Media), Women's and Gender Studies 324 (Topic: Gender/Race/Sexlty Sport Media), 324F. Three lecture hours and one two-and-one-half-hour film screening a week for one semester.
Same as: RTF 359.6  
Pre/Corequisites: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 324G  Gender and the News  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Historical and contemporary exploration of gender and the news. Examination of the role of marginalized gender groups in producing news and the construction of gender within news texts. Only one of the following may be counted: Journalism 348D, Women's and Gender Studies 324 (Topic 4), 324G. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: J 348D  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 324J  Stardom and Celebrity Culture  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Survey of the construction and meanings of stardom in film, television, and new media. Subjects include links with the media industries; stardom and race, class, gender, and sexuality; and new permutations of celebrity culture. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 331K (Topic: Critical Studies of Film and Television Stardom), 331K (Topic 6), 331K (Topic 7), Women's and Gender Studies 324 (Topic: Critical Stds Film/TV Stardm), 324J. Three lecture hours and one two-and-a-half hour film screening a week for one semester.
Same as: RTF 331K.7  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 125  Special Topics in Women's and Gender Studies  1 Hour  

1 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Analysis of special topics in women's and gender studies through reading, discussion, and lectures. One lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Varies with the topic.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 129S, 229S, 329S, 429S, 529S, 629S, 729S, 829S, 929S  Topics in Women's and Gender Studies  1-9 Hours  

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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 Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality 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.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 333D  Introduction to Developmental Psychology  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Physical, social, and cognitive development in humans. Only one of the following may be counted: Psychology 304, 333D, Women's and Gender Studies 333D, 345 (Topic 6). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: PSY 333D  
Pre/Corequisites: For psychology majors, upper-division standing and Psychology 301 and 418 or 420M with a grade of at least C in each; for others, upper-division standing, Psychology 301 with a grade of at least C, and one of the following with a grade of at least C: Advertising 309R, African and African Diaspora Studies 302M, Biomedical Engineering 335, Chemical Engineering 253K, Civil Engineering 311S, Economics 329, Educational Psychology 308, 371, Electrical Engineering 351K, Government 350K, Mathematics 316, 362K, Mechanical Engineering 335, Psychology 317, 317L, Public Relations 309, Sociology 317L, Social Work 318, Statistics 301, 309, Statistics and Data Sciences 301, 302, 302F, 303, 304, 305, 306, 318, 320E, 321, 325H, 328M.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 333R  Social Development in Children  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Development of social behavior (for example, sex typing and aggression) and social relationships. Only one of the following may be counted: Psychology 333R, Women's and Gender Studies 333R, 345 (Topic 19). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: PSY 333R  
Pre/Corequisites: For psychology majors, upper-division standing and Psychology 301 and 418 or 420M with a grade of at least C in each; for others, upper-division standing, Psychology 301 with a grade of at least C, and one of the following with a grade of at least C: Advertising 309R, African and African Diaspora Studies 302M, Biomedical Engineering 335, Chemical Engineering 253K, Civil Engineering 311S, Economics 329, Educational Psychology 308, 371, Electrical Engineering 351K, Government 350K, Mathematics 316, 362K, Mechanical Engineering 335, Psychology 317, 317L, Public Relations 309, Sociology 317L, Social Work 318, Statistics 301, 309, Statistics and Data Sciences 301, 302, 302F, 303, 304, 305, 306, 318, 320E, 321, 325H, 328M.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 335  Topics in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
The perspectives, experiences, and cultural contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people, examined from different disciplinary and/or interdisciplinary perspectives according to the topic. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing; additional prerequisites vary by topic.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Confronting LGBTQ Oppression. Serves two primary functions: to increase participant's knowledge on the issues facing the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) community; and to learn facilitation skills in order to talk about these issues on campus. Enrolled students will become peer educators in a team, and will give workshops across campus around LGBTQ issues during the spring semester. Only one of the following may be counted: Social Work 360K (Topic: Confronting LGBTQ Oppression), Theatre and Dance 357T (Topic: Confronting LGBTQ Oppression), 357T (Topic 4), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 1), 345 (Topic: Confronting LGBTQ Oppression). Same as: T D 357T.4 Additional prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

Topic 2: Facilitating Dialogues on LGBTQ Oppression: Peers for Pride in Action. The second part of the Peers for Pride facilitation program; serves as a way for students in the program to use the information and skills learned in "Confronting LGBTQ Oppression." Students will continue to fine-tune their facilitation skills and continue learning about LGBTQ people on the UT campus and beyond. Only one of the following may be counted: Social Work 335, 360K (Topic: LGBTQ Oppression: Dialog), Theatre and Dance 357T (Topic: LGBTQ Oppression: Dialog), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 2), 345 (Topic: LGBTQ Oppressn: Facilit Dialog). Same as: S W 335 Additional prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Restrictions: Restricted to students in the Peers for Pride program.

Topic 3: African Queer Studies. Examines the development of African queer studies as the interdisciplinary study of sexuality on the African continent, and its impact on the academic and activist realm. Focus on intersectional feminist and queer theory and how this field offers tools that can be used to rethink issues of oppression and domination in relationship to race, nation, sex, gender, and sexuality on the African continent. Of particular interest will be LGBTQ activism and the ways in which queer Africans engage and shape their sexuality, and create forms of belonging in their countries and their communities. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 340N, 372G (Topic 7), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 3). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 340N Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 4: Sexual Deviance in the Twentieth-Century United States. Examines the ways that Americans have created and maintained hierarchies of power by casting certain people and sexual behaviors as unnatural and immoral since the turn of the twentieth century. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic: Sexual Deviance in the Twentieth-Century US), 370 (Topic 50), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Sexual Deviance in the Twentieth-Century US), 335 (Topic 4). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 5: Gender and Communication. Focuses on how communication influences ideas about sex, gender, and identity, from interpersonal relationships to the mass media, and from legislative debates to social movements. Communication Studies 364K and Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 5) may not both be counted.

Topic 6: Gender Issues in Contemporary Latin American Cinema. Studies Latin American cinema as a device of gender system formation and reinforcement, and as criticism of patriarchal hegemony; discusses questions related to sexuality depicted in Latin American films. Subjects covered include: maternity, prostitution, machismo, children's sexuality, homosexuality, heterosexuality, and gender violence in films from the 1930s to present. Conducted in Spanish. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic 24), Spanish 350C, 350K (Topic 1), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 6). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: LAS 370S.24, SPN 350C Additional prerequisite: One of the following: Spanish 327C, 327N, 327V (or 327W), 328C, or 330L.

Topic 7: Queer Study in Low Culture. Examines representations of sexual and gender non-conformity in popular culture since the mid-twentieth century in the United States. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic: Queer Study in Low Culture), 370 (Topic 51), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Queer Study in Low Culture), 335 (Topic 7). Same as: AMS 370.51 Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 8: Hip Hop Rhetorics. Examination of the hip hop rhetorics of writers, performers, and activists of the hip hop generation. Subjects include the use of cultural tools including rap, fashion, dance, graffiti, and deejaying, to construct their identities and make and disseminate meaning within and about their social worlds, particularly around issues of racism, sexism and misogyny, poverty, and heterosexism. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 372E (Topic: Hip Hop Rhetorics), 372E (Topic 17), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 8).

Topic 9: Movements for Sexual and Reproductive Justice. Charts the historical development of various struggles for sexual and reproductive justice in the United States since the nineteenth century. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic: Movements for Sexual and Reproductive Justice), 370 (Topic 52), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Movements for Sexual and Reproductive Justice), 335 (Topic 9). Same as: AMS 370.52 Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 10: HIV and AIDS Activism and the Healing Arts. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 350J, 374E (Topic: HIV/AIDS Activism/Heal Arts), Anthropology 324J, 324L (Topic: HIV/AIDS Activism/Heal Arts), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: HIV/AIDS Activism/Heal Arts), 335 (Topic 10). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 350J, ANT 324J Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 11: Beyonce Feminism and Rihanna Womanism. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 372C (Topic: Beyonce Feminism/Rihanna Womanism), 330, Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Beyonce Feminism/Rihanna Womanism), 335 (Topic 11). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 330 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 12: Transgender Feminisms. Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Transgender Feminisms) and 335 (Topic 12) may not both be counted.

Topic 13: Queer Art and Activism. Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Queer Art and Activism) and 335 (Topic 13) may not both be counted.

Topic 14: Sexuality in Global Perspective. Explore the ways in which sexuality intersects with money, intimacy, power, and labor in the context of global economic processes. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Sexuality in Global Persp), 324V, Latin American Studies 324G, Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Sexuality in Global Persp), 335 (Topic 14). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANT 324V, LAS 324G Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 15: Queer Migrations. Only one of the following may be counted: Mexican American Studies 335M, 374 (Topic: Queer Migrations), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Queer Migrations), 335 (Topic 15). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: MAS 335M Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 16: Queer Media Studies. Introduction to the critical analysis of queer media culture. Explores the dominant strategies used by the media industries to represent members of the LGBTQI community and their issues, as well as those utilized by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, queer, and intersexed folks in practices of self-representation. Also examines media reception practices among queer folks, as well as the alternative media economies developed by members of the LGBTQI community, and the intersections of queer identity, queer politics, and media culture. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 359S (Topic: Queer Media Studies), 359S (Topic 5), 377H (Topic 2), Women's and Gender Studies 324 (Topic: Queer Media Studies), 335 (Topic 16).

Topic 17: Disability, Race, and Sexuality in Literature and Culture. Only one of the following may be counted: English 343D, Mexican American Studies 337G, Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 17). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: E 343D, MAS 337G Additional prerequisite: For English majors, one of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D; for others, upper-division standing.

Topic 18: Twentieth-Century United States Lesbian and Gay History. Examines classic texts and recent and varied writings on LGBT history, focused on experiences, ideas, and conflicts that have shaped modern LGBT identities. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 324P, 370 (Topic 49), History 365G (Topic 10), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 18). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AMS 324P, HIS 365G.10 Core Curriculum: 060 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 20: Sex and Sexuality in the Muslim World. Only one of the following may be counted: Islamic Studies 372 (Topic: Sex/Sexuality Muslim World), 372 (Topic 25), Middle Eastern Studies 341 (Topic 13), Religious Studies 358 (Topic: Sex/Sexuality Muslim World), 358J, Sociology 321K (Topic: Sex/Sexuality Muslim World), 342S, Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Sex/Sexuality Muslim World), 335 (Topic 20). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: MES 341.13, R S 358J, SOC 342S Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 21: Preserving Austin's Queer History. Explore Austin's queer history since World War II and write on the practice of oral history and LGBTQ oral history in particular. Build the foundation for an ongoing Austin LGBTQ Oral History Project to be housed at the Briscoe Center for American History. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic: Preserving ATX Queer Hist), 370 (Topic 69), History 350R (Topic 43), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 21). Core Curriculum: 060 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 22: Queer Visual Culture. Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 22) and 345 (Topic: Queer Visual Culture) may not both be counted.

Topic 23: Performing LGBTQ+. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Performing LGBTQ+), 323 (Topic 72), Theatre and Dance 357T (Topic: Performing LGBTQ+), 357T (Topic 6), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Performing LGBTQ+), 335 (Topic 23). Same as: C L 323.72, T D 357T.6 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 24: United States Masculinities. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic: US Masculinities), 370 (Topic 68), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: US Masculinities), 335 (Topic 24). Same as: AMS 370.68 Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 25: Queering Black Religions. Explore the ways Africana religion practitioners disrupt and reframe dominant western discourses of gender and sexuality. Examine concepts of temporality, spirit manifestation, subjectivity, corporeality, and Africana religious epistemologies. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 352O, American Studies 335, Religious Studies 335D, Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 25). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 352O, AMS 335, R S 335D Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 26: Queer Eastern Europe. Explore LGBTQI stories and political struggles in Eastern Europe with a focus on the region's queer culture: literature, cinema, and the arts. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 74), European Studies 347 (Topic 55), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Queer Narr Eastern Europe), 325 (Topic 46), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 26). Same as: C L 323.74, EUS 347.55, REE 325.46 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 27: Latinx Sexualities. Examine Latinx sexualities from a historical perspective to comprehend the social, cultural, political, and economic factors, which have shaped these experiences. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 325C, 372C (Topic: Latinx Sexualities), American Studies 337J, 370 (Topic: Latinx Sexualities), Mexican American Studies 337J, 374 (Topic: Latinx Sexualities), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Latinx Sexualities), 335 (Topic 27). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 28: Race, Gender, Sex, and Religion. Use an intersectional feminist framework to examine the construction and maintenance of normative categories of race, gender, sex, and sexuality within United States religious discourse. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 352M, American Studies 373I, Religious Studies 361 (Topic: Race, Gender, Sex, Religion), 373I, Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 28). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 352M, AMS 373I, R S 373I Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 29: Medical Rhetorics, Race, and Gender. Examine how health and illness are defined through rhetorics about and within medicine. Focus on race and gender, consider how communication and language shape understandings of health, access to health care, and experiences of illness and disability. Only one of the following may be counted: Rhetoric and Writing 330D (Topic: Medical Rhet/Race/Gender), 330D (Topic 18), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 29). Same as: RHE 330D.18 Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: English 303C, Rhetoric and Writing 306, 306Q or Tutorial Course 303C.

Topic 30: Queer of Color Critique. Only one of the following may be counted: English 323D (Topic: Queer of Color Criticism), 323D (Topic: Queer of Color Crit:Honors), 323Q, Liberal Arts Honors 350 (Topic: Queer of Color Critique), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 30). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: E 323Q Additional prerequisite: For English majors, one of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D; for others, upper-division standing.

Topic 32: Queer/Trans Performance. Explore the ways performance serves as an alternative space of expression and worldmaking, a site of activism and resistance, and a creative outlet for queer and trans people in specific socio-cultural contexts. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 328 (Topic 17), Theatre and Dance 357T (Topic 14), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 32). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: LAS 328.17, T D 357T.14 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
  

WGS 335.1  Confronting LGBTQ Oppression  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Serves two primary functions: to increase participant's knowledge on the issues facing the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) community; and to learn facilitation skills in order to talk about these issues on campus. Enrolled students will become peer educators in a team, and will give workshops across campus around LGBTQ issues during the spring semester. Only one of the following may be counted: Social Work 360K (Topic: Confronting LGBTQ Oppression), Theatre and Dance 357T (Topic: Confronting LGBTQ Oppression), 357T (Topic 4), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 1), 345 (Topic: Confronting LGBTQ Oppression).
Same as: T D 357T.4  
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of instructor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 335.10  HIV and AIDS Activism and the Healing Arts  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 350J, 374E (Topic: HIV/AIDS Activism/Heal Arts), Anthropology 324J, 324L (Topic: HIV/AIDS Activism/Heal Arts), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: HIV/AIDS Activism/Heal Arts), 335 (Topic 10). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 350J, ANT 324J  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 335.11  Beyonce Feminism and Rihanna Womanism  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 372C (Topic: Beyonce Feminism/Rihanna Womanism), 330, Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Beyonce Feminism/Rihanna Womanism), 335 (Topic 11). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 330  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 335.12  Transgender Feminisms  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Transgender Feminisms) and 335 (Topic 12) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 335.13  Queer Art and Activism  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Queer Art and Activism) and 335 (Topic 13) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 335.14  Sexuality in Global Perspective  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explore the ways in which sexuality intersects with money, intimacy, power, and labor in the context of global economic processes. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Sexuality in Global Persp), 324V, Latin American Studies 324G, Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Sexuality in Global Persp), 335 (Topic 14). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 324V, LAS 324G  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 335.15  Queer Migrations  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Mexican American Studies 335M, 374 (Topic: Queer Migrations), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Queer Migrations), 335 (Topic 15). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: MAS 335M  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 335.17  Disability, Race, and Sexuality in Literature and Culture  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: English 343D, Mexican American Studies 337G, Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 17). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: E 343D, MAS 337G  
Pre/Corequisites: For English majors, one of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D; for others, upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 335.18  Twentieth-Century United States Lesbian and Gay History  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examines classic texts and recent and varied writings on LGBT history, focused on experiences, ideas, and conflicts that have shaped modern LGBT identities. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 324P, 370 (Topic 49), History 365G (Topic 10), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 18). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 324P, HIS 365G.10  
Core Curriculum: 060  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 335.2  Facilitating Dialogues on LGBTQ Oppression: Peers for Pride in Action  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
The second part of the Peers for Pride facilitation program; serves as a way for students in the program to use the information and skills learned in "Confronting LGBTQ Oppression." Students will continue to fine-tune their facilitation skills and continue learning about LGBTQ people on the UT campus and beyond. Only one of the following may be counted: Social Work 335, 360K (Topic: LGBTQ Oppression: Dialog), Theatre and Dance 357T (Topic: LGBTQ Oppression: Dialog), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 2), 345 (Topic: LGBTQ Oppressn: Facilit Dialog).
Same as: S W 335  
Pre/Corequisites: Consent of instructor.  
Restrictions: Restricted to students in the Peers for Pride program.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 335.20  Sex and Sexuality in the Muslim World  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Islamic Studies 372 (Topic: Sex/Sexuality Muslim World), 372 (Topic 25), Middle Eastern Studies 341 (Topic 13), Religious Studies 358 (Topic: Sex/Sexuality Muslim World), 358J, Sociology 321K (Topic: Sex/Sexuality Muslim World), 342S, Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Sex/Sexuality Muslim World), 335 (Topic 20). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: MES 341.13, R S 358J, SOC 342S  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 335.22  Queer Visual Culture  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 22) and 345 (Topic: Queer Visual Culture) may not both be counted.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 335.23  Performing LGBTQ+  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Performing LGBTQ+), 323 (Topic 72), Theatre and Dance 357T (Topic: Performing LGBTQ+), 357T (Topic 6), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Performing LGBTQ+), 335 (Topic 23).
Same as: C L 323.72, T D 357T.6  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 335.24  United States Masculinities  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic: US Masculinities), 370 (Topic 68), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: US Masculinities), 335 (Topic 24).
Same as: AMS 370.68  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 335.25  Queering Black Religions  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explore the ways Africana religion practitioners disrupt and reframe dominant western discourses of gender and sexuality. Examine concepts of temporality, spirit manifestation, subjectivity, corporeality, and Africana religious epistemologies. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 352O, American Studies 335, Religious Studies 335D, Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 25). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 352O, AMS 335, R S 335D  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 335.26  Queer Eastern Europe  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explore LGBTQI stories and political struggles in Eastern Europe with a focus on the region's queer culture: literature, cinema, and the arts. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 74), European Studies 347 (Topic 55), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Queer Narr Eastern Europe), 325 (Topic 46), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 26).
Same as: C L 323.74, EUS 347.55, REE 325.46  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 335.28  Race, Gender, Sex, and Religion  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Use an intersectional feminist framework to examine the construction and maintenance of normative categories of race, gender, sex, and sexuality within United States religious discourse. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 352M, American Studies 373I, Religious Studies 361 (Topic: Race, Gender, Sex, Religion), 373I, Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 28). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 352M, AMS 373I, R S 373I  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 335.29  Medical Rhetorics, Race, and Gender  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine how health and illness are defined through rhetorics about and within medicine. Focus on race and gender, consider how communication and language shape understandings of health, access to health care, and experiences of illness and disability. Only one of the following may be counted: Rhetoric and Writing 330D (Topic: Medical Rhet/Race/Gender), 330D (Topic 18), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 29).
Same as: RHE 330D.18  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: English 303C, Rhetoric and Writing 306, 306Q or Tutorial Course 303C.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 335.3  African Queer Studies  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examines the development of African queer studies as the interdisciplinary study of sexuality on the African continent, and its impact on the academic and activist realm. Focus on intersectional feminist and queer theory and how this field offers tools that can be used to rethink issues of oppression and domination in relationship to race, nation, sex, gender, and sexuality on the African continent. Of particular interest will be LGBTQ activism and the ways in which queer Africans engage and shape their sexuality, and create forms of belonging in their countries and their communities. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 340N, 372G (Topic 7), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 3). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 340N  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 335.30  Queer of Color Critique  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: English 323D (Topic: Queer of Color Criticism), 323D (Topic: Queer of Color Crit:Honors), 323Q, Liberal Arts Honors 350 (Topic: Queer of Color Critique), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 30). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: E 323Q  
Pre/Corequisites: For English majors, one of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D; for others, upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 335.32  Queer/Trans Performance  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explore the ways performance serves as an alternative space of expression and worldmaking, a site of activism and resistance, and a creative outlet for queer and trans people in specific socio-cultural contexts. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 328 (Topic 17), Theatre and Dance 357T (Topic 14), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 32). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LAS 328.17, T D 357T.14  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 335.6  Gender Issues in Contemporary Latin American Cinema  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Studies Latin American cinema as a device of gender system formation and reinforcement, and as criticism of patriarchal hegemony; discusses questions related to sexuality depicted in Latin American films. Subjects covered include: maternity, prostitution, machismo, children's sexuality, homosexuality, heterosexuality, and gender violence in films from the 1930s to present. Conducted in Spanish. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic 24), Spanish 350C, 350K (Topic 1), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 6). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LAS 370S.24, SPN 350C  
Pre/Corequisites: One of the following: Spanish 327C, 327N, 327V (or 327W), 328C, or 330L.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 335.7  Queer Study in Low Culture  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examines representations of sexual and gender non-conformity in popular culture since the mid-twentieth century in the United States. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic: Queer Study in Low Culture), 370 (Topic 51), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Queer Study in Low Culture), 335 (Topic 7).
Same as: AMS 370.51  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 335.9  Movements for Sexual and Reproductive Justice  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Charts the historical development of various struggles for sexual and reproductive justice in the United States since the nineteenth century. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic: Movements for Sexual and Reproductive Justice), 370 (Topic 52), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Movements for Sexual and Reproductive Justice), 335 (Topic 9).
Same as: AMS 370.52  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 335C  Queer Media Studies  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Critical analysis of queer media. Read key queer (media) theory texts and explore dominant strategies used by the media industries, as well as those utilized by LGBTQ+ independents/subcultures, paying close attention to contested discourses of identity, politics, activism and desire. Explore historical shifts in the representation of LGBTQ+ individuals. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 359S (Topic: Queer Media Studies), 359S (Topic 5), 377H (Topic: Queer Media Studies), 377H (Topic 2), Women's and Gender Studies 324 (Topic: Queer Media Studies), 335 (Topic 16), 335C. Three lecture hours and one two-and-one-half-hour film screening a week for one semester.
Same as: RTF 359S.5  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 335D  Queer Television  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  2.5 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 335 (Topic: Queer Television), 335 (Topic 4), Women's and Gender's Studies 335 (Topic: Queer Television), 335D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester, with two-and-one-half-hours of film screening a week.
Same as: RTF 335.4  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 335J  Latinx Sexualities  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine Latinx sexualities from a historical perspective to comprehend the social, cultural, political, and economic factors, which have shaped these experiences. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 325C, American Studies 337J, Mexican American Studies 337J, Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 27), 335J. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 325C, AMS 337J, MAS 337J  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 335L  The Black Figure in American Art and Popular Culture  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine how popular culture and artistic practices facilitate or challenge social constructions of "Blackness" in the United States. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 335L, 370 (Topic 2), (Topic: Black Figure in Pop Culture), American Studies 370 (Topic 78), Women's and Gender Studies 335L. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 335L, AMS 370.78  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 335P  Preserving Austin's Queer History  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explore Austin's queer history since World War II and write on the practice of oral history and LGBTQ oral history in particular. Build the foundation for an ongoing Austin LGBTQ Oral History Project to be housed at the Briscoe Center for American History. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic: Preserving ATX Queer Hist), 370 (Topic 69), History 350R (Topic 43), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 21), 335P.
Same as: AMS 370.69  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340  Cross-Cultural Topics in Women's and Gender Studies  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Multidisciplinary course examining experiences and issues of gender in different cultures. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing; additional prerequisites vary with the topic.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Contemporary Latinx Visual and Performance Art. Explore contemporary visual and performance art by Latinx artists working since the 1970's to the present. Examine artists who began to engage with and in civil rights discourse to intervene through their art-making practices; and to align with contemporary trends in the art world that began to expand in the 1970's, such as performance art, installation art, video art, and, later, digital art. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 374C, Art History 341D, 361 (Topic: Latinx Visual/Performance Art), Mexican American Studies 323D, 374 (Topic: Latinx Visual/Performance Art), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 1). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AMS 374C, ARH 341D, MAS 323D Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 2: Women and Family in Asia. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing or consent of instructor.

Topic 3: African American Family. Overview of historical and contemporary issues facing African American families and children. Social service delivery to African American families and communities is emphasized. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 321K, Social Work 360K (Topic 2), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 3). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.

Topic 4: 21st Century Latinx Literature. Explore Latinx literature from the past two decades including both literary form and political engagement, with an emphasis on Latina, queer, and nonbinary writers. Only one of the following may be counted: English 342D, Mexican American Studies 345J, 374 (Topic: 21st Century Latinx Lit), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 4). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: E 342D, MAS 345J Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

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). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 6: Folklore, Gender, and the Middle East. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 7: Black Women and the State. Surveys black women's experiences living with and confronting state oppression around the world. Takes an historical, social, and theoretical look at the roots of this oppression and inequality, and how black women have chosen to respond to it locally and globally. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 360E, 372F (Topic 11), 372F (Topic 12), Anthropology 324L (Topic 78), Latin American Studies 324L (Topic 17), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 7), 340 (Topic 63). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 360E, ANT 324L.78, LAS 324L.17 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 8: Women in Asian Societies. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 9: 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 351G, 374D (Topic 9), History 350R (Topic 17), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 9). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 351G, HIS 350R.17 Core Curriculum: 060 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of coursework in history.

Topic 10: Iranian Women Writers. Only one of the following may be counted: Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 321 (Topic 11), Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic 11), WGS 340 (Topic 10). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 11: Veiling in the Muslim World. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 372F, Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 321 (Topic 22), Middle Eastern Studies 341 (Topic 22), Religious Studies 358V, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 11). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANS 372F, MES 341.22, R S 358V Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 12: Women in Modern Japanese Fiction. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing or consent of instructor.

Topic 13: 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), History 350L (Topic 57), 344T, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 13). Same as: EUS 346.4, HIS 344T

Topic 14: Self-Revelation in Women's Writing. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 330N, 372E (Topic 8), Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 4), Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic 19), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 14). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.

Topic 15: 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. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of coursework in history.

Topic 16: Black Intellectuals in the Post-World War II Era. Partially fulfills legislative requirement for American history. Additional prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

Topic 17: 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). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 18: Women and Gender in China. Examine women and gender in China from imperial times to the present. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 372 (Topic 21), 372J, History 350L (Topic 46), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 18). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Core Curriculum: 010 Additional 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.

Topic 20: 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 there. Taught in Spanish. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic 23), Spanish 355 (Topic 6), Spanish 355F, and Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 20). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: LAS 370S.23, SPN 355F Additional prerequisite: One of the following: Spanish 327C, 327N, 327V (or 327W), 328C, or 330L.

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 341H, 341J, 341M, Latin American Studies 322 (Topic 10), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic 22), Urban Studies 354 (Topic: Minorities and the Media), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 21).

Topic 22: Muslim Women: Past and Present I. Survey of the role of women in Islamic societies from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century, with a glimpse into modern times. Only one of the following may be counted: Islamic Studies 372 (Topic 12), Religious Studies 358 (Topic: Muslim Women: Past and Present I), 358 (Topic 12), 358M, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 22). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 23: Muslim Women: Past and Present II. Survey of the role of women in the modern Muslim world, with a glimpse into historical developments within Islamic societies. Only one of the following may be counted: Islamic Studies 372 (Topic 13), Religious Studies 358 (Topic 13), 358N, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 23). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 24: 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. A comprehensive historical overview of gender issues as they are represented in the textual traditions of South Asia. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322O, 324L (Topic 40), Asian Studies 372 (Topic 25), 372K, Religious Studies 341 (Topic 3), 341M, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 25). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANS 372K, ANT 322O, R S 341M Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 26: 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. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 323O, 370 (Topic 35), History 350R (Topic 19), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 26), 346G. Core Curriculum: 060 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of coursework in history.

Topic 27: Islamic Law. Designed to give students a foundation in the substantive teachings of the shariah, which comprises not only what we normally think of as law, but also ethics and etiquette. Only one of the following may be counted: Islamic Studies 340 (Topic 5), Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 321 (Topic 19), Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic 27), Religious Studies 358 (Topic 9), 358K, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 27). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: MES 342.27, R S 358K Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 28: Gender and Sexuality in Japan. Examines gender and sexuality in Japan during the classical (Heian), early modern (Tokugawa or Edo), and modern periods. Considers the construction and representation of feminine and masculine gender and sexuality, both normative and otherwise. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 372 (Topic: Gender and Sexuality in Japan), 372 (Topic 30), History 364G (Topic: Gender and Sexuality in Japan), 364G (Topic 10), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Gender and Sexuality in Japan), 340 (Topic 28).

Topic 29: Contemporary African American Women's Fiction. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 330M, 372E (Topic 15), English 343W, 376M (Topic 7), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 29). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 330M, E 343W Additional prerequisite: For English majors, one of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D; for others, upper-division standing.

Topic 30: Goddesses in World Religions and Cultures. Historical and cross-cultural overview of the relationship between feminine and religious cultural expressions through comparative examinations and analyses of various goddess figures in world religions. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322J, 324L (Topic: Goddesses in World Religions and Cultures), Asian Studies 340 (Topic 7), 340F, Religious Studies 373 (Topic 3), 373G, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 30). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANS 340F, ANT 322J, R S 373G Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 31: Writing Slavery. Explores the controversial rewriting of slavery in a presentist context by contemporary authors. Addresses challenges that archival limitations and revisionist writings about slavery pose for academic disciplines, literary instruction, and/or pedagogy. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 330P, 374F (Topic 6), English 323E, 376M (Topic 3), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 31). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: For English majors, one of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D; for others, upper-division standing.

Topic 32: African Women's History. Major themes include politics, economics, religion, the family, culture, technology, feminism, colonialism, nationalism, and development in relation to the lives of African women. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 340E, 372G (Topic: African Women's History), 372G (Topic 6), History 364G (Topic: African Women's History), 364G (Topic 5), 364J, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: African Women's History), 340 (Topic 32). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 33: Antebellum Slavery. Examination of slavery at its maturity during the nineteenth century. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 351K, History 365G (Topic 6), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 33). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Core Curriculum: 060 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 34: Gender in North and West Africa. Examines gender discourses through North African and West African literary works by looking at the role(s) played by Islam and Christianity in the creation of the identities of African men and women. Includes discussion of the question of what gender is, and whether it is socially constructed. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 340S, Islamic Studies 373 (Topic 8), Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 321 (Topic 16), Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic 28), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 34). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 35: South Asian Migration to the United States. Examine the South Asian diaspora in the United States. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian American Studies 325 (Topic: South Asian Migration to the United States), 325 (Topic 9), 325J, Asian Studies 372 (Topic: South Asian Migration to the United States), 372 (Topic 43), 372P, History 365G (Topic: South Asian Migration to the United States), 365G (Topic 14), 325J, Women and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: South Asian Migration to the United States), 340 (Topic 35). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AAS 325J, ANS 372P, HIS 325J Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 36: Gender and Geography. Interrogates how norms of gender, race, and sexuality are created through and across the spaces of the body, home, nation, colony and the globe, using a feminist postcolonial lens. Only one of the following may be counted: Geography 356T (Topic: Gender and Geography), 356T (Topic 11), Women and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Gender and Geography), 340 (Topic 36) Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 37: Tolerance in Dutch Culture. The historical roots of Dutch "tolerance" and how it plays a role in current Dutch culture and attitudes towards religious, gender, and sexual differences, as well as drug use, prostitution, and euthanasia. Exploration of the stereotypes and the actuality of these Dutch attitudes and policies from an international comparative perspective. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 347 (Topic: Dutch Culture: Too tolerant?), 347 (Topic 19), German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies 361E, Germanic Civilization 327E (Topic: Dutch Culture: Too tolerant?), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Dutch Culture: Too tolerant?), 340 (Topic 37). Same as: EUS 347.19, GSD 361E Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 38: Afro-Caribbean Politics and Culture in Central America. Exploration of black identity, political systems, and community activism in Central America and the Caribbean. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 326, 374E (Topic: Afro-Caribbean Politics and Culture in Central America), Anthropology 324L (Topic: Afro-Caribbean Politics and Culture in Central America), 324L (Topic: 47), Government 365N (Topic: Afro-Caribbean Politics and Culture in Central America), Latin American Studies 337M (Topic: Afro-Caribbean Politics and Culture in Central America), 337N, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Afro-Caribbean Politics and Culture in Central America), 340 (Topic 38). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 39: History of Southern Africa. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 340O, History 350L (Topic 72), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 39). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 40: Historical Imagining of Africa in Films. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 340L, 374F (Topic 18), History 350L (Topic 70), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 40). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 340L, HIS 350L.70 Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 41: Life Span Development of Black Women. The psychological and social issues that affect the life span development of Black women. Discusses issues such as socioeconomic status, political climate, social norms, gender and ethnic identity, mental health, family dynamics, academic achievement, and social adjustment. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 321N, 372D (Topic: Life Span Development of Black Women), 374D (Topic: Life Span Development of Black Women), Educational Psychology 363M (Topic 5), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Life Span Development of Black Women), 340 (Topic 41). Additional prerequisite: Psychology 301 or another introductory behavioral science course.

Topic 42: Apartheid: South African History. A study of the social, political, economic, and cultural history of South Africa to contextualize the rise of apartheid. Primarily focuses on the period since 1948 from the perspectives of women, children, and men of all racial backgrounds who lived through that particular period. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 340D, History 364G (Topic: Apartheid: South African History), 364G (Topic 6), 364P, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 42). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 43: Black Women and Dance. Exploration of how black women express creativity in response to the violence of racism and sexism, and to envision new ways of being and moving in the world. Women's participation in ritual, concert, and social dance in North America, Haiti, Cuba, and Brazil will be studied through readings, viewings, and stagings. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 356E, 372E (Topic: Black Women and Dance), Theatre and Dance 357T (Topic: Black Women and Dance), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Black Women and Dance), 340 (Topic 43). Core Curriculum: 050 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 44: Gender Politics in the Islamic World. Study of the Islamic world and major sociological concepts such as gender, social organizations, culture, and politics. Examines how culture is mediated by politics, resulting in diverse interpretations of Islam and in different policies with respect to women's rights. Only one of the following may be counted: Islamic Studies 373 (Topic 11), Middle Eastern Studies 341 (Topic 7), Religious Studies 358 (Topic 8), 358G, Sociology 336G, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 44). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: MES 341.7, R S 358G, SOC 336G Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 45: Feminist Interventions in Borderlands History. Provides an in-depth understanding of the social, economic, and spatial transformations of the United States/Mexico borderlands in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic: Feminist Interventions in Borderlands History), 370 (Topic 45), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic: Feminist Interventions in Borderlands History), 374 (Topic 38), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Feminist Interventions in Borderlands History), 340 (Topic 45). Same as: AMS 370.45, MAS 374.38 Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 46: Africana Women's Art. Analysis of the diverse modes of presentation, mediums, definitions, and influences of Africana women artists in the diaspora. Designed to use critical theory and art history found in oral and written literatures, music, films, and other formal and informal documents. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 335C, 374F (Topic: Africana Women's Art), 374F (Topic 9), Art History 346L, 373C (Topic: Africana Women's Art), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Africana Women's Art), 340 (Topic 46). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 335C, ARH 346L Core Curriculum: 050 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 47: Black Queer Literature and Film. Analyzes written works, films, and videos by and about lesbians, bisexual, transgender, and gay black people, with an emphasis on understanding the historical and theoretical construction of sexual and gender identities and sexual/cultural practices in black communities. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 330W, 372E (Topic 13), English 343M, 376M (Topic 8), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 47). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: For English majors, one of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D; for others, upper-division standing.

Topic 48: Diaspora Visions. An exploration of border crossing by cultures and groups including Yorubas, Jews, Armenians, Tibetans, Hamish, Pakistanis, and Indians and the production of images by immigrants, exiles, and nomads in alien lands. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 335G, 374F (Topic 13), Art History 345L, 373D (Topic: Diaspora Visions), 374 (Topic: Diaspora Vision), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 48). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 335G, ARH 345L

Topic 49: Contemporary African Popular Culture. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 340, 372G (Topic: Contemporary African Popular Culture), Anthropology 322C, 324L (Topic: Contemporary African Popular Culture), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Contemporary African Popular Culture), 340 (Topic 49). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 340, ANT 322C Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 50: Women and the Holocaust. Introduction to both the history of Jewish and German women during World War II and the Holocaust, and to women's narratives and self-representations of this period. Historical sources, memoirs, films, and interviews will be used as source material. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Women's Narratives of the Holocaust and World War II), 323 (Topic 19), European Studies 346 (Topic: Women's Narratives of the Holocaust and World War II), 346 (Topic 10), German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies 341F, Germanic Civilization 323E (Topic: Women's Narratives of the Holocaust and World War II), Jewish Studies 363 (Topic 11), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Women's Narratives of the Holocaust and World War II), 340 (Topic 50). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 51: Medieval Women Mystics. The life and writings of Saint Birgitta of Sweden, fourteenth-century visionary, religious reformer, and pilgrim, examined and compared with her predecessor Hildegard of Bingen (Germany), her successor Margery Kempe (England), as well as Margery's mentor, Julian of Norwich. Social and historical contexts for all four of these women mystics will be explored in depth. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 347 (Topic 18), German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies 361D, Germanic Civilization 327E (Topic 10), Religious Studies 357 (Topic 15), 357U, Scandinavian 373 (Topic 8), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 51). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: EUS 347.18, GSD 361D, R S 357U Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 52: Sex and Power in the African Diaspora. Exploration of various experiences and theories of sex, intimacy, and desire alongside intellectual and artistic engagements with power hierarchies and spirituality across transnational black communities. Subjects include the concept of "erotic subjectivity" from various theoretical and methodological angles, principally within African diasporic contexts. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345F, 372G (Topic 33), Anthropology 324L (Topic 48), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 52). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 345F, ANT 324L.48 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 53: Women and Social Movements in the Twentieth-Century United States. Examines women's participation in well-known and lesser-known social movements during the twentieth century. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 351C, 372C (Topic: Women and Socl Mvmnts in US), 372C (Topic 7), American Studies 321 (Topic 10), History 365G (Topic 8), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 53). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 351C, AMS 321.10, HIS 365G.8 Core Curriculum: 060 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 54: The Qur'an. Explore the history, language, style, and themes of the Qur'an. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 37), Core Texts and Ideas 375 (Topic 1), Islamic Studies 340 (Topic 2), Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 321 (Topic 9), Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic 16), Religious Studies 325G, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 54). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: C L 323.37, CTI 375.1, MES 342.16, R S 325G Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 55: Women Filmmakers in the Middle East. Only one of the following may be counted: Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 321 (Topic 23), Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic 32), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 55). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 56: Muslim Women in Politics. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Muslim Women in Politics), 324N, Islamic Studies 372 (Topic 23), Middle Eastern Studies 341 (Topic 12), Religious Studies 358 (Topic 19), 358D, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 56). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANT 324N, MES 341.12, R S 358D Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 57: Sacred and Ceremonial Textiles. Textiles and material objects indigenous to the Islamic world, and what they reveal about the culture of various Islamic societies. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic 29), Islamic Studies 372 (Topic 11), Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 321 (Topic: Sacred and Ceremonial Textiles), 321 (Topic 34), Religious Studies 358 (Topic 11), 358T, Textiles and Apparel 365 (Topic: Sacred and Ceremonial Textiles), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 57). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 58: Queer Ethnographies. Anthropological analysis of gender and sexuality that critically evaluates formative concepts and theories that have been subject to recent debates within anthropology, gender studies, and queer theory. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Queer Ethnographies), 324L (Topic 45), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Queer Ethnographies), 340 (Topic 58). Same as: ANT 324L.45

Topic 59: Ancient Mediterranean Masculinities. Examines in-depth literary and artistic evidence from multiple ancient cultures to determine how each society defined the distinctively masculine" role it expected of men and boys and how each society transformed boys into men. Only one of the following may be counted: Classical Civilization 348 (Topic: Ancient Mediterranean Masculinities), 348 (Topic 18), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Ancient Mediterranean Masculinities), 340 (Topic 59).

Topic 60: Women and Resistance in Contemporary Eastern Europe. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 347 (Topic: Women and Resistance in Contemporary Eastern Europe), 347 (Topic 44), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Women and Resistance in Contemporary Eastern Europe), 325 (Topic 36), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Women and Resistance in Contemporary Eastern Europe), 340 (Topic 60). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: EUS 347.44, REE 325.36 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 61: Arendt and de Beauvoir. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Arendt And De Beauvoir), 323 (Topic 45), European Studies 347 (Topic: Arendt And De Beauvoir), 347 (Topic 37), German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies 340 (Topic: Arendt And De Beauvoir), 341M, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Arendt And De Beauvoir), 340 (Topic 61). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper division standing.

Topic 62: Gender and Art in the Muslim World. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 372 (Topic 46), 374D, Islamic Studies 373 (Topic 15), Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 321 (Topic 31), Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic 40), Religious Studies 358 (Topic 20), 358W, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 62). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANS 374D, MES 342.40, R S 358W Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 63: Black Women, Struggle, and the Transnational State. Surveys black women's experiences living with and confronting state oppression around the world. Takes an historical, social, and theoretical look at the roots of this oppression and inequality, and how black women have chosen to respond to it locally and globally. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 372F (Topic: Black Women, Struggle, and the Transnational State), 372F (Topic 11), Anthropology 324L (Topic: Black Women, Struggle, and the Transnational State), Latin American Studies 324L (Topic: Black Women, Struggle, and the Transnational State), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Black Women, Struggle, and the Transnational State), 340 (Topic 63).

Topic 64: Postcolonial Women Writers. Literary exploration of how postcolonial women across the world view their positions as citizens, migrants, workers, parents, activists, and artists in the new millennium. Subjects include the effects of imperialism in women's lives, western feminisms developed to address global women's needs, and what new possibilities for decolonization, feminism, and creativity remain to be explored. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 372C (Topic: Postcolonial Women Writers), 372C (Topic 15), Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Postcolonial Women Writers), 323 (Topic 38), English 370W (Topic: Postcolonial Women Writers), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Postcolonial Women Writers), 340 (Topic 64).

Topic 65: Feminism and Film: Women Filmmakers in Northern and Central Europe. An introduction to the work of women filmmakers from Scandinavia, Germany, as well as to the viewing and interpretation of films in general. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Women Filmmakers in Northern and Central Europe), 323 (Topic 33), European Studies 347 (Topic: Women Filmmakers in Northern and Central Europe), 347 (Topic 24), German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies 330 (Topic: Women Filmmakers in Northern and Central Europe), 331D, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Women Filmmakers in Northern and Central Europe), 340 (Topic 65). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 66: Holocaust Aftereffects. Explores the historical, political, psychological, theological, and cultural fallout of the Holocaust, as well as literary and cinematic responses in Europe and the United States. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 40), European Studies 346 (Topic 23), German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies 360 (Topic 1), Jewish Studies 365 (Topic 14), Liberal Arts Honors 350 (Topic: Holocaust Aftereffects), 351Q, Religious Studies 357 (Topic 18), 357V, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Holocaust Aftereffects), 340 (Topic 66). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: C L 323.40, EUS 346.23, GSD 360.1, J S 365.14, R S 357V Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 67: Graffiti and Poster Art in the Islamic World. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic 59), Islamic Studies 373 (Topic 17), Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 321 (Topic 36), Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic 44), Religious Studies 358 (Topic 21), 359C, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 67). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANT 324L.59, MES 342.44, R S 359C Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 68: Women and Wealth in South Asia. Addresses the questions surrounding poverty of South Asian women by combining legal, political and social histories of the subcontinent over four centuries. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 372 (Topic: Women and Wealth in South Asia), 372 (Topic 47), 372Q, History 350L (Topic: Women and Wealth in South Asia), 350L (Topic 94), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Women and Wealth in South Asia), 340 (Topic 68). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 69: Black Women on Trial. Using press coverage of historical and contemporary court cases and trials of women ranging from Angela Davis to Marissa Alexander, explores how media shapes public and popular perceptions of race, class, gender, sexuality, and the law. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 350F, 374D (Topic: Black Women on Trial), History 350R (Topic: Black Women on Trial), 350R (Topic 40), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Black Women on Trial), 340 (Topic 69). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 350F, HIS 350R.40 Core Curriculum: 060 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of coursework in history.

Topic 70: Women, Gender, and Black Power. Examines the Black Power Movement through the experiences of African American women activists as well as gender and sexuality constructs that prevailed during the second half of the twentieth century Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 350G, 374D (Topic: Women, Gender, and Black Power), History 350R (Topic: Women, Gender, and Black Power), 350R (Topic 41), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Women, Gender, and Black Power), 340 (Topic 70). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Core Curriculum: 060 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of coursework in history.

Topic 71: Rethinking Blackness. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 350M, 372C (Topic: Rethinking Blackness), American Studies 321 (Topic: Rethinking Blackness), 321N, English 376M (Topic: Rethinking Blackness), Theatre and Dance 357T (Topic: Rethinking Blackness), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Rethinking Blackness), 340 (Topic 71). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 72: Gwendolyn Brooks. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 330E, Theatre and Dance 357T (Topic 11), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 72). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 73: African History in Films and Photographs. Explore the social, economic, and political challenges of the past fifty years of Africa's history through an examination of several popular films. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 340F, 372G (Topic 32), History 364F, 364G (Topic 4), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: African History in Films and Photographs), 340 (Topic 73). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 74: Bad Language: Race, Class, and Gender. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 321 (Topic: Bad Language: Race, Class, and Gender), Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Bad Language: Race, Class, and Gender), 323 (Topic 52), Linguistics 350 (Topic: Bad Language: Race, Class, and Gender), Mexican American Studies 363R, 374 (Topic: Bad Language: Race, Class, and Gender), Russian 369 (Topic: Bad Language: Race, Class, and Gender), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Bad Language: Race, Class, and Gender), 325 (Topic 32), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Bad Language: Race, Class, and Gender), 340 (Topic 74). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: C L 323.52, MAS 363R, REE 325.32 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 75: Gender and Modern India. Examine gender and the shifting nature of modernity between precolonial and colonial periods in the Indian subcontinent. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 346G, 361 (Topic 44), History 364G (Topic 13), 367D, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Gender and Modern India), 340 (Topic 75). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANS 346G, HIS 367D Additional prerequisite: Upper division standing.

Topic 76: Human Rights and World Politics. Introduction to the political and policy dimensions of human rights. Only one of the following may be counted: Government 365N (Topic: Human Rights and World Politics), 365N (Topic 24), 365W, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Human Rights and World Politics), 340 (Topic 76). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing and six hours of lower-division coursework in government.

Topic 77: Theorizing the Human. Trace the continuities and transformations in constructions of populations as more or less human, from settler-colonial conquest to the post-Trump era. Examine what logics mark racialized populations as disposable during the colonization of the Americas, and which systematically condition racialized subjects to a state of enduring siege. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic: On the Human), 370 (Topic 70), Asian American Studies 320K, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 77). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AAS 320K, AMS 370.70 Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 78: Reproductive Justice and Race. Examine the links between reproductive care and social inequality, and explore reproductive outcomes for women in the context of social justice. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian American Studies 330 (Topic: Reproductive Justice & Race), 330M, Sociology 321K (Topic: Reproductive Justice & Race), 355R, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Reproductive Justice & Race), 340 (Topic 78). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AAS 330M, SOC 335R Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 79: Forugh Farrokhzad and Her Poetry. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Forugh Farrokhzad/Her Ptry), 323 (Topic 62), Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 321 (Topic: Forugh Farrokhzad/Her Ptry), Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic: Forugh Farrokhzad/Her Ptry), 342 (Topic 61), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Forugh Farrokhzad/Her Ptry), 340 (Topic 79). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 80: Islamic Ethics. Only one of the following may be counted: Islamic Studies 340 (Topic: Islamic Ethics), 340 (Topic 9), Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic: Islamic Ethics), 342 (Topic 58), Religious Studies 358 (Topic: Islamic Ethics), 358R, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Islamic Ethics), 340 (Topic 80). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 81: Iranian and Iranian-American Identity. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 63), Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 321C, Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic: Iran/Iranian-Amer Ident), 342 (Topic 62), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 81). Same as: C L 323.63, MES 342.62 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 82: Race, Capitalism, and the Environment. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 351U, 372C (Topic: Race/Capitalism/Environment), Geography 324F, 356T (Topic: Race/Capitalism/Environment), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Race/Capitalism/Environment), 340 (Topic 82). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 351U, GRG 324F Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 83: Black Middle Class. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 350C, 372C (Topic: Black Middle Class), American Studies 321 (Topic: Black Middle Class), 324C, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Black Middle Class), 340 (Topic 83). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 350C, AMS 324C Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 84: Fashion And Desire. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 330C, 372E (Topic: Fashion And Desire), Textiles and Apparel 365 (Topic: Fashion And Desire), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Fashion And Desire), 340 (Topic 84). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 330C Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 85: Technologies of United States Empire. Investigate the various technologies that the United States has used to maintain imperial geographies at "home" and abroad. Focus on imperial entanglements of global capital, liberalism, and technological systems. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 352N, American Studies 370 (Topic: Technologies of US Empire), 370 (Topic 72), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 85). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 352N, AMS 370.72 Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 86: Julia Alvarez and Sandra Cisneros. Only one of the following may be counted: English 348C, 349S (Topic: Alvarez and Cisneros), Mexican American Studies 345C, 374 (Topic: Alvarez and Cisneros), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Alvarez and Cisneros), 340 (Topic 86). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: E 348C, MAS 345C Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 87: Chicana Feminisms. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 321 (Topic: Chicana Feminisms), 324I, Mexican American Studies 337C, 374 (Topic: Chicana Feminisms), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Chicana Feminisms), 340 (Topic 87). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AMS 324I, MAS 337C Additional prerequisite: Upper division standing.

Topic 88: Latina Feminism and Health. Only one of the following may be counted: Mexican American Studies 337F, 374 (Topic: Latina Feminism and Health), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Latina Feminism and Health), 340 (Topic 88). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 89: Transnational Latinx Popular Culture. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 328 (Topic: Transnatl Latinx Pop Culture), 328C, Mexican American Studies 347C, 374 (Transnatl Latinx Pop Culture), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Transnatl Latinx Pop Culture), 340 (Topic 89). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: LAS 328C, MAS 347C Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 90: Latinx Short Story. Only one of the following may be counted: English 343E, 376M (Topic: Latinx Short Story), Mexican American Studies 345E, 374 (Topic: Latinx Short Story), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Latinx Short Story), 340 (Topic 90). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: E 343E, MAS 345E Additional prerequisite: For English majors, nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing; for other majors, upper-division standing.

Topic 91: Sexuality and Gender in Latin America. Explore gender as a broad analytical tool to understand key problems concerning social organization, power relations, and inequality in contemporary Latin America. Only one of the following may be counted: History 363K (Topic: Sexuality/Gender in Latin Amer), 366N (Topic: Sexuality/Gender in Latin Amer), 366P, Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: Sexuality/Gender in Latin Amer), 366 (Topic 41), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Sexuality/Gender in Latin Amer), 340 (Topic 91). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: HIS 366P, LAS 366.41 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 92: Italian Television Advertising. Analysis of Italian television commercials in order to identify changes that have taken place at the level of language, with some attention to socio-cultural dynamics. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 347 (Topic: Itl TV Ads: Fashion/Food/Cars), 347 (Topic 51), Italian Civilization 338, 349 (Topic: Itl TV Ads: Fashion/Food/Cars), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Itl TV Ads: Fashion/Food/Cars), 340 (Topic 92). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: EUS 347.51, ITC 338 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 93: Gender and Labor in Global Asia. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Gender & Labor in Global Asia), 324P, Asian Studies 379 (Topic: Gender & Labor in Global Asia), 379 (Topic 12), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Gender & Labor in Global Asia), 340 (Topic 93). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: For Asian studies majors, twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework in Asian studies; for others, upper-division standing.

Topic 94: African-American Women's Political Activism. Explore Black feminism and African-American women's political participation. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 352K, 374D (Topic: Afr Amer Women Pol Activism), Government 355M (Topic: Afr Amer Women Pol Activism), 370K (Topic: Afr Amer Women Pol Activism), 371M, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 94). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 352K, GOV 371M Additional prerequisite: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government and upper-division standing.

Topic 95: Policing Latinidad. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 321 (Topic: Policing Latinidad), 324G, Mexican American Studies 364E, 374 (Topic: Policing Latinidad), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Policing Latinidad), 340 (Topic 95). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AMS 324G, MAS 364E Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 96: Latinx Legend Tripping. Explore narrative folklore from diverse traditions across the United States based Latinx diaspora. Focus on supernatural legends and the creation of the female "monster". Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 321 (Topic:Latinx Legend Tripping), 345F, English 323D (Topic: Latinx Legend Tripping), 342L, 370W (Topic: Latinx Legend Tripping), Mexican American Studies 345F, 374 (Topic: Latinx Legend Tripping), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Latinx Legend Tripping), 340 (Topic 96). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AMS 345F, E 342L, MAS 345F Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 97: Tejana Cultural Studies. Investigate the history of Tejanas to reaffirm and reclaim their place and role in the histories of Native Americans, women, Chican@/Chicanxs, Greater Mexico, and the United States. Explore how transborderism and transregionalism complicate this history. Contemplate how Tejanas' stories are fundamental to illuminating the struggles, resistance, and liberation of Chicanas, mestizas, and afromexicanas from precontact to decolonization. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic: Tejana Cultural Studies), 370 (Topic 67), Mexican American Studies 337I, 374 (Topic: Tejana Cultural Studies), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Tejana Cultural Studies), 340 (Topic 97). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AMS 370.67, MAS 337I Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 98: Native American Women's History. Investigate the histories of Native American women to reaffirm and reclaim their place and role in the histories of Native Americans, indigenous peoples, women, Chican@/xs, Greater Mexico, and the United States. Contemplate how many understandings that center colonization, settler colonialism, genocide, race, and environmentalism are essential to examining Native American women's history. Explore the stories, struggles, and ideas of community-building, sovereignty, and liberation as integral to their genders and sexualities as Native American, Indian, First Nations, indigenous, and red and brown women. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic 75), History 365G (Topic: Native Amer Women's History), 365G (Topic 20), Mexican American Studies 320G, 374 (Topic: Native Amer Women's History), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 98). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Core Curriculum: 060 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 99: Latina Filmmakers. Explore the history of U.S.-based Latina filmmakers (primarily directors, producers, and screenwriters) and the images they have created. Examine early representations of Latinas in Hollywood film and consider how Latina filmmakers have gained increasing control over their own images, particularly since the 1990s. Only one of the following may be counted: Mexican American Studies 370C, 374 (Topic: Latina Filmmakers), Radio-Television-Film 359 (Topic: Latina Filmmakers), 359 (Topic 10), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Latina Filmmakers), 340 (Topic 99). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
  

WGS 340.1  Contemporary Latinx Visual and Performance Art  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explore contemporary visual and performance art by Latinx artists working since the 1970's to the present. Examine artists who began to engage with and in civil rights discourse to intervene through their art-making practices; and to align with contemporary trends in the art world that began to expand in the 1970's, such as performance art, installation art, video art, and, later, digital art. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 374C, Art History 341D, 361 (Topic: Latinx Visual/Performance Art), Mexican American Studies 323D, 374 (Topic: Latinx Visual/Performance Art), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 1). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 374C, ARH 341D, MAS 323D  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.11  Veiling in the Muslim World  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 372F, Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 321 (Topic 22), Middle Eastern Studies 341 (Topic 22), Religious Studies 358V, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 11). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANS 372F, MES 341.22, R S 358V  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.13  Law and Society in Early Modern Europe  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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), History 350L (Topic 57), 344T, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 13).
Same as: EUS 346.4, HIS 344T  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.20  Violence in Contemporary Mexican Culture  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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 there. Taught in Spanish. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic 23), Spanish 355 (Topic 6), Spanish 355F, and Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 20). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LAS 370S.23, SPN 355F  
Pre/Corequisites: One of the following: Spanish 327C, 327N, 327V (or 327W), 328C, or 330L.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.25  Gender, Sexuality, and the Family in Indian Religions and Cultures  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
A comprehensive historical overview of gender issues as they are represented in the textual traditions of South Asia. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322O, 324L (Topic 40), Asian Studies 372 (Topic 25), 372K, Religious Studies 341 (Topic 3), 341M, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 25). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANS 372K, ANT 322O, R S 341M  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.27  Islamic Law  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Designed to give students a foundation in the substantive teachings of the shariah, which comprises not only what we normally think of as law, but also ethics and etiquette. Only one of the following may be counted: Islamic Studies 340 (Topic 5), Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 321 (Topic 19), Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic 27), Religious Studies 358 (Topic 9), 358K, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 27). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: MES 342.27, R S 358K  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.29  Contemporary African American Women's Fiction  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 330M, 372E (Topic 15), English 343W, 376M (Topic 7), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 29). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 330M, E 343W  
Pre/Corequisites: For English majors, one of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D; for others, upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.30  Goddesses in World Religions and Cultures  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Historical and cross-cultural overview of the relationship between feminine and religious cultural expressions through comparative examinations and analyses of various goddess figures in world religions. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 322J, 324L (Topic: Goddesses in World Religions and Cultures), Asian Studies 340 (Topic 7), 340F, Religious Studies 373 (Topic 3), 373G, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 30). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANS 340F, ANT 322J, R S 373G  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.35  South Asian Migration to the United States  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine the South Asian diaspora in the United States. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian American Studies 325 (Topic: South Asian Migration to the United States), 325 (Topic 9), 325J, Asian Studies 372 (Topic: South Asian Migration to the United States), 372 (Topic 43), 372P, History 365G (Topic: South Asian Migration to the United States), 365G (Topic 14), 325J, Women and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: South Asian Migration to the United States), 340 (Topic 35). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AAS 325J, ANS 372P, HIS 325J  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.37  Tolerance in Dutch Culture  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
The historical roots of Dutch "tolerance" and how it plays a role in current Dutch culture and attitudes towards religious, gender, and sexual differences, as well as drug use, prostitution, and euthanasia. Exploration of the stereotypes and the actuality of these Dutch attitudes and policies from an international comparative perspective. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 347 (Topic: Dutch Culture: Too tolerant?), 347 (Topic 19), German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies 361E, Germanic Civilization 327E (Topic: Dutch Culture: Too tolerant?), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Dutch Culture: Too tolerant?), 340 (Topic 37).
Same as: EUS 347.19, GSD 361E  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.4  21st Century Latinx Literature  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explore Latinx literature from the past two decades including both literary form and political engagement, with an emphasis on Latina, queer, and nonbinary writers. Only one of the following may be counted: English 342D, Mexican American Studies 345J, 374 (Topic: 21st Century Latinx Lit), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 4). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: E 342D, MAS 345J  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.40  Historical Imagining of Africa in Films  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 340L, 374F (Topic 18), History 350L (Topic 70), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 40). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 340L, HIS 350L.70  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.44  Gender Politics in the Islamic World  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Study of the Islamic world and major sociological concepts such as gender, social organizations, culture, and politics. Examines how culture is mediated by politics, resulting in diverse interpretations of Islam and in different policies with respect to women's rights. Only one of the following may be counted: Islamic Studies 373 (Topic 11), Middle Eastern Studies 341 (Topic 7), Religious Studies 358 (Topic 8), 358G, Sociology 336G, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 44). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: MES 341.7, R S 358G, SOC 336G  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.45  Feminist Interventions in Borderlands History  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Provides an in-depth understanding of the social, economic, and spatial transformations of the United States/Mexico borderlands in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic: Feminist Interventions in Borderlands History), 370 (Topic 45), Mexican American Studies 374 (Topic: Feminist Interventions in Borderlands History), 374 (Topic 38), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Feminist Interventions in Borderlands History), 340 (Topic 45).
Same as: AMS 370.45, MAS 374.38  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.46  Africana Women's Art  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Analysis of the diverse modes of presentation, mediums, definitions, and influences of Africana women artists in the diaspora. Designed to use critical theory and art history found in oral and written literatures, music, films, and other formal and informal documents. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 335C, 374F (Topic: Africana Women's Art), 374F (Topic 9), Art History 346L, 373C (Topic: Africana Women's Art), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Africana Women's Art), 340 (Topic 46). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 335C, ARH 346L  
Core Curriculum: 050  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.48  Diaspora Visions  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
An exploration of border crossing by cultures and groups including Yorubas, Jews, Armenians, Tibetans, Hamish, Pakistanis, and Indians and the production of images by immigrants, exiles, and nomads in alien lands. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 335G, 374F (Topic 13), Art History 345L, 373D (Topic: Diaspora Visions), 374 (Topic: Diaspora Vision), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 48). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 335G, ARH 345L  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.49  Contemporary African Popular Culture  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 340, 372G (Topic: Contemporary African Popular Culture), Anthropology 322C, 324L (Topic: Contemporary African Popular Culture), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Contemporary African Popular Culture), 340 (Topic 49). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 340, ANT 322C  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.51  Medieval Women Mystics  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
The life and writings of Saint Birgitta of Sweden, fourteenth-century visionary, religious reformer, and pilgrim, examined and compared with her predecessor Hildegard of Bingen (Germany), her successor Margery Kempe (England), as well as Margery's mentor, Julian of Norwich. Social and historical contexts for all four of these women mystics will be explored in depth. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 347 (Topic 18), German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies 361D, Germanic Civilization 327E (Topic 10), Religious Studies 357 (Topic 15), 357U, Scandinavian 373 (Topic 8), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 51). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: EUS 347.18, GSD 361D, R S 357U  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.52  Sex and Power in the African Diaspora  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Exploration of various experiences and theories of sex, intimacy, and desire alongside intellectual and artistic engagements with power hierarchies and spirituality across transnational black communities. Subjects include the concept of "erotic subjectivity" from various theoretical and methodological angles, principally within African diasporic contexts. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 345F, 372G (Topic 33), Anthropology 324L (Topic 48), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 52). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 345F, ANT 324L.48  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.53  Women and Social Movements in the Twentieth-Century United States  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examines women's participation in well-known and lesser-known social movements during the twentieth century. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 351C, 372C (Topic: Women and Socl Mvmnts in US), 372C (Topic 7), American Studies 321 (Topic 10), History 365G (Topic 8), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 53). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 351C, AMS 321.10, HIS 365G.8  
Core Curriculum: 060  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.54  The Qur'an  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explore the history, language, style, and themes of the Qur'an. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 37), Core Texts and Ideas 375 (Topic 1), Islamic Studies 340 (Topic 2), Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 321 (Topic 9), Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic 16), Religious Studies 325G, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 54). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 323.37, CTI 375.1, MES 342.16, R S 325G  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.56  Muslim Women in Politics  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Muslim Women in Politics), 324N, Islamic Studies 372 (Topic 23), Middle Eastern Studies 341 (Topic 12), Religious Studies 358 (Topic 19), 358D, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 56). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 324N, MES 341.12, R S 358D  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.58  Queer Ethnographies  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Anthropological analysis of gender and sexuality that critically evaluates formative concepts and theories that have been subject to recent debates within anthropology, gender studies, and queer theory. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Queer Ethnographies), 324L (Topic 45), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Queer Ethnographies), 340 (Topic 58).
Same as: ANT 324L.45  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.60  Women and Resistance in Contemporary Eastern Europe  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 347 (Topic: Women and Resistance in Contemporary Eastern Europe), 347 (Topic 44), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Women and Resistance in Contemporary Eastern Europe), 325 (Topic 36), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Women and Resistance in Contemporary Eastern Europe), 340 (Topic 60). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: EUS 347.44, REE 325.36  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.62  Gender and Art in the Muslim World  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 372 (Topic 46), 374D, Islamic Studies 373 (Topic 15), Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 321 (Topic 31), Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic 40), Religious Studies 358 (Topic 20), 358W, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 62). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANS 374D, MES 342.40, R S 358W  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.66  Holocaust Aftereffects  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explores the historical, political, psychological, theological, and cultural fallout of the Holocaust, as well as literary and cinematic responses in Europe and the United States. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 40), European Studies 346 (Topic 23), German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies 360 (Topic 1), Jewish Studies 365 (Topic 14), Liberal Arts Honors 350 (Topic: Holocaust Aftereffects), 351Q, Religious Studies 357 (Topic 18), 357V, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Holocaust Aftereffects), 340 (Topic 66). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 323.40, EUS 346.23, GSD 360.1, J S 365.14, R S 357V  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.67  Graffiti and Poster Art in the Islamic World  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic 59), Islamic Studies 373 (Topic 17), Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 321 (Topic 36), Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic 44), Religious Studies 358 (Topic 21), 359C, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 67). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANT 324L.59, MES 342.44, R S 359C  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.69  Black Women on Trial  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Using press coverage of historical and contemporary court cases and trials of women ranging from Angela Davis to Marissa Alexander, explores how media shapes public and popular perceptions of race, class, gender, sexuality, and the law. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 350F, 374D (Topic: Black Women on Trial), History 350R (Topic: Black Women on Trial), 350R (Topic 40), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Black Women on Trial), 340 (Topic 69). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 350F, HIS 350R.40  
Core Curriculum: 060  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of coursework in history.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.7  Black Women and the State  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Surveys black women's experiences living with and confronting state oppression around the world. Takes an historical, social, and theoretical look at the roots of this oppression and inequality, and how black women have chosen to respond to it locally and globally. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 360E, 372F (Topic 11), 372F (Topic 12), Anthropology 324L (Topic 78), Latin American Studies 324L (Topic 17), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 7), 340 (Topic 63). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 360E, ANT 324L.78, LAS 324L.17  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.74  Bad Language: Race, Class, and Gender  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 321 (Topic: Bad Language: Race, Class, and Gender), Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Bad Language: Race, Class, and Gender), 323 (Topic 52), Linguistics 350 (Topic: Bad Language: Race, Class, and Gender), Mexican American Studies 363R, 374 (Topic: Bad Language: Race, Class, and Gender), Russian 369 (Topic: Bad Language: Race, Class, and Gender), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Bad Language: Race, Class, and Gender), 325 (Topic 32), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Bad Language: Race, Class, and Gender), 340 (Topic 74). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 323.52, MAS 363R, REE 325.32  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.75  Gender and Modern India  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine gender and the shifting nature of modernity between precolonial and colonial periods in the Indian subcontinent. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 346G, 361 (Topic 44), History 364G (Topic 13), 367D, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Gender and Modern India), 340 (Topic 75). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANS 346G, HIS 367D  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.77  Theorizing the Human  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Trace the continuities and transformations in constructions of populations as more or less human, from settler-colonial conquest to the post-Trump era. Examine what logics mark racialized populations as disposable during the colonization of the Americas, and which systematically condition racialized subjects to a state of enduring siege. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic: On the Human), 370 (Topic 70), Asian American Studies 320K, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 77). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AAS 320K, AMS 370.70  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.78  Reproductive Justice and Race  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine the links between reproductive care and social inequality, and explore reproductive outcomes for women in the context of social justice. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian American Studies 330 (Topic: Reproductive Justice & Race), 330M, Sociology 321K (Topic: Reproductive Justice & Race), 355R, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Reproductive Justice & Race), 340 (Topic 78). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AAS 330M, SOC 335R  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.81  Iranian and Iranian-American Identity  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 63), Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 321C, Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic: Iran/Iranian-Amer Ident), 342 (Topic 62), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 81).
Same as: C L 323.63, MES 342.62  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.82  Race, Capitalism, and the Environment  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 351U, 372C (Topic: Race/Capitalism/Environment), Geography 324F, 356T (Topic: Race/Capitalism/Environment), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Race/Capitalism/Environment), 340 (Topic 82). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 351U, GRG 324F  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.83  Black Middle Class  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 350C, 372C (Topic: Black Middle Class), American Studies 321 (Topic: Black Middle Class), 324C, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Black Middle Class), 340 (Topic 83). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 350C, AMS 324C  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.84  Fashion And Desire  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 330C, 372E (Topic: Fashion And Desire), Textiles and Apparel 365 (Topic: Fashion And Desire), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Fashion And Desire), 340 (Topic 84). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 330C  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.85  Technologies of United States Empire  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Investigate the various technologies that the United States has used to maintain imperial geographies at "home" and abroad. Focus on imperial entanglements of global capital, liberalism, and technological systems. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 352N, American Studies 370 (Topic: Technologies of US Empire), 370 (Topic 72), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 85). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 352N, AMS 370.72  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.86  Julia Alvarez and Sandra Cisneros  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: English 348C, 349S (Topic: Alvarez and Cisneros), Mexican American Studies 345C, 374 (Topic: Alvarez and Cisneros), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Alvarez and Cisneros), 340 (Topic 86). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: E 348C, MAS 345C  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.87  Chicana Feminisms  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 321 (Topic: Chicana Feminisms), 324I, Mexican American Studies 337C, 374 (Topic: Chicana Feminisms), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Chicana Feminisms), 340 (Topic 87). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 324I, MAS 337C  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.89  Transnational Latinx Popular Culture  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 328 (Topic: Transnatl Latinx Pop Culture), 328C, Mexican American Studies 347C, 374 (Transnatl Latinx Pop Culture), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Transnatl Latinx Pop Culture), 340 (Topic 89). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: LAS 328C, MAS 347C  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.9  Black Women in America  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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 351G, 374D (Topic 9), History 350R (Topic 17), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 9). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 351G, HIS 350R.17  
Core Curriculum: 060  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of coursework in history.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.90  Latinx Short Story  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: English 343E, 376M (Topic: Latinx Short Story), Mexican American Studies 345E, 374 (Topic: Latinx Short Story), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Latinx Short Story), 340 (Topic 90). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: E 343E, MAS 345E  
Pre/Corequisites: For English majors, nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing; for other majors, upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.91  Sexuality and Gender in Latin America  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explore gender as a broad analytical tool to understand key problems concerning social organization, power relations, and inequality in contemporary Latin America. Only one of the following may be counted: History 363K (Topic: Sexuality/Gender in Latin Amer), 366N (Topic: Sexuality/Gender in Latin Amer), 366P, Latin American Studies 366 (Topic: Sexuality/Gender in Latin Amer), 366 (Topic 41), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Sexuality/Gender in Latin Amer), 340 (Topic 91). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: HIS 366P, LAS 366.41  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.92  Italian Television Advertising  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Analysis of Italian television commercials in order to identify changes that have taken place at the level of language, with some attention to socio-cultural dynamics. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 347 (Topic: Itl TV Ads: Fashion/Food/Cars), 347 (Topic 51), Italian Civilization 338, 349 (Topic: Itl TV Ads: Fashion/Food/Cars), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Itl TV Ads: Fashion/Food/Cars), 340 (Topic 92). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: EUS 347.51, ITC 338  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.94  African-American Women's Political Activism  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explore Black feminism and African-American women's political participation. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 352K, 374D (Topic: Afr Amer Women Pol Activism), Government 355M (Topic: Afr Amer Women Pol Activism), 370K (Topic: Afr Amer Women Pol Activism), 371M, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 94). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 352K, GOV 371M  
Pre/Corequisites: Six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government and upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.95  Policing Latinidad  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 321 (Topic: Policing Latinidad), 324G, Mexican American Studies 364E, 374 (Topic: Policing Latinidad), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Policing Latinidad), 340 (Topic 95). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 324G, MAS 364E  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.96  Latinx Legend Tripping  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explore narrative folklore from diverse traditions across the United States based Latinx diaspora. Focus on supernatural legends and the creation of the female "monster". Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 321 (Topic:Latinx Legend Tripping), 345F, English 323D (Topic: Latinx Legend Tripping), 342L, 370W (Topic: Latinx Legend Tripping), Mexican American Studies 345F, 374 (Topic: Latinx Legend Tripping), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Latinx Legend Tripping), 340 (Topic 96). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 345F, E 342L, MAS 345F  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340.97  Tejana Cultural Studies  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Investigate the history of Tejanas to reaffirm and reclaim their place and role in the histories of Native Americans, women, Chican@/Chicanxs, Greater Mexico, and the United States. Explore how transborderism and transregionalism complicate this history. Contemplate how Tejanas' stories are fundamental to illuminating the struggles, resistance, and liberation of Chicanas, mestizas, and afromexicanas from precontact to decolonization. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic: Tejana Cultural Studies), 370 (Topic 67), Mexican American Studies 337I, 374 (Topic: Tejana Cultural Studies), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic: Tejana Cultural Studies), 340 (Topic 97). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 370.67, MAS 337I  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340F  Latina Feminism and Health  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Mexican American Studies 337F, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 88), 340F. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: MAS 337F  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340L  Black Queer Literature and Film  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Analyzes written works, films, and videos by and about lesbians, bisexual, transgender, and gay black people, with an emphasis on understanding the historical and theoretical construction of sexual and gender identities and sexual/cultural practices in black communities. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 330W, English 343M, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 47), 340L. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 330W, E 343M  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: For English majors, one of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D; for others, upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340N  Native American Women's History  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Investigate the histories of Native American women to reaffirm and reclaim their place and role in the histories of Native Americans, indigenous peoples, women, Chican@/xs, Greater Mexico, and the United States. Contemplate how many understandings that center colonization, settler colonialism, genocide, race, and environmentalism are essential to examining Native American women's history. Explore the stories, struggles, and ideas of community-building, sovereignty, and liberation as integral to their genders and sexualities as Native American, Indian, First Nations, indigenous, and red and brown women. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 331D, 370 (Topic 75), History 365G (Topic: Native Amer Women's History), 365G (Topic 20), Mexican American Studies 320G, 374 (Topic: Native Amer Women's History), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 98), 340N. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 331D, HIS 365G.20, MAS 320G  
Core Curriculum: 060  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340S  Topics in Cross-Cultural Feminisms  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine experiences and issues of gender in different cultures. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Gender and Translation in the Arab World. Examine complex politics and poetics behind the translation and marketing of Arab women's writing in the West. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 325D, Asian Studies 343C, Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic: Gndr and Trnsltn/ and Arab World), 342 (Topic 81), Women's and Gender Studies 340S (Topic 1). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 325D, ANS 343C, MES 342.81 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 2: Black Women and Mass Incarceration. Examine the history of Black women and mass incarceration in America. Explore how race, class, and gender have historically influenced the production of crime and unfair criminal justice policies. Investigate why mass incarceration matters, what its historical legacy is, and how it impacts Black women today. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 360Q, American Studies 365G, History 365G (Topic: Black Womn/Mass Incarceration), 365G (Topic 25), Women's and Gender Studies 340S (Topic 2). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 360Q, AMS 365G, HIS 365G.25 Core Curriculum: 060 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 3: Slavery and Its Legacies. Explore how slavery has evolved in the United States since the end of the Civil War. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 351Q, American Studies 366G, History 365G (Topic: Slavery and Its Legacies), 365G (Topic 26), Women's and Gender Studies 340S (Topic 3). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 351Q, AMS 366G, HIS 365G.26 Core Curriculum: 060 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 4: Black Digital Feminisms in Brazil. Explore online expressions of Black feminisms in Brazil, highlighting transnational resonances with other Black cultural movements while examining the socio-political particularities of Brazil's current digital landscape. Only one of the following may be counted: Portuguese Civilization 320E (Topic: Black Digitl Feminisms in Brz), 327, Women's and Gender Studies 340S (Topic 4). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: PRC 327 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 5: The Politics and Art of Iran's Woman, Life, Freedom Uprising. Analyze the politics and art of Iran's 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom Uprising movement. Develop a digital humanities resource on the movement through collaboration. Only one of the following may be counted: Middle Eastern Studies 341 (Topic: Poltcs/Art Iran's Wmn/Lf/Frdm), 341 (Topic 20), Sociology 341D, Women's and Gender Studies 340S (Topic 5). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: MES 341.20, SOC 341D Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 6: Central Americans in the United States. Examine the extensive and diverse histories, cultures, social and political movements of Central Americans in the United States, particularly through a Black, Indigenous, and Ethnic Studies framework. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 364O, Mexican American Studies 364O, 374 (Topic: Central Americans in the US), Women's and Gender Studies 340S (Topic 6). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 364O, MAS 364O Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
  

WGS 340S.1  Gender and Translation in the Arab World  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine complex politics and poetics behind the translation and marketing of Arab women's writing in the West. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 325D, Asian Studies 343C, Middle Eastern Studies 342 (Topic: Gndr and Trnsltn/ and Arab World), 342 (Topic 81), Women's and Gender Studies 340S (Topic 1). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 325D, ANS 343C, MES 342.81  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340S.2  Black Women and Mass Incarceration  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine the history of Black women and mass incarceration in America. Explore how race, class, and gender have historically influenced the production of crime and unfair criminal justice policies. Investigate why mass incarceration matters, what its historical legacy is, and how it impacts Black women today. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 360Q, American Studies 365G, History 365G (Topic: Black Womn/Mass Incarceration), 365G (Topic 25), Women's and Gender Studies 340S (Topic 2). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 360Q, AMS 365G, HIS 365G.25  
Core Curriculum: 060  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340S.3  Slavery and Its Legacies  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explore how slavery has evolved in the United States since the end of the Civil War. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 351Q, American Studies 366G, History 365G (Topic: Slavery and Its Legacies), 365G (Topic 26), Women's and Gender Studies 340S (Topic 3). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 351Q, AMS 366G, HIS 365G.26  
Core Curriculum: 060  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340S.4  Black Digital Feminisms in Brazil  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explore online expressions of Black feminisms in Brazil, highlighting transnational resonances with other Black cultural movements while examining the socio-political particularities of Brazil's current digital landscape. Only one of the following may be counted: Portuguese Civilization 320E (Topic: Black Digitl Feminisms in Brz), 327, Women's and Gender Studies 340S (Topic 4). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: PRC 327  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340S.5  The Politics and Art of Iran's Woman, Life, Freedom Uprising  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Analyze the politics and art of Iran's 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom Uprising movement. Develop a digital humanities resource on the movement through collaboration. Only one of the following may be counted: Middle Eastern Studies 341 (Topic: Poltcs/Art Iran's Wmn/Lf/Frdm), 341 (Topic 20), Sociology 341D, Women's and Gender Studies 340S (Topic 5). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: MES 341.20, SOC 341D  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340S.6  Central Americans in the United States  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine the extensive and diverse histories, cultures, social and political movements of Central Americans in the United States, particularly through a Black, Indigenous, and Ethnic Studies framework. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 364O, Mexican American Studies 364O, 374 (Topic: Central Americans in the US), Women's and Gender Studies 340S (Topic 6). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 364O, MAS 364O  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 340W  Writing Slavery  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explores the controversial rewriting of slavery in a presentist context by contemporary authors. Addresses challenges that archival limitations and revisionist writings about slavery pose for academic disciplines, literary instruction, and/or pedagogy. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 330P, English 323E, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 31), 340W. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 330P, E 323E  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: For English majors, one of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D; for others, upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 441  The Roots of Social and Economic Justice  4 Hours  

4 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Social Work 460K (Topic: Roots of Social and Economic Justice), Women's and Gender Studies 440 (Topic: Roots of Social and Economic Justice), 441. Four lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 345  Topics in Women's and Gender Studies  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Three lecture hours a week for one semester, or as required for the topic.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing; additional prerequisites vary with the topic.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Upper Division  
Topic 1: Child Development.

Topic 2: The Family. The American family in historical and comparative perspective. Family history and origins; comparative family systems; social antecedents of family structure and process; family formation and dissolution; family and society; recent family changes and prospects for the future. Sociology 323 and Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 2) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 3: 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). Same as: HIS 350R.18 Core Curriculum: 060 Additional prerequisite: Six semester hours of coursework in history.

Topic 4: Guidance in Adult-Child Relationships. Theory and implementation of positive child and adult interactions, communication, and guidance strategies. Two lecture hours a week for one semester, and four laboratory hours a week to be arranged as a four-hour block between 8:30 AM and 4:45 PM, Monday through Thursday. Additional 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.

Topic 5: Women and Sport. Examine the role sport and exercise has played in the lives of women since ancient times with an emphasis on events influencing American women in sport, their fight for access to sport, and the International Olympic Games.

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. Women writers in the early eighteenth-century canon. Argues for a historical perspective that demonstrates the centrality of early eighteenth-century women writers to the western canon. English 350M (Topic 1) and Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 7) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: For English majors, nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing; for others, upper-division standing.

Topic 8: 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.

Topic 10: Freudians and Feminisms. Additional 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 11: Women's Rights Movement in the United States. A survey of the women's movement in the United States from the seventeenth century to the present. Partially fulfills legislative requirement for American history. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 12: 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. An introduction to the twentieth-century Danish author Karen Blixen, focusing on her major themes such as gender and destiny, and examining her role as a literary figure. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Isak Dinesen/Karen Blixen), 323 (Topic 14), European Studies 347 (Topic: Isak Dinesen/Karen Blixen), 347 (Topic 15), German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies 341G, Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 13). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 14: Social Dramas of Henrik Ibsen. A detailed introduction to Ibsen's social dramas (1877-1899), emphasizing their unity as a prolonged commentary on the society of his era and the variety of its human problems. Special emphasis on subjects such as: the family and the home; the public world of reputation, work, and citizenship; the predicaments of men and women in a male-dominated society; and the motives of our interventions into the lives of others. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Social Dramas of Henrik Ibsen), 323 (Topic 17), English 322 (Topic 17), European Studies 347 (Topic: Social Dramas of Henrik Ibsen), 347 (Topic 12), German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies 341D, Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 14). Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 15: Contemporary Women Authors. Additional prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.

Topic 16: Feminism and Mass Culture. Only one of the following may be counted: English 376L (Topic: Feminism and Mass Culture), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 16), Women's Studies 345 (Topic 16: Feminism and Mass Culture). Additional prerequisite: Rhetoric and Composition 306 and English 316K or their equivalents, and three additional semester hours of lower-division coursework in either English or rhetoric and composition.

Topic 17: Language and Gender. 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). Additional prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.

Topic 18: Postcolonial Women Writers. Additional 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. Additional 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 20: Women through the Life Cycle. Additional prerequisite: Completion of at least thirty semester hours of coursework, including English 316K or the equivalent, and consent of instructor.

Topic 21: Male-Female Communication. 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. Same as: CMS 365K Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 22: Women Mystery Writers. Additional prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.

Topic 23: Sociology of Education. Education as a societal institution, with emphasis on the United States educational system: how the system works; the effects of the system; recent changes. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 321L, Sociology 321L, Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 23). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 24: Hitchcock and Gender. Reading the formal elements of Hitchcock's films, with emphasis on issues of gender and sexuality. Three lecture hours and two film screenings a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Rhetoric and Composition 306 and English 316K or their equivalents, and three additional semester hours of lower-division coursework in either English or rhetoric and composition.

Topic 25: 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. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 26: American Dilemmas. Examination of critical American social problems, including problems in the economic, political, and health care systems, as well as inequities based on income, gender, and race. Exploration of how these problems are a natural outgrowth of the existing social structure. Only one of the following may be counted: Sociology 336C, Urban Studies 352C, 354 (Topic 13), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 26). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: SOC 336C, URB 352C Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 27: 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. Same as: AMS 370.40 Core Curriculum: 010 Additional 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. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 29: Witches, Workers, and Wives. Explores the role of families and concepts of gender as expressed in key economic, social, political, and cultural patterns in early modern Europe. Same as: EUS 346.3, HIS 343W Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 30: Gay and Lesbian Literature and Culture. Additional prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.

Topic 31: 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 350V, 372C (Topic 4), History 350R (Topic 14), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 31). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 350V, HIS 350R.14 Core Curriculum: 060 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of coursework in history.

Topic 32: Women in the History of Political Thought. Examines the themes of women, the family, and the private sphere in the history of political theory. Only one of the following may be counted: Core Texts and Ideas 335 (Topic: Women in Hist of Polit Thought), 335 (Topic 5), 335W, Government 335F, 335M (Topic: Women in History of Political Thought), 335M (Topic 17), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic: Women in History of Political Thought), 345 (Topic 32). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government.

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. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 34: 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. Explores psychosocial issues in women's physical and mental health, including 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. Only one of the following may be counted: Health Education 352K (Topic 2: Psychosocial Issues in Women's Health), 361, Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 35). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional 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. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic 30), History 350R (Topic 8), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 37). Core Curriculum: 060

Topic 38: History of Sexuality in America. History 350R (Topic 13) and Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 38) may not both be counted. Same as: HIS 350R.13 Core Curriculum: 060 Additional prerequisite: Six semester hours of coursework in history.

Topic 39: 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). Additional prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.

Topic 40: 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. English 349S (Topic 8) and Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 40) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing.

Topic 41: 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. Same as: AMS 370.26 Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 42: 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. Same as: AMS 370.27 Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 43: Animals and American Culture. Explores the role of animals in American history, culture, and society. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic 28), History 350R (Topic 9), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 43). Core Curriculum: 060

Topic 44: 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. Same as: AMS 370.29 Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 45: Comparative Cultures of Beauty. Examines fashion and beauty as discourses and cultural practices affecting identity, body politics, race, gender, sexuality, and class. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 46: 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 330J, 372E (Topic 1), English 349S (Topic 5), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 46). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: For English majors, nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing; for others, upper-division standing.

Topic 47: The Face of Justice. Examination of the inalienable rights: liberty, due process, equality, speech, assembly, security in the home, and practice or nonpractice of religion. Historical overview of women's rights and women's participation in the justice system. Discussion of individuals whose rights are being protected, and those whose rights are being overlooked by the American judicial system. Only one of the following may be counted: Government 357M (Topic: Face of Justice), 357M (Topic 11), Liberal Arts Honors 350 (Topic: Face of Justice), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic: Face of Justice), 345 (Topic 47). Additional prerequisite: For government majors, six semester hours of lower-division coursework in government; for others, upper-division standing.

Topic 48: Women's Autobiographical Writing. Examines the autobiographical impulse in women's writing by exploring the concept of the individualistic self versus the sense of self as a part of community and duty, and the way in which that communal self can both partake of humankind and participate in self-actualization. Only one of the following may be counted: English 323W, 370W (Topic 11), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 48). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: For English majors, nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing; for others, upper-division standing.

Topic 49: History of American Feminism. Only one of the following may be counted: History 350R (Topic: History of American Feminism), 350R (Topic 20), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic: History of American Feminism), 345 (Topic 49). Same as: HIS 350R.20 Core Curriculum: 060

Topic 52: American Literary Masculinities. Explores constructions of masculinity in American literature from a generally, but not exclusively, feminist perspective. Subjects include what masculinity has meant at different times in United States history, and how it has varied in meaning and significance according to broad categories of identity such as social class, race, region, and queerness. Only one of the following may be counted: English 323G, 370W (Topic 12), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 52). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: For English majors, nine semester hours of coursework in English or rhetoric and writing; for others, upper-division standing.

Topic 53: Gender and Sexuality in Ancient Novel. The major works of prose fiction from Greco-Roman antiquity and how those works relate to the intellectual, cultural, and social currents of late antiquity. Only one of the following may be counted: Classical Civilization 348 (Topic: Gender and Sexuality in Ancient Novel), 348 (Topic 13), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic: Gender and Sexuality in Ancient Novel), 345 (Topic 53).

Topic 55: Fictions of the Self and Other. Focuses on representative works from nineteenth- and twentieth-century French fiction, from Balzac's Realism to the present. Examines literature in its relation to history, culture, and society, with special attention to both form and style in the development of the novel, poetry, and theatre. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Fictions of the Self and Other), 323 (Topic 39), Core Texts and Ideas 345 (Topic: Fictions of the Self and Other), 345 (Topic 4), European Studies 347 (Topic: Fictions of the Self and Other), 347 (Topic 25), French Civilization 349 (Topic: Fictions of the Self and Other), 349 (Topic 2), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic: Fictions of the Self and Other), 345 (Topic 55). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 56: Gender And Sexuality in Performance. Consider what physical performance and dance tell us about gender, sexuality and the body. Previous knowledge of performance or gender studies is not required. Only one of the following may be counted: Theater and Dance 357T (Topic: Gender And Sexuality in Performance), 357T (Topic 2), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic: Gender And Sexuality in Performance), 345 (Topic 56). Same as: T D 357T.2 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing and consent of instructor.
  

WGS 345.21  Male-Female Communication  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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.
Same as: CMS 365K  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 345.26  American Dilemmas  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examination of critical American social problems, including problems in the economic, political, and health care systems, as well as inequities based on income, gender, and race. Exploration of how these problems are a natural outgrowth of the existing social structure. Only one of the following may be counted: Sociology 336C, Urban Studies 352C, 354 (Topic 13), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 26). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: SOC 336C, URB 352C  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 345.27  Southern Cultures  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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.
Same as: AMS 370.40  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 345.29  Witches, Workers, and Wives  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explores the role of families and concepts of gender as expressed in key economic, social, political, and cultural patterns in early modern Europe.
Same as: EUS 346.3, HIS 343W  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 345.3  Women in Sickness and Health  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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).
Same as: HIS 350R.18  
Core Curriculum: 060  
Pre/Corequisites: Six semester hours of coursework in history.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 345.31  Gender and Slavery in the United States  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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 350V, 372C (Topic 4), History 350R (Topic 14), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 31). Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 350V, HIS 350R.14  
Core Curriculum: 060  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of coursework in history.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 345.36  Feminist Media Theory  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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.
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 345.38  History of Sexuality in America  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
History 350R (Topic 13) and Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 38) may not both be counted.
Same as: HIS 350R.13  
Core Curriculum: 060  
Pre/Corequisites: Six semester hours of coursework in history.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 345.41  American Food  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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.
Same as: AMS 370.26  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 345.42  Nature and Gender in America  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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.
Same as: AMS 370.27  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 345.44  Women Radicals and Reformers  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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.
Same as: AMS 370.29  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 345.49  History of American Feminism  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: History 350R (Topic: History of American Feminism), 350R (Topic 20), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic: History of American Feminism), 345 (Topic 49).
Same as: HIS 350R.20  
Core Curriculum: 060  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 345.56  Gender And Sexuality in Performance  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Consider what physical performance and dance tell us about gender, sexuality and the body. Previous knowledge of performance or gender studies is not required. Only one of the following may be counted: Theater and Dance 357T (Topic: Gender And Sexuality in Performance), 357T (Topic 2), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic: Gender And Sexuality in Performance), 345 (Topic 56).
Same as: T D 357T.2  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and consent of instructor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 345D  Punks and Divas in Southeast Europe  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine popular music and its role in political struggle and collective identity formation in the Balkans. Analyze music genres in this region in the context of the historical changes it underwent in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including the fall of Communism and -- in the case of former Yugoslavia -- the formation of seven new nation-states through a series of bloody and brutal wars. Only one of the following may be counted: European Studies 347 (Topic 47), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic 38), Women's and Gender Studies 345D. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: EUS 347.47, REE 325.38  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 345E  Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Literature and Culture  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: English 343Q, 370W (Topic 8), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 30), 345E. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: E 343Q  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: One of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 345G  Virginia Woolf  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 40), 345G. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: E 349S.8  
Pre/Corequisites: One of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 345I  Toni Morrison  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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 330J, 372E (Topic 1), English 349S (Topic 5), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 46), 345I. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 330J, E 349S.5  
Pre/Corequisites: One of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 345J  Women's Autobiographical Writing  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examines the autobiographical impulse in women's writing by exploring the concept of the individualistic self versus the sense of self as a part of community and duty, and the way in which that communal self can both partake of humankind and participate in self-actualization. Only one of the following may be counted: English 323W, 370W (Topic 11), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 48), 345J. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: E 323W  
Pre/Corequisites: One of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 345K  American Literary Masculinities  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explores constructions of masculinity in American literature from a generally, but not exclusively, feminist perspective. Subjects include what masculinity has meant at different times in United States history, and how it has varied in meaning and significance according to broad categories of identity such as social class, race, region, and queerness. Only one of the following may be counted: English 323G, 370W (Topic 12), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 52), 345K. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: E 323G  
Pre/Corequisites: One of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 345M  Gender and Politics in a Comparative Perspective  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine the patterns of women's representation over time, and in different regions of the world. Explore why gender equality in political institutions is important, tracing the evolution of feminism over time. Only one of the following may be counted: Government 345C, 355M (Topic: Gender/Pol in a Comp Persp), 365N (Topic: Gender/Pol in a Comp Persp), Women's and Gender Studies 345M. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: GOV 345C  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 345N  Women and Sports Media  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 359 (Topic 8), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic: Women and Sports Media), 345N.
Same as: RTF 359.8  
Pre/Corequisites: Fifty-four semester hours of college coursework.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 345O  Gender and Speculative Fiction  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine how writers have used speculative fiction--including science fiction, utopia, and dystopia--as a tool to explore gender, race, sexuality, humanity, ethics, disability, and the environment. Only one of the following may be counted: English 323D (Topic: Gender and Speculative Fiction), 345S, 370W (Topic: Gender/Speculative Fiction), Women's and Gender Studies 345O. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: E 345S  
Pre/Corequisites: One of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 345P  American Women Writers  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: English 350R (Topic: Amer Women Wrtrs, 1830-1940), 350W, Women's and Gender Studies 345P. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: E 350W  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: One of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 345Q  Displacement and Resistance  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explore technologies of displacement, as well as tactics, digital media work, mapping projects, and activism that communities engage with to resist dispossession. Examine, locally and globally, the displacement and resistance effects of various events including infrastructure projects and gentrification. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 360N, American Studies 370 (Topic: Tech Of Displcmnt/Resistnce), 370 (Topic 80), Anthropology 326T, Women's and Gender Studies 345Q. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 360N, AMS 370.80, ANT 326T  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 345R  Bradstreet and Wheatley  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explore the works of Anne Bradstreet and Phillis Wheatley. Only one of the following may be counted: English 349S (Topic: Bradstreet and Wheatley), 368D, Women's and Gender Studies 345R. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: E 368D  
Pre/Corequisites: For English majors: one of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D; for others, upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 345S  Elena Ferrante: Politics and Passion  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323Q, European Studies 348 (Topic 20), Italian Civilization 336E, Women's and Gender Studies 345S. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 323Q, EUS 348.20, ITC 336E  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 345T  Race, Gender, and Political Economy in United States Literature  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explore the intersection of race, class, and gender relations, gender expression, and gender norms as constitutive of real and imagined political economies in literature and films by black, indigenous, and Latine authors and producers in the United States. Only one of the following may be counted: English 323D (Topic: Race/Class/Pol Econ in Lit), 323U, Women's and Gender Studies 345T. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: E 323U  
Pre/Corequisites: For English majors, one of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D; for others: upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 345U  Women and Sport  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Examine the role sport and exercise has played in the lives of women since ancient times with an emphasis on events influencing American women in sport, their fight for access to sport, and the International Olympic Games. Only one of the following may be counted: Kinesiology 352K (Topic 3), Kinesiology 352L, Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 5), 345U. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: KIN 352L  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 345W  Women in Postwar America  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 336D, 370 (Topic 30), History 350R (Topic 8), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 37), 345W. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AMS 336D, HIS 350R.8  
Core Curriculum: 060  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of coursework in history.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 346C  Animals and American Culture  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explores the role of animals in American history, culture, and society. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic 28), History 350R (Topic 9), Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 43), 346C.
Same as: AMS 370.28  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 346G  American Popular Culture, 1682-Present  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explores the evolution of American popular culture and its relationship to national consolidation, and at times, disunion, over the last 330 years. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 323O, 370 (Topic 35), History 350R (Topic 19), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 26), 346G.
Same as: AMS 323O, HIS 350R.19  
Core Curriculum: 060  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and six semester hours of coursework in history.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 346J  Gender and Labor in Global Asia  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324P, Asian Studies 379 (Topic 12), Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 93), 346J. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: ANS 379.12, ANT 324P  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: For Asian studies majors, twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework in Asian studies; for others, upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 346K  Women and the Holocaust  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Introduction to both the history of Jewish and German women during World War II and the Holocaust, and to women's narratives and self-representations of this period. Historical sources, memoirs, films, and interviews will be used as source material. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 19), 324I, European Studies 346 (Topic 10), 346D, German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies 341F, Jewish Studies 363 (Topic 11), 363F, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 50), 346K. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 324I, EUS 346D, GSD 341F, J S 363F  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 346L  Arendt and de Beauvoir  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 45), 323V, European Studies 347 (Topic 37), 347K, German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies 341M, Women's and Gender Studies 340 (Topic 61), 346L. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 323V, EUS 347K, GSD 341M  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 346M  Social Dramas of Henrik Ibsen  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
A detailed introduction to Ibsen's social dramas (1877-1899), emphasizing their unity as a prolonged commentary on the society of his era and the variety of its human problems. Special emphasis on subjects such as: the family and the home; the public world of reputation, work, and citizenship; the predicaments of men and women in a male-dominated society; and the motives of our interventions into the lives of others. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 17), 324F, European Studies 347 (Topic 12), 347C, German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Studies 341D, Women's and Gender Studies 345 (Topic 14), 346M. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: C L 324F, EUS 347C, GSD 341D  
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 350  Feminist Theory  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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.
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and nine semester hours of coursework in women's and gender studies.  
Restrictions: Restricted to women's and gender studies majors and minors.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 352R  Rhetoric of Ethnic Studies  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Study the histories of ethnic (and gender) studies in both higher education and K-12 institutions, and the rhetoric of attacks on, and defenses of, ethnic and gender studies through an examination of primary and secondary source materials. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 352R, American Studies 352R, Mexican American Studies 364V, 374 (Topic Rhetoric of Ethnic Studies), Women's and Gender Studies 352R. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Same as: AFR 352R, AMS 352R, MAS 364V  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 356  Introduction to Feminist Research Methods  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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.
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing, and six semester hours of coursework in women's and gender studies.  
Restrictions: Restricted to women's and gender studies majors and minors.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 358Q  Supervised Research  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Supervised individual research on an issue in women's and gender studies. Individual instruction.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing, Women's and Gender Studies 356 with grade of at least C-, and written consent of instructor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 360  Research and Thesis in Women's and Gender Studies  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Individual project or paper to be completed under the direction of a women's and gender studies faculty member. Conference course.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing; Women's and Gender Studies 356 with grade of at least C-; credit or registration for Women's and Gender Studies 358Q; and written consent of instructor.  
Restrictions: Restricted to women's and gender studies majors.  
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 679H  Honors Tutorial Course  6 Hours  

0 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
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.
Pre/Corequisites: 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.  
Restrictions: Restricted to honors candidates majoring in women's and gender studies.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 379L  Internship in Women's and Gender Studies  3 Hours  

10 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Experience working in the community or for a nonprofit agency. Ten to fifteen hours of work a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: At least twelve semester hours of coursework in Women's and Gender Studies and written consent of instructor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 379S  Senior Seminar  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Intensive study of selected topics in women's and gender studies. May not be repeated for credit. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 010  
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing and completion of at least ninety semester hours of coursework, including six hours in women's and gender studies.  
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Upper Division  

WGS 481  The Roots of Social and Economic Justice  4 Hours  

4 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Social Work 495K (Topic: Roots of Social and Economic Justice) and Women's and Gender Studies 481 may not both be counted. Four lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Master's  

WGS 384N  Internship in Women's and Gender Studies  3 Hours  

10 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Practical working involvement with participating nonprofit and research agencies. The equivalent of ten class hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of the graduate adviser.  
Grading: Credit No Credit  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Master's  

WGS 390  Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies  3 Hours  

4 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Introduction to the interdisciplinary women's and gender studies graduate program. Three lecture hours and one hour-long faculty colloquium a week for one semester. Offered in the fall semester only.
Pre/Corequisites: For master's students in women's and gender studies, graduate standing; for others, graduate standing and consent of instructor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Master's  

WGS 390W  Writing Workshop  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Introduction to feminist writing practice. Women's and Gender Studies 390W and 393 (Topic: Writing Workshop: WGS) may not both be counted. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Master's  

WGS 391  Feminist Theories  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Selected readings of feminist theories from an interdisciplinary perspective. Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Offered in the fall semester only.
Pre/Corequisites: For master's students in women's and gender studies, graduate standing and Women's and Gender Studies 390; for others, graduate standing and consent of instructor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Master's  

WGS 392  Research Methods Seminar in Women's and Gender Studies  3 Hours  

4 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Introduction to select feminist research methods used in various disciplines and how these methods inform interdisciplinary perspectives in the student's own field of study in preparation for a report, thesis, or dissertation. Three lecture hours and one hour-long faculty colloquium a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: For master's students in women's and gender studies, graduate standing and Women's and Gender Studies 390 and 391; for others, graduate standing and consent of instructor.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Master's  

WGS 393  Seminar: Topics in Women's and Gender Studies  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of the graduate adviser. Additional prerequisites vary with the topic.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Master's  

WGS 393L  Topics in International Women's and Gender Studies  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Explore intersectional and interdisciplinary topics in women's and gender studies. Conducted in languages other than English. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Master's  

WGS 393S  Topics in Specialized Women's and Gender Studies  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing; consent of the graduate advisor; additional prerequisites vary with the topic.  
Grading: Letter Grade  
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

WGS 394  Conference Course in Women's and Gender Studies  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Individual directed readings and conferences on selected problems or topics in women's and gender studies. Conference course.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing and consent of the graduate adviser.  
Grading: Student Option  
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)  
Academic Level: Master's  

WGS 195  Special Projects in Women's and Gender Studies  1 Hour  

1 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Interdisciplinary projects to support the women's and gender studies graduate student coursework. One lecture hour a week for one semester, with additional hours to be arranged.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in women's and gender studies, six semester hours of graduate coursework in women's and gender studies, and consent of the graduate adviser.  
Grading: Credit No Credit  
Repeatable for credit: Yes (Unlimited)  
Academic Level: Doctoral  

WGS 698  Thesis  6 Hours  

0 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
The student must register for Women's and Gender Studies 698B the semester he/she intends to graduate. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for two semesters.
Pre/Corequisites: For 698A, graduate standing in women's and gender studies, consent of the graduate adviser, and a course proposal form signed by the student's thesis supervisor must be turned into the department office before registration; for 698B, Women's and Gender Studies 698A.  
Grading: Credit No Credit  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Master's  

WGS 398R  Master's Report  3 Hours  

3 Lecture Hours  0 Lab Hours  
Preparation of a report to fulfill the requirement for the master's degree under the report option. The student must register for Women's and Gender Studies 398R the semester he/she intends to graduate. The equivalent of three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Graduate standing in women's and gender studies, consent of the graduate adviser, and a course proposal form signed by the student's thesis supervisor must be turned in to the department office before registration.  
Grading: Credit No Credit  
Repeatable for credit: No  
Academic Level: Master's