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
