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 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.