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General Catalog 2007-2009Women’s and Gender Studies WGS200 Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies An interdisciplinary introduction to the major theories, themes, methodologies, and issues of women’s and gender studies. 3 credit hours. Satisfies ADRII. WGS210 Women’s Health In WGS210 students explore the nature of optimum physical and emotional health, as well as strategies for achieving and maintaining it. They explore common illnesses and health problems in terms of symptoms and management, and address environmental and societal factors that influence women’s health. The values and assumptions underlying the western medical paradigm are compared and contrasted with those upon which selected non-Wester medical systems are based. 3 credit hours. WGS225/SOC225 The Family Examines the economic, social, and political movements that have affected family life, family adjustments, and organization. Prerequisite: SOC100 3 credit hours. Satisfies ADRII. wgs238/PHL238 Race, Gender, and Sexuality This course serves as an interdisciplinary introduction to theories of race, gender, and sexual identity, their themes, methodologies, and issues. Possible topics include gender and sex roles; racism, sexism and hetero-sexism; concepts of beauty; racial and sexual stereotypes; social issues such as affirmative action, violence, racial and sexual harassment, and pornography. 3 credit hours. Satisfies ADR I WGS303/CJA303 Gender and Crime This course examines the variation of punishment and patterns in female criminality vs. male criminality across age, class, and race. This course will also review the strengths and weaknesses of theories of crime as applied to women and explores the occupational segregation by gender in criminal justice professions. Prerequisite: CJA101. 3 credit hours. WGS340/H340 Women and War This course will analyze military conflict from the perspective of gender. The experience of women will be the focus of the course, but the course will also examine how gendered concepts related to being male and female play a role in the making of war. Students will analyze the effects of war on women’s status and will examine the impact of war on gender roles and the relationship between men and women. Course content will be drawn from major world conflicts, including WWI and WWII, as well as post-World War II regional and national conflicts. 3 credit hours. Satisfies ADR II. WGS342/H342 Women in the United States: A History An analysis of the history of women in the United States from the colonial period to the present. The course will explore the impact that political, social, economic, and racial aspects of American history have had on American women, and, conversely, the impact women in the United States have had on the development in these areas. 3 credit hours. Satisfies ADRII. WGS344/LIT344 Love and Sex in Literature A thematic and historical study of the claims of love, sexuality, and gender as inspiration for and subject of imaginative literature. Prerequisites: WRT102. 3 credit hours. Satisfies ADR I. WGS360/SOC360 Gender and Society Fall Semester This course introduces gender as a social construct and an organizing principle of culture and society. Course material focuses primarily on gender relations in American society, with cross-cultural examples introduced throughout the course as well. Students will examine gender at multiple levels of sociological analysis, as a key factor in identity formation, social interaction, and the organization of social institutions. Historical patterns of gender inequality and progress will be addressed. Students will also examine the relationship between sex and gender, as well as the intersections of gender with race/ethnicity, class, and sexuality. Prerequisite: SOC100. Satisfies ADR II 3 credit hours WGS380/PHL380 Feminist Thought A survey of the main branches of feminist thought, this course examines both the theory and practice of feminism as it has developed primarily in the last thirty years. Prerequisites: WRT102. 3 credit hours Satisfies ADR I. WGS381/REL381 Women and Religion This course explores how women have factored into or been excluded from the roles, rituals, scriptures, theologies, and governing images of some of the world’s major religions. Additionally, the course explores contemporary efforts to contend with challenges to women in these traditions. Prerequisites: WRT102. 3 credit hours WGS382/LIT382 Women in Literature This course explores the connections between gender and literary expression by examining the cultural and literary patterns linking the lives of women and their works. Readings will include women’s writing in a number of genres such as poetry, drama, short story, and essay. Students will also study and discuss the critical apparatus surrounding each form. Prerequisite: WRT102. 3 credit hours. Satisfies ADR I. WGS450, WGS451 Women’s and Gender Studies Internship The purpose of an internship is to provide students with practical training and supervised work experience in appropriate firms or organizations. Internships are designed to give students an opportunity to make use of the practical aspects of their classroom knowledge, to complement and extend their classroom experiences, and to develop their understanding and confidence through a work-related experience. Responsibilities will vary according to placement as determined by the work supervisors of the sponsoring agency and faculty coordinator. Students are required to spend a minimum of 120 hours work on site. Students must have earned 60 or more credits and a minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA at the time of application and completed an internship application. 3 credit hours WGS498, WGS499 Independent Study An opportunity for the student who wishes to undertake a well-defined research project. While the student conducts work under the guidance of a faculty member of his or her own choosing, the project is carried out in an independent manner without regular class meetings. Effective independent study is characterized by a reduction in formal instruction and an increase in the individual student’s responsibility and initiative in the learning process.
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