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| Women's Studies Program G. G. Weix (Associate Professor, Anthropology), Director Women's Studies, as an interdisciplinary academic discipline, focuses on women's experience in the analysis of human culture, examines the contributions and status of women, and explores the dynamics of sex roles and gender ideals past and present. The curriculum provides options for studying women's cultural, historical, and contemporary lives through a range of courses crosslisted with other departments, such as anthropology, communication studies, English, foreign languages and literatures, history, Native American studies, philosophy, psychology, sociology and others. Women's Studies explore topics such as the experience of women and gender relations in various periods of history and cultures; women and artistic expressions; the impact of race, ethnicity, class, age, and sexual orientation on women's lives; sex roles and differences in political, economic, legal, and social status; and biological, sociological and psychological influences on women and gender. The program is administered by the director in consultation with the Women's Studies Steering Committee, an interdisciplinary group of faculty with teaching and research interests in women. Students may choose an option in Women's Studies within the Liberal Studies major (see Liberal Studies) or may elect to complete the Women and Gender Studies minor. To be admitted to either program, students register with the Women's Studies advisor, who will explain option or minor requirements and supervise their program. Special Degree Requirements For the Women's Studies option under the Liberal Studies major, the following requirements must be met (not necessarily in sequence): 1) Completion of Liberal Studies core curriculum. (See the Liberal Studies section of this catalog.) 2) Completion of WS 119H. 3) A minimum of 32 credits of course work in relevant, advisor-approved courses numbered above 299. At least 18 of those credits must be from Group I, "focus" courses; the other 14 credits may be from Group II, "significant content" courses. Each semester a list of cognate "focus" and "content" courses is published at pre-registration by the Women's Studies program office, LA 138A, 243-2584. Typical choices are listed below, but may vary from year to year. Group I: Focus Courses ANTH 327 Anthropology of Gender ART 405H Women Artists and Art History COMM 380 Gender and Communication COMM 495* Feminist Rhetoric ENLT 321-324* Women's Literature ENLT 422* Theoretical Approaches to Women's Literature ENLT 430* Studies in Comparative Women's Literature HIST/LS 370H Women in America: to the Civil War HIST/LS 371H Women in America: Civil War to the Present HIST 420* History through Women's Literature HIST 495* Special Topics: Women in History LS/FLLG 395* Women in Antiquity LS 461*/ENLT 421* Feminist Critical Theory MGMT 495* Women in Business NAS 342H Native American Women PHIL 429E Feminist Ethics PHIL/EVST 504* Ecofeminism PSC 395* Women's Human Rights: International and Comparative Perspectives PSYC 355 Psychology of Sex Roles RELS 370* Mysticism: Women Mystics SW 324 Gender and the Politics of Welfare SW 395* Domestic Violence; Women and Social Action in the Americas SOC 475 Gender, Economy and Social Change SOC 495* Feminist Theory Group II: Content Courses AAS 325 Sexism and Racism AAS 326 Violence and Nonviolence in Human Relationships AAS 327 African American Family ANTH 330H Peoples and Cultures of the World ANTH 340H Cultures of Asia ANTH 430 Social Anthropology DAN 334 20th Century Dance ENLT 301* Applied Literary Criticism ENLT 321-324* Literature (with content on women) ENLT/NAS 329 Native American Literature ENLT 395* Gay and Lesbian Literature FLLG 395* The Individual, Family and Community in Ancient Greece FREN 311L French Literature: Medieval, Renaissance, and 17th Century GERM 441 19th Century German Literature HIST 300* The Historian's Craft HIST 387 Iran Between Two Revolutions HIST 388H Women and Ethnic Minorities in the Middle East HIST 394 Modernity and Identity in Latin America HIST 395* Families in Early America; The American South; Women and Workers in Early America LS 395* Lesbian and Gay Studies LS461/ENLT 421* 20th Century Critical Theory PHIL 477 Philosophy of Society and Culture PHIL 502 Philosophy of Law PSC 343 Politics of Social Movements PSC 355 Politics and Culture PSYC 385 Psychology of Family Violence SW 395* Celebrating Spiritual Diversity SW 410E Ethics and the Helping Professions SOC 300 Sociology of the Family SOC 322 Sociology of Poverty SOC 324 Family and Deviant Behavior SOC 370S Social Change and Global Development SOC/FOR 424 Social Forestry SOC 470 Society and Environment *These are generic courses. The specific course focus must be on women, as listed here. Check with the Women's Studies director before enrolling. Other courses not listed here may be applied toward the option or the minor if approved by the Women's Studies director. Requirements for a Minor The Women and Gender Studies minor is available to all students. It consists of 18 credits including WS 119H, WS 275S, three 300-level or 400-level courses outside of the student's major that are cross-listed with other departments as Women's Studies option courses (one must be a writing course), and the capstone seminar WS 494. Courses U=for undergraduate credit only, UG=for undergraduate or graduate credit, G=for graduate credit. R after the credit indicates the course may be repeated for credit to the maximum indicated after the R. U 119H Philosophical Perspectives on Women in the Western Hemisphere 3 cr. Offered intermittently. Same as LS and PHIL 119H. Introduction to the discipline and scope of Western philosophy focusing on women as the subject rather than men. A chronological study following the ideological development in the West of social attitudes and scientific theses. U 275S Gender and Society 3 cr. Offered autumn. Same as SOC 275S. Exploration of the social construction of gender, especially in western, post-industrial societies such as the U.S. How gender ideologies affect the social definition and position of men and women in work, family, sexual relationship, sexual divisions of labor, and social movements. U 494 Seminar in Women and Gender Studies 3 cr. Offered spring. Prereq., WS 119H, WS 275S, or consent of instr. Capstone course for the Women and Gender Studies minor. Women's Studies Steering Committee Professors |
