Concentration
The Women's and Gender Studies Concentration offers students the opportunity to complement their major field with an interdisciplinary focus on women and gender.
Six courses will be required from the following three groups. The range of courses must include at least two disciplines.
I. Women's and Gender Studies 110: Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies
II. Core Courses (4 courses or 24 credits) NOTE: All cross-listed courses, which include but may not be limited to:
Arts and Literature
CLAS 114. Gender and Sexuality in Classical Antiquity (not offered in 2006-07)
LCST 150. Amazons, Valkyries, Naiads, Dykes: Woman Identified and Lesbian Artists in Europe (not offered in 2006-07)
MUSC 213. Music and Gender (Not offerred in 2006-07)
ARTH 220. Gender and Genre in the Floating World: Japanese Prints (Not offerred in 2006-07)
ARTH 223. Women in Art
CAMS 234. Film Noir: The Dark Side of the American Dream
CAMS 235. Film and the Melodramatic Imagination (Not offerred in 2006-2007)
JAPN 236. Classical Japanese Fiction: The Tale of Genji (in trans.)
CAMS 240. European Women Film Makers (Not offerred in 2006-2007)
SPAN 255. Women Dramatists in Latin America: Staging Conflicts (not offered in 2006-2007)
ENGL 241. Language Thieves: Women in American Poetry (not offered in 2006-07)
ENGL 318. The Gothic Spirit (Not offerred in 2006-2007)
ENGL 319. The Rise of the Novel
SPAN 344. Women Writers in Latin America (not offered in 2006-2007)
THEA 351. Women Playwrights/Women's Roles (Not offerred in 2006-2007)
Humanities
HIST 222. U.S. Women's History to 1877 (Not offerred in 2006-2007)
HIST 223. U.S. Women's History Since 1877
RELG 224. Women and Christianity (Not offerred in 2006-2007)
HIST 229. Gender and Work in U.S. History (Not offerred in 2006-2007)
PHIL 235. Feminist Philosophy
RELG 235. Women and Islamic Constructions of Gender (Not offerred in 2006-2007)
HIST 236. Courtly Queens to Revolutionary Heroines: European Women 1100-1800 (Not offerred in 2006-2007)
HIST 238. The World of Bede
HIST 238. Topics in Medieval History: Church, Papacy and Empire
HIST 259. Women in South Asia
RELG 322. Gender and God Talk: Christian Feminist Theologies (Not offerred in 2006-2007)
Social Sciences
WGST 200. Feminist Ways of Knowing (Not offered in 2006-2007)
WGST 205. The Politics of Women's Health
PSYC 224. Psychology of Gender (Not offerred in 2006-2007)
WGST 234. Feminist Theory
SOAN 226. Anthropology of Gender
EDUC 260. Gender & Sexuality in Schooling (Not offerred in 2006-2007)
POSC 353. Feminist and American Separatist Movements (Not offerred in 2006-2007)
POSC 355. Contemporary Feminist Thought: Identity, Culture and Rights
III. Final Seminar: For those enrolled in the Women's and Gender Studies Concentration, the capstone seminar is WGST 396. Crossing Borders with Transnational Feminists. Other advanced seminars may be substituted for the designated capstone seminar only with the approval of both the instructor and the Women's and Gender Studies director.