Major
CORE COURSES:
(24 credits)
One introductory course, Women's and Gender Studies 110
One methodology course, Women's and Gender Studies 200 or 234.
One Capstone Seminar, Women's and Gender Studies 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.
Comprehensive Exercise, Women's and Gender Studies 400
In addition to these 24 credits, students must complete an additional 42 credits from the WGST offerings which include, but may not be limited to, the courses listed below. Of these 42, no more than 12 credits should be at the 100-level and at least 12 credits should be at the 300-level. Ordinarily, no more than 18 credits may be applied to the major from outside of Carleton.
Student will plan these courses in consultation with the Program Director or a designated faculty advisor when they declare their major, and review this plan each term. The major they design should provide both breadth of exposure to women's and gender studies across fields and depth of study in one discipline (normally at least two courses in one area or from one department).
ELECTIVE COURSES:
(42 credits)
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
RELG 322. Gender and God Talk: Christian Feminist Theologies (Not offerred in 2006-2007)
HIST 259. Women in South Asia
Social Sciences
WGST 205. The Politics of Women's Health
PSYC 224. Psychology of Gender (Not offerred in 2006-2007)
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