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 2008-09)

MUSC 213. Music and Gender (Not offered in 2008-09)

ARTH 220. Gender and Genre in the Floating World: Japanese Prints (Not offered in 2008-09)

ARTH 223. Women in Art

CAMS 225. Film Noir: The Dark Side of the American Dream (Not offered in 2008-09)

JAPN 234. Modern Japanese Novel in Translation: Mothers/Daughters; Fathers/Sons

CAMS 235. Film and the Melodramatic Imagination (Not offered in 2008-09)

CAMS 236. European Women Film Makers (Not offered in 2008-09)

JAPN 236. Classical Japanese Fiction: The Tale of Genji (in trans.) (Not offered in 2008-09)

ENGL 241. Language Thieves: Women in American Poetry (Not offered in 2008-09)

FREN 241. Women in the New France

SPAN 244. Spain Today: Recent Changes through Narrative and Film (Not offered in 2008-09)

SPAN 255. Women Dramatists in Latin America: Staging Conflicts (Not offered in 2008-09)

ENGL 318. The Gothic Spirit

ENGL 319. The Rise of the Novel

SPAN 344. Women Writers in Latin America

THEA 351. Women Playwrights/Women's Roles (Not offered in 2008-09)

Humanities

HIST 222. U.S. Women's History to 1877

HIST 223. U.S. Women's History Since 1877

RELG 224. Women and Christianity (Not offered in 2008-09)

HIST 229. Gender and Work in U.S. History ((Not offered in 2008-09)

PHIL 235. Feminist Philosophy (Not offered in 2008-09)

HIST 236. Courtly Queens to Revolutionary Heroines: European Women 1100-1800 (Not offered in 2008-09)

RELG 236. Gender and Religion in the African Diaspora

HIST 238. The World of Bede

HIST 238. Topics in Medieval History: Church, Papacy and Empire

RELG 244. Prophetesses and Prostitutes, Murderesses and Matriarchs: Gender Roles in the Hebrew Bible

RELG 258. Women and Buddhism (Not offered in 2008-09)

HIST 259. Women in South Asia

RELG 284. The Virgin of Guadalupe

RELG 322. Gender and God Talk: Christian Feminist Theologies (Not offered in 2008-09)

HIST 330. Gender, Ethics and Power in Medieval France

Social Sciences

WGST 205. The Politics of Women's Health (Not offered in 2008-09)

PSYC 224. Psychology of Gender (Not offered in 2008-09)

SOAN 226. Anthropology of Gender

EDUC 260. Gender & Sexuality in Schooling (Not offered in 2008-09)

POSC 275. Identity Politics in America: Ethnicity, Gender, Religion

POSC 353. Feminist and American Separatist Movements (Not offered in 2008-09)

POSC 355. Contemporary Feminist Thought: Identity, Culture and Rights (Not offered in 2008-09)

SOAN 395 Ethnology of Gender