Elective Course Work

ALT 131/AST 131 (Women in Asian Literature)
ANTH 133 (Women in Cross-cultural Perspective)
ANTH 164/LNST 164/WMST 164 (Women and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean)
ECON 155/WMST 155 (Women's Labor and the Economy)
ENGL 122 (Literature and Sexualities)
ENGL 123A-123B (Women and Literature)
ENGL 124A (Female Novelistic Tradition: The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries)
ENGL 124B (Female Novelistic Tradition: The Twentieth Century)
ENGL 128J (Austen)
ENGL 128N (George Eliot)
ENGL 128Q (Dickinson)
ENGL 128R (Woolf)
ENGL 143 (E-Z)/FVC 143 (E-Z) (Gender, Sexuality, and Visual Cultures)
ENGL 143F/FVC 143F (Film and Gender)
ETST 113/HISA 134 (The African American Woman)
ETST 114 (Contemporary Latina Writing in the U.S.)
ETST 122 (Family, Sex Roles, and the Chicano)
ETST 124 (The Chicana)
ETST 131 (Race, Class, and Gender)
FREN 122G (Men Writing Women: Women Writing Men)
HISA 130/WMST 130 (Gender, Sex, and Sexuality in Early America)
HISA 131/WMST 131 (Women in American History)
HISE 148A (Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe, 1348-1800)
HISE 148B (Women and Gender in Europe, 1800-present)
ITAL 162 (Contemporary Italian Women Writers in Translation)
POSC 174 (The Political Agenda and the Women's Movement)
RLST 160/WMST 160 (Women and Religion)
SOC 140 (The Sociology of Women)
SOC 141 (Men and Masculinity)
SOC 177E (Sex Roles)
SPN 111W (Women in Latin American Literature)
WMST 030 (Violence Against Women)
WMST 101 (New Directions in Women's Studies)
WMST 108/PHIL 108 (Philosophical Issues of Race and Gender)
WMST 109/ANTH 109 (Women, Politics, and Social Movements: Global Perspectives)
WMST 126/MUS 126/ANTH 177 (Music and Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspectives)
WMST 140 (Reproduction: Policies, Politics, and Practices)
WMST 149/ANTH 149 (Gender, Kinship, and Social Change)
WMST 163/RLST 163 (The Women of Early Christianity)
WMST 170/AHS 165/HISE 133 (Women Artists in Renaissance Europe, 1400-1600)
WMST 175/ETST 175 (Gender, Ethnicity, and Borders)
WMST 190 (Special Studies)

Minor

The minor consists of 24 units distributed as follows:

1. Eight (8) units chosen from: WMST 001, WMST 010, WMST 020
2. Four (4) units from WMST 100 or WMST 193
3. Twelve (12) units of electives from the elective list above (No more than 4 units may be in WMST 190.)

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Prerequisite(s): none. Introduction to theories of sex and gender differences, the origins of patriarchy, and variations in sexual behavior and sexual norms. This course fulfills the Social Sciences Requirement for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.

WMST 010. Women and Culture. (4)

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Prerequisite(s): none. The roles of women in cultural creation and production; the relation of women artists to the society of their time; the images of women in the art and literature of the modern world. Themes and periods covered may vary. This course fulfills the Humanities Requirement for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. Shapiro

WMST 020. Women, Feminism, and Society in a Global Perspective. (4)

Lecture, three hours, discussion, one hour. Prerequisite(s): none. An introduction to social, political, and legal issues surrounding women's issues and feminist movements worldwide. Topics such as abortion, contraception, and sexual violence are examined within a comparative and international framework. This course fulfills either the Humanities or Social Sciences requirement for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, but not both. Chatterjee

WMST 030. Violence against Women. (4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Addresses structural and interpersonal forms of violence against women and girls. Topics include sexual and physical abuse, rape and sexual assault, battering, body mutilation, forced sterilization or reproduction, sex selection, medical "silences," political torture, and gender-specific socialization for victimization and aggression. Also discusses state and economic policies. Credit is awarded for only one of WMST 030 or WMST 030H.

WMST 030H. Violence Against Women. (4)

Seminar, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): admission to the University Honors Program or consent of instructor. Honors course corresponding to WMST 030. Addresses structural and interpersonal forms of violence against women and girls. Topics include sexual and physical abuse, rape and sexual assault, battering, body mutilation, forced sterilization or reproduction, sex selection, medical "silences," political torture, and gender-specific socialization for victimization and aggression. Also discusses state and economic policies. Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) grading is not available. Credit is awarded for only one of WMST 030 or WMST 030H.

Lecture, three hours; extra reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. A cross-cultural, multidisciplinary course investigating the development of feminist theory and exploring the construction of gender and sexuality, with emphasis on the "female" and the "feminine" in a variety of cultural contexts. This course fulfills either the Humanities or Social Sciences requirement for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, but not both. Waller

WMST 108. Philosophical Issues of Race and Gender. (4)

Lecture, three hours; extra reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Investigates philosophical issues concerning race and gender. Themes include the role of cultural and biological criteria in defining these concepts; the roles of race and gender in personal identity; the nature of racism, sexism, and their variants; and policy implications such as affirmative action and the civil status of homosexual relationships. Cross-listed with PHIL 108. Fulfills the Humanities requirement for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.

WMST 109. Women, Politics, and Social Movements: Global Perspectives. (4)

Lecture, three hours; outside research, three hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Introduction to "Third World" women's politics. Covers women's politics from a global perspective. Although international in breadth, emphasis is placed on South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, and the Caribbean. Cross-listed with ANTH 109. This course fulfills the Social Sciences requirement for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.

WMST 126. Music and Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspectives. (4)

Lecture, three hours; extra reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. An overview of gendered performance genres from a number of cultures. Seeks to familiarize the student with gender-specific music and notions of gender that are often constructed, maintained, transmitted, and transformed through music and performance. Designed for students interested in music, anthropology, and gender studies. Cross-listed with ANTH 177 and MUS 126. This course fulfills the Humanities requirement for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.

WMST 130. Gender, Sex, and Sexuality in Early America. (4)

Lecture, three hours; term paper, three hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Introduction to issues of gender, sex, and sexuality in the culture of early America. Based on both primary and secondary literature. Cross-listed with HISA 130. This course fulfills the Humanities requirement for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.

WMST 131. Women in American History. (4)

Lecture, three hours; extra reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Survey of the history of women in America covering changes both in attitudes toward women and in the activities of women at home, at work outside the home, and in various social and political movements. Cross-listed with HISA 131. This course fulfills the Humanities requirement for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.

WMST 140. Reproduction: Policies, Politics, and Practices. (4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing. Examines reproductive policies, politics, and practices from a cross-cultural and historical perspective. Discusses political and economic processes and sociocultural dynamics, population control, sex preference, infanticide and neonatal neglect, adoption and fosterage, abortion, technologically assisted conception, and gestational surrogacy.

WMST 149. Gender, Kinship, and Social Change. (4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): WMST 001. Examines theories of gender and kinship, the formation of gender hierarchies and their uneven development, and the dynamics of "family" and gender in stratified social formations. Analyzes the relationship between family forms and political and economic processes. Cross-listed with ANTH 149.

WMST 155. Women's Labor and the Economy. (4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): ECON 002 and ECON 003. Focuses on economic analyses of four topics: women's work in and out of the paid labor force; gender differences in occupation, earnings, and income; marriage, divorce, and childbearing; and public policy regarding women's work and standard of living. Differences among women by race, ethnicity, class, marital status, and parental responsibilities are explored. Cross-listed with ECON 155.

WMST 160. Women and Religion. (4)

Lecture, three hours; consultation, one hour. Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor. Examination of attitudes toward and images of women in diverse religious traditions, including such issues as the presence and absence of women in leadership roles, women's spiritual experience, female founders of religious groups, and recent developments in feminist religious thought. Cross-listed with RLST 160. This course fulfills the Humanities requirement for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. O'Connor

WMST 163. The Women of Early Christianity. (4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Explores the social roles and literary constructs of early Christian women as evidenced in the New Testament, patristic, and Apocryphal writings. Also considers the significance of those textual traditions for later Western ideas about women's social roles, including traditional and feminist theories. Cross-listed with RLST 163.

WMST 164. Gender and Development in Latin America. (4)

Seminar, three hours; outside research, three hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Discusses the role and contribution of Latin American and Caribbean women within their societies. The effects of national economic development policies upon their status and their participation in and integration into the policy-making process are emphasized. Cross-listed with ANTH 164 and LNST 164.

WMST 170. Women Artists in Renaissance Europe, 1400-1600. (4)

Lecture, three hours; individual study, three hours. Prerequisite(s): AHS 017B or upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Surveys the lives and work of women artists in Renaissance Europe from perspectives offered by the latest scholarly literature. Key topics considered are circumstances under which it was possible for women to become artists, how these women evolved from artists practicing in the cloistered convent to artists participating in the competitive public market place, what they painted, and who their patrons were. Cross-listed with AHS 165 and HISE 133.

WMST 175. Gender, Ethnicity, and Borders. (4)

Lecture, three hours; extra reading, three hours. Prerequisite(s): ETST 001 or WMST 010 or upper-division standing. Examines literary, theatrical, and visual sites where the "in-between" space of border cultures is mapped. Materials include autobiographies, testimonial literature, films, novels, performance scripts, and art. The interplay of gender and ethnicity is the special focus. Cross-listed with ETST 175. This course fulfills the Social Sciences requirement for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.

WMST 190. Special Studies. (1-4)

Individual study, three to twelve hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Independent study and research by qualified undergraduate students.

WMST 193. Senior Seminar. (4)

Seminar, three hours; three term papers. Prerequisite(s): senior standing or consent of instructor. Students develop and present a research paper in Women's Studies on an interdisciplinary theme or problem that has been selected by the faculty member holding the seminar. Course is repeatable to a maximum of 8 units. This course fulfills either the Humanities or Social Sciences requirement for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, but not both.

WMST 195. Senior Thesis. (4)

Term paper, twelve hours. Prerequisite(s): senior standing and consent of instructor. Students work independently with a faculty member to prepare a thesis. Course is repeatable to a maximum of 8 units.

WMST 198-I. Individual Internship. (4)

Internship, twelve hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing and consent of instructor. Internship in a community agency or university outreach program related to Women's Studies. The internship is supervised by a Women's Studies faculty member and the agency or program coordinator. A project paper is required. Course is repeatable to a maximum of 8 units.

Seminar, three hours; outside research, three hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing or consent of instructor. Examines intersections of power, authority, and representation in the gendered methodologies entailed in the production of anthropological knowledge. A focus on postcolonial and feminist theorizing introduces students to novel debates about ethnographic writing and practices. Text, context, and reflexivity in writing are explored in depth. Cross-listed with ANTH 254. Chatterjee