Gender & Women's Studies (GWS)
GWS 421G Women, Gender, and Science 3 Hours
Study of women's participation in the natural and physical sciences, the scientific education of women, contemporary workplaces, and feminist critiques of science.
Prerequisite(s): permission of instructor
Recent Term(s) Offered: None
GWS 470G Special Topics in Gender and Women's Studies 3 Hours (repeatable max of 6 hrs)
A detailed study of a specialized topic in Women's Studies.
Prerequisite(s): permission of instructor
Recent Term(s) Offered: None
GWS 535 Roots of Feminism 3 Hours
Survey of key historical feminist writings with emphasis on intersections of gender, race, class, and sexuality in feminist theory.
Recent Term(s) Offered: None
GWS 545 Feminist Knowledge and Social Change 3 Hours
Examination of both feminist knowledge and research as political practices that have the goal of improving the lives of women and challenging rigid configurations of race, class, gender, and other elements of difference.
Recent Term(s) Offered: None
GWS 555 Global and Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Women 3 Hours
Examination of a range of scholarship done in various disciplines on women's political practices around the world and a comparison of women's experiences cross-culturally.
Recent Term(s) Offered: None
GWS 565 Black Feminism and the Politics of Community 3 Hours
Examination of the U.S. Black feminist movement, with attention to challenges with Black communities and across social movements such as feminism and Civil Rights, and to transnational perspectives.
Recent Term(s) Offered: None
GWS 570 Special Topics in Gender & Women's Studies 1-6 Hours (repeatable max of 6 hrs)
A detailed study of a specialized topic in gender & women's studies.
Restriction(s): Enrollment is limited to students in Gender Women's Studies (1712)
Recent Term(s) Offered: None
GWS 575 Gender, Justice, and Sustainability 3 Hours
A multidisciplinary examination of political and economic implications of global sustainability, with particular attention to gender and justice.
Recent Term(s) Offered: None
GWS 589 Internship in Women's Studies 3 Hours
Supervised work situation with cooperating business, industry, social or governmental agency whose primary purpose is advocacy for women. Emphasis on the application of advanced knowledge and skills in women's studies and applicable academic discipline.
Recent Term(s) Offered: None
GWS 590 Directed Study in Women's & Gender Studies 1-3 Hours (repeatable max of 6 hrs)
Individual research in a specific area of women's studies in close cooperation with supervising faculty in women's studies or other field. Note: Completion of 9 hours in Gender & Women's Studies certificate required.
Prerequisite(s): permission of instructor
Restriction(s): Enrollment is limited to students in Gender Women's Studies (1712)
Recent Term(s) Offered: None
GWS 625 Women and Leadership 3 Hours
Cross-disciplinary study of women leaders, issues of gender, race, class and power in relationship to women leaders and contemporary issues facing women leaders.
Recent Term(s) Offered: None
GWS 630 Feminist Pedagogies 3 Hours
Multidisciplinary seminar examining a range of approaches to feminist teaching including standard methodologies, issues of professionalism, academic hierarchies, ethics, and feminist communities of research. Note: Completion of 9 hours in the Gender & Women's Studies certificate required.
Prerequisite(s): permission of instructor
Restriction(s): Enrollment is limited to students in Gender Women's Studies (1712)
Recent Term(s) Offered: None