Gender & Women's Studies (GWS)
GWS 200 Introduction to Gender And Women's Studies 3 Hours
Drawing on historical perspectives and cultural analysis, this course examines such topics as women and work, violence against women, family, and the social construction of gender, sexuality, race, and class. Colonnade/Statewide General Education Code E-SB | SB
Recent Term(s) Offered: spring 2022; fall 2022; spring 2023; fall 2023; spring 2024; summer 2024; fall 2024
GWS 321 Women and Journalism 3 Hours
Survey of women's contributions to journalism, including historical and contemporary challenges women face in the profession, mainstream news media coverage of women's issues, examples of women's work in various news genres, global feminist news coverage, and the depiction of women journalists in film and literature.
Restriction(s): Students with a semester level of Academy Junior, Academy Senior or Freshman may not enroll.
Recent Term(s) Offered: None
GWS 350 Feminism, the Arts, and Social Change 3 Hours
An investigation into the potential of feminist arts and creative action to create community and social change. Note: Permission of instructor may be required.
Prerequisite(s): GWS 200
Recent Term(s) Offered: None
GWS 375 American Masculinities 3 Hours
Survey of the meanings of manhood in the United States, including historical, social, economic, cultural, and political influences on the development of masculine identity. Colonnade/Statewide General Education Code K-SY
Prerequisite(s): 21 hours of Foundations and Explorations Courses, or junior status
Restriction(s): Students with a semester level of Academy Junior, Academy Senior or Freshman may not enroll.
Recent Term(s) Offered: fall 2022; fall 2023; fall 2024
GWS 400 Contemporary Feminist Thought 3 Hours
This course explores contemporary feminist thought in the 20th and 21st centuries and traces connections to early feminist conceptual thinking. Key concepts include agency, identity, difference, location, intersectionality, transnationalism and nationalism, representation, resistance, power, and sexuality.
Prerequisite(s): GWS 200
Restriction(s): Students with a semester level of Academy Junior, Academy Senior, Freshman or Sophomore may not enroll.
Recent Term(s) Offered: spring 2022; spring 2023; spring 2024
GWS 421 Gender, Women and Science 3 Hours
Study of women's participation in the natural and physical sciences, the scientific education of women, contemporary science workplaces, and feminist critiques of science. Note: Permission of instructor may be required and completion of Colonnade Explorations Natural and Physical Science category.
Restriction(s): Students with a semester level of Academy Junior, Academy Senior, Freshman or Sophomore may not enroll.
Recent Term(s) Offered: None
GWS 470 Special Topics in Gender and Women’s Studies 3 Hours (repeatable max of 6 hrs)
A detailed study of a specialized topic in Gender and Women's Studies. Note: Permission of instructor required.
Restriction(s): Students with a semester level of Academy Junior, Academy Senior, Freshman or Sophomore may not enroll.
Recent Term(s) Offered: summer 2022; summer 2024
GWS 491 Practicum in Gender and Women’s Studies 3 Hours
Practical experience volunteering with cooperating community organizations that address the needs of women or deal in some compelling way with gender issues. Note: Instructor approval required.
Prerequisite(s): GWS 200
Restriction(s): Students with a semester level of Academy Junior, Academy Senior, Freshman or Sophomore may not enroll.
Recent Term(s) Offered: None
GWS 499 Directed Study 1-3 Hours (repeatable max of 3 hrs)
This course is available to students who wish to conduct individual, intensive reading and research in a specific area of Gender and Women's Studies under the direction of supervising faculty. Approval required prior to enrollment.
Recent Term(s) Offered: spring 2022