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WOST 1001 - Introduction to Women's Studies [SSCI CD]
(3 cr [max 4]; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 4 credits)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 1001 until 20-JAN-15, was WOST 1001W until 02-SEP-03, WOST 1051 (inactive), GWSS 1001 (ending 05-SEP-06, was WOST 1001 until 05-SEP-06, was WOST 1001W until 02-SEP-03, was WOST 1001 until 05-SEP-00)
U.S. multi-/cross-cultural studies of contemporary social, cultural, and personal conditions of women's lives. Includes honors recitation.
WOST 1002 - Politics of Sex [SSCI CD]
(3 cr [max 4]; Student Option; offered Every Spring; may be repeated for 4 credits)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 1002 until 17-JAN-23, was WOST 1002W until 20-JAN-04, GWSS 1002 (ending 05-SEP-06, was WOST 1002 until 05-SEP-06, was WOST 1002W until 20-JAN-04, was WOST 1002 until 05-SEP-00), WOST 1052 (inactive)
Introductory survey of historical, cultural, psychological, and sociopolitical dimensions of analyzing gender/sexuality. Norms/deviances pertaining to gender/sexuality as differently enacted/understood by social groups in different time-/place-specific locations.
WOST 1003W - Women Write the World [LIT WI IP]
(3 cr [max 4]; Student Option; offered Every Spring; may be repeated for 4 credits)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 1003W until 08-SEP-15, was WOST 1003 until 05-SEP-00
Concepts in literary studies. Poems, plays, short stories, novels, essays, letters by women from different parts of world. Focuses on lives, experiences, and literary expression of women, including basic concepts of women's studies.
WOST 1902 - Freshman Seminar [CD] (Topics course)
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 1902 until 22-MAY-17
Topics/description vary. See Class Schedule, Course Guide.
WOST 1904 - Freshman Seminar [IP] (Topics course)
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 1904 until 22-MAY-17
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
WOST 1905 - Freshman Seminar (Topics course)
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; may be repeated for 6 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 1905 until 05-SEP-17
Topics/description vary. See Class Schedule, Course Guide.
WOST 3002 - Gender, Race, and Class: Women's Lives in the United States [CD C/PE]
(3 cr [max 4]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 4 credits)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3002W until 17-JAN-17, was GWSS 3002 until 06-SEP-11, GWSS 3002W (ending 05-SEP-06, was GWSS 3002 until 06-SEP-11, was WOST 3002 until 05-SEP-06), GWSS 3002V (ending 02-SEP-08, was GWSS 3002H until 03-SEP-13, was WOST 3002H until 05-SEP-06, was WOST 3052 until 05-SEP-00)
Comparative study of women/gender, race, class, and sexuality in two or more U.S. ethnic cultures. Includes honors recitation.
WOST 3002H - Honors: Gender, Race, and Class: Women's Lives in the United States [CD C/PE]
(3 cr [max 4]; Student Option; offered Every Spring; may be repeated for 4 credits)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3002V until 17-JAN-17, was GWSS 3002H until 03-SEP-13, was WOST 3052 until 05-SEP-00, GWSS 3002W (ending 05-SEP-06, was GWSS 3002 until 06-SEP-11, was WOST 3002 until 05-SEP-06), GWSS 3002V (ending 02-SEP-08, was GWSS 3002H until 03-SEP-13, was WOST 3002H until 05-SEP-06, was WOST 3052 until 05-SEP-00)
Comparative study of women/gender, race, class, sexuality in two or more U.S. ethnic cultures. Honors recitation.
WOST 3003 - Gender and Global Politics [SSCI IP]
(3 cr [max 4]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 4 credits)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3003 until 07-SEP-21, was WOST 3003W until 02-SEP-03, GWSS 3003H (inactive, ending 02-SEP-08, was WOST 3003H until 05-SEP-06, was WOST 3003V until 02-SEP-03, was WOST 3053 until 05-SEP-00), GWSS 3003 (ending 05-SEP-06, was WOST 3003 until 05-SEP-06, was WOST 3003W until 02-SEP-03, was WOST 3003 until 05-SEP-00)
Similarities/differences in women's experiences throughout world, from cross-cultural/historical perspective. Uses range of reading materials/media (feminist scholarship, fiction, film, news media, oral history, autobiography).
WOST 3003H - Honors: Gender and Global Politics [SSCI IP]
(3 cr [max 4]; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall; may be repeated for 4 credits)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3003H until 23-MAY-16, was WOST 3003V until 02-SEP-03, was WOST 3053 until 05-SEP-00, GWSS 3003H (inactive, ending 02-SEP-08, was WOST 3003H until 05-SEP-06, was WOST 3003V until 02-SEP-03, was WOST 3053 until 05-SEP-00), GWSS 3003 (ending 05-SEP-06, was WOST 3003 until 05-SEP-06, was WOST 3003W until 02-SEP-03, was WOST 3003 until 05-SEP-00)
Similarities/differences in women's experiences throughout world from cross-cultural/historical perspective. Uses range of reading materials/media (feminist scholarship, fiction, film, news media, oral history, autobiography). Includes honors recitation.
WOST 3004V - Honors: Point/Counterpoint: Contemporary Feminist Debates [WI OH C/PE]
(3 cr [max 4]; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall; may be repeated for 4 credits)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3004V until 22-JAN-19, was WOST 3054 until 05-SEP-00, GWSS 3004V (inactive, ending 05-SEP-06, was WOST 3004V until 05-SEP-06, was WOST 3054 until 05-SEP-00), GWSS 3004W (inactive, ending 05-SEP-06, was WOST 3004W until 05-SEP-06, was WOST 3004 until 05-SEP-00)
Contemporary debates of concern to many women. Abortion, affirmative action, marriage rights, welfare rights, sex education, children's rights, date rape. In-depth study of several issues. Debate pros/cons of relevant perspectives. Includes honors recitation.
WOST 3004W - Point/Counterpoint: Contemporary Feminist Debates [WI OH C/PE]
(3 cr [max 4]; Student Option; may be repeated for 4 credits)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3004W until 22-JAN-19, was WOST 3004 until 05-SEP-00, GWSS 3004V (inactive, ending 05-SEP-06, was WOST 3004V until 05-SEP-06, was WOST 3054 until 05-SEP-00), GWSS 3004W (inactive, ending 05-SEP-06, was WOST 3004W until 05-SEP-06, was WOST 3004 until 05-SEP-00)
Contemporary debates of concern to many women. Abortion, affirmative action, marriage rights, welfare rights, sex education, children's rights, date rape. In-depth study of several issues. Debate pros/cons of relevant perspectives. Includes honors recitation.
WOST 3102V - Honors: Feminist Thought and Theory [WI OH C/PE]
(3 cr [max 4]; Student Option; offered Every Fall; may be repeated for 4 credits)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3102V until 19-JAN-21, GWSS 3102V (ending 02-SEP-08, starting 05-SEP-00, was WOST 3102V until 05-SEP-06), GWSS 3102W (ending 05-SEP-06, starting 03-SEP-02, was WOST 3102W until 05-SEP-06, was WOST 3102 until 05-SEP-00)
Feminist theoretical perspectives. How theory develops in response to traditions/forms of practice.
WOST 3102W - Feminist Thought and Theory. [WI OH C/PE]
(3 cr [max 4]; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Summer; may be repeated for 4 credits)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3102W until 19-JAN-21, was WOST 3102 until 05-SEP-00, GWSS 3102V (ending 02-SEP-08, starting 05-SEP-00, was WOST 3102V until 05-SEP-06), GWSS 3102W (ending 05-SEP-06, starting 03-SEP-02, was WOST 3102W until 05-SEP-06, was WOST 3102 until 05-SEP-00)
Feminist theoretical perspectives. How theory develops in response to traditions/forms of practice.
WOST 3190 - Topics: Theory, Knowledge, and Power (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3190 until 02-SEP-14
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
WOST 3201 - Sociology of Gender
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3201 until 23-MAY-16, GWSS 3201 (inactive, ending 20-JAN-15, was WOST 3201 until 05-SEP-06), SOC 5221, SOC 3221 (starting 05-SEP-06, ending 06-SEP-05, starting 07-SEP-99, was GWSS 3201 until 07-SEP-10, was GWSS 3201 until 20-JAN-09, was GWSS 3201 until 02-SEP-08, was GWSS 3201 until 04-SEP-07, was WOST 3201 until 06-SEP-05)
Organization, culture, and dynamics of gender relations. Gender/racial inequalities in workplace. Relationships between gender/race, gender/culture. Sexuality, gendered politics, women's movement.
WOST 3202 - Biology of Women
(4 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3202 until 04-SEP-12
Biological aspects of female life from early development to old age. Biology of sex differences/sexuality, menarche/menstrual cycles, gestation/parturition, female-specific diseases/conditions, menopause/aging. Ways of knowing biology of female body. Includes lab.
WOST 3202H - Honors: Biology of Women
(4 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3202H until 23-MAY-16
Biological aspects of female life from early development to old age. Biology of sex differences/sexuality, menarche, gestation/parturition, female-specific diseases/conditions, menopause. Ways of knowing biology of female body. Includes lab.
WOST 3203W - Skin, Sex, and Genes [WI OH CD]
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3203W until 05-SEP-23, was WOST 3203 until 05-SEP-00
Ways in which modern biology has been site of conflict about race/gender. Race/gender demographics of scientific professions.
WOST 3204 - Women's Psychologies: Feminist and Multicultural Perspectives [SSCI]
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3204 until 02-SEP-08
Examines culture, gender, ethnicity, class, sexual identity, and age as factors that influence women's diverse psychologies.
WOST 3206 - Women and Madness in History and Literature
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3206 until 02-SEP-08, GWSS 5203 (inactive, ending 05-SEP-06, was WOST 5203 until 05-SEP-06), GWSS 3206 (inactive, ending 05-SEP-06, was WOST 3206 until 05-SEP-06)
The representation of madness and how it intersects with gender as well as class, race, sexual orientation, and nationality.
WOST 3207 - Gender and the Global Politics of Health
(3 cr; A-F or Audit)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3207 until 07-SEP-10, GWSS 3207 (inactive, ending 02-SEP-08, was WOST 3207 until 05-SEP-06), GLOS 3607 (inactive)
Politics, global processes, and social relations that shape health/disease patterns world wide. Case studies, including HIV/AIDS in Africa, diabetes and health care in the U.S., new reproductive technologies, and access to food. How gender, poverty, geographic/social location, citizenship, sexuality, and other factors help determine degree of vulnerability to disease or right to health.
WOST 3290 - Topics: Biology, Health, and Environmental Studies (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3290 until 21-JAN-20
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
WOST 3290H - Topics: Biology, Health, and Environmental Studies: Enviro/ Feminism (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3290H until 02-SEP-14
Concepts of environmental biology, changing conditions of life on earth, creating a sustainable future. Connection between feminism and environmental justice. Disproportionate impact of environmental crises on women, children, and economically disadvantaged communities.
WOST 3301W - Women Writers [LIT WI CD]
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3301W until 18-JAN-11, was WOST 3301 until 05-SEP-00
Literature in various genres (e.g., novels, short stories, poems, essays, plays, autobiography) written by women of various racial/ethnic backgrounds.
WOST 3302 - Women and the Arts [OH CD]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3302 until 06-SEP-11
Study of women in the arts, as represented and as participants (creators, audiences). Discussion of at least two different art forms and works from at least two different U.S. ethnic or cultural communities.
WOST 3303W - Writing Differences: Literature by U.S. Women of Color [LIT WI CD]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3303W until 08-SEP-15, was WOST 3303 until 05-SEP-00
Interpret/analyze poetry, fiction, and drama of U.S. women minority writers. Relationship of writer's history, ethnicity, race, class, and gender to her writings.
WOST 3305 - Language and Gender [SSCI CD]
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3305 until 19-JAN-21, COMM 3405 (starting 07-SEP-99, was WOST 3305 until 03-SEP-02, was SPCH 3405 until 07-SEP-99), GWSS 3305 (ending 05-SEP-06, was WOST 3305 until 05-SEP-06)
Gender/communication. Interdisciplinary theory. Role of communication in creating, maintaining, reinforcing, and changing gender relations in society.
WOST 3306 - Pop Culture Women
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3306 until 04-SEP-12
Contemporary U.S. feminism as political/intellectual movement. Ways in which movement has been represented in popular culture.
WOST 3307 - Feminist Film Studies [OH CD]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3307 until 03-SEP-13
Construction of different notions of gender in film, social uses of these portrayals. Lectures on film criticism, film viewings, class discussions.
WOST 3308W - Women's Contemporary Fiction [LIT CD WI]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3308W until 23-MAY-16, was WOST 3308 until 05-SEP-00
Themes and features of style and content related to changes in women's roles in novels and short stories by English-language women writers of the late 20th century. Significance of race, sexual orientation, class, and age in the conditions of women's lives and their portrayal in literature.
WOST 3390 - Topics: Visual, Cultural, and Literary Studies (Topics course)
(3 cr [max 4]; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 4 credits)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3390 until 05-SEP-23
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
WOST 3403W - Jewish Women in the United States [WI CD HP]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3403W until 17-JAN-17, was WOST 3403 until 05-SEP-00, GWSS 3403W (inactive, starting 21-MAY-12, ending 02-SEP-08, starting 07-SEP-99, was WOST 3403W until 05-SEP-06, was WOST 3403 until 05-SEP-00), AMST 3632W (inactive), JWST 3632W (inactive, starting 07-SEP-99, was JWST 3632 until 05-SEP-00)
Twentieth century American Jewish women--historically, sociologically, religiously, and culturally; key developments over the century.
WOST 3404 - International Lesbian and Queer Studies
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3404 until 22-JAN-19
Lesbian/gay lives throughout world. Culturally-specific/transcultural aspects of lesbian/gay identity formation, political struggles, community involvement, and global networking. Lesbian/gay life in areas other than Europe and the United States.
WOST 3405 - Latin American Women's Lives [IP]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3405 until 02-SEP-08, was LAS 3405 until 06-SEP-05, LAS 3405 (inactive), GWSS 3405 (inactive, ending 05-SEP-06, starting 07-SEP-99, was WOST 3405 until 05-SEP-06, was LAS 3405 until 06-SEP-05, was WOST 3405 until 07-SEP-99)
An interdisciplinary approach to understanding women's lives in Latin America. Use of ethnography, history, poetry, fiction, and "testimonio" to understand the conditions of women's lives in Latin America.
WOST 3406 - Gender, Labor, and Politics
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3406 until 22-JAN-19
Historical changes in women's labor force participation in the United States from 1890 to present. Systematic/institutional processes that maintain/reproduce sex segregation. Women's efforts to change their work situations.
WOST 3407 - Women in Early and Victorian America: 1600-1890 [CD HP]
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3407 until 18-JAN-22, GWSS 3407 (inactive, was WOST 3407 until 05-SEP-06), HIST 3347 (inactive, starting 02-SEP-08, ending 02-SEP-03, starting 07-SEP-99, was GWSS 3407 until 07-SEP-10, was GWSS 3407 until 02-SEP-08, was GWSS 3407 until 05-SEP-06, was WOST 3407 until 07-SEP-99)
The varied experiences of American women 1600-1900. Topics include women's involvement in the dispossession of native peoples, westward expansion, slavery, industrialization, reform, revolution, and transformations in family life and sexuality.
WOST 3408 - Women in Modern America [CD HP]
(3 cr [max 4]; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3408 until 18-JAN-22, GWSS 3408 (inactive, was WOST 3408 until 05-SEP-06), HIST 3348 (starting 03-SEP-02, was WOST 3408 until 21-JAN-03, was WOST 3408 until 03-SEP-02, was HIST 3348W until 03-SEP-02, was WOST 3408W until 05-SEP-00, was WOST 3408 until 07-SEP-99)
History of women in the United States from 1890 to the present. Explores women's changing roles in politics, the labor force, the family, and popular culture.
WOST 3409W - Asian American Women's Cultural Production [WI CD]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3409W until 03-SEP-24, was WOST 3409 until 05-SEP-00
Diversity of cultures designated "Asian American." Understanding women's lives in historical, cultural, economic, and racial contexts.
WOST 3410 - La Chicana [CD]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3410 until 16-MAY-22, was CHIC 3212 until 06-SEP-05, was CHIC 3212 until 22-JAN-02, was CHIC 3212 until 04-SEP-01, CHIC 3212, GWSS 3212, GWSS 3410 (inactive, starting 07-SEP-10, ending 02-SEP-08, starting 22-JAN-02, was WOST 3410 until 05-SEP-06, was CHIC 3212 until 06-SEP-05, was WOST 3410 until 22-JAN-02, was CHIC 3212 until 22-JAN-02, was WOST 3410 until 04-SEP-01, was CHIC 3212 until 04-SEP-01, was WOST 3410 until 07-SEP-99)
Focus on Chicanas or politically defined women of the Mexican-American community. Method is interdisciplinary emphasizing the importance of historical context and cultural process to any discussion of the Chicana experience.
WOST 3411 - Las Mujeres [CD]
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3411 until 02-SEP-08, GWSS 3411 (inactive, ending 05-SEP-06, was WOST 3411 until 05-SEP-06), CHIC 3402 (inactive, starting 20-JAN-04)
Focus on Chicanas; women of the Mexican American community. Exploration of racial, economic, political, and gender issues of concern to all Mexican Americans and diverse Latino cultures.
WOST 3412 - American Indian Women: Ethnographic and Ethnohistorical Perspectives [CD SSCI]
(3 cr; A-F or Audit)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3412 until 22-MAY-17, AMIN 5409, GWSS 3412 (inactive, starting 20-JAN-15, ending 02-SEP-08, starting 20-JAN-04, was WOST 3412 until 05-SEP-06), AMIN 3409 (starting 21-JAN-01)
Comparative survey of ethnographic/ethnohistorical writings by/about American Indian women.
WOST 3413 - Women and Gender in Latin American History [HP IP]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3413 until 22-JAN-19, GLOS 3934 (inactive), GWSS 3413 (inactive, starting 07-SEP-10, ending 02-SEP-08, starting 07-SEP-99, was WOST 3413 until 05-SEP-06), HIST 3424 (inactive, starting 27-MAY-03)
Changing gender norms in Latin America over time as compared with lives of women/men of diverse classes, ethnic groups. How women responded to their position in society, on continuum from accomodation to resistance.
WOST 3414 - Women in Medieval Europe [HP]
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Fall)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3414 until 02-SEP-14
Women's role in family, politics, religion, work, and social movements. Representations of women in religious texts, art, literature, scientific studies, and law. Methods/approaches to study of women's history.
WOST 3490 - Topics: Political Economy and Global Studies (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3490 until 17-MAY-21
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
WOST 3501 - Community, Service, and Self: Dynamics of Gender, Race, and Class
(2 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was ID 3501 until 24-MAY-10
Combines theoretical exploration of models of community service with hands-on involvement in local communities.
WOST 3502 - Community, Service, and Self: Dynamics of Gender, Race, and Class
(2 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was ID 3502 until 06-SEP-05
Second half of a year-long course designed to complement students' volunteer experience in local communities. Examine community development and " community service" theory across cultures while applying them to direct service experience. Students volunteer 2-3 hours per week.
WOST 3503 - Women and the Law
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3503 until 05-SEP-23
Legal system as it relates to women: historical legal approach to issues related to constitutional rights of women.
WOST 3590 - Topics: Social Change, Activism, Law, and Policy Studies (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3590 until 13-MAY-24
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
WOST 3690 - Topics: Women, Society, and Race in the United States (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3690 until 15-MAY-23
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
WOST 3880H - Honors Directed instruction
(1 cr [max 8]; Student Option; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 12 times)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3880H until 26-MAY-15, was WOST 3880 until 05-SEP-00
Directed instruction.
WOST 3890H - Topics: Honors Seminar (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 8]; Student Option; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 12 times)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3890H until 26-MAY-15, was WOST 3890 until 05-SEP-00
Topics vary. Topics that students would like faculty to develop into a course or topics closely related to faculty research/scholarship or contemporary issues.
WOST 3893H - Honors Directed Study
(1 cr [max 8]; Student Option; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 12 times)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3893H until 26-MAY-15, was WOST 3893 until 05-SEP-00
Directed study.
WOST 3894H - Honors Directed Research
(1 cr [max 8]; Student Option; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 12 times)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3894H until 26-MAY-15, was WOST 3894 until 05-SEP-00
Honors directed research.
WOST 3980 - Directed Instruction
(1 cr [max 12]; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 12 credits)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3980 until 03-SEP-13
WOST 3993 - Directed Study
(1 cr [max 12]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 9 times)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3993 until 20-JAN-15
WOST 3994 - Directed Research
(1 cr [max 12]; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 12 credits)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 3994 until 20-JAN-15
WOST 4102 - Women, Gender, and Science [CD]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 4102 until 20-JAN-15, GWSS 4102 (inactive, ending 02-SEP-08, was WOST 4102 until 05-SEP-06), HSCI 4455 (ending 06-SEP-05, starting 07-SEP-99, was GWSS 4102 until 18-JAN-11, was GWSS 4102 until 07-SEP-10, was GWSS 4102 until 02-SEP-08, was WOST 4102 until 06-SEP-05)
Three intersecting themes analyzed from 1700s to the present: women in science, sexual and gendered concepts in modern sciences, and impact of science on conceptions of sexuality and gender in society.
WOST 4103H - Honors: International Feminist Theories
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 4103H until 03-SEP-13, was WOST 4103 until 05-SEP-00, GWSS 5104 (ending 05-SEP-06, was WOST 5104 until 05-SEP-06), GWSS 4103H (inactive, ending 05-SEP-06, starting 04-SEP-01, was WOST 4103H until 05-SEP-06, was WOST 4103 until 05-SEP-00)
Western/nonwestern feminist theories in conversation. Historical, cultural, and political context. Relation of theory to activism.
WOST 4108W - Senior Seminar: Writing [WI]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 4108 until 03-SEP-19, was GWSS 4108W until 22-JAN-13, was WOST 4108 until 05-SEP-00
Writing seminar for senior project. Writing process. Project is completed under supervision of instructor and faculty adviser.
WOST 4109 - Field Learning
(2 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 4109 until 02-SEP-08
Projects that involve an internship or learning practicum.
WOST 4122 - Philosophy and Feminist Theory
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 4122 until 07-SEP-21, GWSS 4122 (ending 26-MAY-15, was WOST 4122 until 05-SEP-06), PHIL 5622 (ending 17-MAY-21), GWSS 5122 (ending 26-MAY-15, was WOST 5122 until 05-SEP-06), PHIL 4622 (ending 17-MAY-21, starting 05-SEP-00, was PHIL 4622W until 07-SEP-04)
Encounters between philosophy/feminism. Gender's influence in traditional philosophical problems/methods. Social role of theorist/theorizing as they relate to politics of feminism.
WOST 4190 - Topics: Theory, Knowledge, and Power (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 4190 until 02-SEP-14
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
WOST 4201 - The Older Woman: A Feminist Perspective
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 4201 until 26-MAY-15
Myths and realities surrounding conceptualizations of older women in public, private, personal, social, sexual, professional, and community interactions.
WOST 4290 - Topics: Biology, Health, and Environmental Studies (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 4290 until 02-SEP-14
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
WOST 4302 - Honors: Women's Personal Narratives
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was AFRO 4302H until 04-SEP-12, was AFRO 4302 until 05-SEP-00
Literary autobiography, journals, travel narratives, essays, slave narratives, and ethnographies used to consider content of and methodological, theoretical, and aesthetic issues in constructing/producing women's experience.
WOST 4302H - Honors: Women's Personal Narratives
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 4302H until 02-SEP-08, was WOST 4302 until 05-SEP-00
Literary autobiography, journals, travel narratives, essays, slave narratives, and ethnographies used to consider content of and methodological, theoretical, and aesthetic issues in constructing/producing women's experience.
WOST 4390 - Topics: Visual, Cultural, and Literary Studies (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 4390 until 22-JAN-19
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
WOST 4401 - Chicana/Latina Cultural Studies [CD]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 4401 until 28-MAY-13, was CHIC 4401 until 02-SEP-03, CHIC 4401 (ending 04-SEP-12), GWSS 4401 (ending 05-SEP-06, starting 07-SEP-99, was WOST 4401 until 05-SEP-06, was CHIC 4401 until 02-SEP-03, was WOST 4401 until 07-SEP-99)
Diversity of cultures called "Hispanic"; women in these cultures. Chicanas/Latinas living in United States or migrating from their home nations to United States.
WOST 4402 - Rebels, Radicals, and Revolutionaries: History of Western Feminisms
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 4 credits)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 4402 until 22-MAY-17
Survey of main currents in history of western feminist thought, politics, and social movements from 1770s to present.
WOST 4403 - Queering Theory
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 4403 until 08-SEP-20
Lesbianism and lesbian identities as products of cultural practices, relations, and meanings that are historically specific/changing.
WOST 4490 - Topics: Political Economy and Global Studies (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 4490 until 17-MAY-21
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
WOST 4502 - Women and Public Policy
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 4502 until 05-SEP-23
Public policy issues, processes, and histories as these affect women-, children-, and gender-related issues.
WOST 4504 - Women and the Legislative Process [C/PE]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall; may be repeated 2 times)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 4504 until 04-SEP-12
Current/historical roles, impacts, and interactions of women as legislators, constituents, and professional or citizen lobbyists in state/national legislatures. Unique contributions, issues, challenges of women. Ways in which gender is operative in legislative process.
WOST 4505 - Honors: Legislative Internship
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 4505 until 02-SEP-14
Discussion group and learning community for students working as interns for a Minnesota legislator during the year's legislative session.
WOST 4590 - Topics: Social Change, Activism, Law, and Policy Studies (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 4590 until 16-MAY-22
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
WOST 4690 - Topics: Women, Society, and Race in the United States (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 4690 until 23-MAY-16
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
WOST 4790 - Topics: Sexuality Studies
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 4790 until 02-SEP-14
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
WOST 4900W - Women's Studies Seminar [WI] (Topics course)
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 4900W until 02-SEP-14, was WOST 4900 until 16-JAN-01, was WOST 4107 until 05-SEP-00
Includes a component on research methods/writing. Capstone experience. Culminates in a 20-25 page paper.
WOST 4980 - Directed Instruction
(1 cr [max 8]; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 12 times)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 4980 until 03-SEP-13
WOST 4993 - Directed Study
(1 cr [max 8]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 12 times)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 4993 until 20-JAN-15
WOST 4994 - Directed Research
(1 cr [max 8]; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 12 times)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 4994 until 03-SEP-13
WOST 5101 - Feminist Approaches to Ethnography
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 5101 until 23-MAY-16
Preparation for feminist ethnographic research in the social sciences. Using recent works by feminist ethnographers, focus is on the methods, politics, and ethics, as well as gender, race, class, and cross-cultural issues pertaining to fieldwork.
WOST 5102 - Feminist Approaches to History
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 5102 until 23-MAY-16
Analysis and practice of feminist history. Theories, methods, and sources that address the interrelationship of gender, race, class, and sexuality.
WOST 5103 - Feminist Pedagogies
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 5103 until 23-MAY-16
Theory and practice of feminist pedagogies by comparing and evaluating various multicultural feminist theories of education/teaching and the application of specific theories, techniques, and teaching strategies.
WOST 5104 - International Feminist Theory
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 5104 until 02-SEP-08, GWSS 5104 (ending 05-SEP-06, was WOST 5104 until 05-SEP-06), GWSS 4103H (inactive, ending 05-SEP-06, starting 04-SEP-01, was WOST 4103H until 05-SEP-06, was WOST 4103 until 05-SEP-00)
Third World and transnational feminisms. Interrogating the categories of "women," "feminism," and "Third World." Varieties of power/oppression that women have endured/resisted, including colonization, nationalism, globalization, and capitalism. Concentrates on postcolonial context.
WOST 5105W - Gendered Rhetoric of Science and Technology [WI]
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 5105W until 03-SEP-13, was WOST 5105 until 05-SEP-00
How cultural gender roles are affected by science and technology as well as influence scientific and technological thinking and communication strategies.
WOST 5107 - Gender, Culture, and Science
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 5107 until 23-MAY-16
Critical study of some of the major papers concerning the relations of gender and scientific inquiry produced in the past 20 years.
WOST 5122 - Philosophy and Feminist Theory
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 5122 until 07-SEP-21, GWSS 4122 (ending 26-MAY-15, was WOST 4122 until 05-SEP-06), PHIL 5622 (ending 17-MAY-21), GWSS 5122 (ending 26-MAY-15, was WOST 5122 until 05-SEP-06), PHIL 4622 (ending 17-MAY-21, starting 05-SEP-00, was PHIL 4622W until 07-SEP-04)
Encounters between philosophy/feminism. Gender's influence in traditional philosophical problems/methods. Social role of theorist/theorizing as they relate to politics of feminism.
WOST 5190 - Topics: Theory, Knowledge, and Power (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 5190 until 21-JAN-25
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
WOST 5201 - Global Processes and the Politics of Sexuality
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 5201 until 23-MAY-16
Comparative examination of the social construction of sexuality. Formal/informal norms/regulations, categories of deviance, representation of sex in the media/arts, role of sexuality in relation to agency/subjectivity.
WOST 5203 - Women and Madness in History and Literature
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 5203 until 02-SEP-08, GWSS 5203 (inactive, ending 05-SEP-06, was WOST 5203 until 05-SEP-06), GWSS 3206 (inactive, ending 05-SEP-06, was WOST 3206 until 05-SEP-06)
The representation of madness and how it intersects with gender as well as class, race, sexual orientation, and nationality.
WOST 5290 - Topics: Biology, Health, and Environmental Studies (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 5290 until 22-MAY-17
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
WOST 5300 - Communication and Gender
(3 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 5300 until 02-SEP-14, GWSS 5300 (inactive, was WOST 5300 until 05-SEP-06), COMM 5406 (inactive, starting 20-JAN-04, was SPCH 5406 until 03-SEP-02)
How gender affects verbal communication. Development of analytical skills through readings, exercises, research that raise awareness of the power of language and the influence of gender prescriptions.
WOST 5390 - Topics: Visual, Cultural, and Literary Studies (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 5390 until 17-JAN-23
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
WOST 5403 - Chicana/Latina Feminisms
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 5403 until 04-SEP-12, was CHIC 5403 until 20-JAN-04
The historical and social development of Chicana and Latina feminisms in general and their various specific types.
WOST 5404 - Working Class Women's Cultures
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 5404 until 26-MAY-15
Myths and realities surrounding working class women and their cultures. Use sociological and literary material in an effort to learn about working class women and to hear their own voices.
WOST 5405 - Chicanas: Women and Work
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 5405 until 26-MAY-15, was CHIC 5402 until 20-JAN-04
Chicanas, their various relationships to family/community. Local, national, and global work forces. Questions/issues related to growing integration of world's systems of production.
WOST 5490 - Topics: Political Economy and Global Studies (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 5490 until 24-MAY-10
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
WOST 5501 - Women and the Law
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 5501 until 04-SEP-12
Legal system as it relates to women: historical legal approach to issues related to constitutional rights of women.
WOST 5590 - Topics: Social Change, Activism, Law, and Policy Studies (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 5590 until 02-SEP-14
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
WOST 5690 - Topics: Women, Society, and Race in the United States (Topics course)
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 5690 until 02-SEP-14
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
WOST 5790 - Topics: Sexuality Studies
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 5790 until 02-SEP-14
Topics specified in Class Schedule.
WOST 5993 - Directed Study
(1 cr [max 12]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 12 credits)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 5993 until 28-MAY-13
WOST 5994 - Directed Instruction
(1 cr [max 12]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 36 credits; may be repeated 36 times)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 5994 until 28-MAY-13
WOST 5995 - Directed Research
(1 cr [max 8]; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 36 credits; may be repeated 36 times)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 5995 until 28-MAY-13
WOST 8101 - Intellectual History of Feminism
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 8101 until 28-MAY-13
Major trends in feminist intellectual history from 14th century to the present, especially in the United States and Europe.
WOST 8102 - Advanced Studies in Sexuality
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 8102 until 20-JAN-15
Contemporary theoretical scholarship and research on selected issues related to sexuality, gender, and the body.
WOST 8103 - Feminist Theories of Knowledge
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 8103 until 28-MAY-13, PHIL 8133, GWSS 8103 (ending 02-SEP-08, starting 07-SEP-99, was WOST 8103 until 05-SEP-06)
Interdisciplinary seminar. Feminist approaches to knowledge and to criticism of paradigms of knowledge operative in the disciplines. Feminist use of concepts of subjectivity, objectivity, and intersubjectivity. Feminist empiricism, standpoint theory, and contextualism. Postmodern and postcolonial theorizing.
WOST 8108 - Feminist Theories and Methods I
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 8108 until 20-JAN-15
Two-semester interdisciplinary seminar. First term: current debates in gender theory; intersections of gender theory with critical race theory, post-colonial theory, sexuality theory, and social class analysis. Second term: inter-/multi-disciplinary feminist research frameworks/methodologies from humanities and social sciences.
WOST 8109 - Feminist Theories and Methods II
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 8109 until 08-SEP-20
Two-semester interdisciplinary seminar. First term: current debates in gender theory; intersections of gender theory with critical race theory, post-colonial theory, sexuality theory, and social class analysis. Second term: inter-/multi-disciplinary feminist research frameworks/methodologies from humanities and social sciences.
WOST 8190 - Topics: Feminist Theory (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 3]; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 12 times)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 8210 until 15-MAY-23, was GWSS 8190 until 03-SEP-13, was GWSS 8210 until 28-MAY-13, was GWSS 8190 until 22-JAN-13
Topics in feminist theory.
WOST 8201 - Feminist Theory and Methods in the Social Sciences
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 8201 until 28-MAY-13
Seminar on recent theories, including feminist versions of positivist, interpretivist, critical theoretical, and postmodernist models of social science knowledge. Methodologies congenial to feminist practices of inquiry, including use of narrative in theory, feminist ethnography, discourse analysis, and comparative methods in history.
WOST 8202 - Sociology of Gender
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was SOC 8221 until 17-MAY-21, was GWSS 8202 until 24-MAY-10, was SOC 8221 until 02-SEP-08, was GWSS 8202 until 02-SEP-08, was SOC 8221 until 05-SEP-06, was SOC 8221 until 07-SEP-99
Organization, culture, and dynamics of gender relations and gendered social structures. Sample topics: gender, race, and class inequalities in the workplace; women?s movement; social welfare and politics of gender inequality; theoretical and methodological debates in gender studies; sexuality; science; sociology of emotions.
WOST 8290 - Topics: Social Sciences and Public Policy (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 3]; Student Option; may be repeated for 3 credits)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 8220 until 15-MAY-23, was GWSS 8290 until 03-SEP-13, was GWSS 8220 until 28-MAY-13, was GWSS 8290 until 22-JAN-13
WOST 8301 - Feminist Literary Criticism
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 8301 until 28-MAY-13
Recent developments and major issues in feminist studies of literature. Introduction to array of scholars and scholarship in field of feminist literary theory and criticism, emphasizing broad range of feminist textual analysis taking place in various University departments.
WOST 8333 - FTE: Master's
(1 cr; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; 6 academic progress units; 6 financial aid progress units)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 8333 until 20-JAN-15
WOST 8390 - Topics: Literary Studies (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 3]; Student Option; may be repeated for 3 credits)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 8230 until 27-MAY-14, was GWSS 8390 until 21-JAN-14, was GWSS 8230 until 28-MAY-13, was GWSS 8390 until 22-JAN-13
WOST 8401 - Gender, Space, and Resistance
(3 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 8401 until 07-SEP-10
Identity politics, social movements, and development politics; complex interrelationships among gender, space, and resistance. Social nature of place and space; sociopolitical and economic processes by which gendered, raced, and classed differences are constituted, reinforced, and resisted in and through space, place, and social networks.
WOST 8444 - FTE: Doctoral
(1 cr; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; 6 academic progress units; 6 financial aid progress units)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 8444 until 20-JAN-15
WOST 8490 - Topics: Comparative and Global Studies (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 3]; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 3 credits)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 8490 until 17-JAN-23, was GWSS 8240 until 04-SEP-18, was GWSS 8490 until 20-JAN-15, was GWSS 8240 until 28-MAY-13, was GWSS 8490 until 22-JAN-13
WOST 8590 - Topics: Historical Studies (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 3]; Student Option; may be repeated for 3 credits)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 8250 until 16-JAN-18, was GWSS 8590 until 20-JAN-15, was GWSS 8250 until 28-MAY-13, was GWSS 8590 until 22-JAN-13
WOST 8666 - Doctoral Pre-Thesis Credits
(1 cr [max 18]; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 60 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 8666 until 20-JAN-15
WOST 8888 - Thesis Credit: Doctoral
(1 cr [max 24]; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 24 credits)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 8888 until 20-JAN-15
WOST 8993 - Directed Study
(1 cr [max 6]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 9 credits; may be repeated 9 times)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 8993 until 28-MAY-13
WOST 8994 - Directed Instruction
(1 cr [max 8]; Student Option; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 36 credits; may be repeated 36 times)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 8994 until 28-MAY-13
WOST 8995 - Directed Research (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 8]; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 36 credits; may be repeated 36 times)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 8995 until 28-MAY-13
WOST 8996 - Feminist Studies Colloquium
(1 cr; S-N or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 8996 until 20-JAN-15
WOST 8997 - Feminist Research and Writing
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: was GWSS 8997 until 08-SEP-20
Develops interdisciplinary feminist components of Ph.D. thesis or other major piece of writing. Facilitates research/writing.

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