Trinity University
Women's and Gender Studies  FACULTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ROSANA BLANCO-CANO, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Modern Languages and LiteraturesFor information about the program, please contact one of the co-chairs: Claudia Stokes, Department of English CURRENT & UPCOMING COURSES Current - Fall 2007
Coming in Spring 2008
THE MINOR The minor in Women’s and Gender Studies is an interdisciplinary program that explores the cultural construction of gender and sexuality from a variety of academic perspectives. Classes investigate gender in relation to such topics as race and class; women’s history and power; men’s studies; and queer studies and theory. Students interested in declaring a Women’s and Gender Studies minor should contact the co-chairs of the Women’s and Gender Studies Committee. THE MINOR The requirements for a minor in Women’s and Gender Studies are as follows:
COURSES WAGS 2310 Introduction to Women’s Studies A feminist perspective on work, family, sexuality, identity formation, class stratification, racial and cultural diversity, and cultural representations of gender. Overview of the history of the women’s movement and historical and contemporary debate among feminists. WAGS 2350 Introduction to Feminist Theory An introductory survey of feminist theory, both as an intellectual, philosophical tradition and as a program of political activism. At the discretion of the instructor, this course may entail a history of feminist theory; an engagement in specific debates or schools of criticism; and/or involvement in community activism. (Also listed as ENGL 2350.) WAGS 2351 Introduction to Queer Studies An introduction to the interdisciplinary field of Queer Studies. Topics may include a historical survey of homosexuality and the Gay Rights movement; queer theory; psychoanalysis and psychology of sexuality; film and media studies; discussion of current events. (Also listed as ENGL 2351.) WAGS 2352 Introduction to Gender Studies An introductory survey of the interdisciplinary field of gender studies. Topics may include masculinity and men’s studies; feminism and the construction of femininity; sexuality; and queer theory. (Also listed as ENGL 2352.) WAGS 3-17 Gender Studies Colloquium This course analyzes gender and sexuality by addressing topics organized under themes selected by participating faculty through class discussions, lectures, student presentations, and visiting speakers. Students may enroll in the colloquium no more than three times. WAGS 3-18 Women’s Studies Colloquium The colloquium meets under direction of faculty of the Women’s and Gender Studies Advisory Committee. Session topics are organized around themes selected by the Advisory Committee, to be explored through class discussions, faculty research, student presentations, and visiting lecturers. Students may enroll in the colloquium no more than three times. WAGS 3-19 Queer Studies Colloquium The Queer Studies Colloquium analyzes the variety of gender identities and representations, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and transsexual topics. In addition, this course helps understand conventional heterosexuality within a broader context. Session topics are organized around themes selected by University faculty, to be explored through class discussions, lectures, student presentations, and visiting speakers. Students may enroll in the colloquium no more than three times. WAGS 3122 Women’s and Gender Studies Internship Entails work experience with issues pertaining to women, gender, or sexuality. Students are expected to select a suitable forum for such work, whether on or off-campus, and to arrange for their own employment. Students may also apply to intern with the Women’s History Month Planning Committee. Consent of Women’s and Gender Studies co-chairs required. WAGS 3-75 Science, Gender, and Sexuality Colloquium This team-taught course investigates scientific approaches to sexuality and gender. To be taught by faculty from various scientific disciplines. Prerequisite: WAGS 2350, 2351, 2352, or consent of instructor. CORE COURSES WAGS 2310 Introduction to Women’s Studies WAGS 2350 Introduction to Feminist Theory WAGS 2351 Introduction to Queer Studies WAGS 2352 Introduction to Gender Studies SUPPORTING COURSES Humanities ARTH 3341 Early Renaissance Art in Italy ARTH 3347 Art of the Eighteenth Century ARTH 3350 Neo-Classicalism to Realism ARTH 3351 Impressionism and Post-Impressionism ARTH 3392 Women’s Studies in Art History CHIN 3312 Chinese Cinema: A Historical and Cultural Perspective (also listed as ML&L 3303) CLAS 1307 Gender and Identity in the Ancient World (also listed as HIST 1311) CLAS 3303 Greek and Roman Drama (also listed as DRAM 3325 and ENGL 3322) CLAS 3304 The Ancient Romance and Novel COMM 3325 Special Topics in Communication Media: Women Journalists in Film and Novel COMM 3325 Special Topics in Communication Media: Queer Theory and Mass Media DRAM 3325 Greek and Roman Drama (also listed as CLAS 3303 and ENGL 3322) ENGL 3322 Greek and Roman Drama (also listed as CLAS 3303 and DRAM 3325) ENGL 3327 Contemporary Literature ENGL 3337 Literary Theory ENGL 3366 19th-Century British Fiction: The Marriage Market and the Money Market ENGL 3375 Postmodern Literature ENGL 4320 Studies in Early Modern British Literature: Shakespeare’s Sonnets and the Subject of Sexuality ENGL 4320 Studies in Early Modern British Literature: The Performance of Gender, Wyatt to Shakespeare ENGL 4322 Studies in 19th-Century British Literature: Aesthete to Decadent: Literature of the 1890s ENGL 4323 Studies in American Literature: The Harlem Renaissance ENGL 4323 Studies in American Literature: Literature and Culture on the Latino/a Borderlands ENGL 4323 Studies in American Literature: Sentimentalism: Nineteenth Century Literature and American Femininity ENGL 4323 Studies in American Literature: American Women Writers of the Nineteenth Century ENGL 4323 Studies in American Literature: The New Woman ENGL 4323 Studies in American Literature: Queering the Nineteenth Century ENGL 4325 Seminars in Literary Periods: The Woman Question in Victorian England ENGL 4326 Seminars on Individual Authors: George Eliot and Virginia Woolf ENGL 4326 Seminars on Individual Authors: Jane Austen ENGL 4326 Seminars on Individual Authors: Virginia Woolf GERM 4301 Genre Studies in German Literature: Gender in the German Novella GERM 4310 Seminar in German Literature: Frauenliteratur GERM 4310 Seminar in German Literature: Women and War HIST 1311 Gender and Identity in the Ancient World (also listed as CLAS 1307) HIST 3300 Gender Matters in African History HIST 3332 Culture and Society in Early Modern Europe HIST 3363 Early American Social History HIST 4400 Seminar in African History: Life Histories of African Women ML&L 3303 Chinese Cinema: A Historical and Cultural Perspective (also listed as CHIN 3312) ML&L 3310 French Literature in Translation: Versions of Feminism ML&L 3310 French Literature in Translation: The French Novel MUSC 1345 Women and Music PHIL 3354 Philosophy and Gender PLSI 1332 Film, Literature, and Politics of the Third World RELI 3301 Gender and Religion SPAN 4338 Spanish Women Writers SPAN 4348 Spanish American Women Writers SPAN 4349 Sexualities in Hispanic Literatures and Films SPAN 4391 Special Topics: Genero y memoria en el Cono Sur SPAN 4391 Special Topics: Chicana Feminisms SPCH 4391 Special Topics in Public Communication: Rhetoric of the Women’s Movement Social Sciences ANTH 3329 Sexuality and Society (also listed as SOCI 3329) ANTH 3331 Language, Culture and Society (also listed as SOCI 3331) ANTH 3358 The Anthropology of International Relations COMM 3325 Special Topics in Communication Media: Gays and Lesbians in Popular Culture COMM 3325 Special Topics in Communication Media: Popular Culture, Gender, and Communication PLSI 3347 Gender and International Relations PLSI 3349 Special Topics in International Politics: Women in Islam PSYC 2323 Psychology of Gender PSYC 3322 Social Development SOCI 2311 Sociology of Sex Roles SOCI 2312 Sociology of Marriage and the Family Experience SOCI 3329 Sexuality and Society (also listed as ANTH 3329) SOCI 3331 Language, Culture and Society (also listed as ANTH 3331) SOCI 3332 Sociology of Health and Illness (also listed as URBS 3332) SOCI 4352 Mind, Body and Society: Seminar URBS 3332 Sociology of Health and Illness (also listed as SOCI 3332) Natural Sciences WAGS 3-75 Science, Gender, and Sexuality Colloquia WAGS 3-17 Gender Studies Colloquium WAGS 3-18 Women’s Studies Colloquium WAGS 3-19 Queer Studies Colloquium Note: Special topics courses are approved by the advisory committee only for the specific topic listed. |