ROSANA BLANCO-CANO, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Modern Languages and
Literatures
ANDREW KANIA, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Philosophy
DEBRA OCHOA, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Modern Languages and Literatures
BLADIMIR RUIZ, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Modern Languages and Literatures
CLAUDIA STOKES, Ph.D., Associate Professor, English; Co-Chair
AMY L. STONE, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Sociology and Anthropology
MARY ANN TÉTREAULT, Ph.D., Una Chapman Cox Distinguished Professor of
International Affairs, Political Science; Co-Chair
RITA E. URQUIJO-RUIZ, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Modern Languages and
Literatures
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.
WAGS 2310 |
Introduction to Women’s Studies |
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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. |
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WAGS 2350 |
Introduction to Feminist Theory |
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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. |
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WAGS 2351 |
Introduction to Queer Studies |
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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. |
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WAGS 2352 |
Introduction to Gender Studies |
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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. |
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WAGS 3-17 |
Gender Studies Colloquium |
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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. |
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WAGS 3-18 |
Women’s Studies Colloquium |
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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. |
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WAGS 3-19 |
Queer Studies Colloquium |
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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. |
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WAGS 3122 |
Women’s and Gender Studies Internship |
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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. |
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WAGS 3-75 |
Science, Gender, and Sexuality Colloquium |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 4325 |
Seminars in Literary Periods: Modernism and Women |
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 |
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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 2313 |
Social Movements |
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) |
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Natural Sciences |
WAGS 3-75 |
Science, Gender, and Sexuality |
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Colloquia |
WAGS 3-17 |
Gender Studies Colloquium |
WAGS 3-18 |
Women’s Studies Colloquium |
WAGS 3-19 |
Queer Studies Colloquium |
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Note: Special topics courses are approved by the advisory committee only
for the specific topic listed. |