Women's and Gender Studies
Trinity University
Women's and Gender Studies




FACULTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

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

For information about the program, please contact one of the co-chairs:
Claudia Stokes, Department of English
claudia.stokes@trinity.edu
(210) 999-7833

Mary Ann Tetreault, Department of Political Science
maryann.tetreault@trinity.edu
(210) 999-8339

CURRENT & UPCOMING COURSES


Current - Fall 2008

DRAM 3335

Greek and Roman Drama (Jenkins)

ENGL 3335

Greek and Roman Drama (Jenkins)

ENGL 3322

Contemporary Literary (Grissom)\

ENGL 4325

Modernism and Women (Rando)

PHIL 3354

Philosophy of Gender (Kania)

SOCI 2313

Social Movements (Stone)

SOCI 3332

Sociology of Health and Illness (McGuire)

WAGS 2352

Introduction to Gender Studies (Salomon)

WAGS 3122

Women’s and Gender Studies Internship






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:

I.  18 semester hours consisting of at least one core course and courses from at least two of the categories listed under Supporting Courses: Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences. Students may take up to three hours of Women’s and Gender Studies Colloquia.
II.   WAGS 3122, Women’s and Gender Studies Internship. This course may be taken up to three times.
III.  No more than 6 hours can overlap with a student’s primary major.
IV.  No more than 6 hours can be taken from a single department listed below under Supporting Courses.
V.   At least 9 hours must be upper-division courses.

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.

   

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.

   

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.

   

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 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


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)


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.





Updated January 30, 2006