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WMS
201
(3
Credits)
Fall
Introduction
to
Women's
Studies
(3+0) s
An
interdisciplinary
introduction
to
the
field
of
women's
studies,
exploring
its
development,
subject
matter,
and
methodology.
Readings
of
studies
which
have
become
classic
examples
of
the
importance
of
gender
in
research
in
many
disciplines
is
examined.
Also
available
via
Independent
Learning.
(Prerequisite:
Sophomore
standing.)
WMS
202
(3
Credits)
Fall
History
of
Women
in
America
(3+0) s
(Cross-listed
with
HIST
202)
A
chronological
approach
to
the
history
of
women
in
America.
Introduction
to
major
issues
of
concern
to
historians
of
women,
as
well
as
different
approaches
utilized
in
analysis
of
women's
past;
consideration
of
multiracial
backgrounds
of
American
women.
(Next
offered:
2003
-
04.)
WMS
303
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Gender
in
Cross-Cultural
Perspective
(3+0) s
(Cross-listed
with
ANTH
303)
Gender
as
both
cultural
construction
and
social
relationship
is
examined
through
readings
in
comparative
ethnographies
portraying
gender
roles
in
a
broad
variety
of
societies,
from
hunter-gatherer
to
industrial.
New
theoretical
and
methodological
approaches
in
anthropology
for
exploring
and
understanding
women's
experiences
in
their
cultural
variety
are
presented.
(Next
offered:
2003
-
04.)
WMS
308W,O
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Language
and
Gender
(3+0) s
(Cross-listed
with
ANTH
308W,O
and
LING
308W,O)
Examination
of
relationships
between
language
and
gender,
drawing
on
both
ethnographic
and
linguistic
sources.
Topics
include
power,
socialization
and
sexism.
(Prerequisites:
ENGL
111X;
COMM
131X
or
141X.)
WMS
320
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Sociology
of
Gender
(3+0) s
(Cross-listed
with
SOC
320)
Comprehensive
survey
of
sociological
inquiry
and
feminist
revisions
for
studying
gender
in
U.S.
society
and
culture.
Interrogates
the
meanings
of
gender,
and
the
interactional,
cultural,
organizational,
and
institutional
arrangements
that
underlie
the
social
construction
of
gender
and
gender
inequality.
(Prerequisite:
One
lower-division
social
science
course,
WMS
201,
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2003
-
04.)
WMS
331W
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Women's
Voices
in
Japanese
Literature
(3+0)
h
(Cross-listed
with
JPN
331W)
A
close
reading
of
selected
novels,
short
stories,
poems,
and
diaries
by
Japanese
women
from
the
tenth
century
to
the
present
which
reveal
the
personal,
social,
aesthetic
and
intellectual
concerns
of
women
in
different
periods
of
Japanese
history.
Focus
on
the
changing
role
of
women
in
Japanese
society,
the
role
of
women
writers
as
social
critics,
and
cross-cultural
differences
and
similarities
in
women's
issues.
(Prerequisites:
ENGL
111X;
ENGL
211X
or
213X;
ENGL/FL
200X.
Recommended:
HIST
121,
122
or
331.)
WMS
332
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Human
Sexuality
Across
Cultures
(3+0) s
(Cross-listed
with
SOC
333
and
PSY
333)
Exploration
of
how
people
in
a
variety
of
cultures
experience
and
express
themselves
as
sexual
beings.
Sexuality
includes
awareness
of
gender,
and
capacity
for
erotic
experiences
and
responses.
Interdisciplinary
study
includes
psychology,
anthropology,
sociology,
biology
and
related
fields.
Includes
how
sexual
behavior
and
experience
reflect
our
biological
capabilities,
psychological
characteristics,
and
social
and
cultural
influences.
(Prerequisite:
Junior
standing.
Next
offered
2003-04.)
WMS
333
(3
Credits)
Fall
Women's
Literature
(3+0)
h
(Cross-listed
with
ENGL
333)
Reading,
discussing
and
analyzing
literary
works
dealing
with
the
social,
cultural
and
political
implications
of
patriarchal
structures
and
traditions
from
the
perspective
of
feminist
theory
and
criticism.
Focus
may
be
on
a
particular
theme,
period,
or
genre,
but
readings
will
include
both
primary
and
secondary
texts.
(Prerequisite:
ENGL
111X;
ENGL
211X
recommended.)
WMS
335W
(3
Credits)
Spring
Gender
and
Crime
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
JUST
335W)
An
exploration
of
gender
and
crime
including
the
extent
of
female
crime,
victimization,
masculinities
and
violence,
and
women
professionals
in
the
justice
system.
(Prerequisites:
ENGL
111X,
JUST
110,
and
junior
standing.)
WMS
340
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Women
and
Politics
(3+0) s
(Cross-listed
with
PS
340)
In-depth
examination
of
the
relevance
of
gender
in
political
thought
and
action.
Topics
vary
and
may
include:
historical
perspective
of
political
ideas
on
the
nature
and
status
of
women;
women's
involvement
in
national
and/or
international
political
movements
and
organizations;
feminist
approaches
to
the
social
sciences;
feminism
as
a
political
ideology.
(Prerequisite:
One
political
science
course
or
permission
of
instructor;
HIST
101,
HIST
103,
WMS
201
recommended.)
WMS
348W
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Native
North
American
Women
(3+0) s
(Cross-listed
with
ANS
348)
Interdisciplinary
examination
of
the
relationship
between
Native
American
women
and
their
own
social
settings
and
cross-cultural
experiences.
Includes
issues
of
political,
economic
and
social
solutions
as
employed
by
women
in
a
large
multi-ethnic
nation-state.
(Prerequisites:
ANS
101,
ANTH
100X,
ENGL
111X,
SOC
100X,
or
permission
of
instructor.)
WMS
350W
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Women's
Issues
in
Social
Welfare
and
Social
Work
Practice
(3+0) s
(Cross-listed
with
SWK
350W)
Examination
of
theories
and
research
concerning
women's
issues
in
the
field
of
social
work
and
in
the
social
welfare
system,
with
particular
emphasis
on
women
in
poverty
and
women
of
color.
Contemporary
policy
issues
and
strategies
of
empowerment
will
be
covered.
(Prerequisites:
ENGL
111X;
SWK
103
or
SOC
100X;
or
permission
of
instructor.)
WMS
351
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Years
Gender
and
Communication
(3+0) s
(Cross-listed
with
COMM
351)
Basic
socialization
differences
exist
in
the
communication
practices
of
women
and
men
in
every
culture,
resulting
in
differing
cultural
constructions
of
male
and
female
gender.
Those
differences
are
addressed
in
the
interpersonal,
organizational,
and
cultural
contexts.
Explores
cultural
female/male
dichotomy
as
well
as
individual
similarities.
(Prerequisite:
Any
lower
division
communication
course
or
permission
of
instructor.)
WMS
360O
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Psychology
of
Women
Across
Cultures
(3+0) s
(Cross-listed
with
PSY
360O)
Major
theories,
research
and
empirical
data
which
describes
the
psychology
of
women
as
a
discrete
field,
philosophical
values
of
feminism
and
history
of
women's
roles
in
society.
The
impact
of
culture
on
women
interpersonally
and
intrapsychically
examined
across
cultures.
(Prerequisite:
COMM
131X
or
141X;
PSY
101;
or
permission
of
instructor.)
WMS
362
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Feminist
Philosophy
(3+0)
h
(Cross-listed
with
PHIL
362)
Examination
of
contemporary
feminist
philosophical
positions.
Emphasis
on
feminist
ethics,
social
and
political
philosophy,
and
epistemology.
WMS
380O
(3
Credits)
Fall
Women,
Minorities
and
the
Media
(3+0)
h
(Cross-listed
with
JRN
380O)
Examination
of
how
women
and
minorities
are
portrayed
in
the
mass
media,
the
employment
of
women
and
minorities
in
the
media,
as
well
as
how
accurately
the
media
reflects
our
society
demographically.
Presented
from
a
feminist,
multi-culturalist
perspective
using
a
broad
feminist
analysis
encompassing
issues
of
gender
as
well
as
class,
race,
age,
and
sexual
orientation.
(Prerequisites:
COMM
131X
or
141X;
and
junior
standing.)
WMS
410
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Women
in
Music
History
(3+0)
h
(Cross-listed
with
MUS
410)
Lives
and
works
of
female
musicians,
composers,
and
performers
will
be
traced
from
the
earliest
days
of
the
ancient
and
mythological
through
the
medieval,
Baroque
Classical,
and
Romantic
periods
with
special
emphasis
on
composers
of
the
20th
century.
(Prerequisite:
Junior
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.)
WMS
424
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Topics
in
Women's
History
(3+0) s
(Cross-listed
with
HIST
424)
An
in-depth
seminar
on
a
specific
topic
of
current
interest.
Topics
may
change
and
may
cover
the
history
of
European
or
American
women
from
the
18th
century
to
the
present.
(Prerequisites:
A
lower
division
history
course
and
junior
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.)
WMS
440
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Gender
and
Education
(3+0) s
(Stacked
with
ED
640
and
cross-listed
with
ED
440)
Educational
practices
and
processes
and
their
relation
to
the
changing
situation
of
women
in
society.
Examination
of
schools
as
sites
of
pervasive
gender
socialization
and
discrimination
as
well
as
offering
new
possibilities
for
liberation.
Topics
include
social
construction
of
gender;
patterns
of
access
and
achievements;
gender
as
an
organizing
principle
in
schools
and
classrooms;
and
feminist
agendas
and
strategies
for
change.
(Prerequisite:
SOC
101
or
ED
201
or
permission
of
instructor.)
WMS
460
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Women,
Gender
and
Development
(3+0) s
(Cross-listed
with
RD
460)
Explores
interrelationships
over
time
of
women,
gender
roles
and
'development'
in
the
dynamic
global
economy,
including
issues
in
Alaska
and
the
circumpolar
north.
Examines
the
historical
marginalization
of
women
in
development
processes,
special
issues
affecting
women
in
indigenous
communities,
and
changing
socio-economic
and
cultural
gender
roles
of
women
and
men
in
community
development.
Examines
life
histories
of
women
that
illustrate
emerging
principles
and
strategies
for
individual
and
community
empowerment.
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