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Course Descriptions:
1. INTRODUCTORY AND CORE COURSES
10000: Women’s/Gender Roles in Contemporary Society An introduction to issues that arise when women’s lives and gender roles become the focus of critical inquiry. How do different societies and academic disciplines define women? How do women’s experiences vary in relation to factors such as race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, age and nationality? How have women resisted,adapted to, and transformed “women’sspace” in the United States and elsewhere? (W) 3 HR./WK.; 3 CR.
2. INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED COURSES
31000: Independent Study. The student will pursue a program of independent study under the direction of a member of the program with the approval of the Program Director.1-4 HR./WK.; 1-4 CR.
31100-2000: Selected Topics inWomen’s Studies. Topics not covered in the usual programofferings. Topics will vary from semester to semester depending upon student and instructor interest. Credits and hours will be determined by the instructor and theprogram. 1-4 HR./WK.; 1-4 CR3. ELECTIVE COURSES IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS
Below is a partial listing of courses accepted in the Women's Studies program.
Please consult an advisor for all applicable courses each semester.
Anthropology
20100: Cross Cultural Perspectives
20300: Human Origins
22500: Class, Ethnicity & Gender
22600: Culture, Personality & Gender
23200: Witchcraft, Magic and Religion
23600: Sex, Marriage and the Family in
Cross-Cultural Perspective
25500: The Anthropology of Health and Healing
25600: American Cultural Patterns
28500: Heredity, Race and Intelligence
31430: Women and Violation of Human Rights
32000: Islamic Culture and Issues
Asian Studies
20700: Asian Women Art
29100: Women in World Art
39100: Women and Art in New York City
Biology
32100: Physiological Processes
Black Studies
16600: Caribbean and International Migrations
English
31713: Latina Writers
31746: Women’s Literature
37502: Women Novelists of the 19th Century
37501: Women Writers of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
37503: 20th Century Women Writers
37517: 19th Century Women Writers
41313: Gender Issues in Victorian Literature
Foreign Languages and Literatures
31500: Selected Topics: French Women in Literature (in English)
45300: Gender Issues in Hispanic Letters
History
31706: The Black Woman
31880: Women and Gender in Latin America
31910: Women in the Middle East
35900: Women in World History through the Middle Ages
36000: Women in Modern History
36600: The American Women’s Movement
Jewish Studies
27300: The Jewish Woman
Latin American and Latino Studies
13200: The Contemporary Hispanic Family
31200: Women/Health: Latinos and Other Women of Color
Media and Communications Arts
23200: Documentary Workshop I
32300: Screenwriting Workshop I
32400: Screenwriting Workshop II
Political Science
22900: Women and Politics
Philosophy
34600: Feminist Politics
Psychology
24500: Psychology of Human Sexual
Behavior
36500: Family Psychology
38800: Psychology of Women
Sociology
26600: Family Relationships
26700: Social Change in Developing Countries
27700: Ethnic Families in the United States
34600: Feminist Philosophy
38207: Sex Roles and Social Change
38209: Sociology of Sexualities