This practicum provides students with hands-on experience applying their knowledge of gender, sexuality and women’s studies within a community setting, allowing them to engage with local organizations working on issues related to gender identity, sexual orientation, and related social justice concerns, while critically reflecting on theoretical concepts in real-world contexts. Prerequisites: GSWS1501 9.00, GSWS1502 6.00, […]
This practicum provides students with hands-on experience applying their knowledge of gender, sexuality and women’s studies within a community setting, allowing them to engage with local organizations working on issues related to gender identity, sexual orientation, and related social justice concerns, while critically reflecting on theoretical concepts in real-world contexts. Prerequisites: GSWS1501 9.00, GSWS1502 6.00, […]
This course introduces students to the genre of graphic narratives that tell stories about a diverse range of bodies and histories. It explores the conventions and possibilities of the visual-verbal comic medium from an intersectional perspective informed by feminist, queer, post-colonial, affect, critical disability, and anti-oppressive theories.Previously offered as: AP/GWST 4524 6.00 Crosslisted to GL/GWST […]
This experiential education course provides a critical understanding of how feminist principles, intersectional analysis, and social justice values are translated into professional practice in local and global contexts. Students will develop valuable skills to navigate complex power dynamics, communicate effectively, and build inclusive workplaces. Prerequisites: GSWS1501 9.00, GSWS1502 6.00, GWST1501 9.00, GWST1502 6.00, SXST1600 9.00 […]
This experiential education course provides a critical understanding of how feminist principles, intersectional analysis, and social justice values are translated into professional practice in local and global contexts. Students will develop valuable skills to navigate complex power dynamics, communicate effectively, and build inclusive workplaces. Prerequisites: GSWS1501 9.00, GSWS1502 6.00, GWST1501 9.00, GWST1502 6.00, SXST1600 9.00 […]
This course introduces students to the study of Indigenous feminisms. It provides a critique of the colonial construction of exclusionary categories, including gender and sexuality, which have shaped many mainstream, non-Indigenous feminisms. Utilizing a wide variety of material, including books, scholarly articles, personal narratives, poetry, and film, it analyzes whether these categories can be redefined […]
Introduces students to theoretical and practical aspects of life writing in multiple genres and media. It foregrounds the important role of autobiographical and biographical representations, both textual and visual, in promoting the development of feminist, anti-racist, decolonizing, and queer thought in the twentieth- and twenty-first centuries. Course credit exclusions: AP/HUMA 4150 6.00. Previously offered as: […]
The Bible offers archetypal figures for Western art, music and film as well as literature. This course will analyze women in the New Testament with a focus on sexuality, seduction, murder and mayhem. Note: AP/GWST 3561 3.00 may be taken independently of AP/GWST 3560 3.00. Course credit exclusions: AP/HUMA 3437 3.00 (prior to Fall 2011), […]
The Bible offers archetypal figures for Western art, music and film as well as literature. This course will analyze women in the Hebrew Bible in English (Old Testament) with a focus on sexuality, seduction, murder and mayhem. Note: AP/GWST 3560 3.00 may be taken independently of AP/GWST 3561 3.00. Course credit exclusions: AP/HUMA 3436 3.00 […]
Critically analyzes conceptualizations of women, mental health normalcy, mental illness and madness using intersectional and critical feminist frameworks. Draws on scholarly literature from a range of disciplines as well as first-person analyses of women and madness. Note: An introductory course in Gender and Women's Studies is recommended. PRIOR TO FALL 2013: Course credit exclusions: AP/WMST […]