Elective

AP/GSWS 3567 6.0 Feminist Life Writing: Theories, Histories, Practices, and Methods

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: […]

AP/GWST 3561 3.0 Bad Girls in the Bible Part One: Hebrew

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), […]

AP/GWST 3560 3.0 Bad Girls in the Bible Part One: Hebrew

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 […]

AP/GWST 3557 6.0 Superstition, Religion and Sexuality

Explores the intersection of religion and superstition from ancient times to the present. Analyzes issues of gender, power and sexuality through the study of goddesses, witches and the current fascination with vampires in popular culture. Note: An introductory course in Gender and Women's Studies is recommended. Previously offered as: AP/WMST 3557 6.00, GL/WMST 3557 6.00, […]

AP/GWST 3554 3.0 Women and Madness

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 […]

AP/GWST 3536 3.0 Queer Cultures

Explores the history of the Gay and Lesbian Liberation Movement and the resultant political emergence of queer cultures in North America. It addresses current debates within queer cultures, using a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approach to explore issues around sexualities. Previously offered as: AP/WMST 3536 3.00, GL/WMST 3536 3.00, AP/GWST 3536 3.00. Crosslisted to GL/GWST 3536 […]

AP/GSWS 3505 3.0 Gender and the City

Examines the relationship between socially constructed gender relations and the changing nature and form of contemporary urban areas. Previously offered as: AP/GWST 3505 3.00, AP/WMST 3505 3.00, GL/WMST 3505 3.00. Crosslisted to GL/GWST 3505 3.00

AP/GSWS 2600 6.0 Critical Foundations in Sexuality Studies

This course is an interdisciplinary and transnational introduction to theories, methods, themes, debates and issues that constitute the field of critical sexuality studies. The course will examine how sexuality intersects with other lines and relations of power including gender, race, class, dis/ability, family among others. It will also examine key theoretical innovations within the field […]

AP/GSWS 2517 6.0 Activisms in Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies

This course explores multiple activisms against intersecting forms of oppression and social injustice from the critical perspectives of feminist, gender, critical anti-racist, Indigenous, postcolonial, transnational, critical disability, trans, critical sexuality, fat, and queer studies. Prerequisites: GWST1501 9.0 OR GWST1502 6.0 OR SXST1601 6.0. Previously offered as AP/GWST 2517 6.00 and AP/SXST 2517 6.00. Crosslisted to […]

AP/GSWS 3568 6.0 Indigenous Feminisms: Connections and Contradictions

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 […]