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Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies

Fall 2023 gender, sexuality and women's studies courses

The following courses are being offered for the fall 2023 semester.

GSW 2100: Introduction to Queer Studies

This course is an introduction to the interdisciplinary academic field of Queer Studies. The course begins with an overview of queer terminology and identities and includes units on topics including queer history, queer theory, contemporary queer issues and queer art.

  • Offered: Offered every term
  • Credits: 3
  • Satisfies general education requirement: Diversity Equity Incl Inquiry

GSW 2500: Humanities Perspectives on Gender, Sexuality and Women

Focusing on literature, art, and other media from different historical periods and geographical locations, students will examine strategies and artistic forms used to represent diverse lived experiences of gender and sexuality.

  • Offered: Offered every term
  • Credits: 3
  • Satisfies general education requirement: Cultural Inquiry, Diversity Equity Incl Inquiry, Philosophy Letters

GSW 2570: Writing about Literature: Women Writers

Introduction to the major themes and issues of writing by and about women. Reading and writing about representative fictional and non-fictional works.

  • Equivalent: ENG 2570
  • Offered: Offered every term
  • Credits: 3
  • Satisfies general education requirement: Cultural Inquiry, Diversity Equity Incl Inquiry, Intermediate Comp Pre-2018

GSW 2600: History of Women, Gender and Sexuality in the Modern World

Examination of change over time, using different historical approaches to try to account for change as specifically applicable from a comparative perspective to the experiences of women and constructions of gender and sexual identity.

  • Equivalent: HIS 2605
  • Offered: Offered every term
  • Credits: 3
  • Satisfies general education requirement: Diversity Equity Incl Inquiry, Global Learning Inquiry, Historical Studies

GSW 2650: Gender and Crime

Critical examination of gender-related issues in criminal justice; impact on defendants, inmates, victims, and criminal justice personnel; relation to policy issues.

  • Equivalent: CRJ 2650
  • Offered: Offered every term
  • Credits: 3
  • Satisfies general education requirement: Diversity Equity Incl Inquiry

GSW 2700: Social Science Perspectives on Gender, Sexuality, and Women

Students will explore the ways political, social, and cultural institutions shape gender, sexuality, and women's experiences within a local and global context.

  • Offered: Offered every term
  • Credits: 3
  • Satisfies general education requirements: Diversity Equity Incl Inquiry, Social Inquiry, Social Sciences

GSW 2750: Diversity Issues in Criminal Justice

Critical examination of gender, race, class, and ethnicity issues in criminal justice; impact on defendants, inmates, victims and criminal justice personnel; relation to policy issues. No credit after CRJ/GSW 3750.

  • Equivalent: CRJ 2750
  • Offered: Offered yearly
  • Credits: 3
  • Satisfies general education requirement: Diversity Equity Incl Inquiry

GSW 3000: Themes in Gender and Sexuality

Themed course on various topics related to gender and sexuality studies, with course theme, announced each time the course is offered. Special attention will be paid to research skills and academic writing. Offered Yearly.

  • Offered: Offered yearly
  • Credits: 3

GSW 3200: Introduction to Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies

This course is an introduction to key themes and methodologies within the interdisciplinary and overlapping fields of feminism, gender studies, and queer theory, with a focus on both foundational readings and contemporary experiences. In addition to exploring and evaluating diverse methods of inquiry into the intersectional experiences of gender and sexuality, the course will help develop critical reading and writing strategies in gender, sexuality and women's studies.

  • Offered: Offered yearly
  • Credits: 3

GSW 3240: Queer Film and Media

Queer voices have been an integral part of cinema since its inception in the late nineteenth century. Students in this course will study the intersections of queer lives with the industry and artistry of film and media. To do this, we will revisit film history with an eye for the queer experience, identify landmark works and key pioneers of queer cinema, consider how queer representations have shifted across decades, and analyze the integral themes and styles of queer media.

  • Offered: Offered yearly
  • Credits: 3

GSW 3300: Black Women Writers

Students will explore the writings of Black women across a broad range of genres, which may include poetry, short stories, drama, essays, and novels.

  • Equivalent: AFS 3300
  • Offered: Offered yearly
  • Credits: 3

GSW 3990: Directed Studies

Individually-designed research projects, developed with a supervising professor and approved by the program director.

  • Offered: Offered every term
  • Credits: 1-3

GSW 5110: Black Women in America

Social, cultural, artistic and economic development of Black women in America; topics include: racism, sexism, marriage, motherhood, feminism and the welfare system.

  • Equivalent: AFS 5110
  • Offered: Offered yearly
  • Credits: 3

GSW 5200: Feminist, Gender, and Queer Theory

This course evaluates foundational texts within feminism, trans studies, and queer theory, focusing on the overlapping and distinct facets of these critical frameworks, with emphasis on how they shape and are shaped by other modes of social difference, such as race, class, nationality, conceptions of the body, capitalism, imperialism and colonialism.

  • Prerequisites: GSW 3200 with a minimum grade of C
  • Restriction(s): Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate level students
  • Offered: Offered fall and winter
  • Credits: 3

GSW 5400: Abolition, Racial Justice, and Education

Topics, theories, pedagogies, and research methodologies related to racial justice in PK-12 schools and in pre-service and in-service teacher education, including white supremacy, racialization, antiracism, and decolonization. Applications to educational policies, curriculum, instruction, and co-curricular activities that are relevant to racial/ethnic minority students and educators in PK-12 schools. Implications for students and educators from diverse and intersectional perspectives.

  • Equivalent: TED 5350
  • Restriction(s): Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate level students
  • Offered: Offered intermittently
  • Credits: 3

GSW 5400: Race and Gender in Greek Thought

Focused examination of gender and women from different disciplinary perspectives, including but not limited to literary, historical, and media studies; social sciences; and philosophy.

  • Equivalent: PHI 5510
  • Offered: Offered intermittently
  • Credits: 3

GSW 5500: Internship in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies

Internship in a public or private organization related to gender, sexuality, or women's studies.

  • Restriction(s): Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate level students
  • Offered: Offered every term
  • Credits: 4

GSW 5990: Senior Project Seminar

Scholarly research project or internship combined with scholarship, resulting in a substantial paper. Students meet with the instructor several times during the semester.

  • Prerequisite: GSW 5200
  • Offered: Offered yearly
  • Credits: 4

GSW 7200: Feminist, Gender, and Queer Theory

This course evaluates foundational texts within feminism, trans studies, and queer theory, focusing on the overlapping and distinct facets of these critical frameworks, with emphasis on how they shape and are shaped by other modes of social difference, such as race, class, nationality, conceptions of the body, capitalism, imperialism and colonialism.

  • Restriction(s): Enrollment is limited to graduate-level students
  • Offered: Offered fall and winter
  • Credits: 3

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