Women's and Gender Studies Concentration
Coordinator: Associate Professor Clara Hardy
The Women's and Gender Studies Concentration offers students the opportunity to complement their major field with an interdisciplinary focus on women and Gender.
Requirements for the Concentration:
Six courses will be required from the following three groups. The range of courses must include at least two disciplines.
I. Women's and Gender Studies 110: Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies
II. Core Courses (4 courses or 24 credits) NOTE: All cross-listed courses, which include but may not be limited to:
ARTH 223: Women in Art (Not offered in 2001-2002.)
CLAS 114: Gender and Sexuality in Classical Antiquity
ENGL 338: Rereading the African American Novel (Not offered in 2001-2002)
ENGL 351: Women Playwrights/Women's Roles
HIST 222: U.S. Women's History to 1900
HIST 223: U.S. Women's History Since 1900
HIST 238: Topics in Medieval History: Gender and Ethics in Medieval France (Not offered in 2001-2002.)
HIST 280: Women and Work in Africa (Not offered in 2001-2002.)
JAPN 236: Classical Japanese Fiction: The Tale of Genji and Its World (Not offered in 2001-2002.)
MUSC 213: Music and Gender (Not offered in 2001-2002.)
PHIL 235: Feminist Philosophy
POSC 354: Feminist Political Theory (Not offered in 2001-2002.)
POSC 355: Contemporary Feminist Thought: Women and War
RELG 224: Women and Christianity (Not offered in 2001-2002.)
RELG 322: Christian Feminist Theologies (Not offered in 2001-2002.)
SOAN 226: Anthropology of Gender
SPAN 344: Women Writers in Latin America: Challenging Gender and Genre (Not offered in 2001-2002.)
WGST 220: The Politics of Reproduction
WGST 340: Witness Narratives: Memoirs of Survival
III. Capstone Seminar: WGST 396: Sexualities. Other advanced seminars may be substituted for the designated capstone seminar only with the approval of both the instructor and the Women's and Gender Studies director.