Women’s Studies Courses Fall 2012
Core Courses (Courses meet 08/20/12-12/07/12 unless otherwise indicated) * Course Descriptions Below
WOMST 105A
WOMST 105B
WOMST 105C
WOMST 105D
WOMST 105E
WOMST105F
WOMST105G
WOMST105ZA
WOMST105ZB
WOMST105ZC
WOMST 300A
WOMST 305A
WOMST 321A
WOMST 405A
WOMST 500B
WOMST 610A
WOMST 784A
Intro to Women’s Studies
Intro to Women’s Studies
(Cat community)
Intro to Women’s Studies
Intro to Women’s Studies
Intro to Women’s Studies
(First year seminar)
Intro to Women’s Studies
(Cat community)
Intro to Women’s Studies
(First year seminar)
Intro to Women’s Studies
(meets 8/20/12 to 10/10/12)
Intro to Women’s Studies
(meets 10/11/12 to 12/6/12)
Intro to Women’s Studies
Top/Coming Out
Fundamentals Women’s Studies
Latinas’ Life Stories
Resistance & Movements
for Social Change
Politics of Women of Color
Seminar/Women’s Studies
Internship/Women’s Studies
10:30-11:20
11:30-12:20
MWF
MWF
LS 001
LS 001
Padilla Carroll
Padilla Carroll
11:30-12:20
12:20-1:30
8:05-9:20
MWF
MWF
TU
W 025
LS 001
LS 010
Hubler
Hubler
Sabates
9:30-10:45
TU
LS 001
Sabates
2:30-3:45
TU
W 115
Janette
5:30-7:55
MW
LS 010
Vaughan
5:30-7:55
TU
LS 001
Prescott
Distance
11:30-12:45
2:30-3:20
1:05-2:20
9:30-10:45
TU
MWF
TU
TU
Distance
BH 108
BH 109
BH 111
BH 107
Hockett
Tushabe
Padilla Carroll
Sabates
Tushabe
K 210
LS 006
APPT
Roshanravan
Hubler
Janette
APPT
Janette
1:05-2:20
2:30-3:20
APPT
TU
MWF
(Instructor Consent Required)
WOMST 799A
Independent Study Grad
APPT
(Instructor Consent Required)
Cross-Referenced Courses (Courses meet 8/20/12-12/07/12 unless otherwise indicated)
ANTH 545A
DAS 355A
EDCEP 312A
ENGL 220A
ENGL 220B
ENGL 650A
ENGL 655A
ENGL 660A
ENGL 705A
ENGL 730A
FSHS 350A
FSHS 350B
FSHS 350C
FSHS 350ZA
LEAD 430A
MC 612A
MUSIC 220B
PHILO 150A
PSYCH 540A
SOCIO 545A
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Cultures of South Asia
Intro Non-Violence Stdy
SHAPE
Fiction into Film
Fiction into Film
Top/Queering Ethnicity
Intersec/Race/Sexuality
What is African American Lit
Readings: Shakespeare
Theory/Practice Cultr Study
Study in Lit/Classic Girls in
Modern Age
Fam Rel& Gender Roles
Fam Rel& Gender Roles
Fam Rel& Gender Roles
Fam Rel& Gender Roles
Women in Leadership
Gender Issues & Media
Women in Music
Intro Philo Feminism
Psychology of Women
Sociology of Women
2:30-5:00
Distance
2:30-3:45
10:30-11:20
11:30-12:20
3:55-6:45
M
TU
MWF
MWF
T
WA 350
Distance
TBD
ECS 017
ECS 017
ECS 017
Falcone
Allen
Gibbs
Debes
Debes
Tatonetti
11:30-12:45
1:05-2:20
8:30-9:20
5:30-8:20
TU
TU
MWF
W
EH 012
ECS 017
EH 021
ECS 017
Leader-Picone
Hedrick
Eiselein
Sanders
1:05-2:20
5:30-8:20
10:30-11:20
Distance
11:30-2:20
2:30-3:45
Distance
2:30-3:20
2:30-3:20
9:30-10:45
TU
M
MWF
JU 109
JU 109
JU 109
Distance
Lead 113
K 210
Distance
BH 108
K 004
BH 111
Thompson
Welch
Berryhill
Welch
Tolar/Gott
Muturi
Cooper
Roshanravan
Hockett & Strain
Shapkina
M
TU
TU
MWF
TU
Women’s Studies Course Descriptions
Fall 2012
WOMST 105 Introduction to Women’s Studies
Section A: MWF10:30; Section B: MWF 11:30--V. Padilla Carroll
A broad overview of Women’s Studies as a discipline-an interdisciplinary area of study drawing from a
variety of other discipline including history, sociology, psychology, art, literature, and philosophy among
others. Topics will include history and theory of women and women’s studies, issues concerning women and
how race, ethnicity, class and sexuality intersect with gender.
WOMST 105 Introduction to Women’s Studies
Section C: MWF 11:30; Section D 12:30--A. Hubler
An interdisciplinary introduction to academic and community-based thinking about women’s lives: (1)
how gender inequality in society restricts women’s development, limits their contributions to the dominant
culture, and subjects women to systematic violence and (2) strategies with which women can gain power within
existing institutions and develop new models of social relations. Particular attention will be paid to issues of
race, ethnicity, class, and sexuality.
WOMST 105 Introduction to Women’s Studies
Section E: TU 3:05; Section F: 9:30--G. Sabates
An introduction to the interdisciplinary field of feminist scholarship, which seeks to understand the
creation and perpetuation of gender inequalities, by examining historical, theoretical and cross-cultural
frameworks for the comparative study of women and gender. This course aims to sharpen students' critical
awareness of how gender operates in institutional and cultural contexts and in their own lives. Particular
attention will be paid to the intersections of race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, age, national origin,
disability, culture, and movements for social change. Work for this course involves five quizzes, an ad analysis,
an ethnographic study, and a final paper and presentation.
WOMST 105 Introduction to Women’s Studies
Section G: TU 2:30--M. Janette
Introduction to Women’s Studies is an interdisciplinary examination of the experiences of women, the
ways in which gender inequality operates in society, and the strategies by which we can develop a more
inclusive society. This course will also examine the history of feminism in the United States and the ways in
which feminists have analyzed women’s position in society and have sought to change it. We will study
institutions and issues that currently affect women. Since this course is an “introduction,” we will not be able
to explore any of these topics in great depth, but will broadly cover a variety of issues.
WOMST 105 Introduction to Women’s Studies
Section ZA: MW 5:30--M. Vaughn
Introduction to Women’s Studies is an interdisciplinary examination of the experiences of women, the
ways in which gender inequality operates in society, and the strategies by which we can develop a more
inclusive society. This course will also examine the history of feminism in the United States and the ways in
which feminists have analyzed women’s position in society and have sought to change it. We will study
institutions and issues that currently affect women. Since this course is an “introduction,” we will not be able
to explore any of these topics in great depth, but will broadly cover a variety of issues.
WOMST 105 Introduction to Women’s Studies
Section ZB: TU 5:30--M. Prescott
This class is an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of feminist scholarship and aims to provide
students with an overview of issues regarding gender inequalities found within society. This course will present
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historical and cross-cultural contexts in order to demonstrate how women have been and are currently
positioned in U.S. society. We will also examine ways in which scholars, activists, and communities have been
working for social change. Particular attention will be paid to the intersections of race, class, ethnicity, gender,
sexuality, nationality, (dis)ability, and culture. This course relies heavily upon in-class discussions which will
be based on the daily reading assignments. Students will be expected to complete a visual ad analysis, a
personal ethnography, a group presentation, and a final paper.
WOMST 105 Introduction to Women’s Studies
Section ZC: Distance--J. Hockett
An interdisciplinary examination of women’s experiences, social gender inequality, and strategies for
empowerment in past and current Western (especially the United States) society. We will study institutions and
issues that affect women. Since this course is an “introduction,” we will not be able to explore any of these
topics in great depth, but will broadly cover a variety of issues. We will use a range of materials, from art to
magazine articles to peer-reviewed academic scholarship from a wide variety of disciplines (e.g., sociology,
history, psychology, and education).
WOMST 300 Top/Coming Out
Section A: TU 11:30--Tushabe
Since the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion, the discourse on “coming out” has complicated notions of
transparency through speech acts, secrecy and silence. Judith Butler suggests that through speech acts, one is
always coming out into another “closet.” This course investigates ways in which language silences some
aspects of our lives and makes free and visible others. Our investigations will be guided by the following
questions: In relation to our sexual selves, how, when, where, and what does society permit us to speak or not
to speak, to whom and why? To answer these questions the course explores gay and lesbian movement,
feminist perspectives, queer of color critique and modes of communication that materialize and are materialized
by the discourse of coming out. We will consider how narratives of coming out and the organization of
National Coming Out Day impact freedom, policies and homophobic attitudes. Students will reflect on coming
out stories and biographies to examine heterosexism and the social formation of public space based on gender
and sexual orientation. Students will evaluate and critically analyze homosexuality from historical, cultural,
ethical, legal and philosophical perspectives.
WOMST 305 Women and Gender
Section A: MWF 2:30--V. Padilla Carroll
This course will examine the origins of the Women’s Studies field and introduce core concepts, research
methods and methodologies, and feminist theories. Student will engage in a variety of writings that reflect the
discipline.
WOMST 321 Latina’s Life Stories
Section A: TU 1:05--G. Sabates
An interdisciplinary exploration of the nature of Latina women's life experiences, examining the
complex process of constructing cultural identities. Students will gain an understanding of how knowing about,
listening to, and telling of life stories intersect with issues of gender, race, ethnicity, location and class.
WOMST 500 Top/Resistance Movement & Social Change
Section A: TU 11:30--Tushabe
This course examines the historical conditions of coloniality, globalization, war, militarism, and
occupation as they shape women’s resistance and movements against gender violence and discrimination. We
will explore both the state and interpersonal dimensions of “violence against women”, and, correspondingly,
the ways women’s “resistance and movements for social change” have differing impacts at the personal, local,
community, state, and/or international realms. A key objective of the course is to develop students’ capacity to
read multiple levels of women’s political resistance across cultures, as well as develop their knowledge of
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diverse movements for social change in which women figure prominently as instigators, participants,
visionaries, and/or leaders.
WOMST 580 Women and Religion
Section ZA: M 5:30—B. Earles
How gender relations and women have been shaped by religious traditions throughout history and in the
contemporary world. Analysis of the construction of gender in the world's major religions including
Christianity, Judaisim, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism as well as in tribal societies, new religious movements
and Humanism.
WOMST 590 Feminist Practices
Section A: TU 1:05--S Roshanravan
This course explores the elaboration of the coalitional politics of Women of Color from its emergence
into the present, emphasizing the conceptual and praxical strategies that feminist of color have developed in
resistance to the divide-and-conquer legacies encountered both within community and the mainstream feminist
movement.
WOMST 610 Seminar/Women’s Studies
Section A: TU 2:30--S. Hubler
This capstone seminar familiarizes students with research methods—the tools by which information is
gathered-- and the feminist methodology that informs them. Central to this methodology are ethical concerns:
what is the relationship of between the object of research and the researcher? How can the processes of
knowledge production expose injustice and further positive social change, without reinforcing colonial, racial
and gendered relations of power? The course will culminate in each student's presentation of a semester long
research paper, creative work, or action project. Grades are based upon weekly, short written responses to
readings; attendance and participation; peer evaluation of student papers; final presentation; and the seminar
project or paper.
WOMST 784 Internship in Women’s Studies
Section A: By Appointment--M. Janette
(Obtain permission from Department Director 3 Leasure Hall) An opportunity to gain valuable
experience in community, volunteer, activist, or political organizations at the local, state, national, or
international levels.
WOMST 799 Advanced Topic in Women’s Studies
Section A: By Appointment-- M. Janette
(Obtain permission from Department Director 3 Leasure Hall) Provides an in-depth theoretical and
empirical analysis of scholarly works relating to an interdisciplinary topic in women’s studies.
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