Women’ Studies Courses Fall 2010
Core Courses (Courses meet 08/23/10-12/10/10 unless otherwise indicated) * Course Descriptions Below
WOMST 105A
WOMST 105B
WOMST 105C
WOMST 105D
WOMST 105E
WOMST 105F
WOMST105G
WOMST105H
WOMST 105I
WOMST 105 ZA
WOMST 105 ZB
WOMST 105 ZC
WOMST 205A
WOMST 380A
WOMST 499A
WOMST 500A
WOMST 500ZA
WOMST 610A
WOMST 700A
WOMST 784A
Intro to Women’s Studies
Intro to Women’s Studies
Intro to Women’s Studies
Freshman Only
Intro to Women’s Studies
Intro to Women’s Studies
Intro to Women’s Studies
Intro to Women’s Studies
Intro to Women’s Studies
Intro to Women’s Studies
Intro to Women’s Studies
Intro to Women’s Studies
Meets 8/23/10 – 10/13/10
Intro to Women’s Studies
Meets 10/19/10 – 12/09/10
Gender/Ethnicity/Class
Women/Global Change;
Cross listed with NonViolence Studies
Honors Project
Top/Women’s Life Stories
Top/Women & Aging
Seminar/Women’s Studies
(WOMST 105 & 6hrs
WOMST Courses Required)
Adv Topic/Women’s Studies
(Instructor Consent
Required)
Internship/Women’s Studies
(Instructor Consent
Required)
11:30-12:20
10:30-11:20
12:30-1:20
MWF
MWF
MWF
LS 001
LS 001
LS 001
Carroll
Carroll
Sabates
1:30-2:20
9:30-10:45
9:30-10:20
8:30-9:20
8:05-9:20
2:30-3:45
MWF
TU
MWF
MWF
TU
TU
LS 001
LS 112
W 120
D 106
S 127
W 115
Sabates
Chance-Reay
Abrams
Hockett
TBA
TBA
5:30-7:55
MW
Distance
LS 112
Hockett
Pearson
5:30-7:55
TU
LS 001
Pearson
1:30-2:20
9:30-10:45
MWF
TU
W 025
W 025
Carroll
Dickinson
Appt
9:30-10:20
MWF
1:05-2:20
TU
Appt
LS 001
Distance
LS 006A
Janette
Sabates
Chance-Reay
Dickinson
APPT
Janette
APPT
Janette
Cross-Referenced Courses (Courses meet 8/23/10-12/10/10 unless otherwise indicated)
EDCEP 311D
EDCEP 312A
ENGL 525A
ENGL 625A
ENGL 705A
HIST 542
SOCIO 545A
SOCIO 665ZA
FSHS 350A
FSHS 350B
FSHS 350C
MC 612A
PHILO 150A
PSYCH 540A
PEERS
SHAPE
Women in Literature
Top/WM 18th Century Lit
Theory & Practice of
Cultural Studies
Women in American History
Civil War to Present
Sociology of Women
Women & Crime
Family Rel/Gender Roles
Family Rel/Gender Roles
Family Rel/Gender Roles
Gender Issues & Media
(Permission Obtained in
K105)
Intro Philosophy Feminism
Psychology of Women
3:55-5:10
2:30-3:45
9:30-10:45
7:05-9:55
3:55-5:10
TU
TU
TU
M
TU
JU 149
BH 113
W 025
LS 001
EH 021
Todd
Kennedy
Gonzales
Nelson
Hedrick
3:55-5:10
TU
EH 226
Zschoche
3:55-5:10
Distance
1:05-2:20
5:30-8:10
10:30-11:20
2:30-3:45
TU
TU
M
MWF
TU
WA 350
Distance
JU 109
JU 109
JU 109
K 210
Shapkina
Williams
Thompson
Welch
Benett
Muturi
2:30-3:45
1:05-2:20
TU
TU
BH 123
BM 101
TBA
Frieman
Women’s Studies Course Descriptions
Fall 2010
WOMST 105 Introduction to Women’s Studies
Section A: MWF11:30; Section B: MWF 10:30--V. 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 12:30; Section D 1:30--G. Sabates
In this Introduction to Women’s Studies course we will examine the history of feminism and gender
roles in the United State, the ways in which feminists have analyzed and changed women’s position in society,
we will study institutions and issues that currently affect women. This course aims to sharpen student’s critical
awareness of how gender operates in institutional and cultural contexts as well as in their own lives; you will
learn how to analyze society through a “gendered” lens.
WOMST 105 Introduction to Women’s Studies
Section E: TU 9:30--M. Chance-Reay
Introduction to Women’s Studies is an interdisciplinary examination of the experiences of women, the
ways in which gender inequality operates in society, and strategies by which we can develop a more inclusive
society. We will also examine the history of feminism in the United States and ways in which feminists have
analyzed women’s positions in society and sought to change it. We will study institutions and issues currently
affecting women.
WOMST 105 Introduction to Women’s Studies
Section F: MWF 9:30--J. Abrams
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 G: MWF 8:30; Section ZA: Distance--J. Hockett
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.
WOMST 105 Introduction to Women’s Studies
Section H: TU 8:05; Section I: TU 2:30--TBA
This course explores gender inequality and feminist social change through an examination of personal
writings, key topics in Women’s Studies, and social and historical processes of change. Students are introduced
to the Women’s Studies Program, which provides courses in many areas, including the feminist analysis of
literature and culture, global feminist analysis and feminist service learning and social change
WOMST 105 Introduction to Women’s Studies
Section ZB: MW 5:30; Section ZC: TU 5:30--J. Pearson
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 205 Gender, Ethnicity and Class
Section A: MWF 1:30--V. Carroll
Using a framework that examines how gender is shaped within the contexts of ethnicity and class,
students will be introduced to multicultural feminisms through an active examination of history, literature and
social science.
WOMST 380 Women and Global Change (cross listed with Non-Violence Studies)
Section A: TU 9:30—T. Dickinson
This course explores how women have used democratic participation in largely local grassroots groups
and global networks to end gender injustices and other inequalities as an integral part of alternative
development. Feminist social change is explored through an examination of books and articles on women in
the world, including two women’s novels about social issues in the global South (Latin America, Africa, and
Asia and similar areas).
WOMST 499 Honors Project
Section A: By Appointment-- M. Janette
(Obtain permission from Women’s Studies Program Director in 3 Leasure Hall) This course is a broad
overview of Women’s Studies as a disciplinary area of study drawing from a variety of other disciplines
including history, sociology, psychology, art, literature and philosophy among others.
WOMST 500 Topics Course/Women’s Life Stories
Section A: MWF 9:30--G. Sabates
WOMST 500 Topic Course/Women and Aging
Section ZA: Distance--M. Chance-Reay
WOMST 610 Seminar in Women’s Studies
Section A: TU 1:05--T. Dickinson
In this course, we will explore different methodological interventions that take seriously feminist goals.
WOMST 700 Advanced Topic in Women’s Studies
Section A: By Appointment-- M. Janette
(Obtain permission from Program Director 3 Leasure Hall) Provides an in-depth theoretical and
empirical analysis of scholarly works relating to an interdisciplinary topic in women’s studies.
WOMST 784 Internship in Women’s Studies
Section A: By Appointment--M. Janette
Women’s Studies Internship is the opportunity to gain valuable experience in community, volunteer,
activist, or political organizations at the local, state, national, or international levels.