Women's and Gender Studies (WGS)

Examines women's issues and movements in the U.S. and globally, focusing on the role of gender in people's lives and on the ways it is used to create privilege for some and oppress others. This course challenges traditional, normative notions about gender and sexuality, which are inextricably entwined. Explores how disability, race, and religion intersect with gender and sexual identity. (F, Sp, Su) [IV-WC].

Prerequisite: junior standing or permission of instructor. Overview of how women's organizations developed as part of the women's movement in the 1960's. Examines how women have organized at the local, regional and national levels, both within and across race, class, ethnicity, religion and sexuality. Provides students with a basic understanding of how to create, run and manage a nonprofit organization. (F) [IV-WC]

Prerequisites: 1003 or junior standing. Looks at the topic of body image, which is of great importance to men and women. We explore women's identity in popular culture, examining how different authors have responded to the pressures on women to be beautiful, to inhabit a particular place in society and to create a space for themselves as subjects rather than objects.

Prerequisite: 1003 or junior standing. Examines six generations of American women athletes and their struggle to achieve equality. Explores how women have historically participated in sports and how sports have changed with the passage to Title IX, as well as contemporary female athletics 3 credit hours

Prerequisite: junior standing. Examines psychological theory and practice as it pertains to women. Will look at traditional theories and practice, new approaches to working with women, and such topical issues as leadership, work issues, depression, trauma, and health. Will be useful to all students who seek to have a better understanding of social and psychological issues that impact women, and how to help resolve those issues. (Irreg.)