WMST 290 Introduction to Women's Studies (3) Staff. This course is an introduction to key concepts, theoretical frameworks, and interdisciplinary research in the field of women's studies. Its primary focus is on the diverse experiences of women in the contemporary United States.
WMST 350 African-American Womanhood (3) Staff. Prerequisite: WMST 290 or approval of instructor. Through a variety of written and visual texts, this course surveys the intellectual tradition developed and elaborated by U.S. African-American women in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Course materials and lectures trace African-American women's legacy of struggle and resistance against economic limitations and stereotypic representations, define their contributions to African-American communities and the larger U.S. American culture, explore the sexual politics of African-American relationships, and delineate the dimensions of a black feminist epistemology.
WMST 388 Writing Practicum (1) Staff. Prerequisite: successful completion of the First-Year Writing Requirement. Corequisite: three-credit departmental course. Fulfills the college intensive-writing requirement. Students will write one or more papers exploring major topics in feminist theory.
WMST 389 Service Learning (1) Staff. Prerequisite: Departmental approval. Students complete a service activity in the community in conjunction with the content of a three-credit corequisite course.
WMST 390 Research in the History of the Higher Education of Women (4) Staff. Prerequisite: WMST 290 or approval of instructor. This course introduces the history of women's education through readings and archival research. Students will be required to analyze documents in archives, respond to the findings of historians, and write about their own research. Additionally, the course explores theories concerned with the educational development of women in the United States. Fulfills the college writing requirement.
WMST 399 Feminist Theories (3) Staff. Prerequisite WMST 290 or approval of instructor. In this advanced seminar, students will study the major theoretical perspectives such as liberal, radical, psychoanalytic, postmodern and Marxist feminism to evaluate their ability to describe women's subordination, to explain its causes and consequences, and to prescribe strategies for liberation. Writing practicum available.
WMST 457 Internship Studies (1-3) Staff. Prerequisites: approval of instructor and program director prior to the semester in which the internship is to be conducted; open to upper level majors and minors. A 3.0 grade-point average in women's studies courses is normally required. An experiential learning process coupled with pertinent academic course work. Registration is completed in the academic department sponsoring the internship on TUTOR. Credit hours earned are dependent on the requirements of the project. A maximum of four credits of internship studies may be applied toward the major or minor in women's studies.
WMST 491, 492 Independent Studies (2, 3) Staff. Prerequisites: approval of instructor and program director; open to upper-level majors and minors. Qualified students may arrange for independent study with an instructor to pursue a project of interest to the student. Ordinarily, independent study earns three credits. Requirements will vary depending on the project but will involve some combination of readings, oral reports, and written work. A maximum of four credits of independent studies may be applied toward the major in women's studies and three credits toward the minor.
WMST 493 Special Topics in Women's Studies (3) Staff. An in-depth examination of a particular topic relevant to women's lives and experiences informed by feminist theoretical perspectives. Topics for discussion focus on a theme or question that is best understood within an interdisciplinary framework.
WMST 497 Research in Women's Studies (4) Staff. Prerequisite: WMST 290 or approval of instructor. A seminar exploring the issues and controversies regarding feminist methods, methodologies, and epistemology. Emphasis is given to the relationship between theory and research in designing, collecting, and analyzing data. Fulfills the college writing requirement.
WMST 498 Senior Project (4) Staff. Prerequisite: WMST 497 or approval of instructor and program director. A student initiated research project resulting in a detailed written report of all aspects of the research process. Fulfills the college writing requirement.
WMST H499-H500 Honors Thesis (3, 4) Staff. Open to senior honors candidates and other qualified senior majors with approval of instructor and program director. Intensive interdisciplinary reading and research in the area of women's studies.
ELECTIVES
Women's Studies electives are to be selected from among the courses offered by cooperating departments and approved by the Women's Studies Program Committee. In addition to the courses listed below, colloquia, independent studies, and special topics courses may be applied to the major or minor subject to approval. For complete information about these courses, consult the Schedule of Classes or obtain a current course description from the office of the Newcomb College Center for Research on Women.
Humanities and Fine Arts
Communication
COMM 426 Communication, Culture, and Body
COMM 435 Gender and the Cinema
COMM 445 Communication, Language and Gender
COMM 460 Intercultural Communication
COMM 462 Women, Development, Communication
COMM 484 Aids and the Media
English
ENLS 389 Introduction to Women's Literature
ENLS 442 Southern Literature
ENLS 472 Feminist Literary Theory
ENLS 483 Race, Class and Gender
French
FREN 302 French Feminisms
Jewish Studies
JWST 360 Women in the Hebrew Bible
JWST 415 Women in Judaism and Jewish Culture
Philosophy
PHIL 357 Ethics of Abortion: A Study of Competing Values
PHIL 653 Philosophy and Gender
Spanish
SPAN 410 Constructions of Gender and Sexuality in Hispanic Culture SPAN 673 Women Writers of Spain
SPAN 674 Women Writers of Latin America
Social Sciences
History
HISB 607 Africa and Gender Theory
HISE 314 Household, Gender, and Sexuality in Early Modern Europe
HISL 378 Women in Latin American History
HISU 340 Women and Gender in U.S. History to 1830
HISU 341 Women and Gender in U.S. History 1830 to the Present
HISU 649 Sexuality and the Advent of Modern American Culture
Political Science
POLA 426 Race, Sex, and Power
POLT 378 Feminist Political Theory
Sociology
SOCI 104 Gender and Society
SOCI 606 Issues in the Sociology of Gender
SOCI 620 Issues in the Sociology of the Family
Science and Mathematics
Cell and Molecular Biology
CELL 210 Biology of Human Reproduction
CELL 600 Biomedical Ethics
Psychology
PSYC 363 Psychology and Women's Health
PSYC 655 Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
Courses Offered by Other Schools
Architecture
*THRY 375 Women and the Arts
*THRY 376 Research on Women Architects
*THRY 463 Sexual Subjectivity and Space
Law School
*4LAW 512 Feminist Legal Theories
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
*CHSC 630 Gender Race and Ethnicity in Health Education
*CHSC 638 Maternal and Child Health Education
*Non-LAS course. See the college SPC restrictions.
