WGST Courses

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Class Number	Class	Meeting Time	Instructor	Room	Unreserved Enrollment	Reserved Enrollment	Wait List
14748	WGST 67H - 001 First-Year Seminar: Sexuality and Salvation	MoWe 12:20PM - 1:35PM	Sarah Bloesch	Gardner - Rm 0209	Seats filled (24 total)	Seats filled
Description: In Christianity and Islam, bodies populate the afterlife. What those bodies look like, how they act, what they feel, and who they engage with are subjects of contentious and long-standing debates. The various answers offered in these debates deeply affect Christian and Muslim responses to the body, sexuality, race, and gender in this life. This course examines how these two religious traditions' diversity of histories and ideas construct theories of identity. 3 units.
13906	WGST 68 - 001 First-Year Seminar: Assumed Identities: Performance in Photography	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Susan Harbage Page	Phillips - Rm 0224	Seats filled (24 total)	Seats filled
Description: Uses photography and its aspects of role playing, performance, and documentation to understand the construction of identity. Looks at historical and contemporary photographers who use assumed identities to explore their changing identity roles and challenge society's stereotypes. Individual and group performance/photography projects working with still photography, video, and the Internet. 3 units.
4511	WGST 101 - 001 Introduction to Women's Studies	TuTh 11:00AM - 11:50AM	Nicole Else-Quest	Manning - Rm 0209	118/131 (180 total)	Seats filled	0/12
Description: An interdisciplinary exploration of the intersections of gender, race, class, and sexuality in American society and internationally. Topics include work; sexuality; gender relations, and images of women in literature, art, and science; and the history of feminist movements. Course readings are drawn from the humanities and the social sciences. 3 units.
4512	WGST 101 - 601 Introduction to Women's Studies	Fr 1:25PM - 2:40PM	Sarah Lofstrom	Peabody - Rm 2080	Seats filled (30 total)	Seats filled
Description: An interdisciplinary exploration of the intersections of gender, race, class, and sexuality in American society and internationally. Topics include work; sexuality; gender relations, and images of women in literature, art, and science; and the history of feminist movements. Course readings are drawn from the humanities and the social sciences. 0 units.
4513	WGST 101 - 602 Introduction to Women's Studies	Fr 2:55PM - 4:10PM	Sarah Lofstrom	Peabody - Rm 2080	29/30 (30 total)	Seats filled
Description: An interdisciplinary exploration of the intersections of gender, race, class, and sexuality in American society and internationally. Topics include work; sexuality; gender relations, and images of women in literature, art, and science; and the history of feminist movements. Course readings are drawn from the humanities and the social sciences. 0 units.
4514	WGST 101 - 603 Introduction to Women's Studies	Fr 1:25PM - 2:40PM	Alexandra Goldych	Greenlaw - Rm 0319	29/30 (30 total)	Seats filled
Description: An interdisciplinary exploration of the intersections of gender, race, class, and sexuality in American society and internationally. Topics include work; sexuality; gender relations, and images of women in literature, art, and science; and the history of feminist movements. Course readings are drawn from the humanities and the social sciences. 0 units.
4515	WGST 101 - 604 Introduction to Women's Studies	Fr 2:55PM - 4:10PM	Alexandra Goldych	Greenlaw - Rm 0319	25/30 (30 total)	Seats filled
Description: An interdisciplinary exploration of the intersections of gender, race, class, and sexuality in American society and internationally. Topics include work; sexuality; gender relations, and images of women in literature, art, and science; and the history of feminist movements. Course readings are drawn from the humanities and the social sciences. 0 units.
12637	WGST 101 - 605 Introduction to Women's Studies	Fr 1:25PM - 2:40PM	Kayla Corbin	Peabody - Rm 3018	Seats filled (30 total)	Seats filled
Description: An interdisciplinary exploration of the intersections of gender, race, class, and sexuality in American society and internationally. Topics include work; sexuality; gender relations, and images of women in literature, art, and science; and the history of feminist movements. Course readings are drawn from the humanities and the social sciences. 0 units.
12635	WGST 101 - 606 Introduction to Women's Studies	Fr 2:55PM - 4:10PM	Kayla Corbin	Peabody - Rm 3018	24/30 (30 total)	Seats filled
Description: An interdisciplinary exploration of the intersections of gender, race, class, and sexuality in American society and internationally. Topics include work; sexuality; gender relations, and images of women in literature, art, and science; and the history of feminist movements. Course readings are drawn from the humanities and the social sciences. 0 units.
13903	WGST 101H - 001 Introduction to Women's Studies	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Jessica Cabrera	Hanes Art Center - Rm 0116	19/20 (20 total)	Seats filled	0/5
Description: An interdisciplinary exploration of the intersections of gender, race, class, and sexuality in American society and internationally. Topics include work; sexuality; gender relations, and images of women in literature, art, and science; and the history of feminist movements. Course readings are drawn from the humanities and the social sciences. 3 units.
13904	WGST 111 - 001 Introduction to Sexuality Studies	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	WENDY WEBER	Carolina Hall - Rm 0322	19/20 (25 total)	Seats filled
Description: This course introduces students to the broad range of disciplinary perspectives used by the field of sexuality studies to study, teach, and create knowledge about human sexuality in various functions and forms. 3 units.
8845	WGST 124 - 002 Sex and Gender in Society	MoWeFr 1:25PM - 2:15PM	Margaret Palmer	Peabody - Rm 2028	Seats filled (5 total)	Seats filled
Description: Examination of the social differentiation between men and women. Attention to the extent, causes, and consequences of sexual inequality and to changes in sex roles and their impact on interpersonal relations. 3 units.
14226	WGST 124 - 003 Sex and Gender in Society	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Melissa Manzanares	Peabody - Rm 2080	Seats filled (5 total)	Seats filled
Description: Examination of the social differentiation between men and women. Attention to the extent, causes, and consequences of sexual inequality and to changes in sex roles and their impact on interpersonal relations. 3 units.
10725	WGST 124 - 004 Sex and Gender in Society	MoWeFr 2:30PM - 3:20PM	Maria Ines Martinez Echague	Dey Hall - Rm 0307	Seats filled (5 total)	Seats filled
Description: Examination of the social differentiation between men and women. Attention to the extent, causes, and consequences of sexual inequality and to changes in sex roles and their impact on interpersonal relations. 3 units.
4962	WGST 140 - 001 Introduction to Gay and Lesbian Culture and Literature	MoWeFr 12:20PM - 1:10PM	WENDY WEBER	Greenlaw - Rm 0305	9/10 (10 total)	Seats filled	0/5
Description: Introduces students to concepts in queer theory and recent sexuality studies. Topics include queer lit, AIDS, race and sexuality, representations of gays and lesbians in the media, political activism/literature. 3 units.
13908	WGST 144 - 006 Women in the United States from Settlement to Present	MoWe 12:20PM - 1:10PM	Katherine Turk	Davie - Rm 0112	Seats filled (20 total)	Seats filled
Description: This course will survey the history of women, gender relations, and notions of sex difference in the United States from the colonial era to present times, with a special emphasis on women's varied experiences and expectations across divisions of class, race, and region. Key themes will include work, politics, citizenship, reproduction, sociability, and sexuality. 3 units.
13914	WGST 144 - 600 Women in the United States from Settlement to Present	Fr 1:25PM - 2:15PM	Kate McHugh	Greenlaw - Rm 0222	Seats filled (3 total)	Seats filled
Description: This course will survey the history of women, gender relations, and notions of sex difference in the United States from the colonial era to present times, with a special emphasis on women's varied experiences and expectations across divisions of class, race, and region. Key themes will include work, politics, citizenship, reproduction, sociability, and sexuality. 0 units.
13915	WGST 144 - 601 Women in the United States from Settlement to Present	We 3:35PM - 4:25PM	Aaron Pattillo-Lunt	Graham Memorial - Rm 0212	Seats filled (3 total)	Seats filled
Description: This course will survey the history of women, gender relations, and notions of sex difference in the United States from the colonial era to present times, with a special emphasis on women's varied experiences and expectations across divisions of class, race, and region. Key themes will include work, politics, citizenship, reproduction, sociability, and sexuality. 0 units.
13916	WGST 144 - 602 Women in the United States from Settlement to Present	Fr 1:25PM - 2:15PM	Aaron Pattillo-Lunt	Graham Memorial - Rm 0212	Seats filled (3 total)	Seats filled
Description: This course will survey the history of women, gender relations, and notions of sex difference in the United States from the colonial era to present times, with a special emphasis on women's varied experiences and expectations across divisions of class, race, and region. Key themes will include work, politics, citizenship, reproduction, sociability, and sexuality. 0 units.
13917	WGST 144 - 603 Women in the United States from Settlement to Present	Fr 2:30PM - 3:20PM	Kate McHugh	Greenlaw - Rm 0106	Seats filled (3 total)	Seats filled
Description: This course will survey the history of women, gender relations, and notions of sex difference in the United States from the colonial era to present times, with a special emphasis on women's varied experiences and expectations across divisions of class, race, and region. Key themes will include work, politics, citizenship, reproduction, sociability, and sexuality. 0 units.
13918	WGST 144 - 604 Women in the United States from Settlement to Present	Fr 12:20PM - 1:10PM	Aaron Pattillo-Lunt	Peabody - Rm 2060	Seats filled (4 total)	Seats filled
Description: This course will survey the history of women, gender relations, and notions of sex difference in the United States from the colonial era to present times, with a special emphasis on women's varied experiences and expectations across divisions of class, race, and region. Key themes will include work, politics, citizenship, reproduction, sociability, and sexuality. 0 units.
13919	WGST 144 - 605 Women in the United States from Settlement to Present	Fr 12:20PM - 1:10PM	Kate McHugh	Murphey - Rm 0105	Seats filled (4 total)	Seats filled
Description: This course will survey the history of women, gender relations, and notions of sex difference in the United States from the colonial era to present times, with a special emphasis on women's varied experiences and expectations across divisions of class, race, and region. Key themes will include work, politics, citizenship, reproduction, sociability, and sexuality. 0 units.
13392	WGST 188 - 001 Introduction to Women and Music	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Anne MacNeil	Hill - Rm 0103	20/25 (25 total)	Seats filled
Description: The role of women in performance, composition, patronage, and the music business across a wide range of repertories. 3 units.
13905	WGST 202 - 001 Introduction to Feminist Thought	MoWe 3:35PM - 4:50PM	Sarah Bloesch	Dey Hall - Rm 0205	19/25 (25 total)	Seats filled
Description: Prerequisite, WGST 101. Introduces students to feminist theorizing on debates over gender-based oppression. Gives students tools to pursue academic work in women's studies and to understand the relationships among concepts, activism, and change. Required for majors. Strongly recommended for minors. 3 units.
13907	WGST 211 - 001 Introduction to Latina Feminisms: Literature, Theory, and Activism	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	ARIANA VIGIL	Dey Hall - Rm 0201	Seats filled (25 total)	Seats filled
Description: Through a variety of texts that span the 20th and 21st centuries, students will be introduced to key concepts, figures, and movements in Latina feminisms. Emphasis will be placed on a diversity of historical and ethno-national perspectives as well as academic interdisciplinarity. 3 units.
9469	WGST 217 - 001 Women and Politics	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Pamela Conover	TBA	9/10 (10 total)	Seats filled	0/5
Description: A comparison of men and women as political actors at the mass and elite level in America. Topics considered include the "gender gap," the women's movement, abortion, and the Equal Rights Amendment. 3 units.
9582	WGST 224 - 001 Introduction to Gender and Communication	MoWe 1:35PM - 2:50PM	Kumi Silva, Elaina Eakle, Dafna Kaufman, Kayla Corbin, Jaclyn Olson	Genome Sciences Bldg - Rm G200	73/75 (75 total)	Seats filled
Description: Examines multiple relationships among gender, communication and culture. Explores how communication creates gender and shapes relationships and how communication reflects, sustains, and alters cultural views of gender. 3 units.
10672	WGST 233 - 001 Introduction to Latina Literature	TuTh 5:00PM - 6:15PM	Meleena Gil	Dey Hall - Rm 0313	17/25 (25 total)	Seats filled	0/5
Description: This course will provide an introduction to Latina literature. We will read a variety of genres from a range of ethno-national perspectives and examine such topics as immigration, identity, mother-daughter relationships, and sexuality. 3 units.
13816	WGST 237 - 001 Rebel, Lover, Martyr: Gender and Sexuality in North and South Korean Screen Cultures	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	I Jonathan Kief	New West - Rm 0219	Seats filled (10 total)	Seats filled
Description: This course introduces students to the history of North and South Korean film and television through the lens of gender and sexuality. In so doing, it explores the multiple forms of the Korean self and the diverse shapes that Korean identity has taken across the modern and contemporary eras. 3 units.
12629	WGST 253 - 001 A Social History of Jewish Women in America	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Jillian Hinderliter	Gardner - Rm 0001	9/10 (10 total)	Seats filled
Description: This course examines the history and culture of Jewish women in America from their arrival in New Amsterdam in 1654 to the present and explores how gender shaped this journey. 3 units.
10162	WGST 275 - 001 Moral and Philosophical Issues of Gender in Society	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Meredith Sheeks	Phillips - Rm 0265	Seats filled (5 total)	Seats filled
Description: A survey of feminist perspectives on topics such as the meaning of oppression, sexism and racism, sex roles and stereotypes, ideals of female beauty, women in the workplace, pornography, rape. 3 units.
10038	WGST 278 - 001 Women in Science	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Nicole Else-Quest	Graham Memorial - Rm 0035	Seats filled (15 total)	Seats filled	0/8
Description: The role of women in scientific domains throughout history and a consideration of the status of women and men as scientists. The development of science as a cultural practice. 3 units.
14787	WGST 330 - 001 Women's Health Activism in Twentieth Century America	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:15AM	Jillian Hinderliter	Davie - Rm 0101	20/25 (25 total)	Seats filled
Description: Course examines the history of women's health activism and advocacy in the 20th century United States. Course materials and discussions will trace the development of several women's health movements and causes, health activists' tactics and rhetoric, and the complex dynamic between lay activists and medical professionals. 3 units.
10070	WGST 345 - 001 Gender and Film	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Sarah Bloesch	Murphey - Rm 0314	Seats filled (15 total)	Seats filled	0/5
Description: This course examines the representations of women in contemporary American film and also considers women as producers of film. 3 units.
9662	WGST 393 - 001 Practicum in Women's and Gender Studies	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:15AM	Susan Harbage Page	TBA	4/12 (12 total)	Seats filled
Description: Prerequisite, WGST 101. Permission of the instructor. A supervised internship designed to provide experience working in organizations concerned with women's or gender issues. Must be arranged with a faculty advisor during the semester prior to the internship. See the department's website for important information. 3 units.
17139	WGST 444 - 001 Race, Class, and Gender	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	KIMBERLY MANTURUK	Phillips - Rm 0222	1/5 (5 total)	Seats filled
Description: Conceptualizations of gender, race, and class and how, separately and in combination, they are interpreted by the wider society. Emphasis on how black and working-class women make sense of their experiences at work and within the family. 3 units.
13249	WGST 533 - 001 Women, Gender, and Judaism	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Andrea Cooper	Murphey - Rm 0105	8/10 (10 total)	Seats filled
Description: This course examines historical developments in the study of women and gender in Judaism. We will discuss efforts to challenge and revitalize Jewish tradition through the lens of gender theory and other critical interpretive approaches. Topics to be addressed include biblical interpretation, Jewish law, feminist Jewish theology and liturgy, the renewal of ritual, the rabbinic ordination of women, gender identity, race, sexuality, queer, trans, and non-binary approaches, and representations of these themes in various media. 3 units.
10125	WGST 666 - 001 Queer Latina/o Photography and Literature	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Maria DeGuzman	Murphey - Rm 0204	9/10 (10 total)	Seats filled	0/2
Description: This course explores Latina/o literature about photography in relation to photography by "queer" Latina/o artists and, through this double focus, poses certain questions about identity, subjectivity, and culture. 3 units.
4518	WGST 695 - 001 Senior Seminar: Principles of Feminist Inquiry	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Sarah Bloesch	Dey Hall - Rm 0205	12/25 (25 total)	Seats filled
Description: Prerequisites, WGST 101 and 202. Required preparation, at least one additional WGST course and senior standing or permission of the instructor. Required for majors; strongly recommended for minors. An advanced writing-intensive course drawing on a student's interests and background. Major research of specific topics utilizing feminist perspectives. 3 units.