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20. Women, Society, and Culture
(4) Boris, Oaks, Rupp
Not open for credit to students who have completed Women’s Studies 20H.
Introduction to central concepts and issues in women’s studies from the perspective of the social sciences. Explores the construction of gender and sexuality and the lives of diverse groups of women in the contemporary U.S. within a global context.
20H. Women, Society, and Culture Honors
(5) Boris, Oaks, Rupp, Williams
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Not open for credit to students who have completed Women’s Studies 20.
Lecture is concurrent with Women’s Studies 20, along with a weekly honors seminar, requiring additional assignments and intensive discussion of the readings. Intended for highly motivated and well prepared students.
30. Women, Develoment and Globalization
(4) Chang, Hernández
Not open for credit to students who have completed Women’s Studies 30H.
Examines the impact of development, policy, and globalization on women’s lives. Emphasis is placed on women’s activism and feminist critiques of neo-liberal measures intended to rid the third world of poverty.
30H. Women, Develoment and Globalization Honors
(5) Chang, Hernández
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Not open for credit to students who have completed Women’s Studies 30.
Lecture is concurrent with Women’s Studies 30, along with a weekly honors seminar, requiring additional assignments and intensive discussion of the readings. Intended for highly motivated and well prepared students.
40. Women, Representation, and Cultural Production
(4) Bobo, Hernández, Oaks
Not open for credit to students who have completed Women’s Studies 40H.
This introductory course examines cultural representations of diverse women’s lives from a humanities perspective. The focus is on women as cultural producers, subjects, and critics in literature, film, the visual arts, and music.
40H. Women, Representation, and Cultural Production Honors
(5) Bobo, Hernández, Oaks
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Not open for credit to students who have completed Women’s Studies 40.
Lecture is concurrent with Women’s Studies 40, along with a weekly honors seminar, requiring additional assignments and intensive discussion of the readings. Intended for highly motivated and well prepared students.
50. Global Feminisms and Social Justice
(4) Chang, Oaks, Boris
Repeat Comments: Not open for credit to students who have completed Women’s Studies 50H.
Historical and contemporary examination of women’s activism around the globe in a variety of struggles, including self-named feminist movements and other movements for social justice.
50H. Global Feminisms and Social Justice Honors
(5) Boris, Chang, Oaks
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Not open for credit to students who have completed Women’s Studies 50.
Lecture is concurrent with Women’s Studies 50, along with a weekly honors seminar, requiring additional assignments and intensive discussion of the readings. Intended for highly motivated and well prepared students.
60. Women of Color: Race, Class, and Ethnicity
(4) Chang, Miller-Young
Repeat Comments: Not open for credit to students who have completed Women’s Studies 60H.
Examination of the interlocking dynamics and politics of gender, race, sexuality, class, and culture in the experience of U.S. women of color. Readings focus on oppositional consciousness and resistance to oppression in the scholarship and literature by women of color.
60H. Women of Color: Race, Class, and Ethnicity Honors
(5) Chang, Miller-Young
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Not open for credit to students who have completed Women’s Studies 60.
Lecture is concurrent with Women’s Studies 60, along with a weekly honors seminar, requiring additional assignments and intensive discussion of the readings. Intended for highly motivated and well prepared students.
80. Introduction to LGBTQ Studies
(4) Hernández
Not open for credit to students who have completed Women’s Studies 80H.
Examines LGBTQ studies from an interdisciplinary perspective. Along with historical, social, cultural, political, artistic, and literary rise to prominence of sexual minorities, the goal of the course is to integrate a discussion of the continuum of LGBTQ identities within their respective social contexts and communities.
80H. Introduction to LGBTQ Studies Honors
(5) Hernández
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Not open for credit to students who have completed Women’s Studies 80.
Lecture is concurrent with Women’s Studies 80, along with a weekly honors seminar, requiring additional assignments and intensive discussion of the readings. Intended for highly motivated and well prepared students.
99. Independent Studies
(1-4) Staff
Prerequisites: Women’s Studies 20 or 40; consent of instructor and department.
Students must have a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade-point average. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units. Students are limited to 5 units per quarter and 30 units total in all 98/99/198/199/199AA-ZZ course combined. No unit credit allowed toward the major.
Research under the direction of a faculty member. Students are offered an opportunity to conduct independent or collaborative research or to act as interns for faculty-directed research projects.
115. Marriage in the Ancient World
(4) Staff
Same course as Classics 115 and Religious Studies 103B.
Examines marriage customs and rituals in Archaic and Classical Greece, Ptolemaic Egypt, and in the Roman Republic and Imperial Periods within the context of social history, literary, historical, and epigraphic sources.
117C. Women, the Family, and Sexuality in the Middle Ages
(4) Farmer
Prerequisite: History 4B or upper-division standing.
Same course as History 117C. Not open for credit to students who have completed History 117.
Family structure; perceptions and ideals of intimate and familial relations; status, perceptions, and experiences of women in western Europe circa 400-1400 A.D. Special attention on social, political, and religious contexts.
120. Women’s Labors
(4) Boris
Letter grade required for majors and minors. Not open for credit to students who have completed Women’s Studies 186EB.
Recommended preparation: upper-division standing or a prior course in women’s studies.
What is women’s work? How has it changed over time? How is it valued? Explores wage-earning, caregiving, sex work, housework, double days, glass ceilings, and strategies of survival and resistance among America women from various demographic, racial, and ethnic groups.
124A. Women, Gender, and Sexuality in Europe, 1750-1914
(4) Rappaport
Prerequisite: History 4C.
Same course as History 124A.
The roles of women, gender, and sexuality in eighteenth and nineteenth century Europe. Exploration of the nature of women and revolution: religious, legal, scientific, and popular conceptions of gender and sexuality; industrialization and family life, the rise of organized feminism.
130. Perspectives on Women’s Health
(4) Oaks
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Investigation of the power that medicine has in shaping health experts’ and lay individuals’ understandings of health and health practices. Particular attention is paid to how women’s health issues come to be seen as “social problems,” past and present.
131. The Politics of Women’s Choices: Reproduction and Reproductive Technologies
(4) Oaks
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Exploration of theoretical, popular, and political debates over reproductive technologies in terms of women’s power and choices. Investigation of how cultural and historical changes in reproductive practices influence ideas about nature, society, and progress. Examination of case studies on current controversies.
132. Gender, Science, and Technology
(4) Harthorn
Prerequisite: upper division standing
Repeat Comments: Same course as Women’s Studies 186BH, cannot be taken for repeat credit.
Examines the role of women in science, feminist critiques of science, gendered construction of technology and technological construction of gender, cross-cultural analysis of emerging technologies, and intersections of gender, ethnicity, class, and sexuality.
136AA-ZZ. Cultural Analysis of Reproduction and Science
(4) Tomlinson
Prerequisite: upper-division standing
Repeat Comments: May be repeated for a maximum of 8 units provided letter designations are different, with instructor permission.
Develop tools to analyze cultural productions, narratives, images, and arguments about women, gender, reproduction, and science. Topics may vary.
142. Black Women Filmmakers
(4) Bobo
Not open for credit to students who have completed Women’s Studies 186JB. Letter grade required for majors and minors.
Recommended preparation: upper-division standing or a prior women’s studies course.
An opportunity to view films (animation, documentary, experimental and narrative), examine the specifics of media production, compare the various works produced by black women, and acquire the skills necessary for media criticism.
143. Women’s Film Narratives
(4) Bobo
Letter grade required for majors and minors. Not open for credit to students who have completed Women’s Studies 186JC.
Examination of the dynamics of family, race, sexuality, resistance, and cultural transformation through women’s novels and film adaptations, and other films which have had significant impact on the national consciousness.
144. Representation and Activism
(4) Bobo
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Not open for credit to students who have completed Women’s Studies 186JB. Letter grade required for majors and minors.
Exploration of the strategies by which social groups resist systems of oppression through readings and works from independent filmmakers.
146. Women of Color Resisting Violence
(4) Chang
Recommended preparation: upper-division standing or one prior course in women’s studies. Letter grade required for majors and minors.
This is a study of women of color and other marginalized women’s experiences of psychological, sexual, physical, social, economic and legal violence, and our personal and collective resistance to these forms of violence in intimate relationships and in broader society.
147G. Gender and Power in Modern African History
(4) Miescher
Prerequisite: History 49 or 49B or 147A or 147B or 147Q or Women’s Studies 147Q or upper-division standing.
Same course as History 147G.
Examination of gender, power, and authority among and between men and women in response to socioeconomic transformations in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Africa. Themes include interpretations of gender, organization of labor, the missionary project, the state and colonial rule.
147Q. Readings on African History
(4) Miescher
Prerequisite: History 49 or 49B or 147A or 147B.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units. Same course as History 147Q.
A discussion and reading seminar on selected topics in African history.
150. Sex, Love, and Romance
(4) Rupp
Not open for credit to students who have completed Women’s Studies 150H.
An examination from historical and global perspectives of sex, love, desire, and intimate relationships in diverse cultures in the contemporary U.S.
150H. Sex, Love, and Romance Honors
(5) Rupp
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Not open for credit to students who have completed Women’s Studies 150.
Lecture is concurrent with Women’s Studies 150, along with a weekly honors seminar, requiring additional assignments and intensive discussion of the readings. Intended for highly motivated and well prepared students.
151AA-ZZ. Sexual Cultures
(4) Miller-Young
Prerequisite: upper-division standing Repeat Comments:
May be repeated for a maximum of 8 units provided letter designations are different, with instructor permission.
Seminars focus on the political, social, and cultural dynamics of sexuality in modern society. Offerings may explore sexual representations, economies, laws, identities, performances, literatures, technologies, relationships, communities, and customs in the United States or abroad. Topics may vary.
153. Women and Work
(4) Fenstermaker, Segura
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Same course as Sociology 153.
The course will begin with readings and discussion of the sociological features of work in society. The role of women in the labor market will be explored, as well as their lives as unpaid workers in their own homes. Finally, more global issues of sexual inequality and social change will be discussed.
154A. Sociology of the Family
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Same course as Sociology 154A.
A lecture course on family and household organization, past and present. Attention to contemporary issues in the family focusing on gender, class, and cultural variation.
155A. Women in American Society
(4) Fenstermaker
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Same course as Sociology 155A.
The roles and life styles of women in various American subcultures and the ideologies developing around them.
155B. Sociological Perspectives on Women
(4) Fenstermaker, Schneider
Recommended preparation: Women’s Studies 155A.
Advanced study in the sociology of women. Course format (seminar or lecture) and topics vary year to year. Topics may include: analysis of the status of women in the labor force; women’s class position; theoretical and practical aspects of patriarchy.
159B. Women in American History
(4) Cohen
Prerequisites: two quarters from History 17A-B-C or upper-division standing.
Same course as History 159B.
Social history of women in America from 1800 to 1900. Changing marriage, reproduction and work patterns, and cultural values about the female role. Attention to racial, class, and ethnic differences. Analysis of feminist thought and the several women’s movements.
159C. Women in Twentieth-Century American History
(4) DeHart, cohen
Same course as History 159C.
A continuation of Women’s Studies 159A-B from 1900 to the present.
159LG. Sociology of Lesbian and Gay Communities
(4) Schneider
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Same course as Sociology 159LG. Not open for credit to students who have completed Sociology 146.
Origins and transformation of lesbian and gay communities and social movements, with special attention to ideological development, major social problems, cultural production, race, ethnic and gender differences, organization formation, and political conflict.
160. Sapphistries
(4) Rupp
A global exploration of female same-sex sexuality, from the historical Sappho through sapphists, roaring girls, romantic friends, and female husbands, to contemporary lesbians. Considers diverse lives and representations of women who desire and love other women.
162. Critical LGBTQ Studies
(4) Hernández
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units, but only 4 units can be applied to the major.
Examines the dynamics of the juridical, social, political, cultural representations of LGBTQ identities. Examines legal cases, policy issues, social matters as well as representations therein in literary and cultural expression in order to study the LGBTQ people in active resistance against dominant power structure.
180. Feminist Analysis
(4) Hernández, Tomlinson, Williams
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing; open to Women’s Studies majors and minors only.
Letter grade required for majors and minors.
Methods and tools for analyzing feminist theory and argument.
181. Feminist Theories
(4) Boris, Hernández, Tomlinson
Prerequisite: Upper-division standing; open to Women’s Studies majors and minors only.
Recommended Preparation: Completion of Women’s Studies 180 recommended.
Letter grade required for majors and minors.
Introduction to feminist theorizing about gender, race, and sexuality. Focus on key thinkers, traditions, or selected theoretical frameworks.
182. Feminist Methodologies
(4) Harthorn, Miller-Young, Oaks
Prerequisite: upper-division standing; open to Women’s Studies majors only.
Recommended Preparation: Completion of Women’s Studies 180 and 181 recommended.
Open to Women’s Studies minors with consent of instructor. Letter grade required for majors and minors.
Methods of feminist textual, theoretical, and empirical analysis, including the principles of research design.
183A. Senior Research Seminar
(4) Staff
Prerequisites: Women’s Studies 180, 181 and 182.
Develops advanced tools of feminist research, theory, and argument. Offers participants the opportunity to complete a project of textual, theoretical, or empirical research. Women’s Studies 183A allows students to extend or re-envision the project originating in Women’s Studies 182.
183B. Senior Topics Seminar
(4) Staff
Recommended preparation: Women’s Studies 180, 181 and 182.
Develops advanced tools of feminist research, theory, and argument. Offers participants the opportunity to complete a project of textual, theoretical, or empirical research. Focuses on different topics each year to allow students to develop a related research project.
185AA-ZZ. Gender and Culture
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units provided letter designations are different. Letter grade required for majors and minors.
Seminar on selected topics in women’s studies, with a humanities emphasis.
186AA-ZZ. Gender and Society
(4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units provided letter designations are different. Letter grade required for majors and minors.
Seminar on selected topics in women’s studies, with a social studies emphasis.
190. Women’s Community Organization
(2-4) Staff
Prerequisites: upper-division standing; open to women’s studies majors only.
May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units, but only 4 units may be applied toward the major.
Combines independent service in a community organization involved with issues relevant to women’s studies with reflection and analysis under the supervision of a faculty member.
195HA. Senior Honors Project
(2-4) Staff
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
Students must have a minimum 3.0 university GPA and a minimum 3.5 departmental GPA; 4 to 8 units required in honors sequence; minimum of 2 units per quarter.
Students design, research, write, and present original work on a topic of choice under supervision of a women’s studies faculty mentor. Emphasis is placed on project design and initial research.
195HB. Senior Honors Project
(2-4) Staff
Prerequisites: Women’s Studies 195HA; upper-division standing.
Students must have a minimum 3.0 university GPA and a minimum 3.5 departmental GPA; 4 to 8 units required in honors sequence; minimum of 2 units per quarter.
Students design, research, write, and present original work on a topic of choice under supervision of a women’s studies faculty mentor. Emphasis is on data gathering and organization.
195HC. Senior Honors Project
(2-4) Staff
Prerequisites: Women’s Studies 195HA or 195HB; upper-division standing.
Students must have a minimum 3.0 university GPA and a minimum 3.5 departmental GPA; 4 to 8 units required in honors sequence; minimum of 2 units per quarter.
Students design, research, write, and present original work on a topic of choice under supervision of a women’s studies faculty mentor. Emphasis on writing thesis and preparation for presenting results to an audience of women’s studies peers and faculty members.
198. Readings in Women’s Studies
(1-4) Staff
Prerequisites: upper-division standing; completion of two upper-division courses in women’s studies.
Students must have a minimum 3.0 grade-point average for the preceding three quarters and are limited to 5 units per quarter and 30 units total in all 98/99/198/199/199AA-ZZ courses combined. Students may apply a maximum of 4 units of Women’s Studies 198/199 courses combined to the major. Women’s Studies 198 may be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units, but only 4 units may be applied toward the major.
Directed readings in women’s studies under the guidance of a faculty member in the program. Students wishing to enroll should prepare a short written plan of study.
199. Independent Studies in Women’s Studies
(1-4) Staff
Prerequisites: upper-division standing; completion of two upper-division courses in women’s studies.
Students must have a minimum 3.0 grade-point average for the preceding three quarters and are limited to 5 units per quarter and 30 units total in all 98/99/198/199/199AA-ZZ courses combined. Students may apply a maximum of 4 units of Women’s Studies 198/199 courses combined to the major. Women’s Studies 199 may be repeated for credit to a maximum of 12 units, but only 4 units may be applied toward the major.
Independent research and writing under the guidance of a faculty member in the program. Students wishing to enroll should prepare a short written plan of study.
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