This course familiarizes students with the field of Gender and Women's Studies. It focuses on major questions and approaches to understanding gender alongside race, class, and sexuality, among other identity categories.

Graduation Requirements:: Goal Area 5 - History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences | Goal Area 7 - Human Diversity | Diverse Cultures - Purple
Areas of Interest:: People and Cultures
Programs:: Gender and Women's Studies (BA) | Gender and Women's Studies (BS) | Gender and Women's Studies Minor

GWS 110W Introduction to Gender 4 credits

Graduation Requirements:: Goal Area 5 - History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences | Goal Area 7 - Human Diversity | Diverse Cultures - Purple | Writing Intensive
Areas of Interest:: People and Cultures
Programs:: Gender and Women's Studies Minor

GWS 120 Violence and Gender 4 credits

Students will examine the gendered and systematic nature of violence. Special attention will be given to the ways in which violence against women is perpetuated through interpersonal relationships and through institutions such as schools, the judicial system, welfare policies. The effects of internalized oppressions, such as internalized sexism, racism, and homophobia will be discussed. Emphasis on feminist analysis and building skills for educating ourselves and others about constructing non-violent cultures.

Graduation Requirements:: Goal Area 9 - Ethical and Civic Responsibility | Diverse Cultures - Purple
Areas of Interest:: People and Cultures

GWS 120W Violence and Gender 4 credits

Graduation Requirements:: Goal Area 9 - Ethical and Civic Responsibility | Diverse Cultures - Purple | Writing Intensive
Areas of Interest:: People and Cultures

GWS 220 Sex and Gender Worldwide 4 credits

This course will examine women's lives and activism, past and present, throughout the world. We will explore and evaluate individual and collective efforts to achieve social justice in the context of interlocking systems of oppression. Fall, Spring, Summer

Graduation Requirements:: Goal Area 8 - Global Perspective | Goal Area 9 - Ethical and Civic Responsibility | Diverse Cultures - Purple
Areas of Interest:: People and Cultures
Programs:: Gender and Women's Studies (BA) | Gender and Women's Studies (BS) | Gender and Women's Studies Minor | Social Studies Teaching (BS) Anthropology | Social Studies Teaching (BS) Economics | Social Studies Teaching (BS) Geography | Social Studies Teaching (BS) History | Social Studies Teaching (BS) Political Science | Social Studies Teaching (BS) Psychology | Social Studies Teaching (BS) Sociology

GWS 220W Sex and Gender Worldwide 4 credits

Graduation Requirements:: Goal Area 8 - Global Perspective | Goal Area 9 - Ethical and Civic Responsibility | Diverse Cultures - Purple | Writing Intensive
Areas of Interest:: People and Cultures
Programs:: Gender and Women's Studies Minor | Social Studies Teaching (BS) Anthropology | Social Studies Teaching (BS) Economics | Social Studies Teaching (BS) Geography | Social Studies Teaching (BS) History | Social Studies Teaching (BS) Political Science | Social Studies Teaching (BS) Psychology | Social Studies Teaching (BS) Sociology

GWS 222 Gender, Law, & Justice 4 credits

We explore the influence of gender on legal rights in the United States historically and today, focusing on constitutional rights, employment, education, reproduction, the family, gender-based violence, and related issues. We will study constitutional and statutory law as well as public policy. Race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and additional intersecting identities will be examined.

Graduation Requirements:: Goal Area 5 - History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences | Goal Area 9 - Ethical and Civic Responsibility | Diverse Cultures - Purple
Areas of Interest:: People and Cultures

GWS 225 Queer America 4 credits

An introduction to the study of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities and identities, including challenges to homophobia and heterosexism. We will explore social and historical constructions of LGBT identities as they vary across ethnic, class, and gender lines.Fall, Spring

Graduation Requirements:: Goal Area 5 - History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences | Goal Area 7 - Human Diversity | Diverse Cultures - Gold
Areas of Interest:: People and Cultures
Programs:: Sexuality Studies Minor

GWS 225W Queer America 4 credits

Graduation Requirements:: Goal Area 5 - History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences | Goal Area 7 - Human Diversity | Diverse Cultures - Gold | Writing Intensive
Areas of Interest:: People and Cultures

GWS 230 Gender, Race, and Popular Culture 4 credits

Explores how popular culture shapes and mirrors our understandings of gender and sexuality and their intersections with race and class. Critically examines representations of gender and race in popular culture forms such as film, television, music, books, and the internet.

Graduation Requirements:: Goal Area 2 - Critical Thinking | Goal Area 6 - Humanities and the Arts | Diverse Cultures - Purple
Areas of Interest:: People and Cultures
Programs:: Corrections (BS) | Criminal Justice (BS) | Policing Studies (BS) | Sexuality Studies Minor

GWS 250 Health, Wealth, and Power 4 credits

In this course, students will learn about health disparities and the social determinants of health in the United States. We will analyze how gender, race, class, ability, and sexuality impact access to health resources (including the environment, food, and medical care) as well as health outcomes. In addition to individual barriers to health, we will analyze how institutions and structural factors impact health in America. Topics may include health disparities by race and ethnicity, barriers to LGBT health care, weight discrimination, reproductive justice, and environmental effects on health.

Graduation Requirements:: Goal Area 5 - History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences | Goal Area 9 - Ethical and Civic Responsibility | Diverse Cultures - Purple
Areas of Interest:: People and Cultures
Programs:: Nutrition and Dietetics (BS)

GWS 260 Selected Topics 1-4 credits

Offered according to student demand and instructor availability/expertise, topics courses provide curriculum enrichment on an ongoing basis.

Areas of Interest:: People and Cultures

GWS 277 Individual Study 1-6 credits

Concentrated study and research in areas of student's special interests/expertise under supervision of a faculty member. Prereq: Women's Studies major/minor

Prerequisites:: Women's Studies major/minor
Areas of Interest:: People and Cultures