Upper Division Courses

Courses that qualify for general education credit

Courses within a student's department shall not count as fulfilling general education requirements. (This restriction only applies to one major. For students with a double major, courses in the second major could count in fulfilling their requirements.)

WOMS 316 men and Masculinities. (3)

Cross listed as Soc 316. General Education issues and perspectives course. Examines the male role in America from a variety of sociological perspectives and within particular settings, for example, work, family, and leisure. Other relevant topics: socialization, intimacy and adult developmental stages and crises. Discusses changing male roles produced by strains and conflicts in contemporary America.

WOMS 325 Women in the Political System. (3)

Cross-listed as Pol. S. 325 Examines the political process of policy making, using policies of current interest concerning women. Explore the association of societal gender role expectations with existing and proposed public policies that pertain to women's lives. Prerequisite: 6 hours of social science or instructors consent.

WOMS 330 Women's Personal Narratives. (3)

Cross-listed as Eng.336. Explores the literary genre of the journal as practiced by both historical and modern women. Examines works by both well-known diarists and little-known notebook keepers. In-class writing and out-of-class assignments; students are encouraged to do daily work in a journal of their own. Prerequisites Engl 101 and Engl 102.

WOMS 332 Goddesses in Myth. (3)

Traces the development of the characteristics, powers and ideas about classical Greek and Roman as well as ancient Northern European goddesses from a pre-historic, worldwide worship of female deities. Examines the female dominated cultures and religions of the Paleolithic and Neolithic and then follows the transition from this ancient worship to the classical and Northern European conception of goddesses.

WOMS 333 Women and Religion. (3)

Cross-listed as REL 333. An examination of past and present images and roles of women in religious traditions. Looks at women in the Bible and religious history as well as contemporary criticisms of patriarchal religion and resources for change.

WOMS 338 Philosophy of Feminism. (3)

Cross-listed as PHIL 338. General education further studies course. An exploration of philosophical issues raised by the feminist movement emphasizing conceptual and ethical questions.

WOMS 340 Human Sexuality. (3)

Cross-listed as SOC Wk.340 Provides a forum for information and discussion on topics relating to physical, psycho-social and cultural components of human sexuality. Includes female and male sexual attributes and roles, sexual problems, alternative life styles, birth control, values and sexuality and cultural components of sexuality.

WOMS 345 Women and Dependencies. (3)

Provides information about women's dependencies and their relationship to constructions of gender. Examines dependencies on substances and processes, (alcohol, street and prescription drugs, eating disorders and dysfunctional relationships) in their social and personal context. Examines theories of treatment and recovery in relation to feminist theory and women's roles in co-dependency.

WOMS 361 Women and Work. (3)

General Education further studies course. Examines the image and reality of women's employment form minimum wage work to corporate board rooms, as well as women's unpaid work. It explores the impact of cultural values, societal arrangements, and public policy on occupations, wages, and family life.

WOMS 370 Women in World Religions (3)

Cross listed as REL 370. Examines past and present roles and statuses of women in various religious traditions of the world, e.g. Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism. Examines the portrayal of women's roles in various religious and philosophical texts and the redefinition of women's roles in the modern age within the contexts of these belief systems.

WOMS 379 Asian Women in Modern History (3)

Examines women's historical and contemporary experiences in Asian America and modern Asia. Investigates Asian women's contributions to the rapid industrialization and the export-oriented econimies in the Asia-Pacific region within the context of our global exonomy. Traces the ways in which the changes in immigration laws during the twentieth century affected the pattern of Asian women's immigration to the U.S. Also introduces writings that integrate Asian-American women's experiences into the discourses on race, gender, and class in the U.S.

WOMS 380 Special Topics. (1-3)

Focuses on intermediate topics of interest to women's studies.

WOMS 380K Women and Peace. (3)

Explores many facets of women's strategies for interpersonal and political peacemaking. Also explores women's pacifist and patriotic strategies, including service, resistance and direct actions.

WOMS 387 Women in Society: Cultural Images. (3)

General education further studies course. Examines the roots of ideas about women in our society and women's responses to those ideas as they have attempted to define themselves. Emphasizes cultural images of women in literature, art, myth, philosophy, religion, psychology, education and politics. Also considers women in other cultures and other times and contemporary women's visions of an alternative future.

WOMS 391 Women's Global Issues. (3)

General education further studies course. Explores women's issues form a global perspective in relation to policies approved by the International Women's Decade conferences of the United Nations. Emphasizes understanding the impact of nationalism, race, class and cultural values in creating obstacles to women's full participation in society. Explores strategies for achieving full human rights for women. Prerequisites: one course in women's studies and one course in history or political science.

WOMS 480 Special Topics. (1-3)

Provides advanced exploration of various women's studies themes.

WOMS 481 Cooperative Education. (1-4)

Provides a fields placement that integrates theory with a planned and supervised professional experience designed to complement and enhance the students academic program. Offered Cr/NCr only.

WOMS 482 Latina Feminism. (3)

Examines what it means to be a Latina and a feminist in U.S. culture, confronting racism and sexism as well as being empowered through Latina identity. The exploration of Latina identity results in creative transformation and a new understanding of the relationship of self to the community. Material drawn from Chicana Feminist Studies in prose, poetry, criticism, film, and from guest speakers. See: Grad/Undergrad Advanced Courses for more Upper Division choices