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This is an interdisciplinary course that explores how particular historical, social, cultural, economic and political factors, constructions of gender and proscriptions on sexuality, shape the lives, creativity and political activism of women around the world. Particular focus will be placed on women and societies outside the "West". This course will expose students to diverse theoretical perspectives and methodologies on gender and sexuality, political economy and globalization, feminism, human rights and culture studies. Course materials will include literary works and auto/biography, visual media, social science texts and primary documents.
Individual and Society, or World Cultures course. This course is required for the GWS major and minor.

GWS 117 Introduction to Gender, Sexuality and Literature
3 hours.

Meets 16-Jun-08 - 06-Aug-08. Same as ENGL 117. Creative Arts, and Individual and Society course.

1714 LCD 10:45 AM – 1:15 PM TR 211 2SH Barounis, C

This course will serve both as a mini-survey of queer literature, and as an introduction to feminist and queer literary theory and cultural studies. These are ambitious goals, and students should expect to do significant reading and thinking during the course, with a new literary or cultural text each week, accompanied by a theoretical essay. However, the reading will be enjoyable and varied, including novels, films, plays, and memoirs spanning several centureis of anglophone literature.
Creative Arts, or Individual and Society course.

GWS 224 Gender and Society
3 hours.

Meets 16-Jun-08 - 06-Aug-08. Same as SOC 224. Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 or GWS 101 or GWS 102. Individual and Society, and US Society course.

16695 LCD 8:00 AM – 10:40 AM TR 303 2SH Bickerton, S

This course examines contemporary sociological perspectives on gender and gender inequality. Gender is a process of building identity, of interaction among individuals/groups and between individuals or groups and institutions, and of institutional organization. Inequality is structured around gender, in combination with other dimensions such as race, class, age, able-bodied status, sexual preference, etc. In this course, we will attempt to understand the factors that explain how institutions, interactions, and identities become gendered, how gender interacts with those other dimensions and the consequences of gender for individuals and social structures.
Prerequisite: SOC 100 or GWS 101 or GWS 102. Individual and Society, and US Society course.

GWS 315: Psychology of Women and Gender
3 hours.

Meets 16-Jun-08 - 06-Aug-08. Same as PSCH 315. Prerequisite(s): PSCH 242 or consent of the instructor.

14943 LCD 8:00 AM – 10:30 AM TR A002 2LCA Reyes, O

In this course, we will examine how it is that sex and gender affect our feelings and experiences. Further, we will discuss how these feelings and experiences may in turn affect our ideas about gender, gender roles, and expectations. We will additionally review empirical findings that support or fail to support common beliefs about gender, the relationship of gender to traditional issues in psychology (e.g., moral development, personality, interpersonal relationships, etc.), and special issues pertinent to gender, (e.g., parenthood, violence, and sexual orientation). Class and small-group discussions, guest speakers, and films will supplement reading material and provide more in-depth examination of specific topics.
Prerequisite: PSCH 242 or consent of the instructor.