| GWS | 403 | Culture and Sexuality: Cultural History of Same-Sex Relations | 3 OR 4 hours. | Lesbian/gay studies; issues in the history of (homo)sexuality; cultural and historical analysis of same-sexuality in several periods, including our own. Same as HIST 403. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or consent of the instructor. |
| GWS | 406 | Politics of Race, Gender and Class | 3 OR 4 hours. | Formation of social status categories, individual and collective identity construction, the mechanisms of group-based marginalization and stigmatization; relationship between social status categories. Same as AAST 406. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): AAST 100 or GWS 102 or GWS 101; or graduate or professional standing; or consent of the instructor. |
| GWS | 413 | French Feminist and Gender Theory | 3 OR 4 hours. | An introduction to French theories of gender, including feminisms influenced by Lacanian psychoanalysis, political philosophy, and multicultural stuides. Same as FR 413. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be used for credit in the French major only with consent of the director of undergraduate studies. Taught in English. Students who intend to use French 413 toward the major in French must complete assignments in French. Prerequisite(s): FR 301 or FR 302; or consent of the instructor. |
| GWS | 419 | Public Health Aspects of Sexuality and Women's Health | 3 hours. | An overview of human sexuality from a public health view with special emphasis on family planning, sexuality and behavior effects on women's health. Same as CHSC 419. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing; or junior standing or above with consent of the instructor. |
| GWS | 424 | Gender, Crime, and Justice | 3 OR 4 hours. | An in-depth examination of the etiology of female crime and the involvement of females in the criminal justice system as offenders, victims, and workers/professionals. Same as CLJ 424. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): CLJ 101 and CLJ 220; or consent of the instructor. |
| GWS | 425 | Sociology of Gender | 3 OR 4 hours. | Variety and change in gender roles; patterns and consequences of gender inequality; gender and sexuality; gender and social institutions such as family, economy. Same as SOC 424. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): SOC 224, or any 100 or 200-level GWS course and an additional 200 or 300-level elective in sociology or gender and women studies; Junior standing or above; or graduate standing; or consent of the instructor. |
| GWS | 428 | Asian/Asian American Women in the Global Economy | 3 OR 4 hours. | Examines the racialization and feminization of a global division of labor and focuses primarily on Asian and Asian American women's participation and incorporation as workers and key actors in the development of the global economy. Same as ASAM 428 and SOC 428. 3 undergraduate hours; 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): ASAM 125 or ENGL 125 or SOC 125 or AAST 225 or LALS 225 or SOC 225 or ASAM 228 or ASST 228 or SOC 228 or ASAM 290 or Two 200-level courses in either SOC, GWS or ASAM, or a combination of these. |
| GWS | 438 | Women in South Asian History | 3 OR 4 hours. | A study of the diversity of women's experiences in South Asia in a range of social, cultural, and religious contexts from the ancient period to the present. Same as ASST 438 and HIST 438. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of History or consent of the instructor. |
| GWS | 439 | Gender and Cultural Production | 3 OR 4 hours. | Issues of gender representation and gender politics examined through the use of theoretical texts or through the study of women authors. Same as CEES 439 and GER 439. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated up to 1 time(s) if topics vary. Taught in English. Students who intend to use GER 439/GWS 439 toward a degree offered by the Department in Germanic Studies will do assignments in German. Area: Literature/Culture. Prerequisite(s): GER 212 or consent of the instructor. |
| GWS | 441 | Introduction to Maternal and Child Health | 3 hours. | Title V maternal and child health programs; concepts of delivery risks by age; effective interventions and public sector organization for delivery of MCH services. Same as CHSC 441. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. Recommended background: Some knowledge of maternal and child health issues. |
| GWS | 443 | Topics in Gender, Sexuality and Literature | 3 OR 4 hours. | Specific study of topics in gender and literature. Content varies. Same as ENGL 443. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated up to 1 time(s). Prerequiste(s): ENGL 361 or ENGL 362 or ENGL 363 or GWS 101 or GWS 102; and senior standing or above; or consent of the instructor. |
| GWS | 444 | Topics in Theories of Gender and Sexuality | 3 OR 4 hours. | Advanced study of topics related to theories of gender and sexuality. Same as ENGL 444. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated up to 1 time(s). Prerequiste(s): ENGL 361 or ENGL 362 or ENGL 363 or GWS 101 or GWS 102; and senior standing or above; or consent of the instructor. |
| GWS | 450 | Women and Mental Health Nursing | 3 hours. | Theories of female psychology; women's daily lives and mental health; gender differences in mental illness; strategies for improving women's mental health. Same as NUEL 450. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. Students enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences must have credit in PSCH 100 and either PSCH 270 or PSCH 315 or GWS 315. |
| GWS | 462 | AIDS, Politics and Culture | 3 OR 4 hours. | Introduction to the study of AIDS as a medical, social, political and cultural construction. Explores the epidemiology of AIDS, the politics of the state¿s response, how activists have addressed AIDS, and media representations of AIDS. Same as HIST 462. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): GWS 101 or GWS 102 or GWS 203 or GWS 214 and junior standing or above; or consent of the instructor. |
| GWS | 469 | Women's Literary Traditions | 3 OR 4 hours. | An exploration of issues such as the female aesthetic; women's popular literature; factors that enable creativity; differences of race and class. Same as ENGL 469. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): ENGL 361 or ENGL 362 or ENGL 363; and senior standing or above; or consent of instructor. |
| GWS | 472 | Women and Film | 3 OR 4 hours. | Roles and representations of women in classical Hollywood, European art and independent feminist cinemas. Same as AH 434, and ENGL 472. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): ENGL 302 or ENGL 342 or ENGL 361 or ENGL 362 or ENGL 363; and senior standing or above; or consent of instructor. |
| GWS | 478 | Women in Chinese History | 3 OR 4 hours. | Focuses on scholarship on women in Chinese society throughout history, dealing with topics such as marriage and family, literacy, career options, women in revolution and the historiography of the field. Same as ASST 478, and HIST 478. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Recommended background: Previous course work in Chinese history or women's studies. |
| GWS | 484 | Topics in the History of Women | 3 OR 4 hours. | Specific topics are announced each term. Same as HIST 484. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of history or gender and women's studies or consent of the instructor. |
| GWS | 485 | Gender and Politics | 3 OR 4 hours. | Impact of gender on basic categories of western political thought. Distinctions between reason and emotion, public and private, among others, examined from feminist perspective. Same as POLS 485. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): POLS 190 and one 200-level course in political theory; or consent of the instructor. |
| GWS | 490 | Advanced Topics in the Study of Sexuality | 3 OR 4 hours. | Special study at an advanced level of a topic concerning sexuality. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): 3 hours of gender and women's studies, or consent of the instructor. |
| GWS | 494 | Advanced Topics in Gender and Women's Studies | 3 OR 4 hours. | Specialized study of a problem, topic or issue relevant to the interdisciplinary area of gender and women's studies at the advanced level. Content varies. 3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Senior or graduate standing. |
| GWS | 501 | Feminist Theories | 4 hours. | Significant trends in the analysis of gender and sexuality, and the intersection of those trends with analyses of power, difference, and equality. Historical and contemporary, national and non-U.S. based critiques of identity, agency, representation. |
| GWS | 502 | Feminist Knowledge Production | 4 hours. | Exploration of diverse feminist research approaches emphasizing interdisciplinarity in terms of method and intersectionality in terms of identity. Specific themes or topics examined from a feminist perspective across disciplines. |
| GWS | 514 | Gender Issues in Cross-Cultural Perspectives | 4 hours. | Selected substantive and theoretical issues in the cross-cultural study of gender roles, conceptions, and relations. Same as ANTH 514. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 500 or consent of the instructor. |
| GWS | 515 | Psychology of Women and Gender | 3 hours. | Critical examination of psychological theories and research on women and gender, including biological, psychoanalytic, socialization, power, and social constructionist perspectives. Same as PSCH 515. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing in psychology; or PSCH 315 or GWS 315, and consent of the instructor. |
| GWS | 521 | Violence Against Women | 4 hours. | Examines the extent, causes, and consequences of sexual assault, intimate partner violence (e.g., domestic violence, dating violence), and sexual harassment, and considers the impact of culture and community on violence and its victims. Same as PSCH 521. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| GWS | 523 | Gender and Space | 4 hours. | A gendered perspective in conceptualizing and critiquing the plan and design, representation, and form of the built and designed natural environment, the distribution of spatial and physical resources, and environmental experience. Same as ARCH 523. Credit is not given for ARCH 523 if the student has credit in ARCH 412 or GWS 412. Students in the Gender and Women's Studies Concentration should contact the School of Architecture to enroll in the course. |
| GWS | 525 | Social Work with Women | 3 hours. | Research, policy, and practice approaches to working with women in diverse urban settings; empowerment and diversity perspectives. Same as SOCW 525. Prerequisite(s): SOCW 410; or consent of the instructor. |
| GWS | 540 | Language and Gender | 4 hours. | Examination of sociolinguistic research and theories on the interrelationships between language and gender, including gender categories in linguistic systems, gender differences in language use, interaction, and cross-cultural comparisons. Same as LING 540. |
| GWS | 547 | Race, Class, and Gender Dimensions of Crime and Justice | 4 hours. | Theories addressing the intersections of race, class, gender, crime and justice. Specifically, students examine criminological theories, social construction of race, class, and gender, legal decision-making, and implications of this for justice in our soc Same as CLJ 547. |
| GWS | 563 | Politics of Gender, Sexuality and Education | 4 hours. | Cross-disciplinary examination of issues related to gender, sexuality, and sexual orientation in education, with critical attention paid to educational policy and practice. Same as EDPS 563. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| GWS | 583 | Women in Education | 4 hours. | An overview of girl's and women's educational experiences and placement within the academic structure (as students, professionals and intellectuals). The impact of gender on the realization of educational, economic and social opportunities. Same as EDPS 583. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor or enrollment in the PhD in Policy Studies in Urban Education program. |
| GWS | 594 | Special Topics in Gender and Women's Studies | 1 TO 4 hours. | Study of a problem, topic or issue relevant to the interdisciplinary area of gender and women's studies. Content varies. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor or one course in gender and women's studies. |
| GWS | 596 | Independent Study | 1 TO 4 hours. | Topics and plan of study must be approved by the instructor. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |