Fall 2025

Exploration of identity development in terms of social, political, and cultural constructs; examination of collegiate athletics and the contributions of women of color.

Multidisciplinary survey of gender assumptions in relation to sexuality, mental health, social and political relations, and artistic expression.

History and theory of global feminist movements; case studies in bodily autonomy; labor rights; gender justice.

Emergence of feminist thought from the Enlightenment to the present; historical development of female subjectivity; advancement of womens rights; feminisms from alternative ideological perspectives.

Interdisciplinary analysis of LGBTQ issues; examination of the intersections of gender and sexuality with social class, race, religion and nationality.

Contemporary debates and research in three areas: health bodies, science technologies; feminist/queer analytics in media and representation; critical approaches to race, culture and power.

Intensive experience with gender-focused community organizations; analysis of relationships between organizations and feminist and queer theory.

An examination of the role women have played in world politics focusing on issues of war and peace, the environment and the global economy.

Cross-cultural notions of the body, health, and healing; historic and cultural variability of ideas of reproduction, birth, sexuality, mental illness and disability.

Questions of gay and lesbian identity, expression and experience in a variety of literary and cultural forms; emphasis on sexual politics, equality and difference.

Analysis of transgender behaviors, from androgyny and transvestism to transexuality. Discussion of changing laws, representations, medical standards, and social attitudes towards transgender and intersex people.

Introduction to works of major women writers from the Middle Ages to the 20th century in their literary, social and cultural contexts.

Literary representations and theories of gender difference. Examines questions of gendered voice in writing and the cultural construction of gender in various periods and cultures.

An evaluation of the ways in which different ideologies, institutions, and policies contribute to differences in political power between men and women.

Major figures and their roles in French society and contributions to French literature. Conducted in French. Corequisite: FREN 330.

Issues of gender in communication, including: mediarepresentations of femininity and masculinity; and gender's rolein communication at the interpersonal, public, and cultural levels.

Application of gender and sexuality research methods to individual student projects with an emphasis on feminist, queer and post-colonial scholarship.

Examines how gender and sexuality are figured in cinema and television with an emphasis on the development of feminist media theory.

Methods for studying patterns of spatial differentiation of women throughout history from home to city, embodied in gender specific language and gendered spaces.

Independent research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

Interdisciplinary cross-cultural, historical, psychological, sociological, and contemporary political perspectives on female and male homosexual eroticism, and the emergence of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender identities.

Research leading to the master's degree in cognate fields. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.