Spring 2027

Capstone Seminar in Gender and Women's Studies

Capstone seminar for GWS majors focusing on major contributions of the field, honing interdisciplinary skills, and applying feminist theory knowledge.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Christine Garlough4.2/5

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.92 GPA, 92.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.76 GPA, 92.6% A/AB (n=27 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Synthesize, critique, and extend knowledge of the field of gender and women’s studies through effective written and oral communication.

  • Identify how studying gender and women's studies impacts future direction for scholarship, advocacy, and collaboration.

  • Discuss topics such as disability, race, gender, class, sexuality, and difference with expert and general audiences.

  • Imagine the infinite ways that concepts learned in gender and women's studies can be applied outside of the classroom.

Source: UW Guide

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GEN&WS 640

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Professors

Spring 2027

Christine Garlough

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Spring 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.92 GPA, 92.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

CHRISTINE GARLOUGH is recorded teaching in Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 300

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.92 GPA, 92.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.76 GPA, 92.6% A/AB (n=27 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Major contributions of gender and women's studies scholarship.
  • Disability, race, gender, class, sexuality, and difference.
  • Future direction for scholarship, advocacy, and collaboration.

Skills

  • Hone interdisciplinary skills and apply feminist theory knowledge.
  • Synthesize, critique, and extend knowledge through written and oral communication.
  • Discuss topics like disability, race, gender, class, and sexuality with various audiences.

Grades

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GEN&WS 640 · Spring 2027

Capstone Seminar in Gender and Women's Studies

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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