Examines contemporary queer art and visual culture, focusing on methods that appropriate and subvert conventional visual practices across various media.
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Fall 2026
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Explores feminist activism across the Americas using transdisciplinary perspectives and diverse intellectual productions.
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Fall 2025–Fall 2025 · limited sampleExplores the conceptualization and policing of gender and sexuality in K-12 and out-of-school contexts.
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Fall 2024–Fall 2025 · limited sampleENGL/GEN&WS 144
Women's Writing
3 creditsAn introduction to literature in English written by women in various periods and places.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026ENGL/GEN&WS 248 examines American literature created by and focused on women from ethnic groups.
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Historical reviews of Kay Yandell: The sole review indicates low difficulty, though it focuses on teaching quality rather than specific workload metrics.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Investigates specific topics in gender and women's studies related to gender and literature, with varying topics each semester.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Explores how women in francophone regions gain agency through cultural media to contest injustice.
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Historical reviews of Nevine El-Nossery: The course requires frequent homework, including long movies and dense books, alongside two papers, a midterm, and a final.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2023 · limited sampleA seminar for Open House Gender Learning Community residents addressing topics of interest to the community.
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GEN&WS 101 examines cultural representations of women and men through a humanities lens within social and historical contexts.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Examines physiological and social processes of gender and health across the lifespan, linking personal health to social inequalities.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026An introductory course examining global health through a gendered and intersectional lens, covering historical context, social determinants, and health inequalities.
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Spring 2024–Spring 2025An introduction to disability studies and intersectionality, analyzing disability as an identity, culture, community, and political concern.
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Spring 2026–Spring 2026 · limited sampleGEN&WS 320 investigates specific topics in gender and women's studies related to gender, women, and society.
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Spring 2022–Fall 2025GEN&WS 340
Topics in LGBTQ Sexuality
3 creditsGEN&WS 340 covers topics in the feminist study of LGBTQ sexualities, analyzing intersections with race, nationality, and historical context.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Explores gender identity and sexuality among disabled people through historical and theoretical analysis of films, memoirs, and poetry.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2024 · limited sampleExplores topics in gender and visual culture, including artistic practice, political and creative expression, and cultural phenomena.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2024 · limited sampleExplores the social, cultural, and political construction of the female/feminine body in cross-cultural perspective.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2025GEN&WS 441 explores contemporary theoretical positions and debates regarding feminisms within the humanities and social sciences.
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Investigation of specific theorists, themes, problems, or eras in feminist social and cultural theory.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026GEN&WS 521
Sex Lives of Women
3 creditsExamines women's sexuality through feminist social science perspectives, engaging with theories, research, and contemporary debates.
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Examines the intersection of fatness with gender, race, and other identities, critiquing obesity rhetoric and societal institutions.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2025GEN&WS 528
Sexuality and Science
3 creditsGEN&WS 528 explores scientific approaches to studying sexuality, examining biological and neuroscientific research alongside feminist scholarship and critical responses.
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Fall 2024–Spring 2026SPECIAL TOPICS IN GENDER AND BIOLOGY examines gender and biology through critical feminist reading of scientific literature.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026GEN&WS 539 examines specific topics in gender and health, exploring health issues within social, economic, and cultural contexts.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026A capstone seminar for Gender and Women's Studies majors focusing on major contributions of the field and applying feminist theory.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026GEN&WS 681
Senior Honors Thesis I
3 creditsGEN&WS 681 is a senior honors thesis course where students conduct research and prepare their capstone under a women's studies advisor.
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GEN&WS 691
Senior Thesis I
2–3 creditsGEN&WS 691 is a senior thesis course focused on research and preparation for writing.
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GEN&WS 699
Directed Study
1–6 creditsGEN&WS 699 is a directed study course graded on a lettered basis.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleGEN&WS 720 is an advanced graduate course investigating specific topics in gender and women's studies.
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Spring 2022–Fall 2023 · limited sampleGEN&WS 790 teaches research and thesis writing for students at the Master's and professional level.
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