An internship connecting gender and women's studies coursework to applied issues in community organizations. Requires instructor permission via application.
Graduate course exploring feminist approaches to research methods in social, humanities, and health sciences, critiquing epistemology, methodology, and interpretation across disciplines.
Examines assumptions and debates in contemporary theorizing about gender and women, including intersectional power hierarchies and transnational perspectives.
Explores key dimensions of scholarly life, including conferences, finding mentors, and applying for grants, as well as professional options outside academia. Discusses professional development norms and expectations and key stages of a research career.
A graduate research seminar exploring specific topics in gender and women's studies through interdisciplinary analysis and integration with individual thesis interests.
Examines women as patients and health professionals in America from the colonial period to the present, analyzing how their experiences of health and illness have evolved.
Explores global women's health through a human rights lens, examining health issues across the life cycle and the socio-cultural and economic factors affecting access to quality basic health care.
Examines legal and social implications of laws governing sexual behavior, reproduction, media, and privacy, focusing on US systems and global institutions.
Explores the intersection of gender, crime, and justice from a cross-cultural perspective, examining women's experiences in the criminal justice system and theoretical implications.
Students described the class as extremely hard, with tough grading and difficult tests. One student noted that assignment descriptions often arrived only 3-5 days before due dates.
Sexual Politics in Scandinavia: Read and discuss works by Scandinavian writers of the nineteenth and twentieth century reflecting sexual politics and the roles of women in literature. Taught in English.
Gender and Politics in Comparative Perspective examines the gendered nature of political institutions globally, focusing on women's exclusion, obstacles to participation, gains in leadership, and the differences women make in the political.
Examines theories and research on the psychology of women and gender, covering sex bias, female sexuality, gender-based violence, and transgender individuals.
Weekly quizzes were described as difficult because they covered material absent from lecture slides, while take-home exams were extremely long and harshly graded.
Foundational Skills for Business Analysis builds business analysis skills using Excel, covering data construction, manipulation, summarization, analysis, and presentation.
Intermediate Data Analysis for Business emphasizes predictive and prescriptive analytics, using historical data to forecast outcomes and formulate optimal decision models.
A lab course where students address business problems using AI as a simulated client and practical tool, gaining skills in consulting, project management, and applied AI.
Examines how firms, governments, and civil society shape free market capitalism and its tradeoffs, then applies that analysis to reimagining capitalism for prosperous societies and planetary health.