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Fall 2009

ANTH 3310/CFB 3310: Gender and Sex Roles: A Global Perspective

MWF 1:00-1:50, C. Brettell
This course compares life experiences of women and men throughout the world. We will discuss women's and men's relative power and influence, personality attributes, roles and responsibilities as shaped by both biology and culture.

ANTH 3336/CFA 3336: Gender and Globalization

TuTh 11:00-12:20, V. Lockwood
The forces of globalization, the expansion of capitalism and increasing westernization are transforming gender relations and ideologies around the world. Using theoretical approaches from anthropology, political economy, and gender studies, this course analyzes case studies from the developing world to examine the effects of women’s incorporation into the wage economy and their participation in migration, the global tourist industry, consumerism, media, and social movements.

ECO 4351: Labor Economics

TuTh 3:30 - 4:50, I. Mbiti
Within the framework of various market theories, this course will explore wages, discrimination, effects of unions, unemployment rates, international labor migration, and the changes wrought in recent years by the influx of women in the labor force, including subsequent effects on economic theory and policy.

ENGL 3344: Victorian Gender

TuTh 2:00-3:20, B. Newman
An exploration of gender in the literature of Victorian Britain. The course examines the way writers of both sexes produced, assumed, articulated, resisted, and rejected the dominant cultural ideas about gender (both masculinity and femininity) and sexuality. It also considers the role of race and class in the formation of these ideas.

ENGL 3376/FL 3359: Masculinities: Literary Images and Perspectives

W 5:30-8:20, W. Beauchamp & B. Wheeler
Why do we now condemn men for the very qualities our culture once applauded? In this course we examine changing images of men in key cultural texts from Homer's Iliad to Brokeback Mountain and the life of Harvey Milk. Topics include war and oppression; sexualities; gender roles and social class; heroism and violence; black men in racist white societies; gay men in homophobic societies; ideologies of success and competition.

ENGL 3379/CFA 3379: Literary And Cultural Contexts Of Disability: Gender, Care, And Justice

MWF 11:00 -11:50, M. Satz
This course examines issues of disability from literary, cultural, and philosophical perspectives. It grapples with current debates in disability studies providing the student with a variety of contexts to examine them.

HIST 3301/CF 3317: Human Rights: America's Dilemma

Tu 6:30 - 9:20, R. Halperin
The study of human rights requires intellectual history and moral courage, for no society has been totally innocent of human rights abuses. This course will examine certain violations of human rights within their context, and will highlight crimes based upon race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and religion of both perpetrators and the victims.

PSYC 3350: Psychology of Women

W 6:30 - 9:20, C. Soutter
This course offers both men and women students a deeper understanding of women as individuals. It will investigate personality theories as they relate particularly to women. Against this theoretical backdrop it will examine modern women’s options and conflicts, motives and values, and their perceptions of their individuality in the face of rapid social change.

SOCI 3351: Marriage and Family

MWF 11:00 - 11:50 & MWF 12:00 - 12:50, A. Tan
The purpose of this course is to enhance understanding of the relationship between social structure and the family. We will use sociological theories and concepts to describe/explain the historical development of the family, variations in the American family, and current issues and changes affecting the family.

SOCI 3371: Sociology of Gender

MWF 9:00 - 9:50, D. Branch
Roles of men and women in American Society; analysis of the acquisition, content, and consequences of sex roles; social movements and implications for social change.

SOCI 4371: Class, Race, and Gender Inequality

TuTh 12:30 - 1:50, S. Kunovich
Unequal distribution of power, prestige, and opportunity within society, with specific attention to its causes and consequences.

WGST 2322/CFA 3302: Gender: Images and Perspectives

TuTh 9:30 - 10:50 & TuTh 11:00 - 12:20, J. Caldwell-Ryan
This course introduces men and women students to issues relating to gender today and prepares them for more specialized courses on women offered within the separate departments. Constant and changing aspects of femininity and masculinity will be examined from the perspective of anthropology, psychology, sociology, biology, history, economics, business, religion, and literature.

WGST 2380/CFA 3303: Human Sexuality

MW 3:00 - 4:20 & M 6:30 - 9:20, J. Caldwell-Ryan
This course explores the biosocial aspects of human sexuality and sex behaviors. A multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural perspective will be used to address a wide range or theoretical and pragmatic social issues.

WGST 4303: Women Studies Internship

This course offers students experience with organizations serving women or addressing women's and gender issues, as well as with varied potential careers or volunteer opportunities in the community.

WGST 4309: Independent Studies

A supervised practicum and/or directed readings on specific problems or themes under faculty guidance. Approval of Coordinator is required.