WGS-200 Intro to Women's & Gender Studies (4 credits)
This course has been designed to provide students with a solid grounding in theory, research and practice issues related to women's and gender studies. It will serve as the foundational course for the WGS program. This course will be a place to create a community of learners invested in women's and gender issues. It will introduce students to the Research Center for Women and Girls, other community resources and key faculty who will be teaching in the program. It will also prepare students to apply feminist frameworks to their major disciplines and/or support areas and to recognize and formulate important questions from a women's and gender studies perspective.
Prerequisite(s): CM-120 or FA-110 Series or HUM-150 Series completed.
WGS-397 Independent Study (4 credits)
The student selects a topic in Women's & Gender Studies related to her career goals and, under the direction of a Women's & Gender Studies faculty member, investigates that topic in depth.
WGS-399 Formal Introduction to Advanced Work (0 credits)
The Advanced-Level Event marks a significant accomplishment for each student as they proceed into the work of their major department. When a department determines that a student is ready for advanced work within a discipline, the student is invited to participate in a ceremony that is both a celebration and an explanation of future requirements of the major and support areas. They register for this experience at a point determined by their major department: for most majors the registration is connected to the taking of a particular course. Students and faculty gather for an afternoon during Mid-semester Assessment Days. Following a general program, students meet in departmental sessions with their faculty to discuss advanced outcomes, department courses, advising procedures, and so on.
WGS-410 Philosophy Perspectives & Methods (4 credits)
The student examines the history of philosophy to determine the unique contributions of various philosophies as well as the common threads that run throughout philosophical thought. Up to this point, the student has studied various worldviews in their respective contexts but has not focused on the relationships across these views. Now they develop an historical overview that stresses philosophy as a developmental process through the centuries. For example, the student explores the relationship of enlightenment questions to the philosophies that preceed them. By the end of the course, they see their own point of view as growing out of a complex background of ideological and cultural factors.
Prerequisite(s): PL-310 or PL-311 or PL 312 or PL-250 completed. For WGS Major/Minors: WGS-200 & Communication Level 4 ICM completed. Offered Spring Term only.
WGS-491 Senior Seminar (4 credits)
Senior seminar for Women's & Gender Studies majors.
Prerequisite(s): WGS-200 completed; two Communication Level 4 ICM completed., WGS 306 & PL-410 completed or concurrent registration.
WGS-497 Independent Study (4 credits)
Independent Study