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WGST   101 INTRODUCTION-STUDY OF WOMEN AND GENDER   Credits 3.00  Fall 99
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
An introductory survey of issues in the study of women and gender,
including women's social, political, and legal status in the United
States and around the world; feminist perspectives on sexuality, gender,
family, and reproduction; and the implications of these perspectives for
social and critical theory.
001 TTH     01:00PM-02:20PM SH*460   Huffer, Lynne                  *CURRENT ENR: 8

WGST   214 INTRO TO WOMEN'S HISTORY                 Credits 3.00  Fall 99
Cross listed with HIST 214/314.
001 MWF     01:00PM-01:50PM SH*305   Quillen, Carol                 *CURRENT ENR: 2

WGST   233 THE FEMALE BODY IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE  Credits 3.00  Fall 99
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Limited to Juniors and Seniors only.
Also offered as Engl 384.
001 TTH     10:50AM-12:05PM PL*117   Michie, Helena                 *CURRENT ENR: 0

WGST   314 INTRO TO WOMEN'S HISTORY                 Credits 3.00  Fall 99
Cross-listed with HIST 214/314.
001 MWF     01:00PM-01:50PM SH*305   Quillen, Carol                 *CURRENT ENR: 0

WGST   324 SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER                      Credits 3.00  Fall 99
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Relationship between gender and social role.  Development of the
contemporary sexual division of labor and process of socialization with
reference to family, education, media, and occupations. Enrollment
limited.
Also offered as Soci 306.
001 TTH     02:30PM-03:50PM SH*309   Long, Elizabeth                *CURRENT ENR: 3

WGST   329 LITERATURE OF THE AMERICAN WEST          Credits 3.00  Fall 99
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Also offered as Engl 369.
001 W       02:00PM-05:00PM PL*118   Comer, Krista                  *CURRENT ENR: 1

WGST   349 WOMEN WRITERS FROM 1400-1900             Credits 3.00  Fall 99
Cross listed with ENGL 300.
001 MWF     09:00AM-09:50AM RH*317   Chance, Jane                   *CURRENT ENR: 0

WGST   350 GENDER AND SYMBOLISM                     Credits 3.00  Fall 99
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Examinations of beliefs concerning men, women, and gender in different
cultures, including the West, relating to issues of symbolism, power,
and the distribution of cultural models.
Also offered as Anth 327/527.
001 M       02:00PM-05:00PM SH*460   Taylor, Julie                  *CURRENT ENR: 6

WGST   354 CHICANO/A POETRY                         Credits 3.00  Fall 99
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Also offered as Engl 373.
001 TTH     01:00PM-02:20PM FL*412   Aranda, Jose                   *CURRENT ENR: 0

WGST   355 WOMEN & GENDER IN ISLAMIC SOCIETIES      Credits 3.00  Fall 99
This course will examine some features of the legal position and social
realities of men and women in the Islamic world.  We will discuss the
family and sexual ethics, the harem, polygamy, divorce, and eunuchs (who
played an important role in both the military and in certain religious
institutions) in order to understand how the boundaries of gender have
traditionally been drawn.
Also offered as Hist 438.
001 M       02:00PM-05:00PM          Sanders, Paula                 *CURRENT ENR: 2

WGST   391 HISPANIC WOMEN WRITERS                   Credits 3.00  Fall 99
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Exploration of the ways in which women writers in 14th-18th centuries
have developed their literary works (prose, poetry and drama). Emphasis
on historical, religious and political contexts. Readings will include
Hispanic & Latin American texts of Leonor Lopez de Cordoba, Tersa de
Cartagena, Sor Isabel de Villena (15th c.), Santa Teresa de Jesus,
Beatriz Bernal (16th c.), Maria de Zayas, and Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
(17th c.). Taught in Spanish. Also offered as SPAN 391.
001 TTH     02:30PM-03:50PM RH*105   Merida-Jimenez, Rafael         *CURRENT ENR: 0

WGST   399 WOMEN IN CHINESE LITERATURE              Credits 3.00  Fall 99
A historical and critical survey of women's roles in classical chinese
literature (poetry, prose, fiction and drama), as writers, readers,
critics, and protagonists, focusing on important literary texts and
some theoretical essays. Topics will include China's patriarchal
tradition and women's response, enculturing the female body and
femininizing male poetics, poems by women and poems in womens' s voice
women as domestic aliens and aliens protrayed as women; interplay of
popular culture and elite culture, etc., all readings are in English
translation. No previous knowledge of Chinese literature or the
Chinese lanuage is requires.
001 W       03:00PM-06:00PM TBA      Qian, Nanxiu                   *CURRENT ENR: 0

WGST   433 THEORIES OF MODERNITY/ POST MODERNITY    Credits 3.00  Fall 99
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP II
Part one focuses on the relation between critical theory and
poststructuralism.  Readings from Marx, Althusser, Adorno, and Habermas
cover basic concepts like ideology, reification, etc.  Part two looks at
new analytical categories of social analysis of contemporary life.
Also offered as Anth 415/615.
001 T       02:00PM-05:00PM          Milun, Kathryn                 *CURRENT ENR: 1

WGST   434 FRENCH FEMINIST THEORY                   Credits 3.00  Fall 99
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
The purpose of this course is to gain a broad understanding of the
important problems of contemporary feminist theories in French.  We will
focus on the interrelated issues of gender, sexuality, race, ethics,
language, and power by exploring in depth primary texts in feminist
theory.  Readings (in French) will include Beauvoir, Irigaray, Djebar,
and Brossard.
Prereq- require reading knowledge of French, recommend one course in
SWG, Philosophy, or Literary Theory.
Enrollment is limited to 12.
Also offered as Fren 434.
001 W       01:00PM-04:00PM          Huffer, Lynne                  *CURRENT ENR: 0

WGST   440 WOMEN IN MUSIC                           Credits 3.00  Fall 99
Study of gender in music, including aesthetics and representation, and
of the major roles women have assumed in music, especially as composers,
performers, and patrons.  While the course emphasizes the Western Art
tradition, other types of music are explored as well.
Also offered as Musi 526.
001 TTH     01:00PM-02:20PM APB*1705 Citron, Marcia                 *CURRENT ENR: 0

WGST   453 TOPICS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN LIT BLACK WOM Credits 3.00  Fall 99
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Black women writers:  1850-present.
Also offered as Engl 470.
001 TTH     02:30PM-03:50PM RH*320   Fultz, Lucille                 *CURRENT ENR: 0

WGST   455 WOMEN & GENDER IN ISLAMIC  SOCIETIES     Credits 3.00  Fall 99
This course examines some features of the legal position and social
realities of men and women in the Islamic world.  Topics include the
family and sexual ethics, homoeroticism, the harem, polygamy, divorce,
and eunuchs in order to understand how the boundaries of gender have
traditionally been drawn.
Also offered as Hist 438.
001 M       02:00PM-05:00PM          Sanders, Paula                 *CURRENT ENR: 0

WGST   483 FEMINIST ISSUES                          Credits 3.00  Fall 99
An enriched version for graduate students of Engl 383.  Additional
readings, papers, or meetings to be assigned by the instructor.
Also offered as Engl 583.
001 T       07:00PM-10:00PM RH*317   Lurie, Susan                   *CURRENT ENR: 1

WGST   496 APPLIED WOMEN'S & GENDER  STUDIES        Credits 1.00  Fall 99
Internships will be arranged individually, at the request of students
and the details must approved by the Director.  Students will also be
required to submit a paper of between 8-15 pages (depending on the
amount of credit) that demonstrates their ability to apply critically
their knowledge of women's and gender studies.  Such papers might
Prereq- permission of SWG Director required.
001 TBA     TBA                      Sanders, Paula                 *CURRENT ENR: 1

WGST   497 DIRECTED READING IN THE STUDY OF WOMEN A Credits 1.00  Fall 99
Directed reading under the supervision of a SWG faculty member.
Permission of instructor required.  May count only once toward major
requirements.
001 TBA     TBA                      Sanders, Paula                 *CURRENT ENR: 0

WGST   498 INDEPENDENT STUDY                        Credits 3.00  Fall 99
Open to SWG majors only.
001 TBA     TBA                      Sanders, Paula                 *CURRENT ENR: 0

WGST   499 RESEARCH IN THE STUDY OF  WOMEN AND GEND Credits 3.00  Fall 99
Research seminar for SWG seniors to fulfill capstone requirement.  Open
to SWG majors only.
001 TBA     TBA                      Sanders, Paula                 *CURRENT ENR: 0

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