16:988:510Technologies and Poetics of Gender and Sexuality (3) Technologies and poetics through which sexuality and gender are constructed; the ways in which cross-culturally and historically the gendered and sexed body has been socially and culturally produced. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
16:988:515Feminism: Theory and Practice (3) Considers the nature and extent of transformations feminists have achieved in specific areas, the continuing issues that need to be addressed to realize visions of social justice, and the complex theoretical issues raised by feminist praxis. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
16:988:520Agency, Subjectivity, and Social Change (3) The relationship between women, gender, and movements for social, political, and cultural changes in historical and cross-cultural contexts. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
16:988:525Colloquium in Women's and Gender Studies (3) Topic varies according to specialization of instructor. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
16:988:530Gendered Borders/Changing Boundaries (3) Social, political, and epistemological role of gender in the construction of boundaries and borders in a global, transnational context. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
16:988:582Feminist Genealogies (3) Development of modern feminist thought since the 18th century. Exploration of key modern theories that underlie feminist thought, including liberalism, Marxism, psychoanalysis, and existentialism. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
16:988:583Contemporary Feminist Theories (3) Contemporary feminist theories and debates in local and global contexts. Explores the connection of feminist theory since 1945 with intellectual movements, ranging from structuralism and cultural studies to postmodernism. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
16:988:584,585Practicum in Women's and Gender Studies (3,3) Field work for M.A. degree candidates. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
16:988:590Independent Study: Women's and Gender Studies (3) Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
16:988.602Feminist Methodologies (3) Feminist knowledge production; philosophical, methodological, theoretical, and disciplinary traditions. Key debates over processes and terms of feminist knowledge production. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
16:988:603Feminist Knowledge Production (3) Introduces a broad range of interdisciplinary feminist research methods to enable students to develop and design their own independent-research projects. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
16:988:701,702Research in Women's and Gender Studies (3,3) Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. |
