Course Description
This course will expose students to current research in women's and gender studies by requiring them to attend seminars sponsored or approved by the Women's Studies Program.
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WMST SEMINAR
Non-Traditional Format
One hour seminar. Students may take this course in conjunction with their enrollment in a 3-credit women's studies class. Students are required to attend eight seminars and to write eight response papers for one credit hour.
Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and spring
Grading System
S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Course Objectives
(1) To expose students to current interdisciplinary research in women's and gender studies (2) To supplement and enrich students' learning in their 3-credit courses (3) To compel students, through graded written assignments, to relate the knowledge they acquire from these seminars to their personal lives and to the ideas they learn in 3-credit classes .
Topical Outline
Sample Seminar Series: (1) Dr. Su-i Hou, "HIV Counseling and Testing: Women's Motivations, Attitudes, and Beliefs." (2) Trisha Das, "Steps and Strides: Women and Development Strategies in India." (3) Dr. Fran Teague, "Homebrew, Hornbrooks, and How Descartes Died: Women and Science in 16th- and 17th- Century Europe." (4) Dr. Fakhri Hagghani, "After the Veil, A Makeover Rush?: Female Gaze and Transnational Identity Politics." (5) Dr. Carolina Acosta-Alzuru, "Critiquing Patriarchy but Rejecting Feminism: The Paradox of `El Pais de las Mujeres,' a Venezuelan Telenovela." (6) Scott Titshaw, 'Gender Role Nonconformity and Discrimination Against Lesbian, Gay, and Transgendered People: Legal Problems and Legal Solutions." (7) Njeri Marekia-Cleaveland, JD, "Women and Political Participation in Kenya." (8) Dr. Mary Carruth, "Gender and Race in Captivity Narratives: From Private Jessica Lynch to Mary Rowlandson."
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