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.

Experiences of women in selected racial and ethnic communities: Latinas/Chicanas, African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and other women in contemporary United States.

Experiences of women in selected racial and ethnic communities: Latinas/Chicanas, African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and other women in contemporary United States.

Experiences of women in selected racial and ethnic communities: Latinas/Chicanas, African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and other women in contemporary United States.

The study of women of diverse racial, ethnic, and class backgrounds. Topics include contemporary concerns within women's studies: labor markets, health, reproduction, socialization, language, media representations, law, and public policy.

The study of women of diverse racial, ethnic, and class backgrounds. Topics include contemporary concerns within women's studies: labor markets, health, reproduction, socialization, language, media representations, law, and public policy.

A multidisciplinary, transnational study of the histories, politics, and cultures of women across different nations. Highlighting global and transnational perspectives, the course also incorporates considerations of linkages with minoritized populations in the United States.

The ethics of guiding human decision-making and behavior in personal, work, social, and political lives. Students will strengthen their understanding of historical and contemporary frameworks of feminist ethics and issues of justice, bodily autonomy, interdependence, multispecies entanglement, rights, privileges, and access to resources.

Literature, memoir, and readings from various disciplines on LGBTQ history, politics, health, philosophies, and cultures. Understanding sexualities as historical, personal, and political, we will critically engage homophobia, heterosexism, and oppressions within LGBTQ communities. Highlighting African American, Asian American, Latina American, and Native American cultures, the course also incorporates international and transnational perspectives.

Students will examine a diverse selection of literary texts, memoirs, multimedia, arts, music, and performance to interpret and analyze representations of gender, sexuality, and race. Students will strengthen their understanding of artistic expression from an intersectional perspective. Topics include feminist critical thinking, media literacy, and interpretation of art and text.

Students will examine a diverse selection of literary texts, memoirs, multimedia, arts, music, and performance to interpret and analyze representations of gender, sexuality, and race. Students will strengthen their understanding of artistic expression from an intersectional perspective. Topics include feminist critical thinking, media literacy, and interpretation of art and text.

Students will learn basic methods of feminist critical reading. This will prepare them to better read and understand feminist theory. Topics will include feminist critical thinking, media literacy and criticism, and text interpretation, including both written and multimedia texts.