GRADUATE SEMINARS IN THE DEPARTMENT
The following courses are graduate seminars offered in the Department. Please also see this link for a listing of approved graduate electives offered outside the Department.
Proseminar
WST 5933-Class # 15702
Proseminar (seminar that prepares you for more advanced work), introducing graduate students to Women’s Studies scholarship. Overview of feminist thought, interdisciplinary research, and feminist practice. Students are introduced to scholars in the field, and learn how to design and implement an independent research project appropriate to Women’s Studies.
The syllabus can be found here.
Feminist Methods in Research and Scholarship
WST 6004- Class # 21948
Provides graduate training covering a range of qualitative and quantitative research methods for giving voice to the diversity of women’s experiences and those of understudied and marginalized populations, making visible the invisible and undercounted aspects of people’s lives and studying intersectionality. Includes an overview of feminist critiques of science and epistemologies. Prerequisite: None. Open to all graduate students in all colleges.
The syllabus can be found here.
Girlhood Studies
WST 6024- Class # 26696
Critically examines the construction of girlhood through social, political, economic, and cultural frameworks. Uses materials and methodologies from various disciplines to explore diverse experiences, challenges, and identities of girls from a global and intersectional perspective. Presents complex intersections of gender, age, race, class, sexuality, and ability across diverse cultural and geographical contexts. Prerequisite: None. Open to all graduate students in all colleges.
The syllabus can be found here.
Independent Study
WST 6905-Section departmentally controlled
Variable Credits, Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Independent reading or research under guidance. Prerequisite: consent of instructor and department chair; and 1 women’s studies course, or course that counts for women’s studies.
WST 6935: Special Topics in Women’s Studies
Selected topics in gender and women’s studies, emphasizing new knowledge production and contributions in feminist scholarship. Examines a specific topic, a major figure, or a current problem in more depth than is regularly possible in a more general course.
Topic: Gender, Pop Culture, and Performance
WST6935– Class 23037
The syllabus can be found here.
TOPIC: Queer and Trans Expressions
WST6935– Class # 27333
The syllabus can be found here.
Internship
WST 6946-Section departmentally controlled
Variable Credits, Grading Scheme: S/U
Prerequisite: Permission of Graduate Coordinator. Practical experience in community. Internship with local agency, group, or business in women’s issues. Click here for more information and an on-line application.