If you have any questions about courses and major/minor requirements, please email the Undergraduate Coordinator!
Majors may count any one approved 2000-level class towards the WMS major. Minors may count one course as well. However, only WST 2322, 2611, 2612, and selected sections of IDS 2935 count towards the WMS minor; only WST 2611 or 2612, and selected sections of IDS 2935 count towards the TPS minor.
Introduction to Health Disparities
Examination of the multifaceted issue of health disparities based upon race and ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, education, sexuality, disability, physical and mental health, geography and other factors. Related issues include social determinants of health, cultural competency, health literacy, advocacy, social justice and health equity.
WST 2322 – Class # 15134
The syllabus for this course can be found here.
Social Science Perspectives on Gender and Sexuality
WST 2612 – Class # 22031 (Online)
The social construction of gender, sexuality, race, class, and other identity categories. Readings focus on individuals, families, and cultural groups, mainly in the U.S. but with attention to other nations. Subjects as intimate as the body and violence and as pervasive as politics and the law are included. The course emphasizes differences in daily life experiences of health care, education, sports, and religion. Finally, it examines the potential of movements for social change. (Writing requirement: 2000 words)
The syllabus can be found here.
Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Women’s Studies
Drawing on materials and methodologies from a variety of disciplines, this class explores the diverse experiences of women, both in past eras and in the present, in the U.S. and abroad. Required for the Women’s Studies major and minor; fulfills the General Education requirement in diversity. Prerequisite: (3 credits of WST) or (sophomore standing). (Writing Requirement: 4000 words)
WST 3015 – Class # 16828
The syllabus can be found here.
WST 3015 – Class # 18617
The syllabus can be found here.
Women and Gender Analysis through American Film: 1950-Present
WST 3335 – Class # 21536
Traces how film and Hollywood cinema represent women, gender, and feminism over the past sixty years. Analyzes the relationship of film and the sociology and history of feminist movements. Addresses intersections of race, gender, sexual orientation, age, and class found in American cinema. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher or instructor permission.
The syllabus can be found here.
Women, Leadership, and Diversity in the Global Environment
WST 3371 – Class # 20515(Online)
Examines leadership concepts in general, and for women in particular. Covers leadership strategies in a historical framework, leadership dilemmas in various industries (locally and globally), and experiential and case-study based leadership.(WST: SS; IPG) Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or instructor permission.
The syllabus can be found here.
Transnational Feminism
WST3415 – Class # 14818
This course places women and feminism in a transnational perspective, focusing on various theories and movements engendered by women in contemporary national contexts. Development, reproductive politics, women’s health, etc. will be examined.Prerequisite: (3 credits of WST) or (sophomore standing).
The syllabus can be found here.
Gender, Race and Science
WST3610 – Class # 21570
Feminist theories of nature, science, and technology, and how gender and race are critical to the origins of science, the making of scientists, and the politics of contemporary practice. Prerequisite: (3 credits of WST) or (sophomore standing).
The syllabus can be found here.
Sexual Ethics
WST3800 – Class # 21537
Approaches sexual ethics as the integration of care, respect, mutuality, and reciprocity into sexual practices. Critically interrogates socio-cultural discourses about sex/gender/sexuality and their contexts. Explores how gender, race, sexuality, and class construct sexual expectations and how sexual autonomy can be negotiated in contexts of unequal social structures and relations. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or higher.
The syllabus can be found here.
Special Interdisciplinary Topics in Women’s Studies: Reproductive Health & Justice
WST3930 – Class # 21539
Variable topics from different fields of study in gender/ women’s studies based on a feminist approach. Topics can include gender issues in education, women’s autobiography, and women’s health issues. Prerequisite: (3 credits of WST) or (sophomore standing).
The syllabus can be found here.
Special Interdisciplinary Topics in Women’s Studies: Slavery & Black Girlhood
WST3930 – Class # 27330
Variable topics from different fields of study in gender/ women’s studies based on a feminist approach. Topics can include gender issues in education, women’s autobiography, and women’s health issues. Prerequisite: (3 credits of WST) or (sophomore standing).
The syllabus can be found here.
Data Feminisms
WST4002 – Class # 25226
Draws from critical data and algorithm studies and feminist science and technology studies to develop critical tools of inquiry needed to approach data within a context of racialized, gendered, colonial, and classed systems of power. Combines practical data workshops with critical readings to analyze data across key uses in domains such as healthcare, security apparatuses, carceral systems, and digital infrastructures. Prerequisite: (sophomore standing).
The syllabus can be found here.
Discrimination and Health
WST 4704 – Class # 20662
Examines discrimination and health from a variety of perspectives. Explores links of discrimination experiences with health behaviors and outcomes, discrimination in healthcare settings, and routes to improving health at individual, group, and legislative levels. Addresses multiple forms of discrimination (e.g., race, sex, class, sexual orientation/gender identity) and their intersections. Prerequisite: PSY 2012 or any WST course or Sophomore standing or higher.
The syllabus can be found here.
Independent Study
WST 4905 -Section Departmentally Controlled; Variable Credits 1-3; Can be repeated up to 6 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor and undergraduate coordinator
For advanced undergraduate students who desire to supplement the regular courses by independent reading or research. Online Application (PDF) .
Undergraduate Research in Women’s Studies
WST4911-Section Departmentally Controlled
Prerequisite: Permission of Undergraduate Coordinator. For advanced undergraduate students who desire to supplement the regular courses by independent reading or research. Click here for an application form.
Special Topics
Lectures and seminars covering selected topics of current interest in women’s studies and/or gender studies. Prerequisite: instructor permission.
TOPIC: Women & Social Movements in the US
WST4930 – Class # 26906
The syllabus can be found here.
TOPIC: Professional Pathways in Women Studies
WST4930 – Class # 26984
The syllabus can be found here.
TOPIC: Reproduction and Reproductive Justice in the Americas
WST4930 – Class # 23556
The syllabus can be found here.
Capstone Seminar
WST4935 – Class # 16840
This course, required for all majors, is the culmination of the Women’s Studies major. It explores some examples of past and present scholarship to reaffirm the interdisciplinary nature of the field and to highlight the relationships among feminist theory, intellectual practice, and social change. The bulk of the semester is devoted to a full-length independent project on a topic of student’s own choosing. (WST: Core for all specializations in major; pre-req: WST 3015)
The syllabus can be found here.
Internship
WST 4940 – Department Controlled
Variable Credits 1-3; Can be repeated up to 6 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of undergraduate coordinator. Designed for students desiring practical experience in the community. Students intern with a local agency, group or business involved in women’s issues. Click here for more information and an online application.
The syllabus can be found here.
Practicum in Health Disparities
WST 4941C – Section Departmentally Controlled
WST 4941C is a capstone experience for seniors who have taken WST2322,, Introduction to Health Disparities in Society. Students are matched with preceptors from community agencies working with under-served and disadvantaged populations. Students will learn about the agency and its organizational culture while applying concepts of cultural competence, linguistic appropriateness and health disparities. Prerequisite: WST 2322 and Health Disparities in Society minor. Contact Dr. Ecem Ece for more information. If you have a practicum site arranged, you can apply for the class here. (HDS Minor: Core; Pre-req: WST 2322).
The syllabus can be found here.