Women’s Studies

Spring 2010

WS 1000: Introductions to Women's Studies (3 credits)

Time, days and room:

Sect. 001: 9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m, Tu/Th, H480 ( Instructor : Beth Bartlett)

Sect. 090: 5:00 p.m. – 7:50 p.m., M, H 480 ( Instructor: Deborah Plechner)

Description: Women's studies as an interdisciplinary field of study: overview of the many issues related to current and changing role and status of women. Includes international perspectives

WS 2101: Women, Race, and Class (3 credits)

Time, days and room:

Sect. 001: 9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m., Tu/Th, H 468

Sect. 090: 6:00 p.m. – 8:50 p.m., W, H 480

Description: Complex influences of gender, race, and class on women's lives in the United States . Focuses on experiences, views, and cultural expression of contemporary women who are not white or middle class. Includes cross-cultural perspectives.

Instructor: Margaret Njoki Kamau

WS 3000: Transnational Perspectives on Feminism (3 credits)

Time, days and room: Sect. 001: 2:00 p.m. – 4:50 p.m., W, H 480

Description: Focuses on feminist theories and research, and feminist non-governmental organizations in
a transnational perspective. Examination of feminist movements worldwide.

Instructor: Tineke Ritmeester

WS 3002: Latin American Women: Culture and Politics (3 credits)

Time, days and room: Sect. 090: 6:00 p.m. – 8:50 p.m., Th, H 480

Description: Examination of contemporary economic and socio-political issues affecting Latin American women.

Instructor: Susana Pelayo-Woodward

WS 3150: Women-Identified Culture (3 credits)

Time, days and room: Sect. 001: 2:00 p.m. – 4:50 p.m., M, H 480

Description: Chronological survey introducing a relatively new body of knowledge in women's studies about lesbian cultures. Lesbian studies in literature, history, law, sociology, aesthetics, and philosophy; international perspectives.

Instructor: Tineke Ritmeester

WS 3200: Women's Autobiographies (3 credits)

Time, days and room: Sect 001: 10:00a.m. – 12:50 p.m., W, H 468

Description: Women's self-concepts as expressed in autobiographical writings. Meanings women give their lives as women; impact of race and class; choices for artistic, political, intellectual, and/or private lives. Autobiographical techniques and style.

Instructor: Tineke Ritmeester

WS 3600: Ecofeminist Theories and Practices (3 credits)

Time, days and room: Sect. 001: 2:00 p.m. – 4:50 p.m., Th, H 480

Description: Theories of ecofeminism; ecofeminist analysis applied to contemporary global ethical, social and environmental issues.

Instructor: Beth Bartlett

WS: 3750: Voices of African Women (3 credits)

Time, day and room: Sect. 001: 6:00 p.m. – 8:50 p.m., Tu, H 480

Description: Critical examination of African women's daily lives. Exploration of the impact of global, historic, economic and political forces, and the challenges of universalizing Western feminism as a panacea to African women's problems. Using "African eyes" through African voices in text and film, African women will be studied not as universal victims, but as differentiated by class, ethnicity, religion, age, sexuality, rural/urban residence, levels of education and marital status.

Instructor: Margaret Njoki Kamau

WS 4000: Seminar (4 credits)

Time and days: Sect. 001: 2:00 p.m. – 4:50 p.m., Tu, H 480

Description: Major issues, concepts, and questions addressed by feminist scholarship; context of feminist inquiry.

Instructor: Beth Bartlett

WS 3891: Independent Study (1-3 credits)

WS 3896: International Fieldwork in Women’s Studies (1-3 credits)

WS 5897: Teaching Internship in Women’s Studies (1 – 2 credits)

WS 5991: Independent Study (1 – 4 credits)