Women’s Studies

Spring 2009

WS 1000: Introduction to Women’s Studies (3 credits)

Time, days and room:
Sect. 001: 9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m, Tu/Th, LSci 185 (Instructor: Deborah Plechner)
Sect. 002: 10:00 a.m. – 10:50 a.m., M/W/F, H 480 (Instructor: Joan Varney)
Sect. 003: 6:00 p.m. – 8:50 p.m., W, H 480 (Instructor: Tineke Ritmeester)

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: 2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m., Tu/Th, H 480

Sect. 090: 5:00 p.m. – 7:50 p.m., Tu, Boh 346

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: Deborah Plechner

WS 3000: Transnational Perspectives on Feminism (3 credits)

Time, days and room: Sect. 001: 3:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m., Tu/Th, 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. – 8:40 p.m., Tu, SpHC 207

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., W, 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 3250 Women, Peace and War (3 credits)

Time, days and room: Sect. 001: 9:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m., Tu/Th, H 480

Description : A feminist analysis of war and peace; women's role in warfare and the effects of war on women; feminism and peace; women's efforts at peacemaking.

Instructor: Beth Bartlett

WS 3350 Women and Law (3 credits)

Time, days and room: Sect. 090: 6:00 p.m. – 8:50 p.m., Th, H 468

Description: Ways women's lives and gender relationships are influenced by laws and the judicial system; how the system can become more responsive to women's experience.

Instructor: Cindy Christian

WS3775 Women, Globalization and Food (3 credits)

Time, days and room : Section 90: 5 p.m. – 7:50 p.m., Monday, H480

Description : Critical feminist examination of the impact of globalization and economic restructuring on the tangled roots and routes of women's work in the food chain in both the first contamination of the environment and sustainable agriculture.

Instructor : Deborah Plechner

WS 4000: Seminar (4 credits)

Time and days: Sect. 001: 12:00 p.m. – 1:50 p.m., Tu/Th, 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)