Spring 2012 Approved Courses
women's and gender studies program
Below are course titles, numbers, and abbreviated descriptions. For full course descriptions please visit the Agora Portal.
| Department | Title | Course Code | Professor | Meeting Time |
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| African and African Diaspora Studies/Sociology | American Masculinities |
BK405/ HS544 |
Summers | T TH 12 |
| Description: surveys the history of masculinity in the United States from the colonial era to the late twentieth century |
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| Communication | Communication in Family Relationships | CO461 |
Rossetto |
T TH 10:30 |
| Description: explores communication occurring in family relationships, including marital pairs, siblings, parents and children, divorced families, stepfamilies, and gay and lesbian families |
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| English |
Introduction to Feminisms |
EN125 (HS148, PS125, SC225) |
TBD |
T 4:30 TH 4:30 |
| Description: offers both an overview and a foundation for understanding the various movements that make up what has come to be called the feminist movement in the U.S. | ||||
| English |
Queer Cinema/Queer Theory |
EN500 |
Ohi |
T TH 1:30 |
| Description: consists primarily of detailed readings of theoretical texts and films, which will lead class to address a series of questions about film and sexuality |
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| History |
The Witch, The Church, and The Law | HS292 |
Reinburg |
T TH 12 |
| Description: during the 16th and 17th centuries a convergence of political, social, and religious movements produced thousands of trials for crimes of witchcraft, sorcery, and superstition throughout Europe. This course explores these trials, particularly emphasizing their legal and ecclesiastical aspects. |
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| English/ History/ Sociology |
Seminar in College Teaching: Women's Studies |
EN603/ HS665/SC664 |
TBD |
TBD |
| Description: for students who have taken "Intro. to Feminisms" and who have been chosen to lead discussions in seminar groups. They meet weekly with the faculty advisor to discuss assigned readings--interdisciplinary feminist pedagogy--and with their respective seminar groups in Intro. to Feminisms. |
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| Romance Languages/Literatures |
Love, Sexuality, and Gender |
RL373/ EN048.08 |
Mormando |
T TH 12 |
| Description: explores the modern conception of "romantic love" by examining its birth and development in prominent literary works (by men and women) of the Middle Ages and Renaissance |
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| Romance Languages/Literatures |
The Image of Women in Italian Drama |
RL560 |
Lamparska |
T TH 10:30 |
| Description: examines various images of women, as represented in modern and contemporary Italian plays by male and female authors, and we will discuss these representations in relation to the place and role of women in the social landscape and intellectual life of the times | ||||
| Sociology |
Gender & Society |
SC024 |
Barko |
M W F 2 |
| Description: explores the formation, experience, and change of women's and men's social lives in history |
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| Theology |
Women and the Church |
TH481 |
Hinsdale |
T 3-5 |
| Description: course will address 1) the historical roots of Christian feminist theology; 2) explore the critiques and alternative reconstructions of traditional understandings of the Bible, God, human beings and their relationship to the world that have been offered by Christian feminist theologians writing from a variety of ideological perspectives; and 3) investigate ways in which women and have defined themselves in relationship to the church, particularly in terms of spirituality and ministry |
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