WGSS 101Identity and Power
This interdisciplinary course introduces key questions of critical race, gender, and cultural studies. The subjects of power and iden
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- 2026-2027
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WGSS
35 courses with the subject WGSS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
WGSS 111Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies
Introduces students to the interdisciplinary field of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender studies. E
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- 2026-2027
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WGSS 125Gender, Labor, and the Cultural Politics of Work
Investigates how work - paid and unpaid, in families and in places of employment - is organized by gender and other forms of power, difference and inequality, such as
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- 2026-2027
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WGSS 193Gender and Power in Literature
Introduces students to literature about gender and power, and places writings about gender in their appropriate cultu
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
WGSS 204What is Feminism? Origins of Feminist Thought
The origins of feminism date back many centuries and are still hotly contested by scholars. They also continue to debate who were the
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
WGSS 207Family, Gender, and Sexuality in Chinese History
This course explores the dynamic world of family, gender, and sexuality in China from ancient times to the twentieth century. We cover a wide range of topics including family and marriage pat We will discuss questions such as: What were the continuities and changes of the normative gender roles in different historical periods? How did these changes relate to the political and soci
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- WGSS
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
WGSS 210Black Women, Gender, and Feminism(s)
An interdisciplinary lens is used to examine Black women's experiences with sexism, colorism, domesticity, sexuality, i
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- 2026-2027
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WGSS 212Queer Literature and Film
Traces the history of LGBTQ / queer identity as expressed through popular literature and film from the 20th cent
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
WGSS 214Gender, Globalization, and Development
A reading seminar that addresses the theoretical and practical implications of considering global economic development issues and programs from the standpo
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
WGSS 215Women and Gender in U.S. History Before 1890
Explores American women's diverse experiences from pre-Columbian times to 1890, as they re-envisioned their place with
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
WGSS 216Women and Gender in U.S. History: Since 1890
Studies women's lives and roles from 1890 to the present. Examines women's experiences in households and families, at work,
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
WGSS 219Gender and Politics
Introduces questions of how politics is gendered, and how gender is political. Explores the development of the contemporary feminist movement; what masculin
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- 2026-2027
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WGSS 220Feminism and Literature
Pairs literature written about (and by) people who identify as women or nonbinary with feminist literary criticism and theory. Feminist literary critic
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- 2026-2027
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WGSS 232Race, Gender & Health
Examines the unique perspective of health care from the cultural lens appropriate to women of color. Historical, soci
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- WGSS
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
WGSS 233Feminism and Capitalism
This course explores the connections between feminism and capitalism. In what ways do feminist politics perpetuate
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- WGSS
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
WGSS 235Transgender Politics and Freedom
This course aims to engage students in a discussion on transgender social, cultural, and political issues. Rather than focusing on in
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- WGSS
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
WGSS 239History of Sexuality and the Family
Traces the transformation of a pre-modern family centered system equating sexuality with reproduction into the 20th-centur
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- WGSS
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
WGSS 241Contemporary Black Women Writers
How do novels by contemporary African American and Black British women writers encourage us to rethink our understandings of racial identity? This course examines the literary devices and formal innovations employed by Black women writers to represent the lives of black characters and black people more broa
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
WGSS 248Gender and Art
Examines social constructions of gender in the visual arts from the Renaissance through today, focusing on artists includi
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
WGSS 258Special Topics in Gender & Sexuality Studies
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- 2026-2027
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WGSS 344Poetry for the People: Black Queer Poets
This course focuses on contemporary Black queer poets as conscience, witness, and scribe. We will examine the legacies with whom poets a
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
WGSS 350Independent Study
Consent of instructor required.
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- 2026-2027
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WGSS 354The Future is Feminist: Comparative Feminist Theories
Examines the development and current manifestations of different feminist views, including liber
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- WGSS
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
WGSS 355Thesis
A formal thesis proposal should be submitted in the semester prior to commencing thesis research.
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
WGSS 356Feminist International Relations
Analyzes global politics from a feminist and gendered perspective on foreign policies, conduct of war, military,
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- WGSS
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
WGSS 360Seminar in the History of Women and Gender
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
WGSS 365Intimate Family Violence: A Multicultural Perspective
Examines the scope and variety of violence in the family from an interdisciplinary perspective that includes: (a) a theoretical framework of economics, law
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- WGSS
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
WGSS 375Behind the Veil: Simmons Black Oral History Project
Black history has been preserved largely through a rich oral tradition. This course introduces students to the theory, methods, and
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- WGSS
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
WGSS 398Prerequisite
Required: LTWR 195 or LTWR 199 ; junior standing. Recommended: LTWR 200 or LTWR 221 .
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
WGSS 554Feminist Theories
Examines the development and current manifestations of different feminist views, including liberal, radical, and Marxist feminism, as well as more r
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- WGSS
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
WGSS 556Feminist International Relations
Analyzes global politics from a feminist and gendered perspective on foreign policies, conduct of war, military, and prospects for development. Explo
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- WGSS
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
WGSS 565Intimate Family Violence: A Multicultural Perspective
Examines the scope and variety of violence in the family from an interdisciplinary perspective that includes: (a) a theoretical framework of economics, law, public
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- WGSS
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
WGSS 575Behind the Veil: Simmons Black Oral History Project
Black history has been preserved largely through a rich oral tradition. This course introduces students to the theory, methods, and best practices of
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- WGSS
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
WGSS 580Gender and Queer Theory
Considers the central themes and problems of contemporary gender and queer theory. Readings include works by foundation
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- 2026-2027
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- simmons.smartcatalogiq.com
WGSS 590Seminar
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- 2026-2027
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