8 courses with the subject WGS, 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.
WGS 0100WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES
This course is an introduction to critical thinking about the construction of gender and the intersections of gender with race, ethnicity, class and sexual orientation. Drawing on material from a wide range of fields and media, the students will examine the ways in which these construction and intersections shape people’s lives. This interdisciplinary course will highlight multicultural perspectives in U.S. society. Offered fall semester.
This course takes an interdisciplinary and multicultural approach to studying the impact race, ethnicity, class, sexual orientation and religion play in shaping the lives of women and men living in the US today. We will explore such areas as education, work, the media, and the family. We will incorporate feminist approaches from disciplines including psychology, sociology, history and religion for this discussion based course.
A discussion of common forms of violence against women in the United States and elsewhere, emphasizing how race, class, ethnicity, and sexual and religious identifications dramatically figure in gendered violence. Offered as needed.
WGS 0360WOMEN'S CHANGING GENTER ROLES IN CONTEMPORARY FRANCE, 1920-2020
Students begin critically thinking about the range of women’s gender roles in Contemporary France from 1920 to 2020, and how these roles of half the country’s population define an ever-evolving modern European nation. Following a 100-year trajectory of women in French society and culture, themes include the arts, work, war, politics, literature, sexuality, body image, partnership, reproductive rights, feminism, motherhood. Historical and sociological analysis as well as some feminist literary theory. Particular focus on Joséphine Baker, Simone Veil, Simone de Beauvoir, Christine Delphy and Hélène Cixous.
