3 courses with the subject GWS, 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.
GWS 101Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies3
This course introduces students to the interdisciplinary fields of both Women's Studies and Gender Studies, which explore the ways that sex and gender manifest themselves in social, cultural, and political arenas. It draws upon scholarship in women's studies, masculinities studies, and queer studies, which themselves draw upon a variety of intellectual perspectives, including historical, psychological, rhetorical, sociological, literary, and biological. Students will use gender-based theory to look at the ways in which gender identification and representation influences individuals and societies. This course fulfills the core requirement in U.S. Pluralism. (3 credit hours)
Students will participate in community organizations implementing theories studied. These will be organizations that understand and/or work toward gender equity, and/or sexuality equity. It will be undertaken through approved placement in an organization in the community or a student-defined project addressing these goals. The work culminates in written analysis of the internship experience in relation to coursework in GWS. All internships must be approved by the GWS Coordinator, but will be supervised by an appropriate faculty member within the GWS minor. For each credit hour granted students are expected to be involved in at least 45 hours of approved activity. The duration should normally occur over a minimum of three weeks. (3 credit hours)
This course is a capstone course that explores upper-level theory in the field. It includes feminist, gender studies, and queer theory. Students will apply feminist, gender or queer theory to their major field and attend faculty discussions that highlight the centrality of GWS to major fields. (3 credit hours)
