6 courses with the subject GWST, 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.
GWST 1080Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies (HU)3
This course serves as an introduction to the field of Gender and Women’s Studies. Students will examine a range of GWST topics, gain knowledge of gender, feminist, and intersectional theories, and learn to apply course concepts and frameworks to analyses of socio-political and representational issues, primarily in U.S. contexts.
“Who is cooking what, for whom, under what conditions, and does it matter? Are we what we eat? A daily activity all of us must do and have done since the day we were born, eating plays a role in constructing our identities and the worlds we live in…this course will examine the complex interplay of food and the construction of identities and social structures. Focusing on women and gender within the contexts of race, class, and sexuality, we will explore food practices historically both domestically and in larger social structures including the global context. We will use historical and social analyses as well as memoir and fiction to explore these issues.” (description used with permission from Dr. Avakian at 2010 WMST Conference).
In this course, we will explore global and cross-cultural perspectives on gender, women, and feminism. We will examine feminist perspectives across a range of national and international issues affecting all people, with an emphasis on the realities women face. We will also analyze the feminist debates surrounding Western concepts of feminism and compare Western concepts to other concepts in different geographic and cultural contexts.
ENGL 1010 , (or concurrent enrollment) or permission of the instructor. Cross-listed: HIST 2310
GWST 2480Directed Special Projects1-3
Research project designed by student in consultation with instructor from the women’s studies department, and with approval of the director of women’s studies.
