WS-WOMEN'S
STUDIES
Women's Studies Program
WS
301 Introduction
to Women's Studies (4) GE D5 USCP
Introduction
to theories and research on gender and sexuality, gender stratification, and
gender role development. Broad interdisciplinary examination of issues
involving gender and sexuality, as well as race and ethnicity, with special
emphasis on how these issues affect both women’s and men’s lives. Issues such as reproductive rights, gender and body image, the
origins of patriarchy, gender and class. 4 lectures.
Prerequisite: Completion of GE Area A and completion of two lower division Area
D courses or consent of instructor.
WS
311 Women in
Cross Cultural Perspectives (4) GE
D5
Similarities
and differences in women's lives internationally. Cultural influences such as
class, ethnicity, and religion on women's status. Study of global feminism,
reproductive rights, women's labor, women in development, women's politics. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: Completion of GE Area A, and one
course from D2 and one from D3 or consent of instructor.
WS
316 Women as
Subject and Object in Art History (4)
(Also listed as ART 316)
Exploration of the role of women in the visual arts. Women as artists, women as
portrayed in art, and feminist theory as it applies to the study of the visual
arts and art history. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: ART
111, ART 112 or consent of instructor.
WS
336 Religion,
Gender and Society (4)
(Also listed as RELS 336) GE C4 USCP
Critical examination of religious ideas and
institutions in
WS
350 Gender,
Race, Science and Technology (4) USCP (effective Fall
2004)
Applications and histories of reproductive technologies
and the ways in which these technologies are linked to the science of the body. How these technologies help
to construct and deconstruct race and gender in the United States. 3 lectures, 1 activity. Prerequisite: Completion of GE Area
B requirements.
WS
400 Special
Problems for Advanced Undergraduates (1–2)
Individual investigation, research studies, or
surveys of selected problems. Total credit limited to 4 units, with a maximum of
2 units per quarter. Prerequisite: WS 301; WS 401 or WS 411 or HIST 434 or HIST
435 or PSY 314; and consent of Women's Studies director.
WS
401 Seminar in
Women's Studies (4)
Intensive study of a selected topic in Women’s
Studies (such as women and work, women and the law, women in the arts). The topic will be listed in
the Class Schedule. Field experience
may be required as appropriate. May be repeated for up to 8
units. 3 seminars and a research project.
Prerequisite: WS 301 or consent of instructor and upper division standing.
WS
434 American
Women’s History to 1870 (4)
(Also listed as HIST 434)
Female
ideology and experience from the colonial period through the American Civil
War. Use of a variety of sources, including women’s own
writing, in order to understand the history of women as it both reflects and
shapes American culture and society. 3 lectures and
research project. Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of
instructor.
WS
435 American
Women’s History from 1870 (4)
(Also listed as HIST 435) USCP
The female past in the modern period of U.S.
history.
Considers how transformations in gender roles are reflective of other
significant changes in American culture and society. Emphasis
on class, race, and ethnic variations in women’s experience. 3 lectures and research project. Prerequisite: Junior
standing or consent of instructor.
WS
450 Feminist
Theory (4) USCP
History and evolution of ideas about gender,
race/ethnicity and sexual identity. Special attention as to how social, historical, and
ideological forces, organized by the central, intertwined concepts of gender
and race, shape both our critical thinking and our lives. 3
lectures, 1 activity. Prerequisite: WS 301 or consent of instructor.