WS-WOMEN'S
STUDIES –
2005-07 Catalog
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
340 Sexuality Studies (4) GE D5
Sexuality in a cultural and historical context.
Changing definitions of human subjectivity. The cultural and social regimes
that control and create sexuality (including the “invention” of
homo/heterosexuality and the social, legal and political systems that define
sexual ab/normality). Contemporary issues of sexual orientation and topics of
sexuality in relation to gender and race. 4 seminars. Prerequisite: Completion
of GE Area A and completion of two lower-division Area D courses. Completion of
WS 301 preferred.
WS 350 Gender, Race, Science and Technology (4) USCP
(Also listed as ES 350)
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
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
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.