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Women's Studies Courses for FALL 2008 ArtH 310 Women and Art, TR 2:10, Prof Marilyn Board
Courses approved for current Women's Studies Minor:Other courses require approval of the Women's Studies Coordinator to count for the minor, including Internships and Directed Studies in Women's Studies. (click on the name of the course for more information)
American StudiesAmerican Studies 201: Topics in American Studies: (subtitle)This course will be an interdisciplinary investigation of major influences on and developments in American culture. Each semester there will be a focus on one chronological period, but a variety of topics will be covered. Such topics could include gender, religion, race, social movements and conditions, and artistic developments. The course will emphasize student use and study of period writings and cultural materials; there will be guest lectures by faculty outside the departments of the instructors to enhance the interdisciplinary nature of the course. 3(3-0). Offered once yearly AnthropologyAnthropology
224:Women and Development in Latin America A comparative review
of Native Americans in Mesoamerica and South America focusing on the traditional
lifeways of tribal populations and peasants and the interactions that they have
with the modern world. Focus is on the patterning of male and female behavior,
division of labor by sex, and its economic and political consequences. 3(3-0).
Offered every spring.
Anthropology
243: Women in Cross-cultural Perspective
This
course offers an overview of the major theories that seek to explain the position
of women in different societies and the connection between culture and gender
roles. Women will be explored as social actors using a variety of strategies
to achieve goals and give meaning to their lives. The course will also explore
the social and cultural changes brought about by feminist movements. The
course will also focus on the ways in which the study of women has influenced
the development of anthropology. 3(3-0). Offered every Fall
English 237: American Voices: (subtitle)An exploration of diversity in America's literary traditions, focusing on the perspective of once-marginalized American writers. The literature will be studied in the context of such factors as class, ethnicity, gender, race, religion, and/or sexual preference. (May be taken for credit twice under different subtitles.) 3(3-0) Offered Fall, even yearsEnglish 241:World Literature: (subtitle) The comparative study of significant literary works from Western and other cultural traditions. 3(3-0). Offered every fall. English 250:Literature and (subtitle)A variety of relationships between literature and other intellectual endeavors is studied in different sections of this course (e.g., Literature and Society, Literature and Science, Literature and Psychology). 3(3-0). Offered when demand is sufficient.English 267:Non-Western Literature: (subtitle)A study of various non-Western literatures in translation. Usually the literature of a single nation or area is selected (e.g., African, Asian, Chinese, Indian, Islamic, or Japanese). 3(3-0). Offered when demand is sufficient.English 321:British Drama: (subtitle)A study of a selected grouping of non-Shakespearean British plays drawn from a major era of dramatic literature (such as Renaissance, Jacobean, Restoration, or 18th century) or focusing on a selection of particular types of drama (e.g., romantic or classical drama, revenge tragedy, comedy of manners). (May be taken for credit twice under different subtitles.) 3(3-0). Offered when demand is sufficient.English 324:The British Novel: (subtitle)A study of the representative major novels emphasizing the development of the British novel as a literary form. Typical offerings are the rise of the novel; the picaresque novel; quest novels; psychological and social realism in the novel; the 19th-century British novel; and Fielding, Richardson, Austen, Dickens, and Lawrence. Prerequisite: at least one English literature course at the 200-level. Offered fall, even years.English 343:Women and Literature: (subtitle)An advanced course in literature by or about women designed to foster new insights into the roles and options available to women as these have been explored and dramatized in works of intrinsic literary merit, and to promote deepened understanding of the literature itself, within its social and historical contexts. Prerequisite: at least one English literature course at the 200-level. 3(3-0). Offered spring, odd years.English 358:Major Authors: (subtitle)Comprehensive studies of the works from one to three authors. Prerequisite: at least one English literature course at the 200-level. 3(3-0).HistoryHistory 200:Women in Western SocietyA survey of women's roles in European history emphasizing the classical, medieval, and modern eras, and those economic, social, and political movements which affected women's roles. 3(3-0). Offered every fall.History 203:Biography: (subtitle)The presentation of an important era in history through study of the careers of representative people in government, literature, education, and other areas of public life. The subject matter of the course varies from semester to semester according to the particular interests of instructors and students. 3(3-0). Offered when demand is sufficient.History 220: Interpretations in History: (subtitle)Student in Hist. 220 will get an intensive introduction to the practice and study of history in a seminar setting. Students will read and discuss many works of scholarship which take different approaches to the same set of historical issues and/or events. through detailed and sustained class discussion and individual analysis of several historical works dealing with the same general field, students will gain better analytic skills and an understanding of the variety of historical interpretations possible for a given topic. Prerequisites: 9 hours of college-level history credit, at least 3 hours of which must be at Geneseo; or junior standing. 4(4-0)History 221: Research in History: (subtitle) Students will get an intensive introduction to the process of historical research and writing in a seminar setting. This course will acquaint students with research methods, train them to interpret primary sources and lead them through the conceptualization, research, drafting, and rewriting of an historical study. Prerequisites: 9 hours of college-level history credit, at least 3 hours of which must be at Geneseo; or junior standing. 4(4-0) History 260:Issues in the History of American Women Examines the major issues relating to the development of women's roles in American society, which include societal images of, and attitudes toward, women; women and the home; women and employment outside the home; women and reform; and related topics. 3(3-0). Offered every fall. History 380: Studies in Non-Western History: (subtitle) An
in-depth study of a particular topic in Asian, African, and/or Latin American
history. Topics could be defined either by time or space: the history
of Iran, the Islamic revival, liberation
movements, and the history of Indo-China are possible areas that might be offered.
(May be taken for credit twice under different subtitles.) Prerequisites: hist.
220 and Hist. 221, or permission of the instructor. 3(3-0) Offered when demand
is sufficent.
History
391: Senior Seminar: (subtitle)
A seminar
focusing on a topic, or related group of topics in European, United States,
and/or non-Western history. The seminar will incorporate in-class discussion
of historiographic questions as well as independent research related to the
selected topic(s). Prerequisites: one 300-level history course or permission
of the instructor; and for History majors, Hist. 220 and Hist. 221. 3(3-0)
Philosophy 204:Philosophy of WomenAn examination of the classical Western philosophical views on woman, and the contemporary feminist response. Different theoretical frameworks for feminism are examined: liberal, Marxist, radical, psychoanalytic, socialist, existentialist, postmodern, multicultural and global. Traditional philosophical areas that are addressed in this examination are ethics, politics, epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of science, law, language, and philosophy of religion. Topics of major concern include oppression, rights, human nature, equality, responsibility, freedom, and moral reform. 3(3-0). Offered fall, even years.Political SciencePolitical Science 250:Women and PoliticsSex (like class, race, ethnic identity, religion, or nationality) is treated as a fundamental factor, crucial to political analysis. Explores the politics of male-female relations in individual and social dimensions and in geographically and historically comparative perspectives. Examines the political behavior of women in the context of formal, political institutions. Also analyzes the impact of male-dominated structures and culture upon women's consciousness and actions. In short, represents an aspect of the politics of inequality and the mechanisms of dominance and dependence. 3(3-0). Offered when demand is sufficient.PsychologyPsychology 308:Psychology of WomenAn examination of behavioral dynamics of women, with emphasis on theory and research in the development of sex roles, sex stereotypes, achievement and achievement motivation, and maternal behavior. Prerequisite: Psychology 250 or 251, or permission of the instructor. 3(3-0). Offered yearlyPsychology 390:Selected Topics: (subtitle)An in-depth study of a selected topic in psychology, chosen by the faculty in consultation with students, from among those areas of psychology not covered in depth in other courses and of sufficient importance to merit presentation on a formal basis. Recent examples include Human Operant Conditioning and Human Sexuality. Some topics may require prerequisites which will be listed when such topics are approved. 3(3-0). Offered when demand is sufficient.SociologySociology 201: Black Women in American SocietyAn examination
of the status of black women, focusing on the themes of gender, race, and class.
The experiences of black women will be explored from an historical and cross-cultural
perspective, from slavery through the present. Topics will include work,
family life, and culture through the experiences of the participants. Prerequisite:
any 100-level Sociology course or permission of instructor. 3(3-0)
Sociology 215:Women and the LawThis course examines the legal issues that are of particular importance to women. It includes discussion of law regarding marriage and divorce, reproduction and contraception, employment, education, sexual conduct, prostitution, pornography, rape, and family violence. The usefulness of legal change for promoting change regarding gender roles will be discussed. There will be some historical and cross-cultural analysis, but primary focus will be on modern U.S. society. 3(3-0). Offered when demand is sufficient.Sociology 225:Sociology of Gender RolesThe course examines the social psychological and social structural bases of sex role behavior and gender inequality. Topics include the origins of sex role differentiation and stratification, socialization, the relative positions of the sexes within social institutions, and societal prerequisites for the redefinition of sex roles. Prerequisite: any 100-level Sociology course or permission of the instructor. 3(3-0). Offered every spring.Women's StudiesWomen's Studies 301:Seminar in Women's StudiesThis course will meet as a seminar 2 hours per week. The first 4 weeks will be devoted to discussing common readings selected from a list of examples of the application of various models of feminist scholarship to a variety of fields and issues. In the next 4 to 5 weeks the instructor will lead students through a case study in the instructor's own area of research. The case study will demonstrate to the students the way in which feminist methodologies can make a field of study - for example, the civil rights movement of the 1960's or scholarship on the Genesis creation narratives - look very different. While these classroom activities are progressing, each student will pursue individual research, writing a 20 page paper documenting current scholarship on a topic of the student's choice. Each student will reach an agreement with the instructor during the first two weeks of the semester about the topic of the paper. Topics can range from literary or historical analysis to analysis of statistical data to research on social issues with which the student is involved. The last 4 to 5 weeks of the course will be devoted to students presenting their projects. Prerequisite: 12 hours of the minor completed and the permission of the instructor. 3(3-0).Note: The courses listed above with subtitles are slot courses. They are different from standing courses that are offered on a regular basis because they are more general in nature. As a result, they may not always be applicable to fulfilling the requirements of the Women's Studies Minor. Remember to check the back of the master course schedule each semester under the women's studies courses to make sure that the slot course can be taken for credit towards to minor. |
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