2019-2020 Academic Catalog

Nov 24, 2024

2019-2020 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

WGS 200 - Topics in Feminist Theory

Topics in Feminist Theory is designed to offer a survey of feminist theories and practices, and explores the relationship between gender, sexuality, race/ethnicity, and class.,. Focus changes with each offering, depending on faculty interest. May be repeated for credit (taken a max of 2 times).

Spring 2020 Topic: GENDER, FEMINISM, & SCIENCE. This course will explore the evolving, multifaceted relationships between science, gender, and feminism. We will examine the changing position of women within science, ways that science has studied women and men, feminist critiques of science, as well as feminist interventions in scientific practices and institutions. We will survey a number of sciences through the lens of feminist theory, with a particular emphasis given to biological & psychological research on sexuality, sex differences, violence, bodies, and gender socialization. This is a reading-intensive course. Course requirements will include a research paper, attending and writing about campus events, and active participation in class.”

Prerequisites: WGS 110 - Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies

Course Designation/Attribute: GP

Anticipated Terms Offered: Spring