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WST 3300 -Women andSport (3-0-3)
This course provides an introduction to current debates and scholarship in the field of
women and sport. The course examines the cultural production of the female athlete
and explores the underpinning historical, social, economic and political implications of
women in sports. Topics include: media representations of female athletes, media
coverage of women’s sport, women’s sporting bodies, female physicality, and the
iconic image of the athlete inU.S. culture.
WST 3400 - Gender, Culture, andGlobalization (3-0-3)
This course will review recent scholarship on globalization, gender and culture in
several advanced and developing countries. Putting gender at the center of
globalization discourses highlights the historical and cultural variability of gender
relations intersecting with class, race and nationality, and highlights the impact of
restructuring on workers, organizations and institutions at the local, national and
regional levels. Topics for the course will include: ERSAP (Economic Reform and
Structural Adjustment Programs), transnational families, migration, global gender gap,
sex segregated employment, the service economy, and cultural flow of commodities,
capital, information, technology, and labor.
WST 3410 - U.S.Women of Colors (3-0-3)
This course provides students with a better understanding of the unique personalities
and standpoints of women of colors living in theU.S. and focuses on NativeAmerican,
African American, Latina and Asian American women. The historical and
contemporary experiences of U.S. women of colors will be at the center of the course,
and students will use critical theories of race, class, gender and sexuality to examine
these experiences in terms of the contributions U.S. women of colors have made in
shaping the nation. Course content and class discussions will focus on visual
representations, ethnographies and writings of U.S. women of colors.
WST 3500 - Feminist Theory (3-0-3)
This course is designed to provide students with an overview of western and non-
western feminist thinkers from a variety of disciplines. Students will be trained to use
theory as a tool of analysis. Through the lens of interdisciplinary feminist theory
students will critically examine and explore global, social, and cultural issues.
Prerequisite(s):WST 2500 (C) or PHIL 2010 (C) or PHIL2040 (C).
WST 3510 –Black Feminist Theory andWomanist Theory (3-0-3)
This course examines the development of scholarship inBlackFeminist and
Womanist Theories asBlack women confronted racism and sexism. Beginning with
earlyBlack Feminist andWomanist writings and intellectual thought, such as that of
Bell Hooks, BarbaraSmith, AdrienneRich, AudreLorde, Anna JuliaCooper, just to
name a few, theclass will focus on the evolution of the theories. The tenets of Black
Feminism andWomanismwill beenumerated, along with the scholars in the field.
WST 4010 - Feminist MediaStudies (3-0-3)
This course explores the intersection of media culture (i.e., production, representation,
reception, and identity), commercial media imperatives, feminism, and gender,
examining the development, direction and contributions of scholarly/research
approaches to these areas. Topics include: feminist media histories, gender roles in
the media, feminist cultural studies, women and advertising, cultivation theory, the
culture industry, agency through consumption and decades of women on television.
WST 4800 - Special Topics inWomen’s Studies (3-0-3)
This course will be conducted as a revolving- topics seminar that may be repeated
when topics vary. Topics will address relevant themes in Women’s Studies; for
example, possible themes might include major historical and/or cultural movements,
women’s work, women’s creative works, representations of women, or women in
cross- cultural perspectives, as facilitated by the direction and expertise of the
instructor.
Prerequisite(s):WST 2500 (C).
