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WGST 100-TR Level Transfer Course
WGST 188/ASTR 188: On Being A Scientist
This course is intended to convey the excitement of doing science. Classes will focus on the question "What makes a good Scientist?" using weekly discussion of articles chosen from the "Science Times" and journals such as Science and Nature. It will build vital oral communication skills via a discussion of the broader context and implications of the science discussed. The course will be offered as part of WISer, the Case Women in Science and Engineering Roundtable, to help build a supportive community of science students to enhance women's participation and retention in science. Male students are welcome to register
WGST 200-TR Level Transfer Course
WGST 201: Intro to Gender Studies
WGST 201 introduces students (male and female) to the concepts, methods, and topics of gender studies, women's studies, and feminist theory. An interdisciplinary course, it covers approaches used in literary criticism, history, philosophy, political science, sociology, psychology, film studies, and cultural studies. It is the required introductory course for students taking the Women's Studies minor or major, but it is designed to include all students interested in learning.
WGST 207/RLGN 207: Religion and Feminism
Examination of feminist perspectives on religion, such as the status of women in Western and non-Western religions, the nature and purpose of religious beliefs and practices from the standpoints of religious and non-religious feminists, thecurrent status of feminist philosophies of religion, and the efforts of feminists to transform traditional religions and to create new religions.
WGST 222/SOCI 222: Gender in U.S. Society
The focus of this course is on unique and convergent experiences of men and women in U.S. society. Different social expectations and opportunities encountered by men and women in the context of marriage and the family, work settings, and in informal organizations will be addressed. Legislation and social policy dealing with gender issues will be considered.
WGST 228/SOCI 228: Sociology of Sexuality
This course analyzes the issues of sex and sexuality from a sociological point of view. It is centered on the notion that what we consider to be 'normal' or 'natural' about sex and sexuality is, in reality, socially constructed. One's viewpoint on the issues surrounding sexuality are influenced by the social context in which they live, as opposed to the purely biological viewpoint that presupposes some sense of normalcy or naturalness regarding sexual relations. A range of topics will be covered, including readings that discuss the variations of sexuality and the notions of sexual "deviance" in order to explore the cultural and societal variation that exists along the lines of gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age and disability.
WGST 232 Women in India
WGST 268/RLGN 268 Women in the Bible: Ethnographic Approaches to Rite and Ritual, Story, Song, and Art
Examination of women in Jewish and Christian Biblical texts, along with their Jewish, Christian (and occasionally Muslim) interpretations. Discussion of how these traditions have shaped images of, and attitudes toward, women in western civilization.
WGST 300-TR Level Transfer Course
WGST 301/ETHS 301: Women, Creativity and the Arts
This is one of two core courses for the program in Women's and Gender Studies and an elective course for the ETHS minor. All WGST majors are to take one course concentrating on the subject of women and the arts specifically. This course also fulfills the cultural diversity requirement. In this course, students will focus on two areas of study: a) women and creativity and b) women and activism through the arts. A history of women in the arts will be covered, but the general focus of the course is on women in the arts since the 1960s in particular, and on artwork that reflects or provokes social change. "Arts" are defined in the broadest of sense. That is , students will study women's production in painting, photography, graphic design, sculpture, dance, film, music, and theater. A variety of learning techniques will be applied: Students will look at feminist theories on art, be introduced to the notion of cyberfeminism, study actual artwork and its reproductions, understand the role of are in feminist activism and how women "create" differently from men, and work closely with several feminist artists/activists through various programs on campus and the community in order to facilitate the planning and carrying out of artistic production. Subsequently, students will interact with children in Cleveland schools in conjunction with these artists giving master classes, and be exposed to art exhibits abroad through videoconferencing with the Algerian Cultural Center in Paris and locally through University Circle Institutions.
Offered as WGST 301 and ETHS 301.
WGST 312/ETHS 312/CLSC 312 Women in the Ancient World
The course offers a chronological survey of women's lives in Greece, Hellenistic Egypt, and Rome. It focuses on primary sources as well as scholarly interpretations of the ancient record with a view to defining the construction of gender and sexuality according to the Greco-Roman model. Additionally, the course aims to demonstrate how various methodological approaches have yielded significant insights into our own perception of sex and gender. Specific topics include matriarchy and patriarchy; the antagonism between male and female in myth; the legal, social, economic, and political status of women; the ancient family; women's role in religion and cult; ancient theories of medicine regarding women; paederasty and homosexuality.
WGST 318/HSTY 318/ETHS 318 History of Black Women in U.S.
Chronologically arranged around specific issues in black women's history organizations, participation in community and political movements, labor experiences, and expressive culture. The course will use a variety of materials, including autobiography, literature, music, and film.
WGST 322/HSTY 322-422 Feminist Thoery and History
A reading seminar designed to expose students to current theory and methods in feminist history, as well as feminist scholarship more generally. It includes a variety of topics representative of interests and concerns shared by feminist historians, as well as a range of methodological approaches and theoretical debates. The course aims to impart a sense of the ways in which feminist theory has been applied to and has transformed historical scholarship.
WGST 325/PHIL325-425
Dimensions of gender difference. Definition of feminism. Critical examination of feminist critiques of culture, including especially politics, ideology, epistemology, ethics, and psychology. Readings from traditional and contemporary sources.
WGST 326/SOCI 326
Using a sociological perspective, this course examines how major societal institutions, including the economy, polity, medicine, religion, education and family, are structured to reproduce gendered inequalities across the globe. Attention is given to the intersections of race/ethnicity, social class, gender and sexuality in social systems of power and privilege. Of critical importance is how gender figures in the relationship between Economic North and Economic South countries. We will elucidate how gender norms vary by culture and exert profound influence on the daily, lived experiences of women and men. The course will be informed by recent scholarship on feminism, women's movements, and globalization.
WGST 335/ETHS 335: Women in Developing Countries
This course will feature case studies, theory, and literature of current issues concerning women in developing countries primarily of the French-speaking world. Topics include matriarchal traditions and FGM in Africa, the Tunisian feminist movement, women, Islam, and tradition in the Middle East, women-centered power structures in India (Kerala,Pondichéry), and poverty and women in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Guest speakers and group projects are a highlight of the course. Taught in English.
WGST 353/HSTY 353: Women in American History I
The images and realities of women's social, political, and economic lives in early America. Uses primary documents and biographers to observe individuals and groups of women in relation to legal, religious, and social restrictions.
WGST 354/HSTY 354: Women in American History II
With HSTY 353, forms a two-semester introduction to women's studies. The politics of suffrage and the modern woman's efforts to balance marriage, motherhood, and career. (HSTY 353 not a prerequisite.)
WGST 365/ANTH 365-465: Gender and Sex Differences: Cross-cultural Perspective
Gender roles and sex differences throughout the life cycle considered from a cross-cultural perspective. Major approaches to explaining sex roles discussed in light of information from both Western and non-Western cultures.
WGST 372/SOCI 372-472: Work and Family: U.S. and Abroad
Covers the impact on human lives of the interface between work and family; the different ways gender structures the experience of work and family depending upon racial and ethnic background, social class, age, and partner preference; the impact of historical context on work-family experiences; work-family policies in the United Statesand other countries. Prerequisite: SOCI112B and junior or senior standing.
WGST 373/HSTY 373-473: Advanced Topics in Women's History
This advanced seminar is designed to allow students to investigate aspects of American women's history that are not deep, ly explored in other courses. The two central purposes of the course are to move students forward in their study of Ame, rican women's history and to provide advanced study for grad, uate students and other students interested in women-focused, topics. The topic is subject to change, but may be any of, the following or something similar: women and medicine, imag, es of women in popular culture, growing up female, women and, political movements, women and war, etc., [Prereq: HSTY 353/453 or HSTY 354/454 or consent of the department.]
WGST 383/ARTH 383-483 Gender Issues in Feminist Art: The 20th/21st Century
An in-depth thematic approach to issues affecting works of art by and about women. Focus on the late 20th century. Emphasis on a specifically modern use of feminine myths, subjects and modes of production, and feminist criticism.
WGST 396: SAGES Capstone
The capstone experience in the fields of Women's and Gender Studies allows for an in-depth, independent project of particular interest to the student. Students are strongly encouraged to work with a WGST program faculty member, but some projects may be supervised by faculty in other areas or by other qualified professionals. All capstones require a WGST faculty advisor's approval of the proposal prior to registration. Open to juniors and seniors majoring in Women's and Gender Studies.
WGST 399: Independent Study
This course is an independent research project in the fields of Women's and Gender Studies. Project proposals must be approved by a WGST faculty advisor. Students are strongly encouraged to work with a WGST program faculty member, but some projects may be supervised by faculty in other areas or by other qualified professionals with a WGST faculty advisor's approval. Credit varies with the scope and depth of the project.
WGST 422: A reading seminar designed to expose students to current theory and methods in feminist history, as well as feminist scholarship more generally. It includes a variety of topics representative of interests and concerns shared by feminist historians, as well as a range of methodological approaches and theoretical debates. The course aims to impart a sense of the ways in which feminist theory has been applied to and has transformed historical scholarship.
Offered as HSTY 322, WGST 322, HSTY 422, and WGST 422.
Other Courses (may be considered)
ETHS 251: Introduction to the Study of Race and Ethnicity
This course is designed to introduce students to the study of ethnicity and cultural concepts of biological differences ("race"). Basic concepts such as race, gender, class, and identity will be examined as will the social and cultural means of their construction. Students are encouraged to use the tools, and perspectives of several disciplines to address the experiences of ethnic groups in the U.S.
ETHS 252 B: Introduction to Latino/a Studies
Interdisciplinary introduction to the basis for a Latino/a ethnicity through an exploration of commonalities and differences in the peoples of Latin American and Caribbean origin in the continental United States . Topics include immigration and acculturation experiences and their commonalities and differences, comparison of Latina/o experiences to those of other racial, ethnic and immigrant groups, and the potential for a pan-ethnic identity.
NURS 454: Well Woman Health Care
Study of selected theoretical formulations and models applied by professional nurses in the promotion of growth and wellness in adolescent and adult women. Emphasis on conception, decision making, sexuality and health teaching. Acquisition of knowledge and skill related to physical and psychosocial health assessment of pregnant and nonpregnant clients. Individually planned experiences with nurse faculty who are serving as primary care givers in maternity, family planning and gynecologic care settings.
Prereq or Coreq: NURS 453 and 459
PHIL 334 / POSC 354: Social and Political Philosophy
Justification of social institutions, primarily political ones. Such distinctions as that between de facto and legitimate authority; analysis of criteria for evaluation, such as social justice and equality; inquiry into theories of justification of the state; theory of democratic government and its alternatives. Readings from classical and contemporary sources.
Prerequisite: PHIL 101
POSC 346: Women and Politics
Examination of the role of women in politics. Topics include: political socialization; sources and implications of gender difference in political participation (voting, candidacy, leadership); and the politics of "women's issues."
RLGN 207: Religion and Feminism
Examination of feminist perspectives on religion, such as the status of women in Western and non-Western religions, the nature and purpose of religious beliefs and practices from the standpoints of religious and non-religious feminists, the current status of feminist philosophies of religion, and the efforts of feminists to transform traditional religions and to create new religions.
SPAN 336: CHICANA/O LITERATURE
An introduction to Chicana/o literature written after 1943. Literary history, clarification of linguistic terminology, and an examination of the cultural components of each work. Readings , discussions, and lectures in Spanish.
SPAN 342: Latin American Feminist Voices
Examination of the awakening of feminine and feminist consciousness in the literary production of Latin American women writers, particularly from the 1920s to the present. Close attention paid to the dominant themes of love and dependency; imagination as evasion; alienation and rebellion; sexuality and power; the search for identity and the self-preservation of subjectivity. Readings include prose, poetry, and dramatic texts of female Latin American writers contributing to the emerging of feminist ideologies and the mapping of feminist identities.
Prerequisite: SPAN 320
SSBT 555; Undergard # SASS 350: Women's Issues
This course examines the circumstances of women?Js lives in the United States, the major issues confronting women today, and introduces theoretical explanations for the social and cultural expectations presented to women. Emphasis is placed on the intersection of gender, race, class, ethnicity, age, and sexual orientation in the lives of girls and women. We will explore ameliorative measures and solutions, individual, collective, and within social work practice, to the social problems that women face.
WLIT 365 / GRMN 365: German Literature in Translation: The Bildungsroman
Investigates the genre known by its German term: Bildungsroman. Major novels: The Jews' Beech Tree, Sorrows of Young Werther, Tin Drum, Green Henry, History of Lady Sophie Sternheim, Buddenbrooks, A Model Childhood and some short prose. Readings and discussion in English.
WLIT 390/ 490: Women in Outer Space
What's out there? Who's out there? Is the truth out there? Is truth a woman? What do women want? What do aliens want? What does NASA want? Is there water on Mars? Are there women on Mars? Do aliens have a gender?
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