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A study of past and present women's positions in and contributions to society from a multidisciplinary perspective. Specific topics, with a focus on western society, will include an historical overview of politics, law and the family, productive roles, health and illness, science, culture and philosophy.
Credits: 3.000
Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Audio/Video, World Wide Web
| WMST 103 - Introduction to Gender Studies |
This course explores the ways in which human beings think about and structure gender. Topics include ideologies of masculinity and femininity, gender and psychology, gendered language, the relationship between gender and sexuality, and gender in popular culture and media.
Credits: 3.000
Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Audio/Video, World Wide Web
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| WMST 209 - Gender and Cultural Studies: An Introduction |
This course introduces students to questions of gender, media representation, and technology. Students examine the construction of femininity and masculinity in such visual technologies as advertising, video, television, and film.
Credits: 3.000
Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Audio/Video, World Wide Web
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| WMST 220 - Gender and Literary Theory |
This course provides an introduction to critical analyses of gender and their implications for literature. Students gain an overview of some current topics in gender theory and apply these to contemporary texts.
Credits: 3.000
Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Audio/Video, World Wide Web
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| WMST 221 - Women and Literature: A Survey |
This course is a survey of works of poetry and fiction written by women in English from the Renaissance to the present. The course considers feminist theory and criticism in relation to these works.
Credits: 3.000
Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Audio/Video, World Wide Web
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| WMST 298 - Special Topics in Women’s and Gender Studies |
This course examines special topics related to women, gender, and/or sexuality. Themes studied in the course may vary from year to year. With the permission of the Chair, this course may be repeated to a maximum of 6 credits hours if the material is substantially different.
Credits: 3.000
Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lecture, Self-Directed, Final Exam
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| WMST 302 - Women and the Contemporary World |
This course examines the role of women in the contemporary world through a comparative examination of different societies. Topics to be addressed will include such issues as legal status, health, family, work, sexuality and violence.
Credits: 3.000
Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Final Exam, Audio/Video, Seminar, World Wide Web
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| WMST 303 - Lesbian and Bisexual Lives |
This course introduces students to lesbian and bisexual women's studies from an historical perspective as well as focusing on contemporary contexts and issues. Students will study the diversity of political perspectives among lesbian and bisexual women and how sexuality intersects with race, class, ability and cultural differences.
Credits: 3.000
Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam
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| WMST 306 - Indigenous Women: Perspectives |
The purpose of this course is twofold: first to understand how Indigenous women's lives have been shaped by colonialism and secondly to delineate the global themes in their current political and social struggles to transcend the colonial legacy that continues to constrain them.
Credits: 3.000
Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Audio/Video, World Wide Web
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| WMST 307 - Qualitative Research Methods |
This course introduces students to a variety of research practices, including oral history, interviews, case studies, archival and library research, survey/content analysis, and field work.
Credits: 3.000
Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Self-Directed, Final Exam, Audio/Video, Seminar, World Wide Web
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| WMST 311 - History of Feminism |
This course surveys the history of those various political, social and cultural movements, e.g. suffragism, women's liberation, etc., which have combined to create the phenomenon of feminism. Attention is also devoted to the diverse theories, ideas and values that underpin contemporary feminism.
Credits: 3.000
Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam
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| WMST 312 - An Introduction to the History of Gender |
This course explores issues of gender in historical context using a case study approach.
Credits: 3.000
Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Audio/Video, World Wide Web
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| WMST 313 - Gender and International Studies |
Understanding gender is essential for understanding how our world thinks and functions. This course offers critical analysis of the role of gender in global affairs.
Credits: 3.000
Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam
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| WMST 409 - Advanced Feminist Social Science Methodology |
The goal of this course is twofold: first to cover current debates in feminist methodology and second to develop appropriate research strategies for an independent research project.
Credits: 3.000
Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam
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| WMST 411 - Contemporary Feminist Theories |
This course examines various themes and debates in recent feminist theories from an interdisciplinary perspective. Topics will vary from year to year.
Credits: 3.000
Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam
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| WMST 413 - Topics in Aboriginal Women's Studies |
This course explores topics relating to aboriginal women's studies in both Canadian and international contexts. Topics may vary from year to year. This course may be repeated for credit (maximum six credit hours).
Credits: 3.000 TO 6.000
Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Self-Directed, Final Exam, Seminar, World Wide Web
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| WMST 416 - Gender and Politics |
This course examines gender, understood as a hierarchical, binary opposition of masculinity and femininity, and its intersection with power relations, understood as an expression of politics. The course examines how gender hierarchy is a system of differential power that intersects with various systems of oppression and privilege. A significant amount of time is spent on the topic of intersectionality in politics from a variety of standpoints within our ever-changing socio-economic context, including Indigenous feminisms, eco-politics, Black social movements, disability, LGBTQ movements, and various iterations of masculinity.
Credits: 3.000
Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Final Exam, Seminar
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| WMST 420 - Contemporary Women's Literature |
This course considers contemporary women writers and their work, emphasizing their cultural diversity and considering them in the context of feminist theory. Writers may include: Nadine Gordimer, Joy Kogawa, Amy Tan and Louise Erdrich.
Credits: 3.000
Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lecture, Final Exam, Audio/Video, World Wide Web
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| WMST 498 - Selected Topics in Women's Studies |
The course examines in detail topics selected by the instructor. This course may be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
Credits: 3.000 TO 6.000
Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lecture, Self-Directed, Final Exam
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| WMST 499 - Independent Study in Women's Studies |
This course enables students to read in depth in an area of women's studies not normally covered by established principal or ancillary courses in the Women's Studies program.
Credits: 3.000
Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Lecture, Self-Directed
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