Traditional and alternative marriage styles; social and personal factors in mate selection; sexual life styles; development of sex roles. Same as Soc 150.

Analysis of gender and power in contemporary society from perspectives of different racial, ethnic and socioeconomic groups.

This introductory course aims to increase awareness of our cultural assumptions about gender and the implications of female and male ideals, roles, and expectations. Basic social concepts will be explored, such as the social construction of identities, discrimination, stereotypes, work, family, relationships, and power. Analyses of several issues will be presented, including the interface between race and gender, socialization into gender roles, sexuality, media images, violence against women, and reproductive choice.

Required for all women's studies majors/minors (including the women's studies concentration in general studies and the queer studies minor).

Introduction to the study of family processes: family generational, emotional, boundary, rule, and ritualistic systems. Same as H D 204.

Introduction to U.S. lesbian cultural production, including writing and film, within a larger socio-political context. Formerly W ST 210.

Exploration or variation in gender roles, relationships, values, and institutions among men and women in U.S., ethnic, and other subcultures. Same as Anth 214.

Introduction to the interdisciplinary study of American cultures and the field of American studies. Same as Am St/Engl/Hist 216.

Analysis of gender, culture, science, and technology through examination of real world issues and hands-on investigation.

This course will uncover women and also men of color and their work in science across the globe, question why their numbers are so few, explore socializations across cultures, examine how science has defined gender, study the climate in the sciences and ideological bases of science, and learn of other approaches to the construction of knowledge.

Prereq Psych 105 or 198. Sexuality in personal development; personal, cultural, biological influences on sexual identification and behavior; fertility, reproduction, sexual functioning, sexuality and personality. Same as Psych 230.

History of African Americans in the U.S. with emphasis upon major themes of the Black experience. Same as CES 235 and Hist 205.

May be repeated for credit. S, F grading.

The roles of women—social, economic, political—in American history from colonial times to the present. Same as Hist 298.

Prereq CES 101, Soc 101, or W St 200. Intersections between race, class, and gender through case studies; experiences in interdisciplinary methods.

Required for women's studies majors/minors (elective for queer studies minor).

Analysis of the development of masculinity in its biological and cultural forms.

Role of gender in political behavior; voting and political participation; women as subjects and objects of political systems. Same as Pol S 305.

Introduction to the systematic study of critical and theoretical approaches to literature; emphasis on problems of interpretation. Same as Engl 308.

Middle Ages through the 18th century. Same as F A 308.

Women's artistic and intellectual contributions to prose, fiction, drama, and poetry. Same as Engl 309.

19th to 20th century. Same as F A 310.

A survey of women in art in the 20th century. The course will explore chronologically by decade the social, cultural, and economic factors that have influenced the position of women in the visual arts from the turn of the century to the present. Bibliographies and imagery development will be explored through historical context (art movements, styles, politics).

Analysis of women's historical and contemporary role in American management.

Analysis of women's historical and contemporary roles in management and leadership. Focus on what the future holds for women in management and leadership roles locally and globally. Readings are both theory and application based. No prerequisite. Interdisciplinary background helpful.

Prereq Anth 101, Psych 105, Soc 101, or W St 200; sophomore standing. Cross-cultural examination of the status and roles of women and men, sexuality and marriage, and folk concepts of sexual anatomy in traditional cultures in western science; concepts of nature and culture are explored through a variety of perspectives. Same as Anth 316.

Gay and lesbian literature with focus on the history of homosexual literature and exploration of current authors. Same as Engl 317.

Prereq 6 hours of social science. Styles of managing material, human, and environmental resources with families; various approaches to problem solving with individuals and families. Same as H D 320.

May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 9 hours. Focused study of subjects/issues relating to women.

Topics is used to offer students in-depth exposure to various issues or subjects that are not covered through the regular curriculum.

The theme of gender with respect to love, courage, self-sacrifice, and vulnerability in traditional Chinese and Japanese literature and culture. Same as Chin 321.

Prereq Psych 105 or 198. Socialization and sex roles of women; a psychological perspective. Same as Psych 324.

Prereq Anth 101 or W St 200. An interdisciplinary approach to examining women's roles and experiences throughout the world and different approaches to feminism/feminisms. Same as Anth 317.

Required for women's studies major.

Survey of women's changing roles throughout Latin America from pre-colonial to present. Same as Hist 335.

Historical analysis of the social construction of sexualities in intersection with race and class within national and transnational contexts.

Role of women in ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Israel, Greece, and Rome; focus on the formation of western attitudes toward women. Same as Hist 337.

Intersections of gender, race, class, and sexuality through popular film, television, art, literature, and performance.

Focus on the intersections of race, gender, class, sexuality, and nation in "third world" women's films.

Women's experiences in Europe from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment and the ideas and roles that shaped their opportunities. Same as Hist 350.

Prereq Psych 105 or Soc 101. Family system and its interaction patterns; family life cycle from marriage through death; marital relations, divorce, sexuality, parenting crisis, abuse. Same as Soc 351.

Interdisciplinary examination of the way gender intersects with race and class to affect American women in music. Same as Mus 363.

Prereq CES 101 or W St 200. Provides a structural critique of heteronormativity and examines L/G/B/T challenges to dominant sex and gender issues in the U.S.

Prereq one of Anth 101, 214, CES 101, 171, or W St 200. Exploration of roles and activities of women in Native American societies; how traditional gender roles have developed and changed. Same as CES 372.

Prereq Engl 302. Major literary movements and alternate voices in American poetry, fiction, and drama from World War I to the present. Same as Engl 482.

Prereq Soc 101, Soc 102, or W St 200. Social construction of sexuality, sexual behavior, and sexuality as part of social inequalities and institutions.

Prereq Soc 101. Construction and maintenance of gender and gender inequality in American society. Same as Soc 384.

Biological and social causes and effects of sex role socialization; male/female relationships including discriminatory practices, prostitution, and rape.

Gender and inequality at work including occupational segregation, wage inequality, and balancing work and family. Same as Soc 390.

The multicultural history of women in the west through women's literature, archives, and oral history. Same as Hist 398.

Prereq Hist 110, 111, W St 200. History and theory of same-sex sexuality in the United States including identity formation, community development, politics, and culture. Same as Hist 399.

Prereq completion of one Tier I and three Tier II courses. Violence toward women and its relationship to broader social issues such as sexism and social control. Same as Crm J 403.

Contemporary theories of art and how those theories are developed. Same as F A 405.

This course addresses the complex interrelationships of gender, race, class and representation in contemporary art.

Prereq W St 200. An interdisciplinary approach to women's labor in global contexts that analyzes differences among women as well as possible shared interests.

Prereq Biol 102 or 106; Biol 107 or Chem 105; Chem 106; junior standing; completion of one Tier I and two Tier II courses. Biological basis of sex and its relationship to body function, women and health care, and the impact of social and cultural perspectives on the experience of being female. Same as Biol 407.

Prereq completion of one Tier I and three Tier II courses; junior standing; CES 101 or W St 200. Studies structural inequalities in the U.S. through historically grounded analysis of social systems, race, gender, and the law.

Prereq completion of one Tier I and three Tier II courses. Diversity of writings by women in the trans-Missouri West from the 1890s to the present. Same as Engl 409.

May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 12 hours. Prereq W St 200; 300 or 481 with B or better, by interview only. Supervised experience in approved campus or community agencies or projects focusing on women's issues.

Students work with approved agencies or projects focusing on women's issues. Students develop a heightened understanding of women's studies theory, gain employment experience, and establish contact with professionals in the field. Internship possibilities are many, depending on the student's interest and the semester credit hours. Examples are public relations, legal research and advocacy, sexual assault prevention education, sexual orientation education, university curriculum revision, management of a retail outlet, grassroots organization, aide to a member of the legislature, and political campaign management. Students can translate internship experience into corresponding careers in public relations, law, teaching, management, marketing, politics, and more.

Required for women's studies majors.

Prereq CES or W St course; completion of one Tier I and three Tier II courses. Rec CES 101 or W St 200. Intersection of ethnicity, race, class, gender, and sexuality in the lives of Asian Pacific American women. Same as CES 411.

Multicultural exploration of the frontier experience and western America; environment, economic development, gender, class, and race emphasized. Same as Hist 421.

Prereq 3 hours Phil or W St 200. Feminist philosophy as critique of Western philosophical tradition and as alternate framework for thought. Same as Phil 425.

Prereq completion of one Tier I and three Tier II courses; CES 101, W St 200; rec CES 131. Critical terms and models for understanding the experiences of African American women in antebellum America to the present; an interdisciplinary forum concerned with the national experience of the African American woman experience. Same as CES 435.

Prereq junior standing, completion of one Tier I and three Tier II courses. Intersections of race, class, gender, and sexual orientation in the experience of a marginalized group - Chicanas. Same as CES 454.

Prereq W St 200 or 300; completion of one Tier I and three Tier II courses. Exploration of American culture through examination of cultural representations of nature in mainstream and environmental politics.

Prereq Phil 101 or W St 200. Study of gender and feminism and their effect on contemporary ethical theories and issues. Cooperative course taught by WSU, open to UI students (Phil 462).

Prereq Com 101 or W St 200. How news and entertainment media shape and reinforce societal expectations of gender; consideration of race, age, class, and sexual orientation. Same as Com 464.

May be repeated for credit. S, F grading.

Prereq W St 200 or 300. Introduction to the field of feminist theory, including classic interdisciplinary methods, and applications of this scholarship to contemporary women's issues.

W St 481 or 485 required for women's studies majors (DDP students take 481).

Prereq Soc 101, 102, or W St 200; completion of one Tier I and three Tier II courses. Interdisciplinary exploration of issues related to gender and sexuality, explored transhistorically and cross-culturally, including race, class, and age differences. Same as Soc 484.

Required for women's studies majors.

Prereq W St 484 or 300-400-level W St course. Theoretical construction and interpretation of sexualities, gender, and identity.

This course crosses historical, cultural, disciplinary, gender, orientation, class, and other boundaries to examine comprehensively how sexual identity is constituted, maintained, and legislated in a variety of contexts.

W St 481 or 485 required for women's studies majors (DDP students take 481).

May be repeated for credit. S, F grading.