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2016-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

Core Curriculum Requirements
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  • Civic Engagement, Diversity, Ethics, Fine Arts, Natural Science, Oral Communication, Philosophy, Physics-Based Natural Science, Quantitative Reasoning, Social Science, Theology, Writing I, Writing II

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In addition, users may visit the Core Curriculum site for a listing of courses that have been approved for specific Core Curriculum requirements and/or search the Semester Course Offerings in CyberFriar.

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Women’s Studies
  

  • WMS 347 - Women and Crime

    1 semester, 3 Credits

    An in-depth look at a seemingly rare phenomenon-the participation of women in crime. First seen only as victims of crime, increased attention has focused on women as criminal offenders and found that their participation in crime both mimics and differs from that of men. In addition, although the roles of crime offender and crime victim overlap generally, the connection between victimization and offending is particularly strong for women. This course examines women as criminal offenders AND victims, and examines the complex pathways between these roles. Same as SOC 347.


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  • WMS 352 - Global Feminisms in the Age of Empires and Beyond

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Diversity

    Addresses the relationship between feminism, colonialism, and postcolonialism. The legacies of the unequal relationship between Western and non‐western feminists often weighed heavily on emergent feminisms in postcolonial societies, and feminism took on new forms in response to those legacies. Course incorporates historiography, literary fiction, and film focused on the British and French empires. Not open to freshmen. Same as GST 352 and HIS 352.


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  • WMS 353 - The Victorian Age

    1 semester, 3 Credits

    Social reform, shifting perceptions of religion and science, expanding empires, and aesthetic experimentation defined the Victorians and produced new literary genres. Thematic emphasis of this course varies but always connects Victorian literature and its social context. Authors combine the canonical (Dickens, Tennyson, the Brownings, Wilde) with pioneers of sci fi, detective fiction, and children’s literature (Wells, Conan Doyle, Carroll, etc.). Same as ENG 353.


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  • WMS 354 - Nineteenth-Century British Novel

    1 semester, 3 Credits

    Focuses on 19th-century novels in a variety of styles: realistic, Gothic, sensationalistic, comic, and horror. Students will investigate how these novels fit, develop, or disrupt novelistic conventions and social expectations of their day, particularly those concerning social class, gender roles, and imperialistic British nationality. Major authors may include Austen, Dickens, Eliot, the Brontës, Trollope, Collins, and Stoker. Same as ENG 354.


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  • WMS 376 - Toni Morrison

    1 semester, 3 Credits Core Foundation/Proficiency: Diversity

    Examines a selection of novels by the 1993 Nobel laureate Toni Morrison. Analyzes her dialogue with African American and American history, with an emphasis on individual and communal trauma, memory, and healing. Selected, accessible Morrison scholarship will be studied as well, with a focus on race, class, and gender, and on Morrison’s strategies as a creative writer. Same as AMS 376, BLS 376 & ENG 376.


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  • WMS 380 - Gender and Politics

    1 semester, 3 Credits

    A study of the political significance of the treatment, roles, and status of women, with emphasis on the United States. Examination of the meaning of gender, sexism, and feminism. Same as PSC 380.


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  • WMS 451 - Women and Family Issues Internship

    1 semester, 3 Credits

    Offers students interested in Women’s Studies an opportunity to use their academic knowledge and relevant skills by working in a local agency/organization. Students must have an appropriate site location in place prior to the start of the semester in which they enroll in the internship. Same as SOC 451. Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing.


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  • WMS 470 - Special Topics in Women’s Studies

    1 semester, 3 Credits

    A seminar setting involving in-depth analysis of topics of contemporary interest in the interdisciplinary field of Women’s Studies, these courses are offered at the discretion of the director in consultation with the WMS Executive Committee. Offerings include: Fairytales, Fantasy, and Feminism; Feminism and Popular Culture; Gender, Health, and Technology; Gender, Race, and Public Policy; Masculinity, Femininity, and the Body in Popular Culture; Toni Morrison; Women and Service; Women and the Media, etc.

     

     


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  • WMS 489 - Capstone Seminar: Issues in Women’s Studies

    1 semester, 3 Credits

    A requirement for the major or the minor in Women’s Studies, the Capstone Seminar focuses on all the theory, research, and reading WMS students have experienced on issues and topics that vary by semester. Offers a culmination of WMS study, research, writing, and collaborative work and presentations in a seminar setting. Prerequisite: WMS 101.


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  • WMS 490 - Independent Study in Women’s Studies

    1 semester, 3 Credits

    Allows advanced students to pursue, in depth, a topic in the interdisciplinary field of women’s studies under the direction of one or more WMS faculty members. Proposals including specific objectives are submitted in writing and approved by the director prior to course registration. Satisfies the WMS elective in either social sciences or humanities. Prerequisites: WMS 489 and permission of sponsoring faculty member(s).


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