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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Courses


 

WMST (Women’s Studies Program)

  
  • WMST 455 - International Human Rights [W]


    An examination of the development and application of human rights norms. This course addresses the successes and shortcomings of treaties on civil and political rights, economic and social rights, discrimination, the rights of women and children, and the institutions that have been created to enforce the agreements.

    Cross-listed: POLS 455

    Credits: 3


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  • WMST 460 - Family Communication (C)


    Studies systems of relational communication in a variety of family contexts, with particular emphasis on stability, continuity and change. The role of family in personal, social, and cultural development is studied, as well as changing family dynamics of power, myth, ritual, and connection.

    Note
    (C) denotes common course

    Cross-listed: SPCM 460

    Credits: 3


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  • WMST 461 - Sex & Equality: Modern U.S. Women’s Movements


    Explores diverse U.S. women’s movements after women’s suffrage (1920) and in response to the intensification of domesticity and the struggle for civil rights in Cold War America. Using the lenses of race, politics, gender, media, class, region, sexuality and generation, the course focuses on women and men who worked to change both law and culture.

    Credits: 3


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  • WMST 474 - Literature of Feminist Politics


    Analysis of American feminism from its origins as a political movement through its current expressions in literature and literary criticism.

    Cross-listed: ENGL 474, POLS 474

    Credits: 3


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  • WMST 481 - Sociology of the Family


    A study of the family as a social institution, major family types, cross cultural comparisons and relations of the family to other institutions.

    Prerequisites and Corequisites
    Prerequisite: SOC 100

    Cross-listed: SOC 481

    Credits: 3


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  • WMST 491 - Independent Study (C)


    Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems, and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.

    Note
    (C) denotes common course

    Credits: 1-4


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  • WMST 492 - Topics (C)


    Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.

    Note
    (C) denotes common course

    Credits: 1-3


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