¹On leave full year.

Women's studies is a progressive interdisciplinary program designed to acquaint students with recent scholarship on women, gender, sexuality, and feminist theory. Women's studies courses typically examine the way gender is culturally constructed; explore important race, class, and sexuality differences among women; equip students to critically analyze systematic constraints on women's lives; and explore women's historical and cultural contributions as well as their psychology and biology. In addition to the core women's studies courses, faculty across the College offer a wealth of courses in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences that are cross-listed with women's studies.

Students may pursue a major or a minor in women's studies. Descriptions for courses cross-listed with women's studies are listed under the various departments.

Requirements for the Major in Women's Studies
Thirteen courses including Women's Studies 113 or 221 or 275 or 276; 311; 493; a three-course thematic concentration in an area of special interest that has evolved from broad work in the major; and seven additional courses designated as women's studies courses or courses cross-listed under women's studies, at least two of which must be at the 300 or 400 level. Courses counted toward the three-course thematic concentration may but need not be women's studies courses or courses cross-listed under women's studies. A concentration proposal must be submitted to the director and approved by the Women's Studies Coordinating Committee. Because the connection between theory and practice is central to women's studies, majors are strongly encouraged to include an internship related to women's studies. Majors may also petition the director to have a non-listed course counted toward the major by demonstrating that the majority of their own course work was on women's studies topics. Students may count toward fulfillment of the major requirements a maximum of one independent study (Women's Studies 491, 492), or two semesters of honors work (Women's Studies 483, 484), or Senior Scholars work up to the equivalent of two courses (if approved by women's studies). A maximum of one three-or four-credit hour internship may be counted toward the major.

The point scale for retention of the major applies to all courses taken toward fulfillment of the major. No requirement for the major may be taken satisfactory/unsatisfactory.

Honors in Women's Studies
Seniors majoring in women's studies may apply for the honors program by April 15 of their junior year. A 3.50 major average at the end of the senior year is a condition of successful completion of this program.

Requirements for the Minor in Women's Studies
A minimum of seven courses in at least two departments, to include an introductory course (either Women's Studies 113 or 221 or 275 or 276); 311; 493, and at least one additional course at the 300 or 400 level. Students may count toward fulfillment of the minor requirements a maximum of one three- or four-credit-hour internship or one independent study (Women's Studies 491 or 492), or Senior Scholars work up to the equivalent of two courses (if approved by women's studies).

Course Offerings

113f Introduction to Women's Literature and Feminist Criticism A course designed to introduce first- and second-year students to the practice of feminist criticism and to women's literature. After some preliminary readings on the impact of feminist criticism on literary studies, the class will read fiction, prose, and drama by women writers from various countries. Enrollment limited. Four credit hours. L, D. MS. MOSS

[211j] Women in Myth and Fairy Tale How are women portrayed in the myths and fairy tales of Western cultures? What is the impact of these images on our selves and our society? What are some alternatives to the images we are familiar with? Are there innate "women's ways of heroism" that have been denigrated or ignored by patriarchal systems, or is such a gender distinction purely a social construct? These questions are explored through close examination of ancient and contemporary versions of the stories of Psyche, Beauty, and Inanna. Native American stories and feminist fairy tales provide alternative images for discussion, as will various video versions of the stories. Normally offered every other year. Enrollment limited. Three credit hours. L, D.

221f Gender, Race, and the Politics of Difference From an interdisciplinary perspective, the course examines how women have responded to the relationships among gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, and class, with special emphasis on feminist contributions to understanding the politics of difference. How assertions and denials of difference have defined "woman" and the priorities of feminist activism in the United States. Four credit hours. D. MS. MERLIN

[275] Gender and Popular Culture Listed as American Studies 275 (q.v.). Four credit hours. D.

276s Sociology of Gender Listed as Sociology 276 (q.v.). Four credit hours. D. MS. ARENDELL

311f Seminar in Feminist Theory The course will explore major developments in feminist theory, beginning with a brief historical context and then taking a thematic approach. Theories include liberal, radical, and materialist feminisms; Third World feminisms; feminism and psychoanalysis; feminist film theory; and feminist encounters with postmodernisms. Theoretical readings will occasionally be accompanied by other texts to emphasize the concrete application of theory and the ways feminists have questioned what is accepted as "theory." Four credit hours. D. MS. MERLIN

[315] Contemporary Asian American Women Writers Consideration of contemporary fiction, autobiography, poetry, essay, and video by Asian American women with particular attention to specific cultural contexts. From a minority discourse approach, the course will explore Asian American women's significant contributions and responses to panethnicity, feminism, and multiculturalism. Texts are thematically organized around the topics of immigration and nationalism, family and community relations, gender and sexual identity, and labor and cultural resistance. Also listed as American Studies 315. Four credit hours. L, D.

483f, 484s Senior Honors Project An independent research project on an approved topic, conducted in close consultation with a faculty tutor and culminating in a substantial written thesis. Students are responsible for selecting their faculty tutor and submitting their proposal by April 15 of their junior year. A 3.5 major average at the end of the senior year is a condition of successful completion of the program. Prerequisites: Senior standing, a 3.5 major average at the end of the junior year, and permission of the Women's Studies Program. Three or four credit hours. FACULTY

491f, 492s Independent Study Individual study of special problems in women's studies in areas where the student has demonstrated the interest and competence necessary for independent work. The instructor must be one of the program faculty members in women's studies. Prerequisite: Women's studies major or minor, permission of the instructor, and approval of the Women's Studies Program. Three or four credit hours. FACULTY

493s Women's Studies Senior Seminar Independent research projects done under the supervision of the seminar leader with weekly seminar discussions focusing on feminist methodology. Development of common themes with readings, discussion of research projects, and presentations. Students should have formulated their research topic prior to beginning the course. Four credit hours. D. MS. L. BROWN

Courses Cross-listed with Women's Studies:
American Studies
115 Gender and American Film
213 Medicine in 19th- and 20th-Century America: Women As Pioneer Healers
275 Gender and Popular Culture
398 Personal Narratives of American Women

Anthropology
373 Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality

Biology
115 Biology of Women

East Asian Studies
251 Imaging Chinese Women: Ideas and Ideals in China
271 Women in Japanese Cinema and Literature

Economics
254 The Economics of Women, Men, and Work

Education
332 Women, Girls, and the Culture of Education

English
331 Studies in Pre-Modern Drama (when on women's studies topic)
332 Studies in Modern Drama (when on women's studies topic)
343 African-American Literature
362 Art and Oppression: Lesbian and Gay Literature and Modern Society
412 Shakespeare (when on women's studies topic)
413 Author Course (when on women's studies topic)
425 Modern Women's Literature
429 Passionate Expression: Love, Sex, and Sexuality in Western Literature
493 Seminar: Austen--Fiction in Film (other seminars when on women's studies topic)

French
311 Literature of the Ancien Régime: Women's Narratives
353 Francophone Women Writers
355 Poetic and Artistic Relations of the 19th Century
358 Sensibility and "Female" Malady: The Decadent 19th Century

Government
319 Law and Social Change: Women and Minorities

History
231 American Women's History, to 1870
232 American Women's History, 1870 to the Present
235 American Women; American Wars
313 Women in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
340 Seminar: Biographies and Autobiographies of Great American Women
382 Women in Modern Jewish History
412 Seminar: Body and Soul: Conceptions, Sexuality, and Disease in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
422 Research Seminar: Topics in Modern European Women's History
435 Seminar: Women in the Civil War

Music
255 Music, Sexuality, Gender in Opera

Philosophy
155 Feminist Philosophies
178 Thinking Sex
312 Philosophical Topics in Feminist Theory

Psychology
136 Topics in Sex and Gender
352 Seminar in Sex and Gender

Religious Studies
178 Religion and the Sexual Imagination in Asia
257 Women in American Religion
275 Contemporary Wicca: Formalists, Feminists, and Free Spirits
298 Feminine Spirit and Sacred Space
312 South Asian Women at the Crossroads: Tradition and Modernity
318 Seminar: Mary Daly
355 The Goddess: A Hermeneutics in Thealogy

Russian
233 Russian Women's Writing

Sociology
273 The Family
276 Sociology of Gender
355 African-American Women and Social Change
376 Divorce and Contemporary Society
391 Gender and Public Policy

Spanish
298 U.S. Latina/Chicana Women Writers
334 Women in Hispanic Texts