WGS 300: Topics Women's&Gender Studies

COURSE INFORMATION: Using an intersectional framework of analysis, this course examines questions of race, gender, and sexuality in French film, supplemented by readings. We will also address structural racism and sexism in the French film world. Films covered include: Ousmane Sembène's "Black Girl" (1966), about the experience of a young woman from Senegal working as a maid to a family in France; Claude Chabrol's "Story of Women" (1988), about an abortionist in World War II France; Yamina Benguigui's documentary "The Glass Ceiling" (2004), about the discrimination faced by Black and Arab young adults; Céline Sciamma's "Tomboy" (2011), about a gender non-conforming child. All films will have English subtitles; all readings will be in English. This course satisfies a Humanities distribution requirement. WGS Minors: This course fulfills an elective. WGS Majors: This course can be used to fulfill either the "Intersectional Gender Studies" or the "Politics of Cultural Representation" focus area learning outcome.

COURSE INFORMATION: This course examines women's health disparities in the United States, using an intersectional feminist lens to better understand the dimensions underlying disease and illness. We conduct a critical examination of the causes of health inequity, and evaluate strategies used by government and political advocacy groups to improve women's health outcomes. We closely examine the following health issues: mental health, HIV/AIDS, breast cancer, disability, reproductive justice, and gender violence. We will examine social conditions as a predictor for poor health outcomes. We will examine women's health using an intersectional feminist lens in order to better understand the dimensions underlying disease and illness with a focused look at the impact systematic interlocking oppressions influence. We will conduct a critical examination of the causes of health inequity, and critically evaluate strategies used by government and political advocacy groups to improve women's health outcomes. We will emphasize social, economic, environmental, and political factors that impact health and illness of women. This course satisfies a Social Science distribution requirement. WGS Majors: This course can be used to fulfill either the "Politics, Policy, and Justice" focus area learning outcome. WGS Minors: This course can be used to fulfill a minor elective.

Attention Students: This Summer 2024 course section is a crossed subject section. Please double check your academic transcript, to make sure you have not taken this course in a prior semester. Contact your Advisor if needed. Thank you. COURSE INFORMATION: The topic of this course is Intimate Personal Violence. The focus is more specific than what is commonly referred to as "domestic violence." Domestic violence includes all aspects of violence that occurs between family and some friends. This could include child abuse, elder abuse, and abuse of a parent by a child. Intimate violence refers only to violence between intimate partners. The nature of violence that women experience is often different than ordinary violence. Women's lives are often constructed around the fear of stranger violence, yet they most often experience violence at the hands of family, friends and acquaintances. Most often, though certainly not always, in intimate relationships, women are the recipients of the violence. This is even more true for women of color. We will explore both the fear and the reality of such intimate violence. We will explore the how race and class intersect in understanding. We will examine mutually violent relationships to understand how the dynamics differ. And we will look at the changing societal and criminal/legal response to such violence, while we explore its efficacy. Much has been made of this issue in the media. Part of our task will be distinguishing myth from reality. This course satisfies a Social Science distribution requirement. WGS Majors: This course can be used to fulfill either the "Intersectional Gender Studies" or the "Politics, Policy, and Justice" focus area learning outcome. WGS Minors: This course can be used to fulfill a minor elective.

Attention Students: This Summer 2024 course section is a crossed subject section. Please double check your academic transcript, to make sure you have not taken this course in a prior semester. Contact your Advisor if needed. Thank you. COURSE INFORMATION: A critical examination of historical and contemporary criminology theory, with emphasis on the disproportionate criminalization of Black, Brown, Indigenous, and other people of Color (BIPOC), particularly womxn and non-cisgender folx. This course draws from traditions including, but not limited to: Black feminist thought, critical race theory, Black queer studies, and critical criminology. This course satisfies a Social Science distribution requirement. WGS Majors: This course can be used to fulfill either the "Intersectional Gender Studies" or the "Politics, Policy, and Justice" focus area learning outcome. WGS Minors: This course can be used to fulfill a minor elective.

Attention Students: This Fall 2024 course section is a crossed subject section. Please double check your academic transcript, to make sure you have not taken this course in a prior semester. Contact your Advisor if needed. Thank you.

Attention Students: This Fall 2024 course section is a crossed subject section. Please double check your academic transcript, to make sure you have not taken this course in a prior semester. Contact your Advisor if needed. Thank you.

Attention Students: This Fall 2024 course section is a crossed subject section. Please double check your academic transcript, to make sure you have not taken this course in a prior semester. Contact your Advisor if needed. Thank you.

Attention Students: This Fall 2024 course section is a crossed subject section. Please double check your academic transcript, to make sure you have not taken this course in a prior semester. Contact your Advisor if needed. Thank you.