USF Course Descriptions

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WST 2250 Female Experience in America -HP (3) AS WST
The female experience in America, in historical context, with an emphasis on women in families of various classes, races, and ethinic groups from colonial times to 1870.

WST 2600 Human Sexual Behavior -SS (3) AS WST
The dynamics of human sexuality: biological, constitutional, cultural, and psychological aspects. The range of sexual behavior across groups. Sources of beliefs and attitudes about sex, including sex roles and especially human sexuality.

WST 3015 Introduction to Women’s Studies -SS AF (3) AS WST
Survey of major issues relevant to the female experience. the women’s movement: historical, psychological, sociological, anthropological perspectives.

WST 3210 European Feminist History: Pre-18th Century -6A HP (3) AS WST
Survey of European feminist history prior to the 18th century (focusing primarily on Western Europe). Examines women’s lives, roles, ideas, as well as origins of Western attitudes toward relation of power to gender, race and class. No prerequisites.

WST 3220 Women in Western Civilization II -HP (3) AS WST
Survey of European women from the late Middle Ages to the twentieth century: differing consequences of historical change for women and men.

WST 3225 Women, Environment and Gender -MW (3) AS WST
Course designed to: provide students with a basic understanding of relationships between women’s physical, health and occupational environments; consider the position of women regarding environmental issues; examine role that women can and do play in effecting environmental change; and analyze concepts related to ecofeminism.

WST 3311 Issues in Feminism -SS (3) AS WST
Survey of major issues relevant to the female experience: marriage and the family, sexuality, work, creativity.

WST 3440 Women and Social Action -SS (3) AS WST
Course focuses on ordinary women working collectively in diverse social settings to empower themselves and others to challenge gender stereotypes; to reduce harassment, poverty, violence and homelessness; to enhance health-care and family life and to confront barriers in education, the media and the criminal justice system.

WST 4262 Literature by American Women of Color -6A LW (3) AS WST
Will not be counted toward the English major. An introduction to contemporary women writers of color in the U.S.: Native Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, and Chicanas/U.S. Latinas. Readings will include literature and contextual articles on historical and cultural issues.

WST 4310 Feminism in America -6A MW (3) AS WST
A study of feminist critiques of American women’s experiences and status, and their implications for women’s lives, by 19th- and 20th-century theorists, and how adequately these various critiques address the intersections of gender, class, ethnicity, and race.

WST 4320 Woman’s Body/Woman’s Mind - (3) AS WST
An analysis of the historical, social and political perspectives of women’s health and healing experiences, and how woman’s role as patient and provider of care are shaped by public and cultural assumptions.

WST 4335 Women and Film - (4) AS WST
A study of representation of women in Hollywood films and the responses of feminist film theorists and filmmakers working in documentary, experimental and narrative modes.

WST 4350 Women and Science -MW (3) AS WST
An examination of selected issues related to women and the natural and physical sciences including: historical participation of women in science, current status of women in science, and feminist critiques of science as a discipline.

WST 4410 Third World Women Writers -6A LW (3) AS WST
Will not be counted toward the English major. Introduces the literature of women from various anglophone countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and South Asia; some U.S. writers will be included to represent a third world diasporic consciousness.

WST 4522 Classics in Feminist Theory -MW (3) AS WST
A study of classic contributions to the elaboration of feminist thought from the 18th century to the present in an attempt to discover the roots of the contemporary feminist movement. (May also be taken for credit in Philosophy.)

WST 4560 Contemporary Feminist Theory - (3) AS WST
PR: Completion of one upper division Women’s Studies course. An exposure to and an exploitatin of a wide range of curent feminist theories and debates, as well as an examination of the possible political and practical implications for various theoretical positions.

WST 4900 Directed Readings - (1-3) AS WST
PR: Registration requires instructor’s written consent and signed contracts from instructor of choice. To provide advanced students with interdisciplinary research experience in areas of specific interest.

WST 4910 Directed Research - (1-3) AS WST
PR: Registration requires written contract signed by student and instructor of choice. To provide advanced students with interdisciplinary research experience in areas of specific interest.

WST 4930 Selected Topics - (1-4) AS WST
Study in special areas such as Women and Work, Reproductive Law, Women and Health.

WST 4935 Seminar in Women’s Studies - (3) AS WST
PR: Women’s Studies Major and 24 credit hours in Women’s Studies. Recognizing the interplay between personal connections and intellectual experience, this capstone course is designed to focus on topical areas related to women’s studies and facilitate linking student learning experience to future plans.

WST 5308 Feminist Spirituality - (3) AS WST
Open to non-majors. Focuses on the many voices of contemporary feminist spirituality, emerging from women’s experiences in diverse religious, ethnic and cultural traditions, and representing a range of theoretical perspectives from biblical feminism to goddess worship and wicca.

WST 5825 Internship in Women’s Studies - (3) AS WST
PR: Must have completed Comprehensive Exam. Majors Only. All required courses in MA program, CC. Student placement in approved intern setting for a minimum of 150 hours of supervised experience. S/U. Department Approval Required.

WST 5934 Selected Topics - (1-4) AS WST
PR: DPR. Study of current research methods and scholarship on women from a multidisciplinary perspective.

WST 5940 Internship in Women’s Studies - (3) AS WST
Student placement in an approved intern setting for a minimum of 150 hours of supervised experience. S/U only. PR: Majors only. All required courses in MA program, CC. Permit.

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Effective Date: Semester I, 2003

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