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Graduate Course Descriptions

WS 5013 Emerging Issues & Perspectives [pdf]
Inquiry into current and emerging issues within Women's Studies.  Lecture and/or seminar format.  May be repeated for credit when topic changes. Three lecture hours a week. Credit:  Three hours. 

WS 5253 Transgressive Identities: Queer Theories and Critical 'Race' Theories [pdf]
Feminist and womanist interventions into recent developments in queer theories and critical 'race' theories; the effects of racial, sexual, and gender impersonation, passing, and masquerade on identity categories. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.

WS 5263  Feminism and Religion [pdf]
Women's contributions to the formation and development of religious traditions with emphasis on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; interconnections between religion, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, and culture; feminist critiques and transformations of religious traditions; relationships between spirituality and social change. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.

WS 5283 Ecofeminist Theorizing, Spirituality, and Activism [pdf]
Ecofeminist theorizing concerning interconnections between environmental degradation, sexism, racism, and globalization; spiritual dimensions of ecofeminism and ecofeminist approaches to social change and environmental justice. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.

WS 5353  Feminist Pedagogies [pdf]
Feminist philosophies of education and their significance to women's studies; pedagogical strategies for developing critical consciousness about social inequalities; preparation for teaching undergraduate courses in women's studies. Prerequisite: Three graduate credit hours in women's studies. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. 

WS 5363 Feminist Epistemologies [pdf]
Politics of knowledge production and cognitive authority to illustrate how knowledge systems are marked by gender, race, sexuality, and class; relevance to questions across the disciplines concerning canon formation, methodological practices, and understandings of human subjectivity. Prerequisite: WS 5463 and three additional graduate credit hours in women's studies or instructor's approval. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. 

WS 5393 Women's Leadership: Skills, Style, and Strategies [pdf]
Same as BUS/SOCI 5393. Examines gender, cultural and other variations in management and leadership styles within social, economic, and cultural contexts. Identifies and develops skills in leadership and management including creating and communicating a vision; negotiating agreements; finding and becoming mentors; and managing resources. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.

WS 5463 U.S. Women of Colors [pdf]
Histories, theories, cultures, consciousness, and lives of U.S. women of colors from a variety of perspectives; issues related to conflict, agency, survival, resistance, intervention, and transformation. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. 

WS 5663 Women's Studies Seminar
This course is offered on topics such as Gender, Race, Class, and Sexuality in Popular Culture, International Feminisms:Women and Social Justice in Global Contexts and Gloria Anzaldúa: Politics, Poetics & Prose It is a topical course designed to focus student knowledge and scholarship in an integrated, interdisciplinary body of feminist thought. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours. 

WS 5773 Qualitative Research Methods [pdf]
Same as SOCI 5773. Qualitative research philosophies including phenomenological, critical and feminist perspectives. Research design, data collection, analysis, and writing. Strategies for studying women's lives and developing culturally sensitive models. Responsible research and professional ethics including IRB process. Hands-on research. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.

WS 5843 Feminist Theories [pdf]
Thoroughly explores feminist critical inquiry, focusing on particular theoretical issues, historical writings, and/or disciplinary contexts within the diverse body of scholarship of feminist theory. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.

WS 5863  The Politics of Writing [pdf]
Enhancement of writing and critical thinking skills in women's studies and other feminist scholarship; contributions of feminist/womanist theorists to academic discourse with emphasis on language, imagination, and social change. Writing assignments include paper abstracts, annotated bibliographies, conference papers, and journal articles in women's studies. Prerequisites: WS 5463 and nine additional hours of graduate coursework in women's studies or instructor's approval. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.

WS 5911 Individual Study
Individual study of topics in women's studies. Prerequisite:Permission of instructor. May be repeated for credit. Credit: One hour.

WS 5913 Individual Study
Individual study of topics in feminist theory, scholarship, or student's interests and needs. One hour of seminar, two hours of field/internship. Credit: Three hours. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.

WS 5973 Professional Paper

WS 5983 Thesis

WS 5993 Thesis