Women’s Studies
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designates courses in the Quantitative Scientific Cluster |
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the Ideas and Events Cluster |
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the Human Behavior Cluster |
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the Literature, Language and Arts Cluster |
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Multicultural |
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Interdisciplinary courses
Multicultural and interdisciplinary courses also fulfill a cluster designation. |
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Asterisk indicates that the course may be offered less than once every two years. |
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Undergraduate Day School |
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Undergraduate Evening School |
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Courses having a more narrow focus than those taught on a regular basis of courses being taught on an experimental basis can be taught as Topics courses. These courses will be assigned numbers based on the student level for which they are intended-first, second, third or fourth year. |
Introduction to Women's Studies
IDIS 1000 3 cr. 3 hr.
The course presents a cross-cultural, historical and interdisciplinary introduction to topics and themes in women's experiences, including roles in the family, the workforce and public life. L, I, C, IDIS
Women and Literature
3 cr. 3 hr.
(See ENGL 3300) L
Women in Latin America
IDIS 1100 3 cr. 3 hr.
The course provides a multicultural and interdisciplinary examination of the social, political and economic situation of contemporary Latin American women using autobiographies, literature and films.
Women in Science and Technology
IDIS 2000 3 cr. 4 hr.
We will study the contributions to the advancement of science and technology made by a selected group of women. For each of these women, we will examine her discipline and her contribution to the discipline, and site her in an appropriate historical and cultural setting. I, C, IDIS
Prerequisites : two intermediate level sociology courses or permission
of the instructor.
Women in American Society
IDIS 2340 3 cr. 3 hr.
This seminar course examines the statuses, roles, expectations and realities of women, particularly as experienced in the contemporary U.S. Patterns and differences among women's lives are explored through a variety of readings, class discussions and writing projects. (cross-listed in sociology 3770) B, C, IDIS
Prerequisites : two intermediate level sociology courses or permission
of the instructor.
Contemporary Issues in Women's Health
IDIS 2340 3 cr. 3 hr.
The course provides a multicultural and interdisciplinary examination of women's health issues, including violence against women, sexual freedom, abortion, menopause, workplace risks and problems of poor, elderly women. I, B, C, IDIS
History of U.S. Women to 1870
3 cr. 3 hr.
(see HIST 2450) I, C
History of U.S Women from 1870 to the Present
3 cr. 3 hr.
(see HIST 2500) I, C
History of Women in Europe
3 cr. 3 hr.
(see HIST 3450) I
Psychology of Women
3 cr. 3 hr.
(see PSY 2250)
Independent Study in Women's Studies
IDIS 4903 3 cr. 3 hr.
Women, Art, and Society
3 hr. 3 cr.
(see ART 1830) L, C
Women, Music, and Society
3 hr. 3 cr.
Internship
IDIS 3 cr.
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