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Fall 2003
This information effective for Fall 2003. Check with instructor the first day of class for any changes.
Women’s Studies
[WMST001A] [WMST112] [WMST155] [WMST189] [WMST196]
*1A. Introduction to Feminisms
Instructor:
Bettina Aptheker
TTH 2:00-3:45 pm
Classroom Unit II
Course Description:
Core course for women's studies. Placing women's experiences at the center of our interpretation, introduces philosophical, historical, political, cultural, and sexual issues from feminist perspectives. Emphasis on diversity of women's lives across class, racial, and ethnic experiences and sexual identities and on the potential for our unity and empowerment as women. Practical emphasis given to ways of implementing a feminist process and a politic for useful social change. (General Education Code: IH.) Call #97198
*112.
Women and the Law
Instructor:
Gina Dent
TTH 12:00-1:45 pm
Kresge 327
Course Description:
Interdisciplinary approach to the study of law in its relation to the category "women" and to the production of gender. Considers a variety of materials including critical race theory, domestic case law and international instruments, representations of law, and writings by and on behalf of women living under different forms of legal control. Examines how the law structures rights, offers protections, produces hierarchies, and sexualizes power relations in both public and intimate life. (Also offered as Politics 112. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) Enrollment limited to 80 students. Call #98684
155.
Women Workers in Transnational Context
Instructor:
Emily Honig
M 2:00-5:00 pm
Baskin Eng. 372
Course Description:
Examines women's work in context of globalization, i.e., creation of a division of labor extending beyond national borders, beginning in fifteenth century and manifesting itself more recently with proliferation of factories owned by multinational corporations largely dependent on labor of women in third world countries. Focus on contemporary issues placed in historical context. Prerequisite: WMST 1A or 1B. Enrollment limited to 24 sophomores, juniors, and seniors. (General Education Code: E.) Call #97256
~189.
Advanced Topics in Feminist Theory
Instructor:
Radhika Mongia
TTH 4:00-5:45 pm
Soc Sci 2 159
Course Description:
Focus on a particular problem in feminist theory. Problems vary each year but might include theorizing the gendered subject, racializing gender, the meeting points of psychoanalysis and social-political analysis in theorizing gender, the relationship between queer theory and feminist theory, and postcolonial feminist theory. Enrollment limited to 20 juniors and seniors. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: WMST 100 (2 additional WMST courses recommended). Call #98698
196.
Feminist Methods of Teaching
Instructor:
Bettina Aptheker
TTH 10:00-11:45 am
Kresge 194
Course Description:
Practicum for undergraduates assisting in the teaching of course 1A, Introduction to Feminisms, to conduct sections and evaluate student papers. A weekly seminar considers issues relating to experiential and critical thinking, authority in the classroom, effective facilitation of group process, racial diversity, and violence against women. Prerequisite: interview with instructor the quarter before course is offered, and WMST 1A or 1B. Students must be upper-division and have a background in women's studies and/or ethnic studies. Enrollment limited to 25. Call number available directly from Professor Aptheker.
* Mandatory
sections assigned during the first week of class.
~ May fulfill the Women's Studies senior seminar exit requirement with
permission of instructor