Women’s and Gender Studies Concentration

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Marzia Caporale, Ph.D., Director

Courses for the Women’s and Gender Studies Concentration are drawn from departments across the University and are open to students in all majors. (To enroll in the concentration, students must see the Director of Women’s and Gender Studies.) The concentration consists of six courses including one required foundational course from a list of five: PHIL 218 - (P,D) Feminism: Theory and Practice , WOMN 215 - (D) Feminism and Social Change /SOC 315 - (D) Feminism and Social Change , SOC 220 - (S,D) Social Stratification OR SOC 222 - (S,D) Gender in Society .

Students are strongly encouraged to take two foundational courses, one in the social sciences and one in philosophy. Additional foundational courses beyond the required one will count as electives for the concentration. Many of the cross-listed Women’s and Gender Studies courses fulfill major, minor, cognate, and/or general education requirements. Students also are encouraged to do extracurricular activities that will enrich their classroom experience.

Students may, with the approval of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program Steering Committee, substitute honors tutorials or a thesis, study abroad courses, one reader, or a non-cross-listed course for a Women’s and Gender Studies course elective in cases where major graded requirements are completed in ways that meet the course criteria for Women’s and Gender Studies. Students seeking such substitutions should seek advice from the Director of Women’s and Gender Studies, preferably before completing the credits they wish to substitute.

For more information about the Latin American Studies and Women’s Studies (LA/W/S) department, visit its website.

List of Women’s and Gender Studies (WS) designated courses

Course Number - Name and GE Designation	Foundational A or B	Area A	Area B	Area C	Theory Intensive	Elective
ARTH 210 - (EPW,CA,D) Women in the Visual Arts				X		X
ARTH 311 - (D,CA) Medieval and Renaissance Women				X		X
CHS 337 - (D) Counseling Girls and Women			X			X
CHS 375 - Counseling Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Persons			X			X
COMM 229 - (D,S) Gender and Communication			X			X
1st Yr. Seminar: ENLT 135X - (FYS,CL,D) Feminism and Jesuit Education	X					X
ENLT 224 - (CL,D,EPW) Perspectives in Literature About Illness
ENLT 225 - (CL,D) Writing Women				X		X
ENLT 254 - (CL,D) “Bodybuilding”: Narratives of Health and Ability
ENLT 252 - (CL,D,EPW) Latinx Literature				X		X
ENLT 260 - (CL,D, EPW) Women of Color: Literature & Theory				X	X	X
FREN 430 - Women Writers of the Francophone World				X		X
HIST 213 - (CH,D,EPW) Gender and Family in Latin America		X				X
HIST 238 - (CH,D) History of American Women: From Colonization to Mid-Nineteenth Century		X				X
HIST 239 - (CH,D) History of American Women: From Mid-Nineteenth Century to the Present		X				X
LA/WS 395 - (S,D) Women and Development in Latin America			X		X	X
LIT 207 - (CL,D,EPW) Literature of Global Minorities				X		X
LIT 221E/221F - (EPW,CL,D) Italian Women’s Writing				X	X	X
LIT 323E/323F - (EPW,D) Topics in French and Francophone Cinema				X		X
LIT 325E/325F - Gender in Italian Cinema				X		X
NURS 111 - (D) Women’s Health						X
PS 216 - (D,S) Women’s Rights and Status			X			X
PHIL 218 - (P,D) Feminism: Theory and Practice	A					X
PS 227 - (D,S) Women, Authority and Power			X			X
PHIL 232 - (P,D) Women in Chinese and Western Philosophies		X
PS 335 - (D) Women in the Global Community			X			X
PSYC 228 - Health Psychology			X			X
PSYC 237 - (D,S) Psychology of Women			X			X
SOC 210 - (EPW,D) Marriage and the Family			X			X
SOC 220 - (S,D) Social Stratification	B		X			X
SOC 222 - (S,D) Gender in Society	B		X			X
SOC 224 - (S,D) Race and Ethnic Relations			X			X
SOC 230 - Sociology of Globalization			X			X
SOC 315 / WOMN 215 - (D) Feminism and Social Change	B		X			X
SOC 317 - (EPW,D) Family Issues and Social Policy			X			X
SPAN 430 - (CL,D) Hispanic Women Writers				X		X
WOMN 215 / SOC 315 - (D) Feminism and Social Change	B		X			X
WOMN 380-381 - Women’s and Gender Studies Internships						X
WOMN 383 - Independent Study						X
WOMN 384 - Special Topics						X

Some of the listed courses have prerequisites: please consult departmental descriptions.