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Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Courses and Course Descriptions

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Approved Course List
Course Descriptions in the Academic Catalog

Approved Course List

Course	Title	Instructor	Category
WGS 1000	Introduction to Sexual Health and Diversity	Penwell Barnett, Yantis-Houser	Core Major Core Prerequisite for WGS 3000
WGS 2000	Introduction to Women and Gender Studies	WGS Faculty	Core Intensive Writing Major Core Prerequisite: All WGS Courses
WGS 3000	Critical Sexuality Studies	Penwell Barnett, Yantis-Houser	Core Prerequisite: WGS 3600
WGS 3050 WGS 5050	Topics in Sexuality Studies: Sexuality, Gender, and Health Human Sexuality (PSY 2100) Hormones & Behavior (PSY 2920)	Yantis-Houser Schiml, Miller Schiml	Elective
WGS 3200 WGS 3250 WGS 5200	Multicultural Perspectives: Sociology of Gender Survey of Women and Literature Women in Art Black Women in Politics	Steele Jennings, Zaytoun Huebner Snipe	Core Multicultural Perspective Elective Intensive Writing (3250)
WGS 3500	SRV: Feminist Activism	WGS Faculty	Core
WGS 3600	Feminist & Sexuality Theories	Jennings, Zaytoun	Core Intensive writing Prerequisite: 4000-level
WGS 3700	Research Methods in Liberal Arts	Penwell Barnett, McGinley, Yantis-Houser	College Component
WGS 3800 WGS 5800	Studies in Selected Subjects: Hindu Goddesses Women and Leadership Domestic Violence Women in the Old Testament	Stoker Whaley Bhandari Verman	Elective Multicultural Perspective
WGS 4000 WGS 4050 WGS 6000	Topics in Gender & Sexuality Studies: Sex & Subversive Bodies in Literature Gender & Nation in the Neo-Victorian Novel Myth and Fairy Tale in Women’s Writing History, Memory & Trauma in Literature Pop Culture: Race, Gender, Sex Queer Rebellions Sociology of Sexuality Gender & Crime Victimology Sexuality & Endocrinology (PSY 4950)	Jennings Jennings Jennings Jennings Penwell Barnett Penwell Barnett Steele Steele Lahm Schiml	Core Intensive Writing Multicultural Perspective International Perspective Elective
WGS 4200 WGS 4250 WGS 6200	International Perspectives: Global Sexualities and Human Rights Gender & Sexuality: Global Issues Political Economy of Women Gender and Economic Policy Intl Comparison Women in Islam	Penwell Barnett Penwell Barnett Todorova Hopkins Halabi	Core Intensive Writing (4250) International Perspective Elective
WGS 4500 WGS 6500	Topics in Feminist Theory Feminist Theory: Writing the Body Third Wave Feminist Theory & Literature French Feminist Philosophy Theories of Sexuality Disability: Power, Politics, Privilege	Zaytoun Zaytoun Jennings Penwell Barnett Penwell Barnett	Core Intensive Writing Multicultural Perspective International Perspective Elective
WGS 4600	Sex Education Practicum	Penwell Barnett, Yantis-Houser	Core (Capstone)
WGS 4700 WGS 6700	Feminist Research Methods	Penwell Barnett	Core (Capstone)
WGS 4800 WGS 6800	Studies in Selected Subjects Feminist Memoir Gender & Race in Health Communication Women, Ethnicity & Criminal Justice	Zaytoun Thompson Polk	Elective Intensive Writing Multicultural Perspective International Perspective
WGS 4990 WGS 6990	Independent Study	WGS Faculty	Elective
WGS 7000	Seminar in Feminist Theory	Jennings, Zaytoun	Core Graduate
WGS 7200	Seminar in Selected Subjects Women’s Studies: Theory & Literature Postmodernism: Gender, Theory, and Culture Apocalypse in Contemporary Literature & Film Women at Risk: South Asian Women’s Writing Postcolonial Film and Literature	Zaytoun Jennings Jennings Sharma Sharma	Elective Graduate

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