Women’s Studies Spring 2013 Courses
Women’s Studies has an exciting list of courses being offered in Spring 2013 which count towards the Women’s Studies major and minors. These courses cut across a number of different disciplines. They also reflect our goal to expand the program to Women’s and Gender Studies, including courses that relate to issues of sexual orientation. Follow the link above to a full list of courses being offered which count towards our programs. Fuller descriptions of WOST courses are available below for your information.
For more information, contact Dr. Marieke Van Willigen if you have questions about these courses or about majoring or minoring in Women’s Studies. We look forward to seeing you in one of more of our classes this coming year!
Spring 2013 WOST Course Summaries
(For Catalog Course descriptions please click here)
WOST 2000. Introduction to Women’s Studies: Humanities (FC:HU)
Dr. Corinee Guy, MWF 1:00-1:50
Interdisciplinary approach to study of women in society. Emphasis on women as contributors to society and their own human development.
This course counts for foundations credit in Social Sciences and is an elective for the Women’s
Studies major and minor.
HIST 5220/WOST 3500: Gender and the Atlantic World (FC: SS)
Dr. Karin L. Zipf, Tues and Thurs. 11:00-12:15pm, B201.
How did the people of the regions of African, Europe, and the Americas, known today as the “Atlantic World,” influence attitudes about manhood and womanhood? How did issues of race and ethnicity impact political and cultural developments such as colonialism, slavery, the diaspora, revolutions, religion, and war? This course will explore these questions and more in a seminar that addresses Gender and the Atlantic World: 1492-1808.
This course counts for foundations credit in Social Sciences and is an elective for the Women’s
Studies major and minor.
WOST 6100/HIST 5005: Women and Power in the Iberian World
Dr. Angela Thompson, W 6:30-9:30
This course intends to explore when, how, and under what circumstances women in the Iberian World have acquired and wielded political power and economic, social, and cultural influence from the fifteenth century until the present. The “Iberian World” is defined as the areas in Europe, Africa, and the Americas that the Spanish and Portuguese developed as part of their empires. The main focus, however, will be Latin America.
Students will be able to analyze the status of women based on original and secondary sources. They will acquire the skills to locate relevant historical sources and use them to analyze the conditions under which women in the Iberian World could and could not wield power. Students will also be able to compare and contrast the status of women in the three cultures—European, African, and native American--that encountered each other in the Americas and analyze how that encounter affected the status of different groups of women over time in Latin America.
This course counts for foundations credit in Social Sciences and is an elective for the Women’s
Studies major and minor.
