WGST Courses

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Class Number	Class	Meeting Time	Instructor	Room	Unreserved Enrollment	Reserved Enrollment	Total Enrollment	Wait List
14294	WGST 89 - 001 First-Year Seminar: Special Topics	MoWe 3:35PM - 4:50PM	Karen Booth	Dey Hall-Rm 0205	0/4	Seats filled	0/4
Description: Special topics course. Content will vary each semester. 3 units.
3880	WGST 101 - 001 Introducing Intersectionality: Gender, Race, Class, and Sexuality	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Karen Booth	Global Education, F-Rm 1015	7/90	2/10	9/100	0/999
Description: An interdisciplinary exploration of the intersections of gender, race, class, and sexuality in American society and internationally. Topics include work; sexuality; gender relations, and images of women in literature, art, and science; and the history of feminist movements. Course readings are drawn from the humanities and the social sciences. 3 units.
3881	WGST 101 - 601 Introducing Intersectionality: Gender, Race, Class, and Sexuality	Th 2:00PM - 3:15PM	To be Announced	Peabody Hall-Rm 3018	0/30	Seats filled	0/30	0/999
Description: An interdisciplinary exploration of the intersections of gender, race, class, and sexuality in American society and internationally. Topics include work; sexuality; gender relations, and images of women in literature, art, and science; and the history of feminist movements. Course readings are drawn from the humanities and the social sciences. 0 units.
3882	WGST 101 - 602 Introducing Intersectionality: Gender, Race, Class, and Sexuality	Th 2:00PM - 3:15PM	To be Announced	Mitchell Hall-Rm 0205	0/30	Seats filled	0/30	0/999
Description: An interdisciplinary exploration of the intersections of gender, race, class, and sexuality in American society and internationally. Topics include work; sexuality; gender relations, and images of women in literature, art, and science; and the history of feminist movements. Course readings are drawn from the humanities and the social sciences. 0 units.
3883	WGST 101 - 603 Introducing Intersectionality: Gender, Race, Class, and Sexuality	Th 12:30PM - 1:45PM	To be Announced	Peabody Hall-Rm G050	6/30	Seats filled	6/30	0/999
Description: An interdisciplinary exploration of the intersections of gender, race, class, and sexuality in American society and internationally. Topics include work; sexuality; gender relations, and images of women in literature, art, and science; and the history of feminist movements. Course readings are drawn from the humanities and the social sciences. 0 units.
3884	WGST 101 - 604 Introducing Intersectionality: Gender, Race, Class, and Sexuality	Th 3:30PM - 4:45PM	To be Announced	Dey Hall-Rm 0203	3/30	Seats filled	3/30	0/999
Description: An interdisciplinary exploration of the intersections of gender, race, class, and sexuality in American society and internationally. Topics include work; sexuality; gender relations, and images of women in literature, art, and science; and the history of feminist movements. Course readings are drawn from the humanities and the social sciences. 0 units.
10309	WGST 101 - 605 Introducing Intersectionality: Gender, Race, Class, and Sexuality	Th 2:00PM - 3:15PM	To be Announced	Peabody Hall-Rm G050	0/30	Seats filled	0/30	0/999
Description: An interdisciplinary exploration of the intersections of gender, race, class, and sexuality in American society and internationally. Topics include work; sexuality; gender relations, and images of women in literature, art, and science; and the history of feminist movements. Course readings are drawn from the humanities and the social sciences. 0 units.
10307	WGST 101 - 606 Introducing Intersectionality: Gender, Race, Class, and Sexuality	Th 12:30PM - 1:45PM	To be Announced	Peabody Hall-Rm 3018	0/30	Seats filled	0/30	0/999
Description: An interdisciplinary exploration of the intersections of gender, race, class, and sexuality in American society and internationally. Topics include work; sexuality; gender relations, and images of women in literature, art, and science; and the history of feminist movements. Course readings are drawn from the humanities and the social sciences. 0 units.
10864	WGST 111 - 001 Introduction to Sexuality Studies	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Amalia Ashley	Genome Sciences Bui-Rm 1377	Seats filled	Seats filled	25/25	4/999
Description: This course introduces students to the broad range of disciplinary perspectives used by the field of sexuality studies to study, teach, and create knowledge about human sexuality in various functions and forms. 3 units.
10947	WGST 124 - 002 Sex and Gender in Society	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Patrick Casey	Peabody Hall-Rm 2024	Seats filled	Seats filled	5/5	0/999
Description: Examination of the social differentiation between men and women. Attention to the extent, causes, and consequences of sexual inequality and to changes in sex roles and their impact on interpersonal relations. 3 units.
9273	WGST 124 - 003 Sex and Gender in Society	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:15AM	Yunlin Li	Wilson Hall-Rm 0107	2/10	Seats filled	2/10	0/999
Description: Examination of the social differentiation between men and women. Attention to the extent, causes, and consequences of sexual inequality and to changes in sex roles and their impact on interpersonal relations. 3 units.
4272	WGST 140 - 001 Introduction to Gay and Lesbian Culture and Literature	MoWeFr 3:35PM - 4:25PM	WENDY WEBER	Greenlaw Hall-Rm 0222	Seats filled	Seats filled	10/10	3/999
Description: Introduces students to concepts in queer theory and recent sexuality studies. Topics include queer lit, AIDS, race and sexuality, representations of gays and lesbians in the media, political activism/literature. 3 units.
14569	WGST 144 - 006 Women in United States History	MoWe 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Katherine Turk	Peabody Hall-Rm 1040	13/18	Seats filled	13/18	0/999
Description: This course will survey the history of women, gender relations, and notions of sex difference in the United States from the colonial era to present times, with a special emphasis on women's varied experiences and expectations across divisions of class, race, and region. Key themes will include work, politics, citizenship, reproduction, sociability, and sexuality. 3 units.
14570	WGST 144 - 600 Women in United States History	Th 3:30PM - 4:20PM	Katherine Turk	Graham Memorial-Rm 0038	Seats filled	Seats filled	3/3	0/999
Description: This course will survey the history of women, gender relations, and notions of sex difference in the United States from the colonial era to present times, with a special emphasis on women's varied experiences and expectations across divisions of class, race, and region. Key themes will include work, politics, citizenship, reproduction, sociability, and sexuality. 0 units.
14572	WGST 144 - 601 Women in United States History	Th 2:00PM - 2:50PM	Katherine Turk	Mitchell Hall-Rm 0106	2/3	Seats filled	2/3	0/999
Description: This course will survey the history of women, gender relations, and notions of sex difference in the United States from the colonial era to present times, with a special emphasis on women's varied experiences and expectations across divisions of class, race, and region. Key themes will include work, politics, citizenship, reproduction, sociability, and sexuality. 0 units.
15097	WGST 144 - 602 Women in United States History	Th 3:30PM - 4:20PM	Katherine Turk	Phillips Hall-Rm 0301	Seats filled	Seats filled	3/3	0/999
Description: This course will survey the history of women, gender relations, and notions of sex difference in the United States from the colonial era to present times, with a special emphasis on women's varied experiences and expectations across divisions of class, race, and region. Key themes will include work, politics, citizenship, reproduction, sociability, and sexuality. 0 units.
14573	WGST 144 - 603 Women in United States History	Fr 12:20PM - 1:10PM	Katherine Turk	Graham Memorial-Rm 0212	Seats filled	Seats filled	3/3	0/999
Description: This course will survey the history of women, gender relations, and notions of sex difference in the United States from the colonial era to present times, with a special emphasis on women's varied experiences and expectations across divisions of class, race, and region. Key themes will include work, politics, citizenship, reproduction, sociability, and sexuality. 0 units.
14574	WGST 144 - 604 Women in United States History	Fr 3:30PM - 4:20PM	Katherine Turk	Stone Center-Rm 0201	1/3	Seats filled	1/3	0/999
Description: This course will survey the history of women, gender relations, and notions of sex difference in the United States from the colonial era to present times, with a special emphasis on women's varied experiences and expectations across divisions of class, race, and region. Key themes will include work, politics, citizenship, reproduction, sociability, and sexuality. 0 units.
14575	WGST 144 - 605 Women in United States History	Fr 1:25PM - 2:15PM	Katherine Turk	Venable Hall-Rm G307	1/3	Seats filled	1/3	0/999
Description: This course will survey the history of women, gender relations, and notions of sex difference in the United States from the colonial era to present times, with a special emphasis on women's varied experiences and expectations across divisions of class, race, and region. Key themes will include work, politics, citizenship, reproduction, sociability, and sexuality. 0 units.
10700	WGST 188 - 001 Introduction to Women and Music	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Heidi Radtke	TBA	22/25	Seats filled	22/25	0/999
Description: The role of women in performance, composition, patronage, and the music business across a wide range of repertories. 3 units.
10865	WGST 202 - 001 Introduction to Feminist Thought	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Jillian Hinderliter	Dey Hall-Rm 0205	19/25	Seats filled	19/25	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, WGST 101. Introduces students to feminist theorizing on debates over gender-based oppression. Gives students tools to pursue academic work in women's studies and to understand the relationships among concepts, activism, and change. Required for majors. Strongly recommended for minors. 3 units.
14297	WGST 215 - 001 Gender and Spirituality	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Sarah Bloesch	Dey Hall-Rm 0205	Seats filled	Seats filled	25/25	0/999
Description: The course is designed to introduce a variety of ways that gender is present in how we define, interpret, and engage the broad categories of the spiritual and spiritualities. Students will learn how to analyze how gender is portrayed by spiritual and religious traditions and reflect on the socially constructed nature of those encounters. 3 units.
8372	WGST 224 - 001 Introduction to Gender and Communication	MoWe 10:10AM - 11:00AM	David Dooling	Davie Hall-Rm 0112	21/42	Seats filled	21/42	0/999
Description: Examines multiple relationships among gender, communication and culture. Explores how communication creates gender and shapes relationships and how communication reflects, sustains, and alters cultural views of gender. 3 units.
15179	WGST 224 - 601 Introduction to Gender and Communication	Fr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	David Dooling	Dey Hall-Rm 0403	1/12	Seats filled	1/12	0/999
Description: Examines multiple relationships among gender, communication and culture. Explores how communication creates gender and shapes relationships and how communication reflects, sustains, and alters cultural views of gender. 0 units.
15180	WGST 224 - 602 Introduction to Gender and Communication	Fr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	David Dooling	Phillips Hall-Rm 0220	6/13	Seats filled	6/13	0/999
Description: Examines multiple relationships among gender, communication and culture. Explores how communication creates gender and shapes relationships and how communication reflects, sustains, and alters cultural views of gender. 0 units.
15181	WGST 224 - 603 Introduction to Gender and Communication	Fr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	David Dooling	Peabody Hall-Rm 2072	Seats filled	Seats filled	12/12	0/999
Description: Examines multiple relationships among gender, communication and culture. Explores how communication creates gender and shapes relationships and how communication reflects, sustains, and alters cultural views of gender. 0 units.
15182	WGST 224 - 604 Introduction to Gender and Communication	Fr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	David Dooling	Graham Memorial-Rm 0213	2/13	Seats filled	2/13	0/999
Description: Examines multiple relationships among gender, communication and culture. Explores how communication creates gender and shapes relationships and how communication reflects, sustains, and alters cultural views of gender. 0 units.
14306	WGST 260 - 001 Women and Sport	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Amalia Ashley	Dey Hall-Rm 0205	Seats filled	Seats filled	25/25	0/999
Description: A broad based perspective of women's participation in sport including history of participation, physiological differences, and socio-cultural influences including work, politics, family, economics, and gender roles and identity. 3 units.
15220	WGST 265 - 001 Feminism and Political Theory	MoWe 3:35PM - 4:50PM	Yi-Hsuan Huang	Phillips Hall-Rm 0224	2/5	Seats filled	2/5	1/999
Description: Introduction to feminist theory and its implications for the study and practice of political theory. Topics: women in feminist critiques of the Western political tradition, schools of feminist political theory. 3 units.
8832	WGST 275 - 001 Moral and Philosophical Issues of Gender in Society	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	To be Announced	Wilson Hall-Rm 0202	Seats filled	Seats filled	5/5	3/999
Description: A survey of feminist perspectives on topics such as the meaning of oppression, sexism and racism, sex roles and stereotypes, ideals of female beauty, women in the workplace, pornography, rape. 3 units.
14304	WGST 290 - 001 Special Topics in Women's Studies	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Candice Merritt	Genome Sciences Bui-Rm 1374	3/25	Seats filled	3/25	0/999
Description: Topics are announced in advance and reflect the interest of the particular instructor. Each course will concern itself with a study in depth of some problem or issue in women's studies. 3 units.
11174	WGST 330 - 001 Women's Health Activism in Twentieth Century America	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:15AM	Jillian Hinderliter	Dey Hall-Rm 0205	13/25	Seats filled	13/25	0/999
Description: Course examines the history of women's health activism and advocacy in the 20th century United States. Course materials and discussions will trace the development of several women's health movements and causes, health activists' tactics and rhetoric, and the complex dynamic between lay activists and medical professionals. 3 units.
14310	WGST 340 - 001 Leadership in Violence Prevention	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Amalia Ashley	Dey Hall-Rm 0307	Seats filled	Seats filled	11/11	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, WGST 101. Examines interpersonal violence, the factors that enable it, and prevention strategies. The course examines violence on both individual and structural levels, considering perpetrators, victims/survivors, and bystanders and drawing upon the expertise of local organizers and service providers in the system of care. 3 units.
12620	WGST 553 - 001 Theorizing Black Feminisms	TuTh 5:00PM - 6:15PM	Candice Merritt	Dey Hall-Rm 0302	6/25	Seats filled	6/25	0/999
Description: Prerequisites, WGST 101 and 202; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. Introduction to the theoretical and practical contributions of African American feminists who maintain that issues of race, gender, sexuality, and social class are central, rather than peripheral, to any history or strategy for bringing about social justice in the United States. 3 units.
8807	WGST 666 - 001 Queer Latina/o Photography and Literature	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Maria DeGuzman	Dey Hall-Rm 0313	4/10	Seats filled	4/10	0/999
Description: This course explores Latina/o literature about photography in relation to photography by "queer" Latina/o artists and, through this double focus, poses certain questions about identity, subjectivity, and culture. 3 units.
15398	WGST 691H - 001 Honors in Women's Studies	Th 6:30PM - 9:00PM	To be Announced	New West-Rm 0103	1/5	Seats filled	1/5	0/999
Description: Prerequisites, WGST 101 and 202. Senior standing and permission of the department. The first semester of the yearlong honors thesis in women's and gender studies. Completing WGST 691H fulfills the WGST 695 requirement for the major. 3 units.
3887	WGST 695 - 001 Senior Seminar: Principles of Feminist Inquiry	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Sarah Bloesch	Dey Hall-Rm 0205	8/25	Seats filled	8/25
Description: Prerequisites, WGST 101 and 202. Required preparation, at least one additional WGST course and senior standing or permission of the instructor. Required for majors; strongly recommended for minors. An advanced writing-intensive course drawing on a student's interests and background. Major research of specific topics utilizing feminist perspectives. 3 units.
15299	WGST 790 - 001 Graduate Seminar in Women's Studies	We 2:00PM - 5:00PM	TANYA SHIELDS	New East-Rm 0305	7/12	Seats filled	7/12	0/999
Description: Explores the complex interaction between women's studies, feminist studies and gender studies as these fields have evolved within and across academic disciplines, intersecting with issues of race, class, ethnicity, masculinity, sexuality, and with practices of queer theory and cultural studies. 3 units.