Women's Studies Program — The Curriculum

Introductory Courses

The program offers three introductory-level courses recommended as first courses in women’s studies: WOST 100 (Women and Society), WOST 110 (Women in Global Perspectives) and WOST 150 (Women, Culture and Identity). Each provides a good foundation for intermediate and advanced work in women’s studies.

Department-Based Women’s Studies Courses

Majors in women’s studies may count four courses from this list of department-based courses toward completion of the major. Students completing the requirements for a minor may count three. Some courses on this list may not be taught every year.

AFRSTY 230 (Black Women’s History)
AMST 210 (American Dreams/American Realities)
AMST L228 (SOCIOL L228) (Asian Women in the United States)
AMST L350 (AFRSTY L350) (Race, Class, and Gender: Issues in Diversity)
AMST 393 (The Social History of American Women)
AMST L372 (ENGL L372) (American Women Writers and American Culture)
ANTH 360 (Gender, Culture, and Power)
ART 343 (Issues in Feminist Art History)
CLSICS 287 (Women in Greek Society and Literature)
CLSICS 288 (Women of Rome)
CLSICS 390 (The Heroines of Greek Drama: Problems in Analysis)
ECON 392 (Women’s Economic Roles)
ECON 394 (Sex-Segregated Labor Markets)
ENGL G180 (Women Between Cultures)
ENGL 216 (Writing As Women)
ENGL 357 (African-American Women Writers)
ENGL 359 (African Women Writers)
ENGL 361 (Modern and Contemporary Women Poets)
ENGL 366 (Women and Men in 19th Century Literature [British])
ENGL 370 (Gay and Lesbian Literature)
ITAL G266 (Women in the Renaissance)
ITAL 273 (The Feminine Presence in Italian Culture)
PHIL 222 (Moral Issues in Medicine)
PHIL 230 (Philosophy and Feminism)
PHIL 308 (Feminist Ethics)
PHIL 410 (Feminist Legal Theory)
PHIL 437 (Topics in Feminist Theory)
PSYCH 236 (The Psychology of Women)
SOCIOL 316 (Family Violence)
SOCIOL 382 (The Sociology of Gender)
SOCIOL 460 (Internship in Urban Social Service)
SPAN 324 (Women in Spanish Literature)
THRART 240 (Women in the Theatre)