2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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This section of the Catalog includes course descriptions, listed alphabetically by discipline. The descriptions provide information on course numbers, titles, the level of instruction, credit, course sequence, content, and prerequisites as shown in the following example:
CHE 2100 Introduction to Organic and Biological Chemistry
Credits: 5
Prerequisite: CHE 1100
Description: A study of the elements of organic and biological chemistry. This course satisfies requirements for nursing programs and other fields requiring a survey of organic and biological chemistry.
The first two to four letters, called the course subject code, represent the area of study or discipline, e.g., CHE represents chemistry. The course number follows the course subject code, e.g., 2100. The first digit in a four-digit course number designates the level of instruction. Only courses numbered 1000 or above will be included in credits toward a degree. Courses with numbers up to and including 1999 are primarily for freshmen, 2000 through 2999 primarily for sophomores, 3000 through 3999 primarily for juniors, and 4000 through 4999 primarily for seniors. In general, students should not take courses above the level of their class (based upon semester hours earned), but they may do so at one level above if they have the specified prerequisites. In special cases, students may be permitted to take courses more than one level above that designated for their class if they obtain the permission of their advisor and of the faculty member teaching the course and if they meet the prerequisite requirements. Course descriptions provide a summary of the content of the course. If a prerequisite must be met before a student can register for a course, this information is listed above the course description. Attributes, such as Multicultural, General Studies, or Guaranteed Transfer, are listed after the course description. A list of courses being offered in a given semester, instructors, class meeting times, and locations is described in the Class Schedule.
Types of Courses
- Regular courses appear in this section of the University Catalog and are offered on a regular basis.
- Independent study courses provide students the opportunity to pursue in-depth study of a topic of special interest. Independent study courses are specified as 498_ and include an alpha character in the course number. Independent study courses are published in the Class Schedule.
- Special topics or omnibus courses are temporary courses that are not listed in the Catalog. They may be used to pilot-test a course, present a special topic, or provide a unique, experiential-learning opportunity. Omnibus courses use a specified range of course numbers: 190_, 290_, 390_, 490_ and include an alpha character in the course number. Omnibus courses are published in the Class Schedule.
- Variable topics courses allow courses of varying titles under an overall theme or “umbrella” course. Variable topic courses include an alpha character in the course number and are published in the Class Schedule.
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FIN 4500 - Analysis of Financial Statements
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): FIN 3850 with a grade of “C” or better and Senior standing
Description: An in-depth study of current financial reporting practices, analysis and interpretation of corporate financial statements, utilizing text and selected cases.
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FIN 4600 - Security Analysis and Portfolio Management
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): FIN 3600, FIN 3850 with a grade of “C” or better in both and Senior standing
Description: This course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of security analysis and portfolio management. The focus of the course is on selecting the appropriate securities and managing the portfolio to meet the investor objectives. This is the capstone and assessment course for finance majors with a concentration in financial services.
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FIN 4700 - Special Topics in Finance
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing and approval of the Finance Department chair
Description: This is an in-depth study of selected topics in finance not available otherwise in the curriculum. Typically, this course will focus on current issues or developments in finance, and the content will vary.
Note: This course may be repeated for credit under different topics.
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FIN 4750 - Seminar in Personal Financial Planning
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): FIN 3420, FIN 3450, FIN 3600, FIN 4400 and ACC 3090
Description: This is a senior-level integrative course for finance majors concentrating in personal financial planning. It brings together the various aspects of financial planning with heavy emphasis on case studies.
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FIN 4950 - Financial Strategies and Policies
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): FIN 3600, FIN 3850 with a grade of “C” or better in both, Senior standing, and completion of all business core courses except MGT 4950
Description: This course takes an integrated case study approach to financial management. Emphasis is on presentation of analyses and recommendations for strategies and policies. This is the capstone and assessment course for finance majors with a concentration in general finance. Proficiency in personal computer and word processing and spreadsheet applications is necessary.
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FER 3000 - Applications of Fire Research
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): General Studies English; General Studies Math
Description: The students will examine the basic principles of research and methodology for analyzing current fire-related research. The course also provides a framework for conducting and evaluating independent research in the following areas: fire dynamics, fire test standards and codes, fire safety, fire modeling, structural fire safety, life safety, firefighter health and safety, automatic detection and suppression, transportation fire hazards, risk analysis and loss control, fire service applied research, and new trends in fire-related research. Successful completion of the course will require participation in a service learning project. (Service Learning)
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FER 3110 - Community Risk Reduction for Fire and Emergency Services
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): General Studies English; General Studies Math
Description: Students will be introduced to a theoretical framework for understanding the ethical, sociological, organizational, political, and legal components of community risk reduction and a methodology for the development of a comprehensive community risk reduction plan. (Service Learning)
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FER 3140 - Fire and Emergency Services Administration
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): General Studies English; General Studies Math
Description: This course is designed to be a progressive primer for students who want more knowledge about fire and emergency services administration. Students will examine the following skills necessary to manage and lead a fire and emergency services department through the challenges and changes of the 21st century: Persuasion and influence, accountable budgeting, anticipation of challenges and the need for change, and using specific management tools for analyzing and solving problems. A central part of the course focuses on how the leadership of a fire and emergency services department develops internal and external cooperation to create a coordinated approach to achieving the department’s mission. (Service Learning)
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FER 3200 - Fire Prevention, Organization, and Management
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): General Studies English; General Studies Math
Description: In this course, students will examine the factors that shape fire risk and the tools for fire prevention, including risk reduction education, codes and standards, inspection and plans review, fire investigation, research, master planning, various types of influences, and strategies. Also, students will examine the changing roles and responsibilities of fire prevention professionals in managing fire prevention programs and risk reduction activities to ensure public safety. (Service Learning)
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FER 3300 - Understanding International Terrorism
Credits: 3
Description: This course will enable students to understand the evolution and current state of international terrorism by examining its history on a global scale. This global perspective will provide students with the ability to think sensibly about international terrorism and critically evaluate which counterterrorism methods have proven to be effective. Additionally, this course will investigate the theory behind the international terrorist’s motivations and actions. (Service Learning)
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FER 3330 - Introduction to Homeland Security
Credits: 3
Description: This course will enable the student to identify the important components of homeland security. The student will recognize the agencies associated with homeland security and their inter-related duties and relationships. The student will explore the historical events that have impacted homeland security, the state, national, and international laws affecting homeland security, and the most critical threats, especially terrorism, confronting homeland security. (Service Learning)
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FER 3430 - Personnel Development for Fire and Emergency Services
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): General Studies English; General Studies Math
Description: In this course, students will examine relationships and issues in personnel administration and human resource management within the context of fire and emergency service organizations, including personnel management, organizational development, productivity, recruitment and selection, performance management systems, discipline, and collective bargaining. (Service Learning)
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FER 3460 - Political and Legal Foundations for Fire Protection
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): General Studies English; General Studies Math
Description: In this course, students will examine the legal aspects of the fire service and the political and social impacts of legal issues. The course includes a review of the American legal system and in-depth coverage of legal and political issues involving employment and personnel matters, administrative and operational matters, planning and code enforcement, and legislative and political processes with regard to the fire service. At the end of the course students will be able to understand how fire and emergency services administrators perform as effective risk managers by recognizing legal and political issues affecting public safety, and finding and applying appropriate legal rules and/or political constructs as indicated. (Service Learning)
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FER 3911 - Cultural Competence for First Responders
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Completion of General Studies Written Communication and Quantitative Literacy Requirements; FER 3430
Description: Students in this course examine first responder roles in society in relation to social power, class structure, ecological patterns, subcultural developments, and processes of change in the community and in the larger culture. Culture is examined in order to comprehend the interaction between subcultures in the larger society, as well as develop an understanding of cultural competence applications for first responders. Students in this course evaluate the ambivalence in the social processes of first responders, and the challenges inherent in the profession. (Service Learning)
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FER 3980 - Internship: Fire and Emergency Response
Credits: 1-6
Description: Students in this course gain an internship experience in a fire and/or emergency services management setting where students are able to use the skills learned in the classroom in a supervised, professional realm. Students work as fire and emergency management practitioners in a variety of public and private outlets.
Internship requirements vary by department. For information and instructions on finding and enrolling in an internship, contact the Applied Learning Center at 303-615-1333 or internships@msudenver.edu.
Note: This course is repeatable up to 6 semester hours.
Course Revised June 28, 2019
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FER 4100 - Analytical Approaches to Public Fire Protection
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Meets General Studies requirement for written communication
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): FER 3140
Description: In this course, students apply the tools and techniques of rational decision making in Fire and Emergency Services agencies. Students learn and apply data collection, statistics, probability, decision analysis, utility modeling, resource allocation, and cost-benefit analysis for fire and emergency services.
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FER 4220 - Fire Dynamics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Meets General Studies requirement for written communication
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): FER 3140
Description: In this course, students examine the principles of fire and combustion, including the chemistry and physics of fire, ignition, flame spread and smoke movement related to fire compartments. Students apply instruction to fire service, other fire safety practitioners, which includes special hazards, mathematical fire modeling and explosions (Service Learning).
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FER 4260 - Fire Investigation and Analysis
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): General Studies English; General Studies Math
Description: In this course, students will analyze the technical, investigative, legal, and social aspects of arson, including principles of incendiary fire analysis and detection, environmental and psychological factors of arson, legal considerations, intervention, and mitigation strategies. (Service Learning)
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FER 4310 - Fire Protection Structures and Systems
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Meets General Studies requirement for written communication
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): FER 3140
Description: Students examine the underlying principles involved in structural fire protections systems, building furnishings, and fire protection systems, including water-based fire suppression systems, fire alarm and detection systems, special hazard suppression systems, and smoke management systems (Service Learning).
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FER 4420 - Fire-Related Human Behavior
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): General Studies English; General Studies Math
Description: This course provides students with a fundamental understanding of how humans respond to fire and how this understanding has been integrated into life safety systems design and development. Students will examine current and past research on human behavior, systems models, life safety education, and building design to determine interactions of these areas in emergency situations. Students will develop an understanding of a best practice building life safety system as one that combines knowledge in the areas of psychology and sociology joined with engineering and education to produce the best possible outcomes in terms of human survivability in an emergency. Successful completion of the course will require participation in a service learning project. (Service Learning)
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FER 4510 - Managerial Issues in Hazardous Materials
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Meets General Studies requirements for Written Communication and Quantitative Literacy
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): FER 3140
Description: In this course, students analyze current issues in management of a department-wide hazardous materials program and explain issues that are pertinent to officers and managers in public safety departments, including regulations and requirements for hazardous materials preparedness, response, storage, transportation, handling and use, and the emergency response to terrorism threat/incident. Other class topics include state, local, and federal emergency response planning, personnel and training, and operational considerations, such as determining strategic goals and tactical objectives. (Service Learning)
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FER 4610 - Disaster Planning and Control
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Meets General Studies requirement for written communication and quantitative literacy.
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): FER 3140
Description: Students examine concepts and principles of community risk assessment, planning, and response to fires, natural and man-made disasters, including National Institute Management System (NIMS) and Incident Command System (ICS), mutual aid and automatic response, training and preparedness, communications, civil disturbances, terrorist threats/incidents, hazardous materials planning, mass casualty incidents, earthquake preparedness, and disaster mitigation and recovery. (Service Learning)
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: FER or HCM.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
Cross Listed Course(s): HCM 4161
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FRE 1010 - Elementary French I
Credits: 5
Description: This course focuses on skills development in listening, speaking, reading, and writing with emphasis on the use of functional, communicative language for oral and written proficiency and cultural competency.
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FRE 1020 - Elementary French II
Credits: 5
Prerequisite(s): FRE 1010 or one year of high school French or its equivalent with a grade of “C” or better
Description: This course is a continuation of FRE 1010 and focuses on skills development in listening, speaking, reading, and writing with emphasis on the use of functional, communicative language for oral and written proficiency and cultural competency.
Note: This course requires a grade of “C” or better to fulfill the General Studies requirement.
General Studies: Oral Communication
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FRE 1800 - International French Year I
Credits: 1-15
Description: This is a variable-credit course, designed for first-year students learning French in a study abroad setting. Recognizes approved study-abroad educational experience in French speaking, comprehension, reading, and writing.
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FRE 2010 - Intermediate French I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): FRE 1020 or equivalent
Description: This course is the first of a two-semester, integrated, second-year sequence. The course focuses on further skills development in listening, speaking, reading, and writing, with emphasis on the use of functional, communicative language for oral and written proficiency and on cultural competency. Class is conducted mostly in French and will include a variety of interactive activities designed to help students develop their knowledge of French and their ability to use it productively in situations of communication.
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FRE 2020 - Intermediate French II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): FRE 2010 or equivalent
Description: This course is a continuation of FRE 2010 and is the second of a two-semester, integrated, second-year sequence. The course focuses on further skills development in listening, speaking, reading, and writing, with emphasis on the use of functional, communicative language for oral and written proficiency and on cultural competency. Class is conducted mostly in French and will include a variety of interactive activities designed to help students develop their knowledge of French and their ability to use it productively in situations of communication.
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FRE 2110 - French Reading and Conversation
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): One year of college French or equivalent, or Permission of instructor
Description: This course helps to build oral proficiency at intermediate and advanced levels through a variety of personalized interactional activities that are based on readings appropriate to each stage of linguistic development.
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FRE 2800 - International French Year II
Credits: 1-15
Prerequisite(s): One year of college French or equivalent
Description: This is a variable-credit course that recognizes second-year study of French language and culture in an approved study-abroad setting.
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FRE 3010 - French as a Global Language
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): FRE 2010, FRE 2020, or departmental permission
Description: This transitional course is designed to develop those critical, linguistic, and analytical skills required to pursue French studies at the advanced level. The cultural sources studied-literary texts, films, news articles, videos, audio programs, etc.- are chosen to acquaint students with Francophone socio-cultural and literary issues.
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FRE 3050 - Cultural Crossroads: France, Germany, Spain
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020
Description: This course gives students the cultural background necessary to understand and appreciate those spiritual and intellectual developments that have given today’s three European nations (representing our language disciplines) their characteristics. Main topics include the Indo- European language family, the cultural and technological development of Germanic and Romance-speaking countries, the causes for the rise and fall of these countries throughout the 2000 years under consideration, the role of women in politics and the arts, the development of differing social etiquette, reasons for mass emigrations, and contributions of immigrants to their new countries, and the effect that the European Union has on the educational social welfare of its member nations.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix.
Cross Listed Course(s): GER 3050, HON 3050, MDL 3050, SPA 3050
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FRE 3110 - Survey of French Literature I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): FRE 3010 or permission of instructor; and completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication, Oral Communication, and Quantitative Literacy.
Description: This introduction to French literature from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment gives an insight into French literary, historical, and cultural development through selected reading and discussion.
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FRE 3120 - Survey of French Literature II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): FRE 3010 or permission of instructor; completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication, Oral Communication, and Quantitative Literacy.
Description: This introduction to 19th- and 20th-century French literature emphasizes the evolution of literary style and content from Romanticism to contemporary literary schools. Readings and discussion are in French.
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FRE 3150 - French Phonetics: Theory and Practice
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Two years of college French or equivalent, or Permission of instructor
Description: This course covers the essential facts of French phonology. It is aimed at improving students’ pronunciation and articulation and introducing them to the field of linguistics.
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FRE 3310 - Advanced French Composition and Grammar
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): FRE 2010, FRE 2020 or equivalent, or Permission of instructor
Description: This course is designed to reinforce and further develop writing skills, thus enabling the student to combine accuracy with imagination and inventiveness in writing French.
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FRE 3320 - Cinema in French for Advanced Conversation
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): FRE 3010 or Senior Standing or Instructor’s Permission
Description: This course explores French-language films and provides a vehicle for advanced-level French language comprehension and expression. While students receive an enriched understanding of contemporary French culture, they are encouraged to use advanced structures of the language, as well as other aspects of grammar and idiomatic expressions.
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FRE 3550 - French Historical Perspectives
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): FRE 3010 or permission of instructor; completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication, Oral Communication, and Quantitative Literacy.
Description: This survey chronologically presents major political, societal, and cultural movements that have molded France and the French throughout history.
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FRE 3560 - Contemporary Socio-Cultural Issues
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): FRE 3010 or permission of instructor; completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication, Oral Communication, and Quantitative Literacy.
Description: This course provides in-depth presentations and analysis of recent social, cultural, political, and economic issues important to an understanding of contemporary France.
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FRE 3650 - Introduction to French Translation
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): FRE 2020 or permission of the instructor
Description: This course is an introduction to the principal topics in the discipline of translation. The student translates a variety of texts from French to English and from English to French, discusses and critiques translations in class, examines various theoretical concepts of translation, and analyzes grammatical, lexical and cultural issues faced by translators. The student also identifies fundamental issues specific to various translation domains, develops essential skills for researching terminology, and translates texts from those areas. The student is familiarized with the technical, business and ethical sides of freelance translation.
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FRE 3800 - International Advanced French
Credits: 1-15
Prerequisite(s): At least junior standing in French or equivalent
Description: This course recognizes upper-division study in language, culture, and literature in a study abroad setting. It uses a variety of methods and includes reading, writing, and discussion seminars in French.
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FRE 4520 - Modern French Theater
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Three years of college French or equivalent, or Permission of instructor; completion of General Studies requirements; and senior standing.
Description: This is a sampling of the French dramatists who have not only contributed to literary development, but who also have had an impact on society and culture. Theater analysis techniques will also be stressed.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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FRE 4530 - The French Novel
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Three years of college French or equivalent, or permission of instructor; completion of General Studies requirements; and senior standing.
Description: This is a sampling of 19th- and 20th-century French novels that will be studied in depth using several literary analysis techniques.
University Requirement(s): Senior Experience
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FRE 4540 - Literature, Culture, and Translation
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): FRE 3310 and/or Senior standing or permission of instructor
Description: This course is designed to allow students to use the various skills that they have developed during their studies of French language, culture and literature at an advanced level. Students analyze and apply translation techniques (from both French to English and English to French) and demonstrate an ability to analyze cultural differences that affect translation, both of text and image. The course provides a practical application of skills toward a service-learning translation project and includes reflection on the service learning process. Enrollment is limited to 15 students. (Service Learning)
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FRE 4750 - Senior Seminar in French Studies
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing, at least two courses at the FRE 3000-level
Description: This is an intense thematic seminar on either a literary or cultural topic emphasizing a comparative study in the former and a multidisciplinary approach to the latter.
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GWS 1001 - Introduction to Gender, Women, and Sexualities Studies
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Minimum performance standard scores on reading, writing and mathematics.
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): Minimum performance standard scores on reading, writing and mathematics.
Description: This course provides an introduction to the foundational concepts and theories underlying the interdisciplinary field of Gender, Women, and Sexualities Studies. This course utilizes a variety of educational materials including personal narratives, academic articles, media and cinema studies, and poetry and fiction.
General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences I
Guaranteed Transfer: GT-SS3
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GWS 1200 - Multicultural Study of Sexualities and Genders
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1010 or ENG 1020
Description: This multidisciplinary course introduces the study of sexualities and genders including the history, major theories, racial intersections, and issues. Foundational concepts and vocabulary are taught so that the student will be equipped to take advanced courses in this area. General models of identity linked with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender sexualities are explored. Intersectional analysis will be applied with particular attention to the experiences of sexuality and gender in the Native American/Indigenous, African-American, Chicana/o, and Asian American communities.
General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences II
University Requirement(s): Multicultural
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GWS 1550 - Introduction to Transgender Studies
Credits: 3
Description: This course explores the transgender and transsexual experience, focusing on Western cultural definitions and concepts. The course covers transgender basics, including definitions and language; the history of the transgender movement; the legal, social, and medical aspects of transition; current political issues within and for the movement; cultural aspects of gender diversity; well-known trans people in Western culture; working with transgender and transsexual populations; and being a good ally and advocate. By the end of the course, students will have the language, knowledge, and skills to work with transgender and transsexual populations in a variety of settings and will understand the diversity of the transgender experience.
General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences II
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GWS 1600 - Women in World History
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Minimum performance standard scores on reading and writing pre-assessment placement tests
Description: This course will explore the role, experiences, and contributions of women in the family, the economy, the culture, the religions and the political structure from a broad, comparative framework. Students will become familiar with how women’s history modifies the traditional interpretations of historical events.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HIS or GWS.
General Studies: Historical, Global Diversity
Cross Listed Course(s): HIS 1600
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GWS 2010 - Interdisciplinary Research Methods in Social Issues
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): GWS 1001 or AAS 1010 or CHS 1000 or Permission of instructor
Description: This course focuses on the interdisciplinary study of methods, analyses and critiques used by scholars to study social issues within and across a range of disciplines (e.g., history, arts, humanities, sciences, education, health, economics, law and social/ behavioral sciences). Research designs and general statistical interpretation will be reviewed for each methodology. Techniques for laboratory and field research, conducting qualitative and quantitative studies, and writing research reports will also be included.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: GWS or AAS or CHS.
Cross Listed Course(s): AAS 2010, CHS 2030
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GWS 2100 - Women of Color
Credits: 3
Description: Though U.S. women share much in common, their differences are salient to a thorough understanding of all these women’s experiences. Comparative analysis of women’s race, class, ethnicity, and sexual orientation are central to this course. The similarities among diverse groups of women are also examined in order to better understand the complexity of women’s lives. The course addresses issues of work, health, interpersonal violence, globalization, as well as resistance, activism, and social change across identities.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: AAS, CHS, or GWS.
General Studies: Social and Behavioral Sciences II
Guaranteed Transfer: GT-SS3
University Requirement(s): Multicultural
Cross Listed Course(s): AAS 2100, CHS 2100
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GWS 2200 - Feminist and Queer Research Methods
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): GWS 1001 or GWS 1200
Description: This course focuses on feminist and queer research methods and methodologies specific to interdisciplinary research. It includes an overview of basic quantitative methods and analyses, along with an in-depth exploration of qualitative and mixed-methods research design. The course also covers topics such as: standpoint and critical theories, research ethics, feminist ethnography, and community research. The course provides a queer framework for critiquing power, authority, and knowledge, all of which are essential concepts in feminist and queer research design and analyses.
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GWS 2380 - Women, Art and Gender Politics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): GWS 1001 or ARTH 1500 or ARTH 1600 or ARTH 1700
Description: This course surveys visual art production by women over a broad span of time and geographies and examines the roles that gender and gender politics have taken throughout art history. Topics include the differing roles and status that women have obtained as artists in western culture, access to artistic training, representations of women and constructs of femininity in western art, and comparative models in selected non-western cultures. Work by women throughout various waves of feminisms will also be addressed, and a range of gender frameworks will be introduced in order to interpret visual art.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ARTH or GWS
General Studies: Arts and Humanities
Cross Listed Course(s): ARTH 2380
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GWS 2400 - Women’s Folklore
Credits: 3
Description: This course provides an exploration of folklore in everyday life, including folk narrative and other verbal genres, as well as material forms and other manifestations of traditional expressive behavior, as it pertains to reinforcing and resisting gender identity and norms. This course focuses on the centrality and pervasiveness of creativity, developing a contextual approach to understanding aesthetic expression.
Note: Credit will be granted for one prefix only: ANT or GWS.
General Studies: Arts and Humanities
Cross Listed Course(s): ANT 2400
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GWS 2770 - Gender and Communication
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 1710 or permission of instructor
Description: This course explores the relationship of gender to the communication process by examining issues of power, conflict, sex role stereotypes, and cultural patterns of interaction on relationships and identity. Students explore the multiple ways that masculinity and femininity are created and sustained through communication in such contexts as families, schools, the workplace, and the media. Students will use feminist theoretical perspectives and interpretive approaches from communication studies to analyze cultural assumptions and the relationships of notions of gender to class, sexuality and race.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CAS or GWS.
General Studies: Arts and Humanities
Cross Listed Course(s): CAS 2770
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GWS 3050 - Psychology of Gender
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PSY 1001
Description: This course presents a survey of major contemporary approaches to gender, including a range of scientific and theoretical work. A constructionist approach is utilized to synthesize the views. The course then reviews several major areas of application, including relationships, health, violence, workplace, and achievements.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: PSY or GWS.
Cross Listed Course(s): PSY 3050
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GWS 3070 - Psychology of Sexual Orientation
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PSY 1001
Description: This course explores psychological theory and research dealing with sexual orientation, with an emphasis on lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) identity. Topics include historical and theoretical frameworks, homophobia and heterosexism, origins of sexual orientation, LGB identity development and coming out, diversity, relationships and parenting, the role of community, and others.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: GWS or PSY.
Cross Listed Course(s): PSY 3070
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GWS 3130 - Independent Study in Gender, Women, and Sexualities Studies
Credits: 1-6
Prerequisite(s): GWS 1001 or permission of instructor
Description: This course engages students in an in-depth, faculty-guided conversation on Gender, Women, and Sexualities Studies theories and practices. In collaboration with their GWS faculty mentor, students will develop a comprehensive course proposal, with student learning objectives and detailed course schedule specific to their area of interest. Through the selections read, students will learn the theory, history, and scope of the literature in the field and will develop an extensive research project about their specific topic. This course offers individualized instruction and personal consultation with faculty.
Note: This course may be repeated for a total of 6 credits.
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GWS 3170 - Social Justice, Self, and Citizenship: A Service Learning Course
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): GWS 1001 or PSY 1001 and six additional semester hours in Women’s Studies or six additional semester hours in Psychology
Description: Social justice encompasses research, activism and current events about manifestations of social oppression and social change. This course focuses upon psychological theory and self-identity in the context of multicultural and social justice issues (e.g., classism, racism, sexism, heterosexism, and ableism). Lectures, readings, and discussions are integrated with a required service learning placement involving 30 hours of volunteer work in a setting for the underserved. Students have the opportunity to a) reflect on their values, assumptions, place within, and emotional reactions to social oppressions; b) analyze the political systems that surround their communities and institutions; and c) apply their reflections to their career goals and personal development.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: HON, PSY, or GWS.
University Requirement(s): Multicultural
Cross Listed Course(s): HON 3170, PSY 3170
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GWS 3180 - Feminist Philosophy
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHI 1010 or 1030 and junior standing are recommended
Description: This course involves an examination of traditional philosophical topics and questions from the perspective of contemporary feminist theory. Special consideration is given to feminist critiques of logic, rationality and scientific objectivity and to feminist approaches to ethical, social and political thought.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: PHI or GWS.
Cross Listed Course(s): PHI 3180
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GWS 3220 - Prejudice and Discrimination
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010, GWS 1001, AAS 1010 or permission of instructor, and completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication, Oral Communication, and Quantitative Literacy
Description: Explore the origins and characteristics of bias, prejudice and discrimination in society; social constructions of race, ethnicity, and gender; and the impact of social forces on social structure, institutions, and access to life opportunities.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: AAS, SOC or GWS.
University Requirement(s): Multicultural
Cross Listed Course(s): AAS 3220, SOC 3220
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GWS 3230 - Bodies and Embodiment
Credits: 3
Description: Students in this course examine multiple interdisciplinary discourses about gendered, sexed, raced, classed, and able bodies, beginning with Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex. Through discussion, lecture and critical evaluation of key theories in Body and Embodiment Studies (by Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, Susan Bordo, bell hooks, and Iris M. Young) students in this course explore the inscribed, as well as the lived, body–bodies that are gazed at, desired, fashioned, heard, and eroticized. In order to historically situate these discourses, the body is presented as a social construct that is controlled and manipulated but that also has unique experiences which cannot be verbalized and/or managed.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ITP, SOC, or GWS.
Cross Listed Course(s): ITP 3230, SOC 3230
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GWS 3240 - American Indian Women
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): GWS 1001 or NAS 1000 Recommended
Description: This course is designed to expose the student to the diverse and varied works of American Indian women. By studying the literature, music, and dance of the American Indian woman, students explore the historical factors that have impacted the lives of both American Indians and non-native people. This course also examines the transition that American Indian women have made in order to survive and attempt to understand their struggles for freedom.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: NAS or GWS.
Cross Listed Course(s): NAS 3240
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GWS 3250 - Black Women Writers
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): AAS 1010 or ENG 1020
Description: The course studies selected works chosen as representative of the issues and concerns of Black women worldwide as voiced by Black women writers from Africa and the Diaspora.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: AAS, ENG, GWS, or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): AAS 3250, ENG 3250, HON 3250
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GWS 3260 - Gender, Social Justice and the Personal Narrative
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ENG 1020
Description: This course explores personal narrative as a vehicle for discovery and dissemination of social justice themes as they connect to the lived experiences of the authors. Students take part both as readers and authors, narrating excerpts from their own lives as they relate to social justice themes.
University Requirement(s): Arts and Humanities
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GWS 3270 - Beauty Cultures
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020
Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ENG 1020
Description: This course explores contemporary and historical beauty cultures (both in the U.S. and in a global context), their critiques, and their impact on the lived experience of individuals, including students enrolled in the course. Students discern and untangle the interplay between individual aesthetic impulses and larger cultural and structural forces as they pertain to the beautification of the human face and body.
University Requirement(s): Arts and Humanities, Global Diversity
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GWS 3280 - Queer Theory
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): GWS 1001 or GWS 1200
Description: This course surveys a broad array of scholarship in queer theory, as well as applications of queer theory in a variety of academic fields to explore practices, identities, and communities as well as the cultural construction of gender and sexuality.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: SOC or GWS.
Cross Listed Course(s): SOC 3280
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GWS 3300 - Women’s Leadership
Credits: 2
Description: This course will examine the various roles, models, and guiding principles of women in leadership. The discussions will be intentionally interactive as students share their own experience of women’s leadership ranging from traditional to unconventional. Students will identify the values most clearly associated with women’s leadership crossculturally and read diverse women’s experiences in their communities. Each student will interview a woman whom they deem to be in a leadership role, though not necessarily a formal position, and will present his or her findings to the class. All class members will reflect on their own leadership values in relation to the course material.
Note: Credit will be granted under one prefix only: CPD or GWS.
Cross Listed Course(s): CPD 3300
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GWS 3310 - Women and the Law
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): GWS 1001 or CJC 1010 or Permission of instructor
Description: This course introduces students to basic concepts that define the relationship of women to the law. Students will learn about the historical conditions and legal perspectives that affect women’s rights in the U.S. This course deals specifically with women’s equal participation in citizenship, work, education, reproductive rights, and protection from violence.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CJC, PSC, SOC, and GWS.
Course Revised June 26, 2019
Cross Listed Course(s): CJC 3710, PSC 309J, SOC 365B
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GWS 3350 - Gender and Society
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010 or GWS 1001; or Permission of instructor
Description: Explore what it means to live gendered lives in a gender-conscious society in which cultural, political and economic forces intersect with race, ethnicity, class, age, sexuality and other social positions to affect the self, our opportunities and our life chances.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: SOC or GWS.
Cross Listed Course(s): SOC 3430
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GWS 3360 - Women in European History
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1010 or equivalent with a grade of D or better, and any course with HIS prefix or that is crosslisted with HIS prefix, or permission of instructor
Description: This course provides an historical analysis of the role and contribution made by women in the development of Western civilization from Neolithic times to the present.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: GWS or HIS.
Cross Listed Course(s): HIS 3360
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GWS 3395 - Transnational Genders and Sexualities
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Minimum performance standard scores on reading, writing and mathematics.
Description: This course explores the transnational production of gender and sexualities. It examines how people, ideas and capital moving across borders play a role in the development of gender and sexual identities, practices, and communities. Through this focus, the course engages transnational phenomena such as tourism, migration, global LGBT communities, colonization and human rights.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ANT or GWS
Cross Listed Course(s): ANT 3395
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GWS 3430 - LGBT Literature
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000 or ENG 2100 or GWS 1200
Description: Students read, analyze, and write about various forms of literature produced by and about the LBGT experience with consideration of historical and social contexts. Course content includes important LBGT writers in a variety of literary periods and cultures, critical readings on LGBT history and pertinent theory, and explore how historical contingencies and political debates inform literature, as well as how literature and culture inform and challenge public and political opinion.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ENG or GWS.
Cross Listed Course(s): ENG 3360
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GWS 3460 - Women and the Social Sciences: Variable Topics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): GWS 1001, SOC 1010, or permission of instructor; completion of General Studies requirements in Written Communication, Oral Communication, and Quantitative Literacy.
Description: These courses focus on women in relation to the social sciences under such titles as: Women and the Family; Women and Addictions; Women in the Criminal Justice System; Domestic Violence; Cross-Cultural Roles of Women; Women and Politics. Check Class Schedule for each semester’s offerings.
Note: This course may be repeated once for credit under different topics.
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GWS 3470 - Biology of Women
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): BIO 1000 or GWS 1001 or Permission of instructor
Description: An examination of the anatomy and physiology of sex in humans, the mechanisms involved in formation of sex and gender, and the interactions between science, society, and medical practice with regard to issues of sex and gender.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: BIO or GWS.
Cross Listed Course(s): BIO 3471
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GWS 3490 - Queer Sexualities and Identity
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1020, SOC 1010, or GWS 1200; or permission of instructor
Description: This course explores the various ways lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and other sex/gender minorities represent themselves vis-a-vis the social construction of identity. The course analyzes the general strategies lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA) individuals (and their communities) utilize to self-identify, as well as resist simplistic notions of self in a post-modern context. We explore issues of queer self-presentation and performance in relation to the intersections between queer identity and race/ethnicity, class, and nationality, as well as social control and power and privilege.
Note: Credit will be granted under one prefix only: GWS or SOC.
Cross Listed Course(s): SOC 3490
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GWS 3500 - Social Work Practice with LGBTQ People
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1010; ENG 1020
Description: This course explores concepts and methods useful is assessing and addressing the strengths, developmental needs, and social issues pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) as well as other sexual minority identities. Multiple levels of practice issues are explored, including individual, group, family, policy, and community. Concepts of oppression and privilege are explored as they relate to LGBTQ people’s experiences as well as experiences within LGBTQ communities.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: GWS or SWK.
Cross Listed Course(s): SWK 3500
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GWS 3510 - Feminist Theories and Practices
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): GWS 1001, GWS 2100, and 6 additional hours of upper-division, GWS coursework; or permission of instructor
Description: This course examines some of the key areas of inquiry in contemporary feminist theories and practices. Specifically, we reflect on feminist histories and question the notions of being, knowing, desiring and moving as sexed, gendered, raced, and classed beings. The course investigates the transformative contributions of liberal feminism, radical feminism, postcolonial and decolonial feminisms, queer theory and transnational feminisms to all academic disciplines. We identify how feminist theories and practices illuminate some of the pressing issues of our time, such as neocolonialism, environmental degradation, war, poverty and violence.
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GWS 3530 - Gender and Global Politics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): GWS 1001 or PSC 1020
Description: This course introduces students to the application of feminist theorizing of international relations to critical global issues. The first part of the course examines feminist international relations theory to ascertain how gender reinforms global politics. The second part of the course examines a variety of global issues, such as war, global economic relations, human trafficking, and the environment, to see how the ways we understand, and therefore construct policies to deal with these issues, are gendered.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: GWS or PSC.
Cross Listed Course(s): PSC 3530
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GWS 3540 - Women in the Developing World
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): GWS 1001 or PSC 1020 or ANT 1310
Description: This course presents a cross-cultural study of women’s lives in the developing world by examining two main issues: the influence of culture on women’s issues and politics’ impact on women. By the end of this course students will not only learn about the lives of women in the developing world but also become familiar with how women across the globe articulate the desire for equality.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix.
Cross Listed Course(s): ANT 3540, HON 3540, PSC 3540
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GWS 3550 - Chicana Feminisms
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CHS 1000 or GWS 1001; or permission of instructor
Description: This course will provide students with a general background on Chicana feminist thought. Chicana feminism has carved out a discursive space for Chicanas and other women of color, a space where they can articulate their experiences at the intersection of race, class, gender, and sexuality, among other considerations. In the process, Chicana feminists have critically challenged Chicano nationalist discourse as well as European and North American feminism. The course will address the diversity in thinking and methodology that defines these discourses thus acknowledging the existence of a variety of feminisms that occur within Chicana intellectual thought. The course will also explore the diversity of realms in which this feminist thinking is applied: labor, education, cultural production (literature, art, performance, etc.), sexuality, and spirituality, among others.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CHS, GWS, or HON.
Cross Listed Course(s): CHS 3460, HON 3460
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GWS 3560 - Sociology of Sexuality
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SOC 1010 or permission of instructor
Description: This course is a survey of historical, cultural, and social aspects of human sexuality. The interplay between sex and society will be the major focus. Cross-cultural and historical analysis of sexual values and behavior will be examined. Competing and conflicting sexual value systems in contemporary societies will be analyzed. Other topics include: sexual scripts, sexual deviance and social control, sexual socialization processes, and the social bases of sexual dysfunction.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: GWS or SOC.
Cross Listed Course(s): SOC 3460
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GWS 3600 - Gender in Social Work Practice
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1010; ENG 1020
Description: This course examines social work practice from a feminist theoretical perspective. It examines issues of equality, social justice, policy and practice within a patriarchal society. This course examines how gender is produced and reproduced in contemporary society, and how gender matters for social work practice. Multiple levels of practice issues are explored, including individual, group, family, policy, and community. Concepts of oppression and privilege are explored as they relate to people’s gendered experiences.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: GWS or SWK.
Cross Listed Course(s): SWK 3600
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GWS 3650 - Economics of Race and Gender
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ECO 1040 or ECO 2010 or ECO 2020; or permission of instructor
Description: This course applies the tools of economic analysis to issues that relate to African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and women. The course analyzes labor markets and how occupational choices and earnings vary systematically by these groups of color and by gender. The course also examines in detail the intended and unintended consequences of several policies that have addressed this situation. Finally, economic tools are applied to non-labor market behavior and are used to examine other outcomes that vary by race, ethnicity and gender.
University Requirement(s): Multicultural
Cross Listed Course(s): ECO 3600
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GWS 3651 - U.S. Women’s History
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1010 or equivalent with a grade of D or better, and any course with HIS prefix or that is crosslisted with HIS prefix, or permission of instructor
Description: This course emphasizes women’s changing roles in American history from pre-Columbian times to the present. The course covers the nature of women’s work and women’s participation in the family, church, and reform movements in the colonial and Republican periods and the 19th and 20th centuries. Students study the emergence of the modern woman in the 20th-century, as well as the re-emergence of the women’s movement. The course stresses both the changes and the continuities over the last 300 years.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: GWS or HIS.
Cross Listed Course(s): HIS 3650
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GWS 3655 - Women of the American West
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): ENG 1010 or equivalent with a grade of D or better, and any course with HIS prefix or that is crosslisted with HIS prefix, or permission of instructor
Description: This course will provide students with an overview of the ways in which women of many cultures shaped the North American West. Women developed the West as a home place, borderland, and frontier. Course themes that will be explored in lectures, discussion, and assignments include gender, masculinity, class, race, ethnicity, sexuality, labor, and environment.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: GWS or HIS.
Cross Listed Course(s): HIS 3655
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GWS 3660 - Poverty, Race and Gender
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): SWK 1010 or permission of instructor
Description: This course introduces the student to the relationship between race, gender and poverty and examines the underlying causes of the “feminization of poverty” in the United States. Social, economic, age-based and ethnic factors are explored in detail. The differences between prevailing stereotypes and current realities are highlighted.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CHS, GWS, SOC, or SWK.
Cross Listed Course(s): CHS 3660, SOC 3660, SWK 3660
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GWS 3670 - Contemporary Issues in Women’s Studies: Variable Topics
Credits: 1-3
Prerequisite(s): GWS 1001 or Permission of instructor
Description: Objectives vary with course title, but generally focus on current issues that are constantly changing and developing in this area. Check Class Schedule for each semester’s offerings.
Note: This course may be repeated once for credit under different topics.
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GWS 3700 - Psychology of Group Prejudice
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): PSY 1001 or AAS 1010 or GWS 1001
Description: This course covers psychological theory and research that examines causes, effects, expressions, and reduction of group prejudice. Various types of group prejudice are addressed, most notably prejudice against cultural and ethnic minorities in the United States (i.e., Native Americans, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans). Sexism and heterosexism also are discussed.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: AAS, GWS, or PSY.
University Requirement(s): Multicultural
Cross Listed Course(s): AAS 3700, PSY 3700
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GWS 3780 - Gender and Disaster
Credits: 3
Description: This course analyzes gender’s shaping global development and disaster vulnerability by focusing on the experiences of girls and women before, during, and after disastrous events. It examines intersecting patterns of vulnerability and response based on gender, class, race/ethnicity, age, nationality and other factors. Students examine gender-focused case studies from developed and developing societies and investigate the practical implications of gender-sensitive sociology of disaster.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: ANT, GWS, or SOC
Cross Listed Course(s): ANT 3361, SOC 3780
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GWS 3910 - Women’s Spirituality
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): GWS 1001 Recommended
Description: This course explores the spiritual, psychological, social, political, and cultural aspects of the women’s spirituality movement through reading, research, critical reflection, writing, and optional creative /experiential projects. Students engage these concepts and theories in relation to women’s experiences within diverse religious traditions, as well as personal spiritual understanding and practices. In addition, students apply a spiritual feminist critique to gender socialization, body image, cultural constructions of power and subordination, social activism, and personal agency.
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GWS 3920 - Gender Politics of Health
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): GWS 1001 or SOC 1010 or PSY 1001
Description: This course focuses on health issues specific to women and the challenges historically faced by women in the health care arena. Students will learn about the role of patriarchal medical mythologies that exist throughout various cultures in the oppression of women, especially minority women, and how women have reclaimed healing, health, and communities of medical knowledge production. This course specifically explores feminist, physiological, psychological, and sociological factors in women’s health within a global context.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: PSY, SOC, GWS, or ITP
Course Revised June 26, 2019
Cross Listed Course(s): PSY 3920, SOC 3920, ITP 3920
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GWS 3930 - Theories of Love and Sex
Credits: 3
Description: This course introduces and synthesizes theories from philosophy, psychology, sociology, history, religion, and literature about love and sex. The complexities of love and sex, including their fundamental meanings, contemporary understandings, identity implications as well as their historical constructions, are explored. An important dimension of this exploration is the source and meaning of the moral valuation assigned various forms of sexual activity.
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GWS 3940 - Victim Advocacy for Survivors of Interpersonal Violence
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): GWS 1001 and six additional hours in Gender, Women, and Sexualities Studies or HSP 1010 and six additional hours in Human Services
Description: This course provides a foundation to the field of interpersonal violence victim advocacy to complement trainings provided by local victim advocacy agencies and police departments. The primary focus is victim advocacy as it relates to interpersonal violence (i.e., relationship violence, sexual violence, and stalking). This course helps prepare students to engage in advocacy by providing a broad understanding of the role of power and control in violence and its root causes, the historical perspective on anti-violence movements, the impact of trauma and biopsychosocial considerations, intersectional identities and vulnerability, laws and policies surrounding interpersonal violence, methods of justice and healing, community activism, and resources available to survivors.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: GWS or HSP.
Course Revised June 26, 2019
Cross Listed Course(s): HSP 3940
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GWS 4100 - Women’s Holistic Health
Credits: 3
Description: This course takes an in-depth, holistic approach to women’s health. While highlighting new research findings, the class will explore the optimal integration of conventional medicine and complementary modalities for common women’s health concerns. Students will deepen their awareness of tools women can utilize to maintain health and prevent illness.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: GWS or ITP.
Cross Listed Course(s): ITP 4100
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GWS 4160 - Human Trafficking
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): GWS 1001, or AAS 1010, or CJC 1010, or HSP 1010, or SWK 1010; upper-division standing; or permission of instructor
Description: This course explores human trafficking on international and local levels. A review of multidisciplinary perspectives on labor and sex trafficking provides comprehensive understanding of this human rights issue. Students examine the tactics used by traffickers to recruit and control victims and the effects of abuse on victims. This course provides an overview of U.S. federal and local laws to curb trafficking, including federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Finally, students evaluate global and local efforts of the current anti-trafficking movement, including ways to be involved.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix.
Cross Listed Course(s): AAS 4160, CJC 4160, HON 4160, HSP 4160, SWK 4160
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GWS 4200 - Gender in Popular Culture
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CAS 2770
Description: This course examines popular culture as a mechanism of mediated communication and explores how the forces of popular culture interact with ideas of gender. This course investigates and analyzes issues relevant to representations of gender in popular culture, including constructions of identity, femininity and masculinity, sexuality, and expectations regarding home, work, and family.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CAS or GWS
Cross Listed Course(s): CAS 4200
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GWS 4210 - Chicanas and the Politics of Gender
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): CHS 1000 or GWS 1001, CHS 3460
Description: This course is designed to further the theoretical understandings of Chicana Feminisms. The course spends a considerable amount of time dealing with the construction of gender in Chicana/o and Latina/o communities, and how the construction of gender has impacted the daily, lived experiences of not only Chicanas and Latinas, but also of gay, lesbian, transgendered, and queer identified Chicanas/os and Latinas/os. The course examines the social construction of gender within Chicana/o and Latina/o communities through cultural texts such as academic production, art, film, popular culture, and spirituality.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CHS or GWS.
Cross Listed Course(s): CHS 4210
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GWS 4230 - The Female Offender
Credits: 3
Description: This course examines the nature and causes of female criminality and the responses to female offending by all areas of the criminal justice system e.g. policing, courts and prisons. It blends an in-depth analysis of historical methods of addressing female criminality with an intersectional approach to finding solutions to modern-day problems that can influence criminality among girls and women such as intimate partner violence, poverty, mental illness, and the feminization of work. Topics will include gender norms, girl fights, women who kill, prostitution, human trafficking, women’s prisons and women on death row. The course will also address methods for correcting and preventing female criminality from an intersectional approach.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CJC or GWS.
Cross Listed Course(s): CJC 4230
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GWS 4240 - Women and Violence
Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): GWS 1001 or CJC 1010 or PSC 1020 or SOC 1010 or permission of instructor
Description: Students analyze key patterns and trends in violence perpetrated by and against women, with special focus on the diverse experiences of women in the United States. Students will investigate historical, contemporary, sociopolitical, and cross-cultural patterns in causal factors, perpetuation, prevention, intervention and treatment relative to violence and women. Topics will include sexual violence, domestic violence, family violence, cyber-violence, women in prison, women on death row, and women as victims of violence, among others.
Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CJC, GWS, PSC, or SOC.
Cross Listed Course(s): CJC 4240, PSC 4240, SOC 4240
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