Spring 2010 WGS Courses

WGS Course Offerings

WGS 101: Window on Women’s and Gender Studies (1 hr) 
Wanda Balzano/J. Michael Raley
Tuesday 1/9/10 and 4/27/10 11:00-11:50 am 
TBA
An opportunity to experience and reflect analytically on the diverse cultural and intellectual life of Wake Forest, with an emphasis on Women’s and Gender Studies events and topics. Students will attend events and write about them. Class meets twice. For More Information See the WGS 101 Website. P/F only. 

WGS 221: Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies (3 hr) 
Anne Boyle/Sherri Clark
Tuesday 3:00-5:30 pm 
Tribble A206
An interdisciplinary course that integrates materials from the humanities and the sciences, taught by women’s and gender studies faculty representing at least two fields. Topics include critical methods and practical solutions, history and theory of women’s and gender studies, men's studies, women in culture and society, and cross-cultural issues of gender, ethnicity, social class, disability, and sexual orientation. Cultural Diversity.

WGS 240: Feminist Philosophy (3 hr)
Stavroula Glezakos
Monday/Wednesday/Friday 2:00-2:50 pm 
Tribble A307
This course examines feminist approaches to philosophical theorizing. Topics may include feminist critiques of the scope and methods of mainstream philosophy, feminist approaches to ethics, epistemology and philosophy of language, and feminist conceptions of the self, sexuality, and moral agency. Same as PHI 379. P-One PHI course or POI.

WGS 319: Women Playwrights (3 hr)
J.K. Curry
Tuesday/Thursday 9:30-10:45 am  
SFAC 208
An examination of selected plays and/or performance texts by women. Focus varies, for example, looking at works by contemporary American women or early women dramatists such as Hrosvitha, Sor Juana, and Aphra Behn. Same as THE 373. Cultural Diversity.

WGS 321A/ WGS 621AG: Research Seminar: Women's Health Issues (3 hr)
Michelle Naughton
Thursday 3:00-5:30 pm 
Tribble A202
A study of socio-cultural, biological, economic and political factors that influence women’s health.  Topics include gender differences in morbidity, mortality and risk factors for disease, sexuality, body image, pregnancy and birthing, menarche, premenstrual syndrome, menopause, osteoporosis, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and women in medicine.  Jr., Sr., Grad. only. Approved for HES elective credit.

WGS 321B: Research Seminar: Women, Race, and Poverty (3 hr)
Sherri Clark 
Tuesday/Thursday 12:00-1:15 pm
Tribble A4
This seminar applies theoretical perspectives of the causes and consequences of social inequality for Women of Color (WOC) to a broad array of texts and articles in the social sciences. We will examine important issues of motherhood and marriage; race and identity; class and education; and housing segregation and predatory lending practices. We will finally address what needs to change in order to dismantle poverty and inequality in the U.S. for future generations of all women. Same as AES 310 and EDU 310. Approved for ANT credit.

WGS 358/ WGS 658G: Mothers and Daughters - Literature and Theory(3 hr)
Mary DeShazer
Wednesday 3:00-5:30 pm
Tribble A202
A course that examines literature and feminist theories on motherhood and the mother-daughter relationship. Writers to be studied include Sylvia Plath, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Edwidge Danticat, and Amy Tan. We will take a cross-cultural perspective. Same as ENG 340/640AG.

WGS 377A/ WGS 677AG: Special Topic: Irish Women in Writing and Film (3 hr)
Wanda Balzano
Tuesday/Thursday 12:00-1:15 pm
TBA
This course examines the textual and visual representation of Irish women in order to discover how images of the feminine/female, from colonization through independence and the women's movement, form the (gender, national, religious, social, and cultural) strategies of a distinctive Irish aesthetic. Same as ENG 302C/602CG. Same as COM 370F. Media Studies Concentration. Approved for Film Studies Minor.

WGS 377B: Special Topic: Arts and Activism (3 hr)
Patricia Dixon/Patricia Willis
Tuesday/Thursday 1:30-2:45 pm
SFAC M307
This course bridges the world of the arts and entrepreneurship with social justice and feminist activism. It will look at artists who use their art to do social justice work in dance, music, film, visual arts, and theater, and to challenge the status quo, our social perceptions and values in the spirit of pro humanitate. Same as MUS 233. Same as ESE 204.

WGS 377C: Special Topic: African and Caribbean Women Writers (3 hr)
Sally Barbour
Tuesday/Thursday 1:30-2:45 pm
Greene 320
A critical analysis of fiction by female authors whose works concern women in Africa and its Caribbean diaspora. Offered as LAC (French). Same as HMN 222.

WGS 377D/ WGS 377DG: Special Topic: Women and the Law (3 hr)
Maureen Eggert
Tuesday/Thursday 9:30-10:45 am
Tribble A205
An introduction to the judicial system, focusing on feminism and feminist legal theory. We will first address the legal history and development of American women's legal rights and then move to particular legal issues of importance to women today. Topics will include constitutional equality, family law, reproductive rights, employment, and violence against women.

WGS 396/ WGS 696G: Independent Study (1-3 hr)
Staff
TBA
TBA
Independent projects in women’s and gender studies which either continue study begun in regular courses or develop new areas of interest. Permission of Department. POI.

WGS 397: Internships: PREPARE Only (1.5 hr)
Amy Shuman/Rob McNamara
Tuesday 3:30-4:45 pm
Benson 409
Provides students with an overview of the social, emotional and legal issues related to sexual violence, and teaches them to design and implement educational programs on this topic. P/F only.

WGS 100: RAD: Rape Aggression Defense for Women (1 hr)
Mary Gerardy/ Laurel Banks
(8 sections)
All sessions 3:00-4:50 pm for 7 weeks
A 1/13-3/1, Monday
B 3/15-4/26, Monday
C 1/19-3/2, Tuesday
D 3/16-4/27, Tuesday
E 1/13-2/24, Wednesday
F 3/17-4/28, Wednesday
G 1/14-2/25, Thursday
H 3/18-4/26, Thursday
Luter Lounge  
A class that develops and enhances the options of self-defense for women in case of attack. Includes basic physical self-defense tactics, risk reduction, and avoidance. Requires violence against women readings. P/F only

WGS Cross-listed Course Offerings

AES 234: Ethnicity and Immigration (3 hr)
Earl Smith
Tuesday/Thursday 12:00-1:15 pm 
Greene 338
This course presents an opportunity to study the broad topics of (a) immigration, and (b) ethnicity, as well as life and life chances for a diverse group of ethnic groups coming to and living in America. Sample topics: immigration, migration, culture, etc.

AES 310: Race, Class, and Gender in a Color-blind Society (3 hr)
Sherri Clark
Tuesday/Thursday 12:00-1:15 pm 
Tribble A4
This seminar applies theoretical perspectives of the causes and consequences of social inequality for Women of Color (WOC) to a broad array of texts and articles in the social sciences. We will examine important issues of motherhood and marriage; race and identity; class and education; and housing segregation and predatory lending practices. We will finally address what needs to change in order to dismantle poverty and inequality in the U.S. for future generations of all women. Same as WGS 321B and EDU 310. Approved for ANT credit.

ART 351: Women and Art (3 hr)
Margaret Smith
Thursday 3:00-5:30 pm 
SFAC 103
How have women fared...historically...and in today's competitive and pluralistic art world? This class explores the role of women artists and the image of women in art through time, with particular attention to the present.

COM 370F: Special Topic: Irish Women in Writing and Film (3 hr)
Wanda Balzano
Tuesday/Thursday 12:00-1:15 pm
TBA
This course examines the textual and visual representation of Irish women in order to discover how images of the feminine/female, from colonization through independence and the women's movement, form the (gender, national, religious, social, and cultural) strategies of a distinctive Irish aesthetic. Same as ENG 302/602CG and WGS 377A/677AG. Approved for Media Studies Concentration and Film Studies minor.

ENG 302C/ ENG602CG: Ideas in Literature: Irish Women in Writing and Film (3 hr)
Wanda Balzano
Tuesday/Thursday 12:00-1:15 pm
TBA
This course examines the textual and visual representation of Irish women in order to discover how images of the feminine/female, from colonization through independence and the women's movement, form the (gender, national, religious, social, and cultural) strategies of a distinctive Irish aesthetic. Same as WGS 377A/677AG. Media Studies Concentration. FLM minor.

ENG 340A/ ENG 640AG: Studies in Women and Literature: Mothers and Daughters (3 hr)
Mary DeShazer
Wednesday 3:00-5:30 pm
Tribble A202
A course that examines literature and feminist theories on motherhood and the mother-daughter relationship. Writers to be studied include Sylvia Plath, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Edwidge Danticat, and Amy Tan. We will take a cross-cultural perspective. Same as ENG 340/640AG.

HMN 290: Innovation and Inclusivity (3 hr) 
David Phillips
Wednesday 3:00-5:30
Wingate 314
Introduction to themes in an emerging global culture; an appreciation of human diversity and the value of thinking about culture from more than one disciplinary angle; contextual understanding of upper-level humanities by using methodologies from literary studies, historiography, religious studies, ethics, gender studies, and arts. Cultural Diversity.

HST 210: Colloquium: Historical Roots of Diversity (3 hr) 
Charles McGraw
Tuesday/Thursday 9:30-10:45
Tribble A104
This course explores the dominant narratives of women's history, African American history, and gay and lesbian history as represented in U.S. popular culture and public commemoration. Particular emphasis will be placed on broad narratives of progress and on recent products of popular culture that claim to represent a break from past inequalities. Cultural Diversity.

HST 336: Gender in African History (3 hr)
Nathan Plageman
Monday/Wednesday 3:00-4:15
Tribble A102
Examines the centrality of gender to the African past. Topics include definitions of gender in African settings; the operation of gender in pre-colonial African societies; gender and slavery; gendered transformations during colonial rule; gender, nationalism and independence; and the evolution of relationships between men and men, men and women, and women and women in various regions of the continent. Cultural Diversity.

PHI 379: Feminist Philosophy (3 hr) 
Stavroula Glezakos
Monday/Wednesday/Friday 2:00-2:50 pm 
Tribble A307
This course examines feminist approaches to philosophical theorizing. Topics may include feminist critiques of the scope and methods of mainstream philosophy, feminist approaches to ethics, epistemology and philosophy of language, and feminist conceptions of the self, sexuality, and moral agency. Same as WGS 240. P-One PHI course or POI.

PSY 265: Human Sexuality (3 hr) 
Phillip Batten
Tuesday/Thursday 3:00-4:15 pm
Greene 145
An exploration of the psychological and physiological aspects of human sexuality, with attention to sexual mores, sexual deviances, sexual dysfunction, and sex-related roles. P-PSY 151.

REL 318/ REL 618G: Feminist and Contemporary Interpretaion of the NT (3 hr) 
Mary Foskett
Tuesday/Thursday 1:30-2:45 pm
Wingate 314
Study of feminist and contemporary approaches to the New Testament in light of the history of New Testament interpretation and a range of contemporary concerns and interpretive contexts.

SOC 153: Contemporary Families (3 hr)
Angela Hattery
Tuesday/Thursday 9:30-10:45 pm
Carswell 208
This course examines the social basis of the family, emphasizing the problems growing out of modern conditions and social change.

SOC 305: Gender in Society (3 hr)
Catherine Harnois
Tuesday/Thursday 3:00-4:15 pm
Carswell 302
An examination of differential gender experiences based on race, class, and sexual orientation. Consideration of feminism as a social movement and the possibility for social change. Cultural Diversity.

SOC 327: Sociology of Emotion (3 hr)
Robin Simon
Monday 3:00-5:30 pm
Carswell 305 
Exploration of the social side of emotion, including how emotions are socially learned, shaped, regulated, controlled and distributed in the population as well as the consequences of emotion norms, emotion management, emotional labor, and emotional deviance for individuals, social groups and society.

SOC 347: Society, Culture and Sport (3 hr)
Earl Smith
Tuesday/Thursday 9:30-10:45 pm
Carswell 302 
A sociological examination of the institution of sport in North America. Some topics to be addressed are sport and socialization, sports and politics, the Olympics, violence in sports, women in sports, and the business ($$) of sports.

SOC 359: Race and Ethnic Relations (3 hr)
Ana Wahl
Wednesday 3:00-5:30 pm
Carswell 205
Racial and ethnic group prejudice and discrimination and their effect on social relations. Emphasizes psychological and sociological theories of prejudice. Cultural Diversity.

SOC 360: Social Inequality (3 hr)
Angela Hattery
Tuesday/Thursday 12:00-1:15 pm
Carswell 018 
The study of structured social inequality with particular emphasis on economic class, social status, and political power. Cultural Diversity.

THE 373: Women Playwrights (3 hr) 
J.K. Curry
Tuesday/Thursday 9:30-10:45 am
SFAC 208
An examination of selected plays and/or performance texts by women. Focus varies, for example, looking at works by contemporary American women or early women dramatists such as Hrosvitha, Sor Juana, and Aphra Behn. Same as WGS 319. Cultural Diversity.