Women’s and Gender Studies
Women’s and Gender Studies
2nd Floor Smith Building, CB# 3135
(919) 962-3908
First Session, 2024
WGST 101 Introduction to Women Studies (3)
MAYMESTER. An interdisciplinary introduction to the field of Women’s and Gender Studies, this class explores feminist perspectives on intersecting inequalities based on gender, race, class, and sexuality. Topics include: work and labor; sexuality and sexual identity; gender relations; images of women and gender in literature, science and technology; religion; art; family; and the history of feminist struggles. Course readings are drawn from the humanities and the social sciences. Online section only. Course flyer.
WGST 140 Introduction to Gay and Lesbian Culture and Literature (ENGL 140) (3)
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.
WGST 144 Women in the United States from Settlement to Present (HIST 144) (3)
ONLINE. 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.
WGST 224 (COMM 224)Introduction to Gender and Communication (3)
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.
WGST 231 Gender and Popular Culture (3)
MAYMESTER. This course examines the ways in which gender and sexual identities are represented and consumed in popular culture. Online section only. Course flyer.
Second Session, 2024
WGST 101 Introduction to Women Studies (3)
An interdisciplinary introduction to the field of Women’s and Gender Studies, this class explores feminist perspectives on intersecting inequalities based on gender, race, class, and sexuality. Topics include: work and labor; sexuality and sexual identity; gender relations; images of women and gender in literature, science and technology; religion; art; family; and the history of feminist struggles. Course readings are drawn from the humanities and the social sciences. Online section only.
WGST 140 Introduction to Gay and Lesbian Culture and Literature (ENGL 140) (3)
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.
WGST 159 From War to Prosperity: 20th-Century Europe (HIST 159) (3)
ONLINE. A critical overview of 20th-century European history, with particular attention to the constant ethnic, religious, social, economic, and cultural struggles (including Holocaust, Cold War) in various subunits of the old continent.
WGST 224 (COMM 224)Introduction to Gender and Communication (3)
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.
WGST 302 Language and Power (ANTH 302 and LING 302)(3)
This course provides an overview of language and power studies. Issues: sexist and sex-neutral language; languages of subcultures defined by gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity; hate speech; “politically correct” language. Online section only.