Courses

WMST-1006 (3) The Social Construction of Sexuality

Same as SOCY 1006. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

WMST-1016 (3) Sex, Gender, and Society 1

Examines status and power differences between the sexes at individual and societal levels. Emphasizes historical context of gender roles and status, reviews major theories of gender stratification. Same as SOCY 1016. Approved for GT-SS3. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.

WMST-3012 (3) Women and Development

Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) Womens Studies (WMST) majors only. Same as SOCY 3012. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) Womens Studies (WMST) majors only.

WMST-3016 (3) Marriage and the Family in the United States

Restricted to junior/senior WMST majors. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: United States context. Same as SOCY 3016.

WMST-4010 (3) Gender, Genocide, and Mass Trauma

Studies the persistence of genocide and the effects of mass trauma on women and girls. Within the framework of political and social catastrophe, the course examines cataclysmic world events and the traumatic consequences for women of religious persecution, colonialism, slavery, and the genocides of the twentieth and twenty first centuries. Prereq., SOCY 1016 or WMST 2000 or SOCY 3314. SOCY 4000 and WMST 4010 are the same course.

WMST-4016 (3) Sex, Gender, and Society 2

Studies status and power differences between the sexes at individual, group, and societal levels. Examines empirically established sex differences, and reviews biological, psychological, and sociological explanations for gender differences. Prereqs., SOCY 1016 or WMST 2000. Restricted to sophomores/juniors/ seniors. Same as SOCY 4016.

WMST-4086 (3) Family and Society

Restricted to junior/senior WMST majors. Same as SOCY 4086.