Women's Studies and Anthropology Courses (WOMENST, ANTHROPL)
Contact:
Women's Studies and Anthropology DepartmentSalisbury 338
Phone: (262) 472-1042
Email: fischera@uww.edu
WOMEN'S STUDIES (WOMENST)
WOMENST-503
Women's Voices/Women's Lives 3 cr
A study of the lives of women in different ages and cultures. Women's roles in society as revealed in diaries, autobiography and biography are explored.
WOMENST-560
Women, Science, And Society 3 cr
Historical survey of women's contributions to science; case studies of modern women scientists; feminism and scientific knowledge. Graduate students will research and write a term paper on a topic to be discussed with the instructor.
WOMENST-580
Gender and the Law 3 cr
A study of legal, social, and moral issues related to gender, such as the definition of sexual difference, inequality in the workplace, lesbian and gay rights, violence against women, and abortion rights. How these issues have been handled historically and normatively within the legal system will be investigated.
Prereq: Junior standing or consent of instructor.
WOMENST-592
Women And Violence 3 cr
This course will analyze causes and effects of violence against women, forces and conditions that lead women to perpetrate violence, treatment of women as both victims and perpetrators by the criminal justice system, and strategies for ending violence.
WOMENST-664
Women in International Relations 3 cr
This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to study and analyze international relations from a multi-disciplinary perspective. It will examine current understandings of the causes, processes and structures of international relations, violent conflict, as well as resolution of those conflicts and peace within the context of Feminist theories. The goal is to examine the role of women in international relations, international security, conflict and peace through different approaches to the study of conflict and how it is understood. The course will consider both the strength and limitations of various disciplinary approaches.
The traditional approaches to international relations, international security, international conflict and peace reflect viewpoints consistent with masculine perspectives on power and security. The goal is to consider how the limitations of the approaches can be effectively challenged and what alternatives might be offered. Themes for discussion will include gender, race, ethnicity, nationalism, state, community, conflict and peace.
PREREQ: 3 units of Political Science or 3 units of Women Studies.
WOMENST-690
Workshop In Women's Studies 1-6 cr
Prereq: Consent of instructor.
WOMENST-696
Special Studies 1-4 cr
Repeatable.
Prereq: Consent of instructor.
WOMENST-793
Internship In Women's Studies 3 cr
Work and study with an agency or institution related to women's issues. Students working under faculty supervision will combine academic learning with practical experience.
Prereq: 12 credits in courses approved for the Women's Studies nor and approval of Women's Studies Internship Committee.
WOMENST-794
Seminar 1-3 cr
WOMENST-798
Individual Studies 1-3 cr
ANTHROPOLOGY (ANTHROPL)
ANTHROPL-620
Culture And Personality 3 cr
An interdisciplinary course dealing with questions of mutual interest to psychologists and anthropologists. Cross-cultural approaches to personality formation, measurement, description of personality characteristics of groups. Character attributes of peoples from selected societies throughout the world. Stress and mental disorders. Relationship of personality, culture, and social change.
ANTHROPL-694
Seminar 3 cr
ANTHROPL-696
Special Studies 3 cr
Repeatable
Prereq: 6 credits in anthropology or consent of instructor.
