2003-2004 - The University of Scranton

address issues of race, class, ethnicity, and age
that intersect with gender-related issues.
Women’s Studies courses focus on women’s
experiences in history, society, and culture,
and examine their reactions to such experiences;
examine institutional structure/modes
of authority/analysis of power, especially considering
their implications for women; and
incorporate one or more feminist
analyses/scholarly works (recognizing that
there are multiple, and even conflicting, feminist
perspectives).
Women’s Studies seek to promote critical
thinking, intellectual growth, and a selfawareness
useful to all students. It is an attractive
academic supplement to the programs of
students planning careers in government, law,
business, human services, ministry, and teaching
– to name but a few.
Courses for the Women’s Studies Concentration
are drawn from all the colleges at the
university and are open to students in all
majors. (To enroll, students must see the
Director of Women’s Studies.) The concentration
consists of six courses including one
required core course. The student may take
PHIL 218 or SOC 215 as the required core
course. The remaining five courses are chosen
across several departments by the student
from cross-listed courses approved by the
Women’s Studies Committee. Many of the
cross-listed Women’s Studies courses also fulfill
major, minor, cognate, and/or general education
requirements.
Students may seek permission from the
Women’s Studies Committee to take no more
than one reader for Women’s Studies credit,
subject to the usual rules governing readers.
Students may also petition to substitute no
more than one course not cross-listed with
Women’s Studies, if the course has sufficient
Women’s Studies content and the student is
able to do a significant project/assignment on
a Women’s Studies topic.
Women’s Studies Courses
Some of the listed courses have prerequisites;
please consult departmental description.
ARTH 210 (CA,D) Women in the Visual
Arts
COMM 229 (D) Gender and
Communication
ENLT 225 (CL,D,W) Writing Women
* Taught in the original language.
Academics 79
ENLT 227 (CL,D,W) Frankenstein’s
Forebears
ENLT 226 (CL,D) Novels by Women
ENLT 228 (CL,D,W) Race in Anglo-
American Culture 1600-1860
FREN 430* French Women Writers
HIST 213 (CH,D) Gender and Family
in Latin America
HIST 238 (CH,D) History of American
Women I
HIST 239 (CH,D) History of American
Women II
ITAL 207 (CL,D,W) Italian Women’s
Writing in Translation
HS 337 (D) Counseling Girls and
Women
LIT 207 (CL,D,W) Literature of
American Minorities
NURS 111 (D) Women’s Health
PHIL 218 (P,D) Feminism: Theory and
Practice
PHIL 326 (P,D) Advanced Topics in
Feminist Theory
PHIL 331 (P) Feminist Philosophy of
Science
PS 216 (D) Women’s Rights and Status
PS 227 (D) Women, Authority and
Power
SOC 215 Feminism and Social Change
SOC 217 (D) Family Issues and Social
Policies
SPAN 430* Hispanic Women Writers
T/RS 315 (P,D) Women in Christianity
T/RS 319 (P,D)Women’s Spiritual/
Autobiographical Writings
WOMN 380-81 Women’s Studies
Internship
WOMN 429 Special Topics
Course Descriptions
WOMN 380-81 3 cr.
Women’s Studies Internship
(Prerequisites PHIL 218, or SOC 215, or permission
of Women’s Studies Committee)
Designed to broaden the educational experience
of students by providing practical experience for
them in various non-profit and other organizations
that deal primarily with women’s issues or
women clients. Students will ordinarily be
expected to write a reflection paper. Supervision
by faculty members and agency supervisor.