Current version - Indiana University South Bend

4043 IU SOUTH BEND COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
WGS-W 400
WGS-W 402
WGS-W 480
Topics in Women’s Studies (3-6 cr.)
Variable topics course. Interdisciplinary
approach to selected ideas, trends, and
problems in women’s studies. (core
course)
Seminar in GENDER Studies (3 cr.)
Variable topics course. This course
focuses on issues and controversies in the
new scholarship on women. (core course)
Women’s Studies Practicum (3-6 cr.)
Field experience working for a social
agency which serves women. Students
intern for a social agency, do directed
readings, keep a journal of their
experiences, and develop a semester
project based on their field experience.
(core course)
WGS-W 495
WGS-y 327
Readings and Research in GENDER
Studies (1-6 cr.)
Independent readings and research done
with the approval and collaboration of a
faculty advisor. Students are required to
get the approval of a faculty advisor before
enrolling in this course. (core course)
gender politics (3 cr.)
Seeks to analyze issues of power and
politics from the perspective of gender
within the United States cultural context.
It considers the impact of women in
traditional areas of politics as well as
revised theoretical understandings of
power, the political, and the public/
private debate. (joint-listed course) I, II
P = Prerequisite, R = Recommended, C = Concomitant, VT = Variable Title
I = fall semester, II = spring semester, S = summer session(s)