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598 Course Descriptions/Women’s and Gender Studies650. Gender and International Education. (3-0). Credit 3. Explores the intersection of formal and informaleducation and understandings of gender in countries beyond the United States. Prerequisites:EHRD/WGST 634 Introduction to Gender and Education. Cross-listed with EHRD 650.661. Sociology of Gender. (3-0). Credit 3. Overview of the Sociology of Gender, historical development,primary concepts, contemporary issues. Theory, methods, and applications. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.Cross-listed with SOCI 661.680. Theories of Gender. (3-0). Credit 3. Theories of gender, sexualities, feminism, embodiment, anddifference with particular focus on their relationship to literary and cultural studies; emphasis on contemporarytheoretical positions, discourses, and debates. Cross-listed with ENGL 680.685. Directed Studies. Credit 1 to 4. Directed individual study of selected problems in the field of women’sand gender studies. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.689. Special Topics in... Credit 1 to 4. Selected topics in an identified area of women’s and gender studies.May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.Zoologywww.bio.tamu.eduThe aims of a PhD degree in Zoology are to train the student to do original and significant researchin zoological science, to develop a broad understanding of the zoological literature, and to provideexperience and training in the presentation and publication of scientific findings. The Department ofBiology offers special opportunities for animal research in several zoological subdisciplines. In addition,the broad range of biological sciences represented on campus permit collaborative programs insuch areas as medicine, veterinary medicine, oceanography, and wildlife and fisheries sciences.Zoology PhD students must demonstrate competence in their specific area of research and are expectedto develop proficiency in four of the following six areas: evolution/systematics, ecology/behavior,physiology/anatomy, biological mathematics, genetics/development and cellular/molecular biology.In addition, the student should have a thorough depth-of-knowledge of the organism or system used inthe dissertation research. An MS student must demonstrate competence in at least three of the abovesix areas at the time of final examination.Zoology(ZOOL)681. Seminar. (1-0). Credit 1. Detailed reports on specific topics in field chosen. Students may register in upto but no more than three sections of this course in the same semester.685. Directed Studies. Credit 1 to 6 each semester. Limited investigations in fields other than thosechosen for thesis or dissertation.691. Research. Credit 1 or more each semester. Research for thesis or dissertation.Other related graduate courses offered by the Department of Biology that may be of interest tozoology students include BIOL 611 Molecular Biology of Differentiation and Development and BIOL689 Special Topics in…