Women's Studies Course Descriptions
The Women's Studies Program offers a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate courses in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Many of them are cross-listed with other programs and departments. The following is a list of our permanent graduate-level courses.
See Undergraduate Course Descriptions
Additional courses on women, gender and feminism in other departments can be found in the Timetable and on the Women's Studies Research Center website.
Graduate-level Courses
720 Special Topics in Women & Society (3 credits Soc St; G) Exploration and research into selected topics in WS. Subject will differ from semester to semester.
732 Psychology of Women (3 credits Soc St; G) (Also Psychology) This course covers research and theory in psychology of women. Topics include non-sexist research methods, psychological gender differences, theories of moral development, women of color, mental health and feminist therapy, rape, sexual harassment, and public policy issues.
735 Health Promotion & Disease Prevention for Women Across the Lifespan (3 credits Soc St; G) (Also Nursing) Identification of health concerns for women, recognizing differences among age socio-economic, and ethnic groups; synthesis of bio-physiological, psycho-social, and cultural influences of such health concerns; analysis and proposal of interventions to promote overall health and to prevent problems among women.
805 Gender Issues in International Education Policy (Also Educational Policy Studies) This course examines a series of topics frequently targeted in international educational policy: the interrelationship of schooling, family formation, fertility and migration; the interrelationship of gender and education in the international political economy; and the place of schooling and gender in the creation of trans-national elites.
820 Women & Mental Health (2 credits Soc St; G) (Also Social Work) Theory and literature; new models of mental health; new approaches to social work practice with women clients.
858 Women & Social Work Practice (2-3 credits Soc St; G) (Also Social Work) Examination of the literature, research, and theory concerning the effects of sex-role stereotyping from psychological, economic, and social perspective.
900 Research Methods in Women's Studies (3 credits Hu/Soc St; G) Overview of research in Women's Studies. Emphasizes theoretical and methodological issues, the development of women's studies as a field, the relationship of women's studies to traditional fields, and the nature of interdisciplinary work.
920 Anthropology of Gender (3 credits Soc St; G) (Also Anthropology) The theoretical and ethnographic approaches to the anthropology of gender, focusing on current works. Topics include sexual inequality, research methods, gender and history, gender and ethnographic writing, cultural constructions of masculinity, sexuality and gender studies and anthropological theory.
999 Independent Research (1-3 credits Soc St; G) Independent research in WS for highly qualified and motivated graduate students in consultation with WS faculty in the same or related "home" discipline.
