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Fall 2009 Course Offerings

Fall 2009 Undergraduate Courses

WGS 150 ~ Women, Information, and Technology (Liberal Studies: Social and Political Worlds)

This course is designed to introduce first-year students to critical issues of gender, information, and technology through the study and practice of information skills. Students will examine the historical experiences and relationships of women to computer and web-based technologies, in the U.S. and globally, utilizing the web and information technology to achieve the technical literacy required for the workplace and lifelong learning in today's society.

WGS 191 ~ Women, Gender Identity, and Ethnicity (Liberal Studies: Cultural Understanding) (Diversity: Ethnic)

This course focuses on the significance of gender and ethnic minority identities in society, providing a non-traditional, interdisciplinary, and comparative perspective on the experiences of women in the U.S. Cross-listed as ES 191.

WGS 191H ~ Women, Gender Identity, and Ethnicity (Liberal Studies: Cultural Understanding) (Diversity: Ethnic)

This course focuses on the significance of gender and ethnic minority identities in society, providing a non-traditional, interdisciplinary, and comparative perspective on the experiences of women in the U.S.

WGS 200 ~ Introduction to Women’s Studies (Liberal Studies: Social and Political Worlds)

Introduction to the academic field of Women's Studies and the relationship of theory and practice, focusing on contributions of founding mothers and movements, debates about feminism, gender, women, and politics and problem solving; includes a community learning experience.

WGS 260 ~ Women and International Migration (Liberal Studies: Cultural Understanding) (Diversity: Global)

Around the world, migration has become a major issue no less important and contentious for both the rich and poor countries. This course focuses on the good and the ugly aspects of migration, the use of marriage as migration strategy, the issue of migration as modern day slavery, and the economic benefits of labor migration to countries of origin and destination.

WGS 300w ~ Feminist Theories (Liberal Studies: Aesthetic and Humanistic Inquiry)

This course examines the history of feminist theory; it also addresses contemporary ethnic minority and international theorists. Specifically, it will incorporate and prominently discuss U.S. women of color. This course is grounded in an understanding of feminist theories that provides lenses through which to examine our world, to envision a more just world, and importantly, to recognize strategies for getting there. Prerequisite: Introduction to Women's Studies/Women’s and Gender Studies.

WGS 360 ~ Women and Development (Liberal Studies: Cultural Understanding) (Diversity: Global)

This course focuses on the policies and programs for gender equality, and the advancement of women at the global, regional and national levels. Major topics include globalization, economic liberalization policies, violence against women, human trafficking, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for development, media issues of concern to women, poverty, HIV/AIDS, and micro-finance.

WGS 394 ~ Gender and Violence

This interdisciplinary course will offer an in depth exploration of the links between social constructions of gender and violence in American culture. The course will look at the impacts of interpersonal violence in the lives of men, women and children to understand how gender roles contribute to violence in families and intimate relationships.

WGS 499-1 ~ Romancing Marriage: Gender, Sex, and National Security

This is an interdisciplinary course designed to explore, question and challenge the institution of marriage in the United States from an academic feminist perspective. Throughout the semester we will examine marriage in a variety of contexts in relationship to heteronormativity, the nation, and its security. Through texts, lectures, discussion, films, student led discussions, media analyses, group work, and class presentations we will navigate our way through a variety of topics dealing with the institution of marriage, the nation and its imagined security.

WGS 499-2 ~ Wild Places: Art/Gender/Earth(1 credit class- October 12, 16, 17, 18, 23, 30)

The artistic imagination embraces and explores infinite possibility, including the kinship bonds we have with all beings.

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Fall 2009 Discipline Undergraduate Courses

For course descriptions, see the NAU Academic Catalog.

CCJ 360 ~ Women, Crime, and Justice (Liberal Studies: Social and Political Worlds)

CCJ 425 ~ Domestic Violence and Criminal Justice

COM 301 ~ Race, Gender, and the Media (Liberal Studies: Cultural Understanding)

ENG 261 ~ Introduction to Women Writers (Liberal Studies: Aesthetic and Humanistic Inquiry)

ENG 445c ~ Seminar in U.S. Multi-ethnic Literature

HIS 295/H ~ Survey of U.S. Women and Gender (Liberal Studies: Cultural Understanding)

HIS 297/H ~ Women in Asia (Liberal Studies: Cultural Understanding)

POS 355 ~ Women, Power, and Politics (Liberal Studies: Cultural Understanding)

PSY 277 ~ Human Sexuality

PSY 491 ~ Psychology of Women

SC 424 ~ Gender and Communication

SOC 204 ~ Sociology of Gender (Liberal Studies: Social and Political Worlds)

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Fall 2009 Graduate Certificate Courses

For course descriptions, see the NAU Academic Catalog.

HIS 550 ~ Medicines, Cultures, Values: In Sickness and Health: Cross-Cultural Approaches (Global Diversity)

HIS 592 ~ Readings in American West, Southwest, and Borderlands (U.S. Ethnic Diversity)

WGS 599 ~ Romancing Marriage: Gender, Sex, and National Security (Gender Focused)

This is an interdisciplinary course designed to explore, question and challenge the institution of marriage in the United States from an academic feminist perspective. Throughout the semester we will examine marriage in a variety of contexts in relationship to heteronormativity, the nation, and its security. Through texts, lectures, discussion, films, student led discussions, media analyses, group work, and class presentations we will navigate our way through a variety of topics dealing with the institution of marriage, the nation and its imagined security.

WGS 601 ~ Sex/Politics/Reproduction (Core)

Sex and reproduction are normally understood as “natural” human practices that take place in the privacy of our bedrooms and as such exist beyond the realm of politics and state intervention. This dominant understanding of sex and reproduction is grounded in a dualistic framework – one that recognizes the private and the public realms as separate and distinct. As opposed to a simplistic and a historical dualism, the readings and class discussions in this course will highlight the overlaps and interconnections between private practices and public policies to underscore the competing constructions of sex and reproduction.

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