2022-2023 Course List

This course explores an advanced topic in women's and gender studies.Spring

Prerequisites:

GWS 110 or GWS 220 or consent 

Students will learn about the legal, cultural, and political factors that contribute to sexual assault and gendered violence. This course will combine hands-on training in activism from course instructors and community members in the field of sexual assault advocacy, as well as a background in theories of gender and sexual assault. Sexual assault advocates provide confidential services to victims of sexual violence, including hospital and legal advocacy, crisis counseling, and emotional support. Students who satisfactorily complete 40 hours of training will be certified as sexual assault advocates at the end of the semester.

Diverse Cultures:

Purple

Applies sociological theories of identity to the experiences of women being released from prison. Taught at a women's prison in Minnesota, and integrates MSU students with students drawn from the educational program located within the women's prison.

Diverse Cultures:

Gold

We explore key philosophical and methodological issues in feminist teaching with an emphasis on application of the material.

This course explores the interconnections between sex, gender, and sexuality, with special attention to how institutions and communities shape experience and identity.

Offered according to student demand and instructor availability/expertise, topics courses provide curriculum enrichment on an ongoing basis.

Concentrated study and research in areas of student's special interests/expertise under supervision of a faculty member. Prereq: Must be department major/minor

Prerequisites:

Must be department major/minor 

Topics to be announced. May be retaken for credit.

Students assist a faculty member in teaching GWS 110 or 220.

Prerequisites:

GWS 110 or GWS 220 and consent. 

The Gender and Women's Studies internship provides students with the opportunity to gain experience within an on-campus, off-campus private, public or community organization. This internship provides a means for pursuing an interest in a field of work, or within a particular organization; gaining work and/or activist experience and practical skills; making appropriate contacts which might be useful in establishing a future career.

Students will learn about the legal, cultural, and political factors that contribute to sexual assault and gendered violence. This course will combine hands-on training in activism from course instructors and community members in the field of sexual assault advocacy, as well as a background in theories of gender and sexual assault. Sexual assault advocates provide confidential services to victims of sexual violence, including hospital and legal advocacy, crisis counseling, and emotional support. Students who satisfactorily complete 40 hours of training will be certified as sexual assault advocates at the end of the semester.

Applies sociological theories of identity to the experiences of women being released from prison. Taught at a women's prison in Minnesota, and integrates MSU students with students drawn from the educational program located within the women's prison.

We explore the key philosophical and methodological issues in feminist pedagogy with an emphasis on application of the material learned. In addition to readings, discussions, and lectures, students develop a teaching philosophy, design a course, write a syllabus, prepare a lesson plan, teach a session, design evaluations, and develop a curriculum vitae.

An exploration and overview of lesbian/bisexual/transgender identities. Possible topics include historical and cross-cultural perspectives; lesbian/bisexual/transgender identities in relation to class, race, age, ethnicity, and disability; lesbian feminism, images and stereotypes; legal status and lesbian/bisexual/transgender cultures.

Offered according to student demand and instructor availability/expertise, topics courses provide curriculum enrichment on an ongoing basis.

Topics to be announced. May be retaken for credit.

Emphasis is on analytical skills and group dynamics as well as subject content including collective action strategies.

This seminar serves as a critique/work group for class members' thesis and publication goals. We examine the formation of critical consciousness.

We explore theoretical and epistemological issues in feminist research, as well as developing the practical nuts and bolts skills needed to conduct our own research. Research skill workshops include Internet and WEB resources in research and constructing a research design. Class members organize and participate in a research conference.

This course will address critical issues facing women in developing countries in the context of an increasingly globalized order. The purpose of the course is to familiarize students with global issues/global feminist theory.

This course examines the development of theories and strategies used by various groups of women to create social change. Special focus on the major theories and issues of first, second, and third wave faminism.

Concentrated study and research in areas of student's special interests/ expertise under supervision of a faculty member.

Preparation of an alternate plan paper under supervision of the student's graduate advisor.

Students assist or co-teach an undergraduate Women's Studies course under the supervision of a faculty member.

Placement in a community or university-based internship provides the student with experience and practical skills in a particular field of work or service and/or provides an opportunity to pursue a specific research interest.