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.

Preparation of a thesis under supervision of the student's graduate advisory committee.

This course is designed to provide an overview and analysis of the historical experiences of the family in the United States from earliest settlement to the present in order to aid students in understanding the contemporary situation of the family in American society.

Goal Areas:

GE-05, GE-07

Diverse Cultures:

Purple

A history of the physical, political, cultural, social, and economic foundations of world civilizations to 1500.

Goal Areas:

GE-05, GE-08

A history of the physical, political, cultural, social, and economic foundations of world civilizations to 1500. Same content as HIST 170. Students may not take both HIST 170 and HIST 170W for credit.

Goal Areas:

GE-05, GE-08

Review of major changes in World Civilization since 1500. Same content as HIST 171. Students may not take both HIST 171 and HIST 171W for credit.

Goal Areas:

GE-05, GE-08

Diverse Cultures:

Purple

Review of major changes in World Civilizations since 1500.

Goal Areas:

GE-05, GE-08

Diverse Cultures:

Purple

A survey of European civilization from Egypt to the end of the Thirty Years War. Same content as HIST 180. Students may not take both HIST 180 and HIST 180W for credit.

Goal Areas:

GE-05, GE-10

A survey of European civilization from Egypt to the end of the Thirty Years War.

Goal Areas:

GE-05, GE-10

A survey of European history from the end of the Thirty Years War to the present.

Goal Areas:

GE-05, GE-09

Survey of European history from the end of the Thirty Years War to the present. Same content as HIST 181. Students may not take both HIST 181 and HIST 181W for credit.

Goal Areas:

GE-05, GE-09

This course is designed to provide an overview of America's political, social, economic, and cultural development from earliest colonization to 1877.

Goal Areas:

GE-05, GE-07

Diverse Cultures:

Purple

This course is designed to provide an overview of America's political, social, economic, and cultural development from earliest colonization to 1877. Same content as HIST 190. Students may not take both HIST 190 and HIST 190W for credit.

Goal Areas:

GE-05, GE-07

Diverse Cultures:

Purple

A survey of American History from the end of Reconstruction to the present with a special emphasis on political and social developments.

Goal Areas:

GE-05, GE-07

Diverse Cultures:

Purple