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WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES



WGST 1108 -- Biology of Women,   3 credits Search Current Course Schedule
Common Course Outline
(Cross-listed with BIOL 1108)

(MnTC Goals 3 and 7)

This course studies the biological aspects of being a woman. Analysis of assumptions concerning women's biology and women's health care, including the importance of taking a responsible role in personal health care, will be addressed. The course explores female and male reproductive anatomy and physiology, sexual development, issues related to women's health and disease, pregnancy and birth, contraception and infertility, menopause, and other topics. It also includes a reproductive anatomy and physiology-based lab-like experience. Open to both women and men.


WGST 1145 -- Gender in Society,   3 credits Search Current Course Schedule
Common Course Outline
(Cross-listed with WGST 1145)

(MnTC Goals 5 and 7)

Recommended Skills, Abilities, or Coursework: SOC 1111 recommended, but not required. College-level reading and writing.

This course is an introduction to the sociological study of gender. Sociological perspectives, research, and current issues related to gender in society are presented. Topics may include gender as it relates to media, family, work, politics, power and inequality, education, religion, socioeconomic forces, race/ethnicity, sexuality, social movements, and social change.


WGST 2120 -- Psychology of Women,   3 credits Search Current Course Schedule
Common Course Outline
(Cross-listed with PSYC 2120)

(MnTC Goals 5 and 7)

Prerequisites: PSYC 1110 with a grade of C or better

This course is an introduction to the theories and research concerning the psychology of women. The course will explore the way that biological, cultural and psychosocial issues affect the psychological development of women. It will include topics such as sexism, the construction of gender categories, gender comparisons, and female identity formation. It will also explore contemporary women¿s issues related to education, work, and family.


WGST 2233 -- Women in American Culture,   3 credits Search Current Course Schedule
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(Cross-listed with HUM 2233)

(MnTC Goals 6 and 7)

This course will introduce students to the varied experiences of women in the United States, as well as changing ideas about women and gender itself, through an interdisciplinary study within the arts and humanities. It examines the cultural legacies and traditions which have influenced the lives of women, and recognizes the creative contributions American women have made, and continue to make, within these contexts to the country's development.


WGST 2234 -- Women in a Global Perspective,   3 credits Search Current Course Schedule
Common Course Outline
(Cross-listed with HUM 2234)

(MnTC Goals 6 and 8)

This course will introduce students to varied experiences of women in countries outside the U.S., as well as changing ideas about women and gender itself, through an interdisciplinary study within the arts and humanities. Students will examine issues of cultural diversity, race, class, religious and social structures, literature, the arts, politics, and economic development as they affect and reflect the historical and contemporary experiences of women around the globe.


WGST 2242 -- History of Women in Modern America,   3 credits Search Current Course Schedule
Common Course Outline
(Cross-listed with HIST 2242)

(MnTC Goals 5 and 7)

This course examines women's experiences in America from 1900 to the present. We will consider the relationship between race, class, gender, and sexuality as we learn about women's roles as reformers, consumers, activists, students, mothers, workers, immigrants, etc. Topics covered include African-American women and the "Jim Crow" south, women¿s participation in reform movements, the achievement of the right to vote and the debate about the Equal Rights Amendment, women in the "Roaring Twenties" and Great Depression, the "Feminine Mystique" and Cold War America, women's participation in major social movements such as the Civil Rights Movement, the anti-Vietnam War movement, the Black Power movement, and the Women's Rights Movement. We will read extensively from original documents ("primary sources") for class discussion and to develop critical-thinking skills about historical methods.