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THEA 4553 Projection/Media Design
(3 hours)
Exploration of projection design through the analysis of the design process; students will develop written, verbal and visual presentation emerging skills through practical application of script analysis, research, conceptualization, image manipulation. An introduction to the basic concepts of equipment and software practices to create projection design for the stage. Prerequisites: THEA 2391 with a grade of C or higher or permission of the instructor.
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THEA 4561 Special Topics in Theatre
(3 hours)
Upper level work in an area of specialized study not available in the regular curriculum (e.g., choreography, voice laboratory, acting in Chekhov, draping and patterning, production management).
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THEA 4561-3 Special Topics in Theatre
(1-3 hours)
Upper level work in an area of specialized study not available in the regular curriculum (e.g., acting in Chekhov, draping and patterning, production management).
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THEA 4562 Special Topics in Theatre
(3 hours)
Upper level work in an area of specialized study not available in the regular curriculum (e.g., acting in Chekhov, draping and patterning, production management).
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THEA 4861-2 Special Topics in Dance
(1-2 hours)
Upper level work in an area of specialized study not available in the regular curriculum This is a performance class focusing on physical skills. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor or proficiency testing in reading music.
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THEA 4973 Senior Seminar: The Collaborative Process
(3 hours)
Preparing advanced students, as directors and designers, to develop production concepts and approaches in exciting, respectful, and creative collegial communication by arriving at a common language through play analysis utilizing business models. Prerequisites: Theatre core courses with grades of C or higher, or permission of instructor.
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THEA 4991-3 Independent Study
(1-3 hours)
Assigned projects requiring sophisticated skills (e.g., Independent Study in playwriting, directing or designing a University production, playwriting, creative writing, one-person performance). Requires approval by appropriate theatre faculty.
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Women’s and Gender Studies |
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WS 1043 20th-Century American Women Playwrights
(3 hours)
An introduction to representative plays of American women playwrights of this century. Emphasis on literary and theatrical merit and the perspectives women playwrights bring to larger issues of American society. Same as THEA 1043 .
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WS 2013 Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies
(3 hours) Block Two HCGD
The diverse cultural, historical, and social experiences of women, with emphasis on the U.S. Analyzing women’s contributions to their culture(s), this course considers how gender distinctions affect women’s lives and control the production and use of knowledge and power.
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WS 2033 Harry Potter and American Culture
(3 hours)
Exploration of the Harry Potter books in the context of American culture.
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WS 2043 Housewives to Harridans: Images of Women in Drama
(3 hours) Block Two
Examination of images of women in plays, the work of female playwrights, and emerging feminist theories used in dramatic criticism. Same as THEA 2033 .
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WS 2053 European Women’s History
(3 hours) HCGD
Introduction to European women’s history from the 18th century to the present. Emphasis on how the important political, social, economic, and cultural events of European history shaped women’s lives. Same as HIST 2053 .
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WS 2083 Psychology of Trauma
(3 hours) Block Two HCGD
Examination of multidisciplinary research regarding the nature and prevalence of trauma, the history of trauma studies (including impact of the women’s movement), theoretical models of the impact of trauma reactions, and the nature and course of the psychological impact of trauma. Same as PSY 2083 .
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WS 2103 Women and Sports
(3 hours) HCGD
A chronological perspective on the contributions, challenges, and changes in sports for women. The history and development of women’s sports and the role of governing bodies and sanctioning organizations are examined. The impact of sports on the role of women in American society and the Olympic influence are discussed. Same as ATRG 2103 .
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WS 2123 Crime, Justice, and Social Order
(3 hours) Block Two HCGD
Comparative study of law, justice, and social order; models of crime and justice and the role of law in modern society. Same as SOC 2123 .
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WS 2133 Inequality in American Society
(3 hours) Block Two HCGD
The persisting and changing nature of inequality in American society. Focus on race, class, and gender relations, and on the institutions in which these relations are enacted such as education, family, and work. Same as SOC 2133 .
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WS 2153 Women and Democracy on Film
(3 hours) Block One
Examines how democracy affects questions of authority and freedom that arise between women and men, as interpreted through film and the classics of political thought. Same as POL 2153 /FLM 2163 .
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WS 2193 Literary Genders: Masculine Mystique/Feminine Myth
(3 hours) Block One HCGD
Investigations of stories told about gender in 20th-century writing, painting, advertisement, and film. Focusing in particular on modern images of women in their relations to men in culturally diverse texts in English literature, readings reflect the ways both sexes have been defined, redefined, and transformed in modern culture. Same as ENGL 2193 .
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WS 2213 Language, Gender and Society
(3 hours) HCGD
Examination of the social construction of gender and of how it reflects on male-female communicative styles. Understanding of gender-related patterns in language, speech, and nonverbal communication as a basis for analyzing communicative settings, both private and public. Same as LANG 2213 .
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WS 2423 Gender and Sexuality in U.S. Politics
(3 hours) Block Two HCGD
Introduces students to themes of gender and sexuality as they pertain to the American political system. Students will explore a range of themes including how women influence the policymaking process, how gendered expectations influence civic participation, and how the LGBT community has changed American politics. Same as POL 2423 .
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WS 2523 Contemporary Women Playwrights
(3 hours) Block One
Examines some of the more important plays written by women in the past 20 years. Plays are studied as literature and as social documents. Same as THEA 2523 .
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WS 2923 Beyond Bella: 21st Century Girls’ Adventure
(3 hours) Block One HCGD
A study of novels, TV shows, films, and comic books from the late 1990’s through the present day as they feature girls within the context of adventure. Looking at precursors such as Nancy Drew and reading these texts against the background of women’s movement, this course asks how these contemporary texts break with or reinforce gender stereotypes, adapting traditional her narratives to female characters or telling new stories about women. Same as ENGL 2923 .
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WS 3013 Sociology of Work and Occupations
(3 hours) HCGD
Changes in the occupational structure and labor movements in the U.S.; the relationship between work and systems of stratification (race, class, and gender); current employment patterns and trends, including the effects of technology and globalization on U.S. labor markets; workers’ everyday experiences, work identities, and the meanings of work. Prerequisite: SOC 1033 or SOC 2133 or permission of instructor. Same as SOC 3023 .
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WS 3023 French Feminism
(3 hours)
Existentialist and postmodern feminist philosophies within the historical and political context of the Women’s Liberation Movement (MLF) throughout 20th-century France. Attention to writings by French feminists such as Hélène Cixous, Catherine Clément, Claire Duchen, Luce Irigaray, Julia Kristeva, Rosi Braidotti, and Simone de Beauvoir. Same as CPLT 3023 .
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WS 3033 Masculinities
(3 hours)
Analysis of historical, sociological, literary, and popular cultural constructions of masculinity with an emphasis on the U.S. Readings in masculinity theory are paired with a variety of classic and contemporary sources, with attention paid to the intersectionality of race, religion, nationality, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, and social class.
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WS 3053 Socialization
(3 hours) HCGD
Theory and research focusing on the development of the individual as a social being and lifelong participant in society. Historical and contemporary perspectives on the continuing interaction between the individual and society. Prerequisite: SOC 1033 or SOC 2133 or permission of instructor. Same as SOC 3053 .
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WS 3063 Sociology of Education
(3 hours) HCGD
History of education in the U.S.; nature and purposes of education; laws and policies affecting education; reproduction of and challenges to social inequalities in education; curricular issues; contemporary controversies. Particular attention to the ways that race, class, and gender shape the schooling that different groups of students receive. Prerequisite: SOC 1033 or SOC 2133 , or permission of instructor. Same as SOC 3063 .
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WS 3093 Sociology of Poverty
(3 hours) HCGD
Poverty and the poor within the broader context of general social inequality. Focuses on individualistic, cultural, and structural explanations of poverty and examines the policy implications deriving from each type of explanation. Prerequisite: SOC 1033 or SOC 2133 with a grade of C or higher, or permission of instructor. Same as SOC 3093 .
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WS 3113 Feminist Theory
(3 hours) HCGD
The evolution and variety of local and global feminist thought over the past two centuries. Explores a range of theoretical frameworks, including cultural, liberal, and radical feminism, Enlightenment thought, Marxism, Freudian psychoanalytic theory, materialism, standpoint theory, and postmodernism. Analyzes classic and contemporary works that demonstrate how feminists have applied these frameworks to important and contested issues. Prerequisite: WS 2013 or permission of instructor.
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WS 3123 Sociology of Family
(3 hours) HCGD
Particular emphasis on family life in the U.S.; changing definitions of “family”; changing social constructions of childhood, motherhood, and fatherhood; diversity among families; policies and politics surrounding family life; the relationship between broad structural forces and people’s everyday family experiences. Prerequisite: SOC 1033 or SOC 2133 with a grade of C or higher, or permission of instructor. Same as SOC 3123 .
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WS 3133 Social Movements
(3 hours) HCGD
Conditions underlying the development, success, and/or decline of social, political, and economic movements in the U.S. and other parts of the world. Studies include civil rights, women’s, environmental, peace, and religious movements. Prerequisite: SOC 1033 or SOC 2133 with a grade of C or higher, or permission of instructor. Same as SOC 3133 .
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WS 3153 Literature and Film
(3 hours) HCGD
Explores the relationship between literature and film, considering such topics as literature as a source for film, differences between sources and film, cinematic and literary languages, adaptation from literature to film, and the screenplay as a literary form. May be taken more than once on different topics. Same as ENGL 3053 /FLM 3153 .
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WS 3173 Gender Across Cultures
(3 hours) HCGD
A comparative cultural investigation of gender relations and human sexuality in a range of human societies, including the United States. Same as ANTH 3173 .
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WS 3183 The Vampire in American History and Culture
(3 hours) HCGD
Drawing on a variety of materials such as scholarly analyses, films, television series, and novels, this course examines themes such as race, gender, class, the body, and fandom in popular culture since the nineteenth century through various and ever-mutating vampire tales.
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WS 3193 Black American Women Writers
(3 hours) HCGD
Representative works of poetry, fiction and drama by African American women, studied in cultural and historical context. Writers may include
Wheatley, Jacobs, Hopkins, Larsen, Hurston, Marshall, Shange, Morrison, Lorde and Dandicat. Same as ENGL 3193 .
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WS 3223 Bestselling Feminisms
(3 hours)
Feminism, as a social movement, offers us a powerful example of how ideas circulate and develop in and through the media. Using readings, discussion, interviews and media analyses, this course explores widely popular accounts of women’s personal, social, cultural and political options from 1960 to the present. Same as COM 3223 .
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WS 3273 History of Women in the United States to 1900
(3 hours) HCGD
Emphasis on women’s legal, social, and economic status within the realms of family, work, and community and the impact of feminism, slavery, science, and immigration, on women’s lives. Same as HIST 3273 .
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WS 3283 History of Women in the United States since 1900
(3 hours) HCGD
Emphasis on women’s legal, social, and economic status within the realms of family, work, and community and the impact of feminism, race, science, and immigration on women’s lives. Same as HIST 3283 .
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WS 3323 Interpersonal Communication
(3 hours)
Analyzes processes involved in interpersonal communication; includes examination of communication variables that define, sustain, and change interpersonal relationships. Same as COM 3323 .
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WS 3343 Literature after Stonewall
(3 hours)
The emergence of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) literatures and culture in the post-Stonewall period. Texts include both canonical and popular writings.
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WS 3473 The Victorian Period in British Literature
(3 hours) HCGD
British literature from 1830-1900. Figures may include Tennyson, the Brontës, Carlyle, Mill Ruskin, Browning, George Eliot, Dickens, Hardy, Hopkins, Gissing, Arnold, Dante Gabriel and Christina Rossetti, and Kipling. Same as ENGL 3473 .
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WS 3483 Principles of Visual Communication
(3 hours)
The nature of visual communication, including perceptual limitations, visual literacy, and visual communication’s impact on social reality. Emphasis on the evolution, emergence, and impact of visual media as well as strategies for analyzing visual media. Same as COM 3483 .
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WS 3513 Modern Women Writers
(3 hours) HCGD
Focuses on modern women writers in relation to both the canons and avant gardes of the 20th and 21st centuries; selected 19th century antecedent writers may also be included. Looks analytically and historically at fiction, poetry, and drama by women writers of varying ethnic, class, racial, and sexual backgrounds. Contemporary critical discussion of women and gender. Same as ENGL 3513 .
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WS 3523 Gender in Modernism and Postmodernism
(3 hours) HCGD
Developments and experimentation with the gendering of fiction and poetry by men and women writers in the 20th and 21st centuries. Explores the unstable borders between definitions of modernism and postmodernism (as names of historical periods, philosophies, and aesthetic methods) and between genders, including the problematic of “differences” (e.g. race, class, sexuality). Same as ENGL 3523 .
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WS 3713 Special Topics in Language and Literature I
3 hours) HCGD
The study of special bodies of literature in English (ethnic, cultural); the relation of literature to other disciplines (philosophy, music); and English language areas (rhetoric, semantics) and of the relation of language to other disciplines (politics, anthropology). Same as ENGL 3713 .
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WS 3753 Black American Women Writers
(3 hours)
Representative works of poetry, fiction and drama by African American women, studied in cultural and historical context. Writers may include Wheatley, Jacobs, Hopkins, Larsen, Hurston, Marshall, Shange, Morrison, Lorde, and Dandicat. Same as ENGL 3753 .
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WS 3863 Special Topics in Women’s and Gender Studies I
(3 hours) HCGD
The study of special issues in Women’s and Gender Studies that enhances, supplements, or extends regular course offerings. May include courses that are occasionally cross-listed with those of other academic units, one-time offerings, and experimental offerings.
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WS 3973 Seminar
(3 hours) HCGD
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WS 3993 Independent Study
(3 hours)
Independent reading and research projects undertaken with permission of instructor.
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WS 4013 Women and Law
(3 hours)
Gender issues, including contracts, torts, Criminal law, and property. Jurisprudential theories regarding gender issues, including debates on formal equality vs. substantial inequality. Other possible topics: the doctrine of comparable worth, sexual harassment in the work place, sex role stereotypes, economic consequences of divorce, child custody, biological production, prostitution, pornography. Taught in the College of Law.
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WS 4023 Psychology of Women
(3 hours) HCGD
Introduces students to prominent theories and empirical evidence regarding the psychology of women with a focus on how gender influences development and behaviors from a variety of perspectives. Same as PSY 4023 .
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WS 4053 Gender and Sexuality in Renaissance Art
(3 hours) HCGD
Addresses the effects of gender on the history of artistic practice, patronage, and viewing during the Italian Renaissance. Students explore gender and sexuality as social constructs, and investigate ways these ideas are reflected in and created by works of art and architecture from the years 1300-1580. Prerequisite: ARTH 2203 , ARTH 2223 or WS 2013 . Same as ARTH 4053 .
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WS 4063 Psychology of Diversity
(3 hours) HCGD
Provides an overview of many of the psychological and social issues facing marginalized and majority groups in the United States. Applies psychological theories and principles to understand the role of culture in human social behavior within a variety of contexts. Same as PSY 4063 .
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WS 4123 Colloquium in Women’s and Gender Studies
(3 hours)
Colloquium on a specific theme, time period, theory, or theorist in Women’s and Gender Studies. Emphasis on critical analysis of significant works within the field. Prerequisites: WS 2013 and WS 3113 , or permission of instructor.
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WS 4143 Men and Women at War: A History of Europe in the 20th Century
(3 hours)
Explore how gender norms changed over the course of the twentieth century in Europe and how this conflict impacted European history. Same as HIST 4263 .
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WS 4153 Women and Health
(3 hours)
The changing role of women in the medical system as patients, practitioners, and health care providers; the politics of women’s health care activism; inequality in the health care system; the relationship of various social institutions (family, religion, the economy, and the media) to women’s health. Prerequisite: SOC 1033 or SOC 3703 or WS 2013 or permission of instructor. Same as SOC 4153 .
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WS 4163 Sociology of Bodies
(3 hours)
Examines social forces that shape human bodies. Explores how people use their bodies to perform identities, ways bodies are subject to regulations, surveillance and control, and ways that people use their bodies to resist cultural mandates about how bodies are supposed to look or behave. Prerequisite: SOC 1033 . Same as SOC 4163 .
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WS 4223 Qualitative Methods of Sociological Research
(3 hours) HCGD
Techniques of gathering, recording, and analyzing qualitative data. Emphasis on unstructured field observations, intensive interviewing, organized field notes, and generating theory through analysis. Prerequisite: SOC 1033 with grade of C or higher or permission of instructor. Same as SOC 4123 .
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WS 4333 A Magnificent Art: The Court 1400-1750
(3 hours) HCGD
Investigates the ways in which art was used by rulers and courtiers to create and maintain political, social and personal identities. Examines individual courts throughout Europe and address themes such as magnificence, collecting, humanism, and the roles of women and artists at court. Prerequisite: ARTH 2203 , ARTH 2223 , WS 2013 or permission of instructor. Same as ARTH 4333 .
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WS 4383 Queer Theory/Queer Lives
(3 hours) HCGD
Investigates queer theory and Historical experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people as addressed in historical and empirical studies, narratives, film and activism. Explores how queer sexual identities intersect with race, class, gender, ethnicity, age and disability. Areas of inquiry include identity, family, media representation, heterosexism and LGBTIQ social movements.
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WS 4463 Homosexuality and Musical Theatre
(3 hours)
In-depth study of the world of musical theatre and the inclusion and support of persons in the LGBTQ community beginning with the ancient Greeks up to the modern day. Special attention will be given to significant musical theatre works by members of the LBGTQ community. Same as THEA 4463 .
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WS 4473 The Sacred Feminine
(3 hours)
An introduction to how various cultures have used the feminine mode and the pair, masculine-feminine, as ways to respond to ultimate reality. Materials from Taoism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism, prehistoric culture, and ancient Sumeria are considered in light of 1) the sacred body, 2) the sacred dance, and 3) sacred psychology. Same as REL 4473 .
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WS 4493 The British Novel II: Dickens to Woolf
(3 hours) HCGD
Examines the social, political, and aesthetic dynamics of diverse novels of the Victorian and Modernist periods. Authors may include Dickens, George Eliot, Grand, Wilde, Lawrence and Woolf. Prerequisite: ENGL 2523 or permission of instructor. Same as ENGL 4493 .
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WS 4843 Topics in Women’s and Gender Studies
(3 hours) HCGD
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WS 4853 Special Topics
(3 hours) HCGD
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WS 4863 Special Topics in Women’s and Gender Studies II
(3 hours) HCGD
Advanced study of special issues in Women’s and Gender Studies that enhances, supplements, or extends regular course offerings. May include courses that are occasionally cross-listed with those of other academic units, one-time offerings, and experimental offerings. Prerequisite: WS 2013 or permission of instructor.
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WS 4973 Seminar
(3 hours) HCGD
Requires students to apply knowledge and skills learned in previous Women’s and Gender Studies courses to original research projects, internships, and/or service learning opportunities. Students will demonstrate proficiency through writing and oral presentations. Prerequisites: WS 2013 , WS 3113 , and at least six hours in Women’s and Gender Studies electives, or permission of instructor.
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WS 4993 Independent Study
(3 hours)
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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WS 5013 Theory and Methodologies
(3 hours)
An interdisciplinary study of methods, analyses, and critiques used in women’s and gender studies across a range of traditional disciplines, including history, art, humanities, sciences, education, health, economics, law, etc. Students will read and discuss how scholars rethink analytic paradigms and create new theoretical models to guide their work.
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WS 5023 Global Gender Formation
(3 hours)
Introduces key concepts, debates, and projects of global and transnational work in women’s and gender studies, including the geographies and temporality that undergird knowledge on global/transnational issues; projects situated in various national and transnational contexts; institutional and policy structures that operate in the name of global women’s rights; and critical responses to economic globalization.
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WS 5033 ProSeminar: Women’s and Gender Studies
(3 hours)
An introduction to scholarship in, and the profession of, women’s and gender studies, including coverage of the major theoretical debates and issues in the field and training in academic scholarship and professional procedures.
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WS 5863 Special Topics in Women’s and Gender Studies
(3 hours)
Advanced study of special women’s and gender studies field-specific topics, involving such concepts and practices as interdisciplinary (e.g., models, case studies, communication patterns), intersectionality (e.g., national or international demographics; global, regional or local coalitions; intra-familial patterns), and experiential/connected learning (e.g., best practices, historical development, pedagogies), not covered in listed courses.
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Data Science |
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DS 3213 Introduction to Data Science
(3 hours)
Introduction to core concepts, techniques and technologies in data science including data management, modeling, exploring and visualizing data. Case studies offer hands-on experience with data science processes and technologies. Structured and semi-structured data. Prerequisite: CS 2003 or CS 2503 . Same as STAT 3213 .
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DS 4213 Data Mining
(3 hours)
Topics explored include formulating statistical questions, acquisition and cleaning of data sets, data visualization, summarization and exploratory analysis, supervised and unsupervised statistical/machine learning techniques (including logistic regression, decision trees, random forests, clustering, network analysis), model evaluation and testing. Prerequisites: CS 2503 and STAT 4813 .
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DS 4863 Special Topics in Data Science
(3 hours)
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
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