WMST101

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WMST101

Introduction to Women's Studies WMST101 FA

Fall 96 Availability (Last Updated on Thu Apr 17 05:01:13 EDT 1997 )

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
  01       28      0         28

How is the field of women's studies distinguished from established disciplines like history, or anthropology, or biology, or literary studies? How has feminist scholarship changed the way questions are asked and answered in those disciplines, and how is women's studies in turn dependent on the theories and methods which create knowledge in the sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities? This course will introduce students to the interdisciplinary field of women's studies by examining the kinds of questions asked by feminist scholars in history, anthropology, biology, and literature; we will consider how women's studies have transformed the established disciplines in the last twenty years, and in the process will study the complex processes of the production of knowledge. Warning: taking this course may be hazardous to your received ideas.

MAJOR READINGS

To be announced

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Eight 500-word papers; two five-page papers; take-home final examination.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA ENGL

Prerequisites: None

Section 01: Polier, N; Times: .T.T... 2:40PM;; Grading Mode: A/F; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 0, Jr: 2, So: 1, Fr: 1; No Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997

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