University of Calgary : Women's Studies WMST

Women's Studies WMST

Instruction offered under the direction of the Faculty of Communication and Culture. For information visit the Faculty of Communication and Culture website, www.comcul.ucalgary.ca, or contact the Communication and Culture Faculty Office, 403.220.6343.

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Additional interdisciplinary courses are offered under the course headings African Studies; Canadian Studies; Central and East European Studies; Communications Studies; Development Studies; East Asian Studies; Film Studies, General Studies; Innovation Studies, Latin American Studies; Law and Society; Museum and Heritage Studies; Science, Technology and Society; and South Asian Studies.

Junior Course

Women's Studies 201

Introduction to Women's Studies

An introduction to academic feminism that critically deconstructs cultural notions of sex, gender, race, class and other social stratifiers; discusses contemporary and classical feminist perspectives; and examines feminist work and activism.
Course Hours: H(3-0)

Senior Courses

Women's Studies 303

Key Writings in Western Feminism: Wollstonecraft to Davis

An introduction to the key writings of the most influential theorists in the Western feminist tradition, from its beginnings in eighteenth and nineteenth century liberalism, through its suffragist First Wave in the early twentieth century, up to the maturing of its Second Wave's women's liberation movement in the early 1980's.
Course Hours: H(3-0)

Women's Studies 307

Contemporary Issues in Feminism

An analysis of some central and contentious issues impacting upon women's lives today. Topics include violence against women and "victim feminism"; sexual identities and transgressions; how women are differentially impacted by racism, colonialism, and economic class.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Women's Studies 201 or 311 , or consent of the Assistant Dean (Student Affairs).
Notes: Third and fourth year students with a relevant background may apply to the Assistant Dean (Student Affairs) to have the prerequisite waived.

Women's Studies 309

Topics in Feminist Community Service Learning

A rotating series of topics such as anti-racist feminism, women's sexual well-being and women and leadership. Classes will also cover the theory and goals of community service learning and provide the foundation for undertaking community service learning projects. Students are expected to participate in at least two hours per week volunteering for a service project in association with the Women's Resource Centre.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Completion of a minimum of four full-course equivalents, which must include at least one half-course equivalent in Women's Studies, or consent of the Faculty.
Antirequisite(s): Note: Credit for either Women's Studies 309 and 401 .03 or 401 .04 will not be allowed.
Notes: Students are strongly encouraged to participate in WRC volunteer training when available.

Women's Studies 311

Contemporary Feminist Theories

A comprehensive and comparative survey of the theoretical assumptions and the political stances associated with the main forms of feminist theory today - liberal, radical/cultural, socialist/Marxist, and postmodern feminisms.
Course Hours: H(3-0)

Women's Studies 321

Women and Health

An interdisciplinary examination of women's experience of physical and psychological health and of perceptions and treatment of women within health care systems. The role of women as health care providers in families and society. Examples will come primarily, but not exclusively, from the Canadian context.
Course Hours: H(3-0)

Women's Studies 331

Women, Work, and the Globalized Economy

Women's domestic labour and "double day"; employment equity; the "feminization of poverty"; the impact of globalization, post-Fordism, and information-based technologies on women's labour North and South; sex work and surrogacy in the New World Economic Order.
Course Hours: H(3-0)

Women's Studies 339

Gender in Popular Culture

Introduction to the analysis of gender in popular culture, focusing on representations of gender in North America in the post Second World War period.
Course Hours: H(3-0)

Women's Studies 401

Special Topics in Women's Studies

An interdisciplinary analysis of topics such as the following: ecofeminism, women's autobiographical writings, feminist perspectives on technology, women's sexual identities, women's roles and identities in a cultural context.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT

Women's Studies 405

Seminar in Feminist Praxis

An opportunity to develop practical and political skills by engaging in feminist activism. Students will be asked to give four to eight hours per month to their chosen activist endeavours. In-class time will be spent reflecting on these experiences and critically situating them within the history and perspectives of Western feminist activism.
Course Hours: H(3S-0)
Prerequisite(s): Women's Studies 201 or consent of the Assistant Dean (Student Affairs).
Notes: Students entering the Women's Studies Major or Minor program in their third or fourth year of study may substitute any Women's Studies course for the Women's Studies 201 prerequisite. For further information, contact the Assistant Dean (Student Affairs).

Women's Studies 431

Gender, Bodies, and Knowledge

How do women think about and experience their own bodies in different times and places? This interdisciplinary analysis will draw from studies in medicine, history, psychology and feminist theory, and will consider themes like sexuality, reproductivity, health care, and youth and old age.
Course Hours: H(3S-0)
Prerequisite(s): Any Women's Studies course or consent of the Assistant Dean (Student Affairs).
Notes: Third and fourth year students with a relevant background may apply to the Assistant Dean (Student Affairs) to have the prerequisite waived.

Women's Studies 501

Research in Selected Topics

Supervised individual study of a special topic.
Course Hours: H(3-0)
Prerequisite(s): Consent of the Associate Dean (Undergraduate Programs).
Notes: Students should contact the office of the Associate Dean (Undergraduate Programs) at least two weeks prior to the first day of classes to arrange an independent study course.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT

Women's Studies 591

Integrative Seminar

Advanced seminar in which students will have the opportunity to apply their knowledge of feminist theory and issues to a more in-depth consideration of feminist research methodology and action.
Course Hours: H(3S-0)
Prerequisite(s): Women's Studies 405 and admission into the Women's Studies Major program, or consent of the Associate Dean (Undergraduate Programs).
Notes: Restricted to students in the Women's Studies Major program.

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