WGS 396 - Advanced Seminar in Women’s and Gender Studies

Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and faculty re-sources permit.

Prerequisites: WGS 120, junior or senior standing, or instructor consent. This course provides an opportunity for advanced students to explore in detail some aspect of women’s studies. Specific topics may vary and may be determined, in part, by student interest. May be repeated for degree credit with if the topics are different.

Fall 2011

WGS 397: Gender and The Law Seminar (3). This course introduces students to feminist legal theory and explores the ways in which gender equality theory has evolved over time, including the following schools of thought: liberal equality theory, difference feminism, dominance theory, anti-essentialism and the intersection of gender and racial equality, and post-modernism. Moving from theory to practice, the course then explores the application of feminist theory in various legal contexts, including domestic violence, sexual harassment, reproductive rights, marriage and family, education, and global women’s rights. Bond Staff.