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Course # (Section)
Title
Day/Times
Instructor
Room
PosTag(s)
Info
AS.100.424 (01)
Women & Modern Chinese History
W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Meyer-Fong, Tobie
INST-GLOBAL, HIST-ASIA
Women & Modern Chinese History AS.100.424 (01)
This course examines the experience of Chinese women, and also how writers, scholars, and politicians (often male, sometimes foreign) have represented women’s experiences for their own political and social agendas.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Meyer-Fong, Tobie
Room:
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 6/17
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, HIST-ASIA
AS.150.400 (01)
Simone de Beauvoir
W 4:00PM - 6:30PM
Kosch, Michelle
PHIL-ETHICS, GRLL-ENGL
Simone de Beauvoir AS.150.400 (01)
Seminar on Beauvoir’s moral philosophy, covering the major works of the 1940s. Readings will include selections from The Blood of Others, Pyrrhus and Cineas, All Men are Mortal, The Ethics of Ambiguity, and The Second Sex. Open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates. (Beginning undergraduates should contact Professor Kosch.) No prerequisites.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 4:00PM - 6:30PM
Instructor: Kosch, Michelle
Room:
Status: Approval Required
Seats Available: 4/15
PosTag(s): PHIL-ETHICS, GRLL-ENGL
AS.230.154 (01)
Freshman Seminar: Gender, Health and Aging
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Agree, Emily
Freshman Seminar: Gender, Health and Aging AS.230.154 (01)
In this course students will develop an understanding of the ways in which gender structures health and well being through adulthood and later life. The experience of sexual minorities and the ntersection of gender with class and ethnicity will also be discussed. Students will be expected to participate actively and lead discussions on specific topics.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Agree, Emily
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 15/15
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.211.362 (01)
Critical Knowledges: Black, Feminist, Postcolonial, Queer and Other
M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Nitis, Maya
GRLL-ENGL
Critical Knowledges: Black, Feminist, Postcolonial, Queer and Other AS.211.362 (01)
Is it clear what “knowledge” means? Does it have the same meaning historically, across different academic disciplines and in daily life? Rather than posing questions about the nature of knowledge explored in the branch of philosophy known as epistemology, this course will propose a minoritized critical inquiry into the matter of knowledge/s. Through works by Black, feminist, queer, and postcolonial theorists such as Patricia Hill Collins, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick and Donna Haraway, we will address alternative epistemologies that operate with “partial” or “unfinished” models. Understanding knowledge as unfinished rather than universal enables consequential dialogue to take place: no longer focused on judgments, thought remains open to the ideas of others.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Nitis, Maya
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 15/15
PosTag(s): GRLL-ENGL
AS.200.204 (01)
Human Sexuality
W 1:30PM - 3:50PM
Kraft, Chris S
BEHB-SOCSCI
Human Sexuality AS.200.204 (01)
Course focuses on sexual development, sexuality across the lifespan, gender identity, sexual attraction and arousal, sexually transmitted disease, and the history of commercial sex workers and pornography. Please note that the use of electronic devices is not permitted during this class, in order to promote the full interactive potential of this engaging seminar-style offering. Open to Juniors & Seniors within the following majors/minors: Behavioral Biology; Biology; Cognitive Science; Medicine, Science & the Humanities; Molecular & Cellular Bio; Neuroscience; Psychological & Brain Sciences; Public Health; Sociology; Study of Women, Gender, & Sexuality.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 1:30PM - 3:50PM
Instructor: Kraft, Chris S
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): BEHB-SOCSCI
AS.230.324 (01)
Gender and International Development
F 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Agarwala, Rina
Mergenthaler 111
INST-CP, INST-IR
Gender and International Development AS.230.324 (01)
This course employs a comparative perspective to examine the gendered impact of international development experiences and policies. Students will discuss the historical evolution of how the concept of gender has been constructed, conceptualized, and integrated into international development theory and practice. The course will also examine how greater international development. In particular, we will examine structural theories of poverty reduction, individual theories of power and processes of stratification at the household and family level. Specific issue areas will include the globalization, class and work political participation and social movements. Cross-listed with International Studies (CP, IR). Fulfills Economics requirement for IS GSCD track students only.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: F 3:00PM - 5:30PM
Instructor: Agarwala, Rina
Room: Mergenthaler 111
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): INST-CP, INST-IR
AS.191.348 (01)
Demons of Democracy
TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Najjar, Stephanie Hanna
POLI-PT, INST-PT
Demons of Democracy AS.191.348 (01)
This course examines how a political discourse of deviancy, which produces a suspicion and a demonization of the Other, has legitimized the subsequent marginalization of specific groups from the democratic sphere. How has democracy, which promises a universal inclusivity of all its citizens, justified the historical and ongoing exclusion of certain marginalized groups from participating in political life? In this course, we will gain deeper insight into the logics of “demon-making” by turning to Black, feminist and queer critiques of democracy’s core tenets, particularly the values of inclusion, representation, and diversity. We will pay special attention to these scholars’ critiques of the Rational Man, conceived by Enlightenment thinkers to be the ideal subject of political life.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 10:30AM - 11:45AM
Instructor: Najjar, Stephanie Hanna
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/18
PosTag(s): POLI-PT, INST-PT
AS.191.321 (01)
Queer Theory, Western Philosophy and Identity Politics
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Skerjanec, Blaz
Hodson 310
POLI-PT, INST-PT
Queer Theory, Western Philosophy and Identity Politics AS.191.321 (01)
The course focuses on sympathetic links between Western philosophers and queer theory in order to illuminate contemporary understandings of (gender or sexual) identity. The course identifies three strands of queer theory each with its specific understanding of identity and, consequently, each with its specific political solution to issues of persisting structures of patriarchy, homophobia, racism and capitalist exploitation. We begin in Ancient Greece with Plato’s seminal dialogue on Eros - the Symposium, which we will use to explore ancient Greek sexuality as a set of norms, practices, and identities that differ quite significantly from their modern counterparts. Thereafter, the course proceeds in three parts, each analyzing a specific strand of queer theory inspired by different thinkers from the Western philosophical canon: 1. Queer theory inspired by psychoanalytic thought of Freud and Lacan 2. Theories of performativity inspired by Foucault and Derrida 3. Affect and assemblage theory inspired by Deleuze and Guattari.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Instructor: Skerjanec, Blaz
Room: Hodson 310
Status: Open
Seats Available: 3/18
PosTag(s): POLI-PT, INST-PT
AS.250.351 (01)
Reproductive Physiology
W 3:00PM - 4:45PM
Zirkin, Barry R
BIOL-UL, BEHB-BIOBEH
Reproductive Physiology AS.250.351 (01)
Focuses on reproductive physiology and biochemical and molecular regulation of the female and male reproductive tracts. Topics include the hypothalamus and pituitary, peptide and steroid hormone action, epididymis and male accessory sex organs, female reproductive tract, menstrual cycle, ovulation and gamete transport, fertilization and fertility enhancement, sexually transmitted diseases, and male and female contraceptive methods. Introductory lectures on each topic followed by research-oriented lectures and readings from current literature.
Credits: 2.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 3:00PM - 4:45PM
Instructor: Zirkin, Barry R
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 3/100
PosTag(s): BIOL-UL, BEHB-BIOBEH
AS.200.204 (02)
Human Sexuality
W 4:00PM - 6:20PM
Kraft, Chris S
BEHB-SOCSCI
Human Sexuality AS.200.204 (02)
Course focuses on sexual development, sexuality across the lifespan, gender identity, sexual attraction and arousal, sexually transmitted disease, and the history of commercial sex workers and pornography. Please note that the use of electronic devices is not permitted during this class, in order to promote the full interactive potential of this engaging seminar-style offering. Open to Juniors & Seniors within the following majors/minors: Behavioral Biology; Biology; Cognitive Science; Medicine, Science & the Humanities; Molecular & Cellular Bio; Neuroscience; Psychological & Brain Sciences; Public Health; Sociology; Study of Women, Gender, & Sexuality.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 4:00PM - 6:20PM
Instructor: Kraft, Chris S
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/20
PosTag(s): BEHB-SOCSCI
AS.100.408 (01)
Theorizing the Age of Enormity: Social Theory and the History of the 20th Century
Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Moss, Kenneth
INST-GLOBAL, INST-PT
Theorizing the Age of Enormity: Social Theory and the History of the 20th Century AS.100.408 (01)
We will read and analyze key works of social and critical theory produced in relation to 20th and 21st century problems of state and society, nationalism, empire, totalitarianism, genocide, capitalism, political order, gender, race, sexuality, secularism, religion, environmental catastrophe. Possible readings include Weber, Du Bois, Adorno, Arendt, Foucault, Balibar, Beck
among others.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: Th 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Moss, Kenneth
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/15
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL, INST-PT
AS.300.317 (01)
The Russian Novel
None 1:30PM - 4:00PM, W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Eakin Moss, Anne
INST-GLOBAL
The Russian Novel AS.300.317 (01)
This course introduces students to the nineteenth century Russian novel and considers its lasting impact on world culture. We will read classic masterpieces of the psychological and philosophical novel, and their experimental forerunners. Short lectures on historical and cultural context and on methods of literary analysis will be combined with intensive group discussion. Novels include Anna Karenina, Crime and Punishment, Eugene Onegin, Dead Souls, and Hero of our Time.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: None 1:30PM - 4:00PM, W 1:30PM - 4:00PM
Instructor: Eakin Moss, Anne
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 10/15
PosTag(s): INST-GLOBAL
AS.280.225 (01)
Population, Health and Development
TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Becker, Stanley
ENVS-MAJOR
Population, Health and Development AS.280.225 (01)
This course will cover the major world population changes in the past century as well as the contemporary situation and projections for this century. Topics include rapid population growth, the historical and continuing decline of death and birth rates, contraceptive methods as well as family planning and child survival programs, population aging, urbanization, population and the environment and the demographic effects of HIV/AIDS.
This course is restricted to Public Health Studies majors. Students minoring in Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality can register with instructor approval.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Instructor: Becker, Stanley
Room:
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/72
PosTag(s): ENVS-MAJOR
AS.363.201 (01)
Introduction to the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
T 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Shepard, Todd
Introduction to the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality AS.363.201 (01)
This course offers an introduction into the fields of Women’s Studies, Gender Studies, and Sexuality Studies. It explores why we need these fields of inquiry, how they have emerged historically, what some of the major and most interesting contributions are and where we might go from here. The course is meant as a preparation for the other WGS core courses.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Instructor: Shepard, Todd
Room:
Status: Reserved Open
Seats Available: 31/40
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.363.333 (01)
Poetics and Politics: Eros & Literature
TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Ender, Evelyne
Poetics and Politics: Eros & Literature AS.363.333 (01)
What does it mean to love? From Antiquity to now, from Plato to Jeanette Winterson, writers have staged conversations on love and sex.
In this way, they provide us with a “science of sex” (to use Foucault’s notion) that, though fully attuned to the power differentials that inhabit our most intimate physical experiences, gives free range to the imagination of desires.
With Plato, the legend of Tristan and Isolde, and the study a few Renaissance love lyrics as a backdrop, we will delve into stories of desire that chart new configurations and break away from “normative heterosexuality.”
Readings involve novellas by Balzac, George Sand, Colette; stories by Woolf, by Proust, and selected from Gender Outlaws as well as two films M. Butterfly and Call Me by Your Name. Meshing such stories with fundamental concepts in gender theory will enable us to chart ever changing configurations of desire from the double perspective of queerness and of sexual politics.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: TTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM
Instructor: Ender, Evelyne
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 14/18
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.363.306 (01)
Feminist and Queer Theory: Race, Class, Gender, Sexuality-Intersectional Feminist Theory
M 4:00PM - 6:30PM
Hussein, Rima
Gilman 50
Feminist and Queer Theory: Race, Class, Gender, Sexuality-Intersectional Feminist Theory AS.363.306 (01)
In this course, we will get to know intersectional feminist philosophy through the lens of a Black feminist epistemology. What does this mean? That means that we will focus on how the contributions of Black feminist authors can bring out the specific political and philosophical nature of an intersectional theoretical framework.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 4:00PM - 6:30PM
Instructor: Hussein, Rima
Room: Gilman 50
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/18
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.290.420 (01)
Human Sexual Orientation
W 6:30PM - 8:50PM
Kraft, Chris S
BEHB-SOCSCI
Human Sexual Orientation AS.290.420 (01)
This course will examine the historical and current theories of sexual orientation and sexual variation development by examining the biological, psychological and social contributing factors that influence the development of sexual orientations and variations along with treatment and modification of problematic sexual behaviors. Students may enroll in both AS.200.204 and AS.290.420, but cannot do so in the same semester. Priority given to Behavioral Biology majors. Note: For credit towards a Psychology major, students should register for AS.200.204 Human Sexuality, rather than this course.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 6:30PM - 8:50PM
Instructor: Kraft, Chris S
Room:
Status: Approval Required
Seats Available: 10/30
PosTag(s): BEHB-SOCSCI
AS.230.370 (01)
Housing and Homelessness in the United States
TTh 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Greif, Meredith
INST-AP, SPOL-UL
Housing and Homelessness in the United States AS.230.370 (01)
This course will examine the role of housing, or the absence thereof, in shaping quality of life. It will explore the consequences of the places in which we live and how we are housed. Consideration will be given to overcrowding, affordability, accessibility, and past and existing housing policies and their influence on society. Special attention will be given to the problem of homelessness.
