Women's Studies

Professors Gray, Hedrick, Kremer, McElroy, Oukrop, Richter, Shoop, Takemoto, Thurston, Timberlake, and Walker; Associate Professors Anderson, Benson, Cooper, Cozzarelli, Culley, De Bres, Dickinson, Dinkel, Dodd, Franko, Holcomb, McGrath, Nelson, Rozemond, Spears, Verschelden, and Wood; Assistant Professors Britton, Deans, Hubler, Janette, Scott, Wheatley, Williams, and Zschoche; Instructors Divine and Earles-Law.

E-mail: womst@ksu.edu
www.ksu.edu/womst

The women's studies program focuses on women, whose changing roles and expectations are the most profound and widespread social phenomenon of our time.

Courses in women's studies examine various aspects of women's lives, including not only the barriers and prejudices that still hold women back but also women's achievements. Some courses focus on the nature of sex differences and gender roles. Others focus on the interrelationships among women, gender roles, and the major institutions which shape our society. Humanities courses explore images and achievements of women in a wide range of creative media. History and anthropology discuss interrelationships of women and men in various cultural contexts across time and around the world.

Women's studies is direct preparation for many careers that serve, counsel, or communicate about women. A secondary major in women's studies combines especially well with such majors as journalism, any form of counseling, or pre-law. Women's studies is also an excellent liberal arts concentration, forming a firm basis for graduate work in any liberal professional field.

Course requirements
To complete the secondary major, a student must take two required courses (WOMST 105 Introduction to Women's Studies and WOMST 405 Senior Seminar in Women's Studies), and 18 semester hours in elective courses from the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Education, or Human Ecology, for a total of 24 semester hours. Courses in the women's studies program also may serve to meet general education and major requirements, and interdisciplinary courses may be counted as either humanities or social sciences.

Minor
The minor in women's studies consists of 15 credits: WOMST 105 Introduction to Women's Studies; WOMST 405 Senior Seminar (or a WOMST course at or above the 500 level approved by director); and three WOMST approved electives from two different disciplines.

Graduate certificate
Open to students in M.A., M.S., Ph.D., and professional programs at our university, the certificate consists of 12 hours of graduate level courses in women's studies and/or gender. Interested students should contact the director, 3 Leasure Hall, for more information.

Interdisciplinary courses
WOMST 105. Introduction to Women's Studies. (3) I, II. A systematic introduction to women's studies as an academic discipline, drawing research from humanities, social science, education, human ecology, and management to analyze images of women, status of women, sex differences, gender roles and stereotypes, patterns of success, women and relationships, current controversial issues affecting women, and feminism as a social and historical movement. An academic perspective on issues of equality and justice for women, emphasizing scholarship on how women perceive their own lives.

WOMST 380. Women and Global Social Change. (3) I, alternate years.  This course explores contemporary approaches that help meet the needs of women and their families in different parts of the world, including the Plains region. Students will learn how approaches to social change in the Third World influence women in North America, and how First World women relate to women's movements and organizations in the Third World. Pr.: ENGL 100 or 110.

WOMST 395. Studies in Gender and Society. (3) on sufficient demand. Interdisciplinary examination of the way that social institutions and practices construct gender, and the way that gender structures society. Focus might be on girlhood, women and social change, women in revolution, etc. Can be repeated once with change of content. Pr.: ENGL 100 or 110.

WOMST 405. Senior Seminar in Women's Studies. (3) I. An intercollegiate, interdisciplinary course organized topically with students presenting papers which draw upon previous and concurrent academic experience and which approach a given topic with a consistent focus on the role of women. Provides supervised independent study and subsequent discussion, allowing students to integrate and order their perceptions about the unique roles, problems, and contributions of women. Pr.: Introduction to Women's Studies and at least 6 hours of women's studies courses.

WOMST 450. The Stories of a Young Girl. (3) I. An interdisciplinary examination of female adolescence, focusing in particular on the way it is depicted in literature. Pr.: ENGL 100 or 110.

WOMST 500. Topics in Women's Studies. (1-3) I, II. A rubric under which a variety of courses are offered, including Women and Science; Women and Religion; Women and Law; Women and Leadership.

WOMST 505. Independent Study in Women's Studies. (1-3) I, II. Independent, interdisciplinary, supervised studies in an area of women's studies which does not fall within the boundaries of a traditional department. May be repeated once for credit with change of topic. Pr.: Junior standing, consent of instructor(s), and approval of women's studies director.

WOMST 506. Approaches to Women's Studies. (3) I. Interdisciplinary examination of the interlocking dynamics of race, class, sexuality, and gender in women's lives. Focus will be on contemporary womanist and feminist theoretical and methodological approaches to addressing how race, class, sexuality, and gender inform women's experiences. Experiential exercises and activism projects will be a key component of the course. For students with a strong interest and/or background in women's studies, especially secondary majors, minors, and graduate students.

WOMST 510. The History and Politics of Family Violence. (3) Intersession. Explores the history of family or domestic violence in America as a social, cultural, legal, and public policy issue from the colonial period to the present. Stress is placed upon the cultural roots and evolution of domestic law. The development of state-controlled social welfare agencies as well as the emergence of the ``battered women's movement" is particularly emphasized.

WOMST 605. Gender: An Interdisciplinary Overview. (3) II. Advanced interdisciplinary overview of theory and scholarship on women and gender from disciplines in social sciences, humanities, and professions focusing on human beings. For advanced women's studies students and graduate students.

WOMST 700. Advanced Topics in Women's Studies. (1-3) In-depth theoretical and empirical analysis of the scholarly works relating to an interdisciplinary topic in women's studies. For students who have a basic knowledge of women's studies and/or the topic area.

College of Arts and Sciences
Anthropology
ANTH/
SOCIO 508 Male and Female: Cross-Cultural
Perspectives
ANTH 633 Gender, Power, and International
Development

Art
ART 654 Women in Art

English
ENGL 395 A rubric under which a variety of courses are offered, including American Women Writers
ENGL 525 Women in Literature
ENGL 660 Shakespeare, Gender, and Performance
ENGL 670 Topic: Women in the 18th Century
ENGL 680 Topic: Asian American Literature
ENGL 695 A rubric under which a variety of courses are offered, including Women and Popular Culture
ENGL 720 Shakespeare Comedy and Gender
ENGL 730 Restoration and 18th-Century Drama
ENGL 740 Feminist Literary Theory
ENGL 850 Gender and Power in Shakespeare and the
Renaissance

History
HIST 512 Women in European History
HIST 540 Women in America, 1600 to the Civil War
HIST 542 Women in America, Civil War to the Present
HIST 551 History and Politics of Family Violence
HIST 980 Topic: Gender in European History
HIST 984 Topic: Gender in American History

Kinesiology
KIN 598 Women and Sports
KIN 796 Gender Issues and Sports and Exercise

Mass communication
MC 612 Women and the Media

Modern languages
FREN 503 French Literature in Translation (when
offered as Women in African Literature)

Music
MUSIC 220 Women in Music
MUSIC 390 Music by Women Composers

Philosophy
PHILO 135 Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy
PHILO 525 Social Political Thought (when offered
as Women in Western Thought)
PHILO 560 Philosophy of Feminism

Political science
POLSC 606 Gender and Politics
POLSC 799 Seminar in Political Science (when offered as Women and Law)

Psychology
PSYCH 540 Psychology of Women
PSYCH 543 Women and Mental Health Issues
PSYCH 563 Gender Issues in the Workplace

Social work
SOCWK 543 Women and Mental Health Issues
SOCWK 580 Women's Perspectives on Peace and War
SOCWK 610 Topics in Social Work (when offered as Violence Against Women or Women and Peace)

Sociology
SOCIO 545 The Sociology of Women
SOCIO 633 Gender, Power, and International
Development
SOCIO 665 Women and Crime
SOCIO 670 Diversity and Social Interaction in the Workplace

Speech and theatre
SPCH 505 Rhetoric of Female Slave Narratives
SPCH 630 Topics in Rhetoric and Communication (when offered as Feminism and Rhetoric) or Women and Political Campaign Communication
THTRE 782 Women in Theatre

College of Education
Educational administration
EDADM 786 Topics in Education (when offered as Programming for Women's Concerns)

Foundations and adult education
EDACE 750 Women, Education, and Work

Curriculum, instruction, and policy studies
EDCIP 735 Curriculum Materials for Nonsexist Teaching

College of Human Ecology
Foods and nutrition
FN 520 Women's Health and Aging

Human development and family studies
FSHS 300 Problems in Family Studies and Human Services (when offered as The Mature Woman: Middle Age and Later Years)
FSHS 350 Family Relationships and Gender Roles
FSHS 600 Economic Status of Women
FSHS 708 Topics in Family Studies and Human Services (when offered as The Legal Rights of Women)
FSHS 865 Human Sexuality

Also offered every year are intersession courses and special topics courses in a variety of disciplines such as women and science fiction; gender and ethnicity in Jewish American novels; women in Central America.

Topics within Secondary Majors:
	American Ethnic Studies		International Studies		Women's Studies
	Gerontology		Latin American Studies
	Industrial and Labor Relations		Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences