Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies (FGSS)Arts and Sciences
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Classes
FGSS 2010
Course Description
Feminist, Gender, & Sexuality Studies is an interdisciplinary program focused on understanding the impact of gender and sexuality on the world around us and on the power hierarchies that structure ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 132
Instructors
Snorton, C
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Additional Information
Online enrollment for this class is now closed. Please contact Professor Snorton (crs352) if you would like to enroll/ be added to the waitlist.
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FGSS 2230
Course Description
This course begins with the hypothesis that there is not one version of masculinity but rather multiple masculinities, as influenced by race, ethnicity, class, nationality, sexuality, disability and produced ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 2220, LGBT 2230
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall B16
Instructors
Snorton, C
FGSS 2267
Course Description
This course offers a broad understanding of the active and dynamic cultural, economic, and social, and political roles played by Chinese women. By challenging the dominant stereotype of the passive and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 2267, CAPS 2267
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Uris Hall 262
Instructors
Son, S
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Additional Information
No prior knowledge of China necessary.
FGSS 2350
Course Description
How does literary language depict the experience of physical suffering? Can a poem or a novel palliate pain, illness, even the possibility of death? From darkly comic narratives of black plague to the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BSOC 2350, ENGL 2350, LGBT 2350
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 142
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Cohn, E
FGSS 2468
Course Description
Medicine has become the language and practice through which we address a broad range of both individual and societal complaints. Interest in this "medicalization of life" may be one of the reasons that ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ANTHR 2468, BSOC 2468, STS 2468
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Malott Hall 251
Instructors
Hodzic, S
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- R Goldwin Smith Hall G20
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Staff
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- R Rockefeller Hall B15
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Staff
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- R Goldwin Smith Hall 158
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- R Rockefeller Hall 185
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Staff
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- F Morrill Hall 102
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- F Morrill Hall 102
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Staff
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- F McGraw Hall 215
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Staff
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- F Uris Hall G44
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Staff
FGSS 2760
Course Description
"Language is a skin," the critic Roland Barthes once wrote: "I rub my language against the other. It is as if I had words instead of fingers, or fingers at the tip of my words. My language trembles with ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 2760, ENGL 2760, LGBT 2760, PMA 2680
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G76-Lewis
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Hanson, E
FGSS 3206
Course Description
This course studies the life experiences and political struggles of black women who have attained political leadership across the African Diaspora. It will study their rise to political power through an ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 3206, ENGL 3606
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Africana Ctr B01
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Boyce Davies, C
FGSS 3210
Course Description
In this course, we will delve into the neuroscience of gender difference. Reading the original scientific papers and related critical texts, we will ask whether we can find measureable physical differences ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BIONB 3215, LGBT 3210
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Corson-Mudd W364
Instructors
Dietz, S
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: BIONB 2220, BIOMG 3320, FGSS 2010, LGBT 2290 or permission of instructor.
FGSS 3400
Course Description
"We're undone by each other. And if we're not, we're missing something," writes Judith Butler in Precarious Life. Can our mutual vulnerability serve as the basis for political intervention and social justice? ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3420, GOVT 3401, LSP 3401
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MW Rockefeller Hall 104
Instructors
Juffer, J
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- F Rockefeller Hall 110
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Juffer, J
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- F Rockefeller Hall 127
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Juffer, J
FGSS 3550
Course Description
"My existence is a scandal," Oscar Wilde once wrote, summing up in an epigram the effect of his carefully cultivated style of perversity and paradox. Through their celebration of "art for art's sake" and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3550, ENGL 3550, LGBT 3550
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- MW Goldwin Smith Hall G24
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Hanson, E
FGSS 3581
Course Description
In this course, we'll be reading literature—primarily novels—produced by hemispheric American women writers of the mid- to late twentieth-century. We will look at how these writings articulate concerns ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AAS 3580, AMST 3580, ENGL 3580
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 236
Instructors
Wong, S
FGSS 3591
Course Description
How is the figure of the child constructed in popular culture? When and to what degree do children participate in the construction of these representations? This course surveys a variety of contemporary ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3591
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 236
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Juffer, J
FGSS 3725
Course Description
"One is not born a woman, but rather becomes one" wrote Simone de Beauvoir. How does such an odd becoming happen? What can literature teach us about it? Does anyone ever achieve "being a woman" and how ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 3725, LGBT 3725
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Statler Hall 445
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Raskolnikov, M
FGSS 3806
Course Description
Postcolonialism and Transnationalism are significant fields of theory and criticism, and ones not currently the main focus of contemporary drama classes offered through PMA. This course is being created ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3806, PMA 3806
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- TR Judith Eisner Pavillion 201
Instructors
Stratford, A
FGSS 3820
Course Description
This course will examine the range of issues surrounding the experience of gender in the modern workplace. Topics may include the historical role of women in the workplace; sex segregation in the workplace; ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ILRLR 3820, ILRLR 5820
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits S/U NoAud(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (no audit))
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- W Ives Hall 115
Instructors
Devault, I
FGSS 3991
Course Description
Individual study program intended for juniors and seniors working on special topics with selected reading or research projects not covered in regularly scheduled courses. Students select a topic in consultation ... view course details
FGSS 4000
Course Description
In this seminar, we will focus on the intersection of gender, sexuality, and human rights. Although issues of gender and sexuality have always been integral to human rights, in the last 40 years, they ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- M Rockefeller Hall 190
Instructors
Hodzic, S
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Additional Information
Department Consent Required (Add)
FGSS 4035
Course Description
A recognition of the importance of intersectionality, or the understanding of how identities such as disability, race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic class, ... view course details
Seven Week - Second. Combined with: ILRLR 4035
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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- M Ives Hall 217
- Mar 20 - May 10, 2017
Instructors
Cook, L
Heinemann, A
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
FGSS 4127
Course Description
Visions of bodily corruption have preoccupied ruler and ruled alike in Asia, and prompted campaigns for moral, medical, and legal reform in periods of both stability and revolution. This seminar, designed ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4415, HIST 4127
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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- T Uris Hall 254
Instructors
Roebuck, K
FGSS 4291
Course Description
Marriage was the widely expected norm within African societies. The institution was an important marker of adulthood, linking individuals and lineages in a network of mutual cooperation and support. Marriage ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 4291, FGSS 6291, HIST 4291, HIST 6291
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Uris Hall 312
Instructors
Byfield, J
FGSS 4339
Course Description
Although the wounded, often feminine, body is the most powerful way of imagining border space in both the Indian subcontinent and the Americas, it is seldom coupled with the embodied practices and performances ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4440, ASIAN 6640, COML 4339, COML 6339, FGSS 6339, LSP 4339, LSP 6339
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- W Morrill Hall 102
Instructors
Banerjee, A
Castillo, D
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Additional Information
Limited to 15 students.
FGSS 4504
Course Description
This course uses the lens of temporality to track transformations in notions of urban personhood and collective life engendered by recent trans-Asia economic shifts. We will develop tools that help unpack ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4423, ASIAN 6623, FGSS 6504, PMA 4504
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- TR Uris Hall 302
Instructors
Fuhrmann, A
FGSS 4521
Course Description
This seminar will investigate the narrative uses of history and memory in US fiction, focusing particularly on the impact of gender on these representations. How do US writers use history in their fiction, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 4521, ENGL 4521
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- M Goldwin Smith Hall 236
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McCullough, K
FGSS 4601
Course Description
The body is a universal. How we construct our understandings of it is not. In this class we will investigate conceptions and treatment of the early-modern body (1400-1700) mainly in Europe with excursions ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4601, ARTH 6601, FGSS 6601, VISST 4601, VISST 6601
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- T Goldwin Smith Hall 158
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Pincus, L
FGSS 4608
Course Description
This course will focus on Victorian genders with a special emphasis on masculinities. Additionally, we will spend time reading and thinking about secondary works which interrogate and historicize our principal ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ENGL 4908, SHUM 4608
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- R A D White House 110
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Gilbert, P
FGSS 4640
Course Description
The primary emphasis of this discussion seminar is the historical development of gendered identities and the fluid manner in which different Middle Eastern communities responded to shifting ideas of sexuality, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 4642, NES 4642, NES 6643
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- T White Hall 104
Instructors
Fahmy, Z
FGSS 4652
Course Description
Bodies and Diseases in the Middle East (1500-2000) will explore the history of medicine and science in the Middle East from early modern period to the present. It covers the main topics and questions regarding ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: BSOC 4651, NES 4652, NES 6652
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Meeting Pattern
- R Goldwin Smith Hall 160
Instructors
Yilmaz, S
FGSS 4701
Course Description
This course explores nightlife as a temporality that fosters countercultural performances of the self and that serves as a site for the emergence of alternative kinship networks. Focusing on queer communities ... view course details
FGSS 4947
Course Description
In this course, you will explore nakedness as a form of protest by various social movements and in compelling fictional texts. As you analyze nakedness from ancient Greece to 21th century Africa, Asia, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4947, SHUM 4605
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- R A D White House 109
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Diabate, N
FGSS 4991
Course Description
To graduate with honors, FGSS majors must complete a senior thesis under the supervision of an FGSS faculty member and defend that thesis orally before an honors committee. To be eligible for honors, students ... view course details
FGSS 6291
Course Description
Marriage was the widely expected norm within African societies. The institution was an important marker of adulthood, linking individuals and lineages in a network of mutual cooperation and support. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASRC 4291, FGSS 4291, HIST 4291, HIST 6291
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Uris Hall 312
Instructors
Byfield, J
FGSS 6339
Course Description
Although the wounded, often feminine, body is the most powerful way of imagining border space in both the Indian subcontinent and the Americas, it is seldom coupled with the embodied practices and performances ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4440, ASIAN 6640, COML 4339, COML 6339, FGSS 4339, LSP 4339, LSP 6339
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Morrill Hall 102
Instructors
Banerjee, A
Castillo, D
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Additional Information
Limited to 15 students.
FGSS 6504
Course Description
This course uses the lens of temporality to track transformations in notions of urban personhood and collective life engendered by recent trans-Asia economic shifts. We will develop tools that help unpack ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 4423, ASIAN 6623, FGSS 4504, PMA 4504
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 302
Instructors
Fuhrmann, A
FGSS 6601
Course Description
The body is a universal. How we construct our understandings of it is not. In this class we will investigate conceptions and treatment of the early-modern body (1400-1700) mainly in Europe with excursions ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4601, ARTH 6601, FGSS 4601, VISST 4601, VISST 6601
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Goldwin Smith Hall 158
Instructors
Pincus, L
FGSS 6880
Course Description
This course offers an introduction to theoretical and practical aspects of the interdisciplinary field of Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies, providing students with a range of disciplinary approaches ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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- W Rockefeller Hall 190
Instructors
McCullough, K
FGSS 6990
Course Description
Independent reading course for graduate students on topics not covered in regularly scheduled courses. Students develop a course of readings in consultation with a faculty member in the field of Feminist, ... view course details