Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies (FGSS)Arts and Sciences

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FGSS 2010
Introduction to Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3524 FGSS 2010   LEC 001

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    • TR White Hall 106
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Newman, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18330 FGSS 2010   DIS 201

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 2023
Fighting for Our Lives: Black Women's Reproductive Health and Activism in Historical Perspective

This course centers Black women who have often described their reproductive health experiences as "fighting for our lives." While grounded in an exploration of Black women 's experiences in the US, this ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 17682 FGSS 2023   SEM 101

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    • MW Africana Ctr B01
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Chresfield, M

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Chresfield, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17683 FGSS 2023   IND 601

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    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none

  • 20164 FGSS 2023   SEM 102

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    • MW Africana Ctr B01
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Chresfield, M

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Chresfield, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 2082
Of Ice and Men: Masculinities in the Medieval North

The Middle Ages are usually imagined as a time of manly men and feminine women: no room for gender ambiguity in Conan the Barbarian! Yet gender, then as now, was in fact unstable, multiple, and above all, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: HIST 2082, MEDVL 2082, SHUM 2082

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17410 FGSS 2082   SEM 101

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    • TR Uris Hall G20
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Falk, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17405 FGSS 2082   IND 601

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    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

FGSS 2260
Japanese Pop Culture

Japanese pop culture—anime, manga, video games, music and more—has been a major phenomenon with massive worldwide popularity for the last three decades. In this course, we will explore a wide range of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASIAN 2260, PMA 2460, SHUM 2460

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17924 FGSS 2260   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 2290
Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies

This course offers an introduction to central issues, debates, and theories that characterize the field of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Studies. Starting from the assumption that neither ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: LGBT 2290

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5647 FGSS 2290   LEC 001

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    • TR Malott Hall 406
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Diabate, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18324 FGSS 2290   DIS 201

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 2468
Medicine, Culture, and Society

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 medical ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ANTHR 2468, BSOC 2468, STS 2468

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5498 FGSS 2468   LEC 001

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    • TR Mcgraw Hall 165
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Langwick, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5499 FGSS 2468   DIS 201

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5500 FGSS 2468   DIS 202

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 20913 FGSS 2468   DIS 203

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    • W Uris Hall G22
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5501 FGSS 2468   DIS 204

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    • W McGraw Hall 366
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5502 FGSS 2468   DIS 205

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    • W Malott Hall 224
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5503 FGSS 2468   DIS 206

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    • R McGraw Hall B65
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5504 FGSS 2468   DIS 207

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5506 FGSS 2468   DIS 209

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 2575
Tyranny and Dignity: Chinese Women from the Cultural Revolution to the White Paper Revolution

This course focuses on the human condition of Chinese women after 1949. In the name of the Women's liberation movement since the early 1900s, do Chinese women eventually hold up the half sky? From the ... view course details

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: CAPS 2575, HIST 2575

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7576 FGSS 2575   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17523 FGSS 2575   IND 601

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    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

FGSS 2652
Ancient Greek Drama

This course introduces students to ancient Greek drama, with a particular focus on the genre of tragedy and its relation to the cultural, political, and performance context of Athens in the 5th century ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 2652, PMA 2652

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20160 FGSS 2652   SEM 101

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    • MW White Hall 106
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Lambert, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 2806
Roman Law

This course presents a cultural and historical perspective on ideas of agency, responsibility, and punishment through foundational texts of western law. We will primarily focus on three main areas of law: ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 2806, GOVT 2806, LAW 6803

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6729 FGSS 2806   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 3210
Gender and the Brain

Why are boys more likely than girls to be diagnosed with autism, and why are women more likely than men to be diagnosed with depression? Are there different "gay" and "straight" brains? And how does brain ... view course details

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: BIONB 3215, LGBT 3210

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5462 FGSS 3210   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Prerequisite: BIONB 2220, BIOMG 3320, FGSS 2010, LGBT 2290 or permission of instructor. For NBB concentration: this course may be used toward the additional 7 credit requirement, but does not qualify as an advanced course. If a student enrolls in a non-CALS section of a cross-listed course, it will not automatically be counted as CALS credits in their degree progress. However, we can still give them CALS credit for the class, they just need to ask us to code it.

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FGSS 3320
Gender and Psychopathology

This course examines the ways in which sex and gender impact the expression of severe psychopathology. We will study biological, psychological, and cultural factors associated with sex and gender as they ... view course details

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HD 3320

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  5859 FGSS 3320   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Department Consent Required (Add)

FGSS 3550
Decadence

"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

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 3550, ENGL 3550, LGBT 3550

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20081 FGSS 3550   LEC 001

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    • TR White Hall 110
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Hanson, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 3820
The Gendered Workplace

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

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Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - Second.  Combined with: ILRLR 3820

  • 1.5 Credits S/U NoAud

  • 17855 FGSS 3820   LEC 001

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    • TR Ives Hall 115
    • Mar 13 - May 7, 2024

    • Devault, I

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 3991
Undergraduate Independent Study

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

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3525 FGSS 3991   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Juffer, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4997 FGSS 3991   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Hodzic, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4998 FGSS 3991   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Ramberg, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4999 FGSS 3991   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • McCullough, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5509 FGSS 3991   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Ghosh, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6665 FGSS 3991   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Long, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

FGSS 4000
Senior Seminar in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

This senior seminar constitutes the culmination of the FGSS major-it provides a unique opportunity to come together with all the other FGSS seniors to both put to use what has been learned and explore ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5443 FGSS 4000   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    This class is open to FGSS majors, minors, and with permission of the instructor.

    Department Consent Required (Add)

  • 18315 FGSS 4000   IND 601

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    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Ramberg, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

FGSS 4023
Black and Indigenous Histories

What does it mean to be Black and Indigenous? For much of United States history, at least, to be Black and Indigenous was a legal if not social impossibility. Even as societies around the world have embraced ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AMST 4023, ASRC 4023, HIST 4023

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  7578 FGSS 4023   SEM 101

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    • MW Africana Ctr B01
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Chresfield, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 4035
Intersectional Disability Studies

A recognition of the importance of intersectionality has become increasingly key to not only understand the complexity of social identity and lived experience, but to combat discrimination and oppression. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRLR 4035

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  5810 FGSS 4035   LEC 001

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    • TR Ives Hall 215
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Heinemann, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 4127
The Body Politic in Asia

Visions of bodily corruption preoccupy ruler and ruled alike and prompt campaigns for moral, medical, and legal reform in periods of both stability and revolution. This seminar explores the links between ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 18033 FGSS 4127   SEM 101

    • M McGraw Hall 215
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Roebuck, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  • 18034 FGSS 4127   IND 601

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    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

FGSS 4261
Topics in 20th C. Philosophy

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Syllabi: none

  • Topic: Simone de Beauvoir

  • 17071 FGSS 4261   SEM 101

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    • M Uris Hall G26
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Kosch, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 4418
Writing Ethnography: Theory, Genre and Practice

What are the poetics and politics of ethnographic writing? How is this genre, what many would call the signature of cultural anthropology, distinct from other modes of scholarly writing? What ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 4418, ANTHR 7418, FGSS 7418

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18558 FGSS 4418   SEM 101

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    • T McGraw Hall 365
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Ramberg, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 4521
Gender, Memory, and History in Twentieth Century Fiction

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

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study. Combined with: AMST 4521, ENGL 4521

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17982 FGSS 4521   SEM 101

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    • M White Hall 104
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • McCullough, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17986 FGSS 4521   IND 601

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    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • McCullough, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

FGSS 4688
Trans Studies at a Crossroads

This advanced seminar centers underthought fissures within the field of Trans Studies. These fissures take the form of failed crossings between incommensurable positions. We will examine: the vexed relation ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 17145 FGSS 4688   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 4689
Sex, Gender, and the Natural World in Medieval Culture

Seemingly timeless concepts of natural sex and gender have a history. In fact, they have many histories, some of which are only just starting to be written. This class examines the relationship between ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 17152 FGSS 4689   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 4991
Senior Honors Thesis II

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

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  3526 FGSS 4991   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Juffer, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4996 FGSS 4991   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Ghosh, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6214 FGSS 4991   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Chang, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

FGSS 6127
The Body Politic in Asia

Visions of bodily corruption preoccupy ruler and ruled alike and prompt campaigns for moral, medical, and legal reform in periods of both stability and revolution. This seminar explores the links between ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  • 18225 FGSS 6127   SEM 101

    • M McGraw Hall 215
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Roebuck, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

  • 18226 FGSS 6127   IND 601

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    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

FGSS 6633
Q and A: Asian American Gender and Sexuality

This graduate seminar examines Asian American racialization, gender, and sexuality. Q & A marks several meanings, the first being the intersectional subjectivity of Queer and Asian. Q & A also ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AAS 6633, ENGL 6633

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18797 FGSS 6633   SEM 101

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    • R Sibley Hall 211
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Hu Pegues, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 6688
Trans Studies at a Crossroads

This advanced seminar centers underthought fissures within the field of Trans Studies. These fissures take the form of failed crossings between incommensurable positions. We will examine: the vexed relation ... view course details

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  • 17149 FGSS 6688   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 6689
Sex, Gender, and the Natural World in Medieval Culture

Seemingly timeless concepts of natural sex and gender have a history. In fact, they have many histories, some of which are only just starting to be written. This class examines the relationship between ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  • 17155 FGSS 6689   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 6880
Proseminar in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

This course offers an introduction to theoretical and practical aspects of the interdisciplinary field of Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies, providing graduate students with a range of disciplinary ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5865 FGSS 6880   SEM 101

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

FGSS 6990
Topics in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3512 FGSS 6990   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

FGSS 7418
Writing Ethnography: Theory, Genre and Practice

What are the poetics and politics of ethnographic writing? How is this genre, what many would call the signature of cultural anthropology, distinct from other modes of scholarly writing? What ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ANTHR 4418, ANTHR 7418, FGSS 4418

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18670 FGSS 7418   SEM 101

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    • T McGraw Hall 365
    • Jan 22 - May 7, 2024

    • Ramberg, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person