WGS 101: Window on Women’s and Gender Studies (1 hr)
Wanda Balzano/David Phillips
Meets Tuesday (9/4/2012 and 12/4/2012)  11:00-11:50 am
Location DeTamble
An opportunity to experience and reflect analytically on the diverse cultural and intellectual life of Wake Forest, with an emphasis on WGS events and topics.  Class meets twice.  P/F only. Students attend events and write about them.

WGS 116: Race and Ethnic Diversity in America (3 hr)           
Sherri Lawson Clark
Monday/Wednesday/Friday  11:00-11:50 am
Greene 313
Different race and ethnic experiences are examined through an institutional approach that focuses on religion, work, schooling, marriage patterns, and culture from cross-cultural perspectives.  Same as AES 151.  (CD)

WGS 221/WGS 620AG:  Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies (3 hr)
Wanda Balzano/David Phillips
Wednesday  11:00-1:30 pm                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Location TBA
An interdisciplinary course that integrates materials from the humanities and the sciences, taught by WGS faculty representing at least two fields.  Topics include critical methods and practical solutions, history and theory of women’s and gender studies, women in culture and society, and cross-cultural issues of gender, ethnicity, social class, disability, and sexual orientation.  (CD)

WGS 320: Feminist Theory and Practice (3 hr)                               
Wanda Balzano
Tuesday/Thursday  12:30-1:45 pm                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Tribble
This course will focus primarily on feminist theories and their application to literature and cinema.  Students will acquire sufficient vocabulary and familiarity with key theories of feminism, gender and sexuality in order to understand and work with literary texts and films.   Same as ENG 302/602G.

WGS 321B: Research Seminar: Culture and the Sitcom (3 hr)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Mary Dalton
Monday/Wednesday  2:00-3:15 pm                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Carswell 005
This course explores the intersection of American culture and the television situation comedy, one of the oldest and most ubiquitous forms of television programming. In addition to the history of the sitcom and its relationship to other comedic forms, the course of study will include conventions of the form, the family, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, work, and social class from a variety of perspectives.  Same as COM 318.

WGS 321C: Research Seminar: Global Women’s Voices and Choices in Contemporary Writing and Film (3 hr)                                                                                                                                                                                                     Sarah Barbour                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Tuesday/Thursday  11:00-12:15 pm                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Greene 253                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     We will discuss a selection of cinematic and literary works by women artists within the framework of what Myriam J.A. Chancy identifies as the “productive contradictions” of exile (Searching for Safe Spaces: Afrocaribbean Women Writers in Exile).  As we identify, describe and learn from the creative spaces that these artists and their works open up for us, we will also explore cultural identity as an ongoing encounter with social and historical realities.  Same as AES 300.

WGS 321D: Research Seminar: Politics and Identity (3 hr)          Michaelle Browers
Tuesday/Thursday  11:00-12:15 pm                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Tribble A309
This course investigates  ways in which concepts of identity have informed political norms, structures, and practices; the myriad forms identity takes (particularly gender, sexual orientation, class, race, religion, nationality and ethnicity) drawing on examples from across the globe; and theoretical approaches proposed for engaging differences.  Same as POL 278.

WGS 358/WGS 658G: Mothers and Daughters: Literature and Theory (3 hr)        Mary DeShazer
Wednesday  2:00-4:30 pm                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Tribble
In this course we will examine the complexities of motherhood and mother-daughter relationships for contemporary women across cultures. After an introductory week, the class will be divided into two sections: (1) Multicultural U.S. representations of mothers and daughters in fiction, poetry, and theory, and (2) Maternal desire and the politicization of motherhood.  Same as ENG 340/640G.

WGS 377B/WGS 677BG: Special Topics: Gender and Islam (3 hr)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Ayla Samli
Wednesday/Friday  9:30-10:45 am                    Location TBA
This course considers how Islam relates to gender in varying cultural contexts. Special attention is paid to how gender roles are enacted or resisted in Islamic societies. We will investigate Islam in the lived, every day cultural contexts of women along with some of the current debates about feminism and Islam, timely perspectives on a growing religion.  Approved for MESA minor credit.  Approved for INS minor credit.

WGS 377C: Special Topics: Gender and Entrepreneurship (3 hr)        Ayla Samli        Wednesday/Friday  11:00-12:15 pm                Location TBA
This course investigates how gender influences entrepreneurship opportunities across cultures and considers the role of gender in informing political, economic, and social opportunities available to individuals, considering how gender gaps are closed. In addition to reading ethnographies and scholarly articles, students will conduct case studies on local and online businesses. Approved for ESE minor credit.   

WGS 377D: Special Topics: Communicating Across Differences – LGBTQ and Allies Peer Education (3 hr)         Angela Mazaris      Location TBA       
Monday/Wednesday  12:30-1:45 pm
This is an experimental learning course that seeks to combat homophobia, transphobia, and heterosexism by training students in peer-education skills focused on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) issues. Students become peer educators, providing workshop activities throughout the year on campus.   Approved for WGS major public engagement requirement.

WGS 380: Sexuality, Law and Power (3 hr)                    Shannon Gilreath
Tuesday/Thursday  2:00-3:15 pm                   Location TBA
This course will explore a wide variety of issues related to sexual identity and orientation, particularly as those issues continue to push the law to address the wide variations of patterns in which human being relate. The course will look at the law as it both constricts societal development at times, and acts as a catalyst for radical social change at other times. We will look at the ways in which religion and popular morality shape the law and, in some instances, are shaped by it.

WGS 396A: Independent Study (1-3 hr)                    Staff
        TBA                                TBA          
Independent projects in women’s and gender studies which either continue study begun in regular courses or develop new areas of interest.  Permission of Department.  POI.          

WGS 397A: Internships in WGS (1.5-3.0 hr)                    Sherri Lawson Clark
Wednesday  10:00-10:50 am (8/29/12, 10/24/12, 12/5/12)        Location TBA   
Opportunities to engage with local social service providers in applying theoretical and empirical concepts learned in WGS classes to real world experiences in professional, supervised internships,  performing direct services, conducting programmatic research, and/or receiving training in program administration.                 

WGS 100: RAD:  Rape Aggression Defense for Women (1 hr)            Caitlin Burchette
(8 sections)    Sections C-H, 3:30-5:20 pm ; Sections I-J, 2:00-2:55 pm          Luter Lounge

C  9/4-10/16, Tuesday        D  10/23-12/4, Tuesday           E  8/29-10/10, Wednesday       F  10/24-12/5, Wednesday    

G  8/301-10/11, Thursday        H  10/25-12/6, Thursday       I  8/29-10/15, Friday                J  10/22-12/5, Friday       

A class that develops and enhances the options of self-defense for women in case of attack.  Includes basic physical self-defense tactics, risk reduction, and avoidance.  Requires violence against women readings.  P/F only.                             

WGS Cross-listed Course Offerings

AES 151: Race and Ethnic Diversity in America (3 hr)            Sherri Lawson Clark
Monday/Wednesday/Friday  11:00-11:50 am           Location TBA
See WGS 116 for course description.  Same as WGS 116.  (CD)  

ANT 333: Language and Gender (3 hr)                    Margaret Bender                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Tuesday/Thursday  11:00-12:15 pm                    Winston 124
Relationships among language structure, language use, persons, and social categories. Through class discussion, writings, and readings, students will learn about and respond to scholarly work on cross-cultural topics. Readings include works from social sciences and humanities, encouraging students to think across disciplinary lines and from multiple perspectives.  Same as LIN 333.

ART 351: Topics in Gender and Art: Women, Art, and Islam (3 hr)        Chanchal Dadlani
Tuesday/Thursday  2:00-3:15 pm                    SFAC 103
This course examines the role of women in Islamic art and architecture, in both historical and contemporary contexts. We will consider the patronage of architecture by women, depictions of women in Islamic painting, and art produced by Muslim women today. Although there is no formal prerequisite, prior courses in art history, history, or gender studies would be beneficial.

COM 318: Culture and the Sitcom (3 hr)                    Mary Dalton
Monday/Wednesday  2:00-3:15 pm                    Carswell 005
See WGS 321B for course description.  Same as WGS 321B.

COM 340: American Rhetorical Movements to 1900 (3 hr)            Meg Zulick
Wednesday/Friday  12:30-1:45 pm                    Carswell 005
This course examines the interrelation of American rhetorical movements through the 19th century by reading and analyzing original speeches and documents with emphasis on antislavery and women’s rights.

ENG 302A: Ideas in Literature: Feminist Theory and Practice            Wanda Balzano
Tuesday/Thursday  12:30-1:45 pm                    Tribble
See WGS 320 for course description.  Same as WGS 320.

ENG 340: Studies in Women & Literature: Mothers and Daughters (3 hr)    Mary DeShazer
Wednesday  2:00-4:30 pm                     Location TBA
See WGS 358 for course description.  Same as WGS 358.

HMN 290: Innovation and Inclusivity (3 hr)                    David Phillips
Tuesday   2:00-4:30 pm                        Tribble B10
Introduction to themes in an emerging global culture; an appreciation of human diversity and the value of thinking about culture from more than one disciplinary angle; contextual understanding of upper-level humanities by using methodologies from literary studies, historiography, religious studies, ethics, gender studies, and arts.  (CD)

HST 338: Gender, Race and Class Since 1800 (3 hr)                Simone Caron
Monday/Wednesday/Friday  1:00-1:50 pm                Tribble A102
This course analyzes how American political, economic, and cultural changes impact the definitions of femininity and masculinity, the changing notions of sexuality, and the continuity and diversity of gender roles with special attention to race, class, and ethnicity.

POL 278: Politics and Identity (3 hr)                    Michaelle Browers
Tuesday/Thursday  11:00-12:15 pm                    Tribble A309
See WGS 321D for course description.  Same as WGS 321D.
               
PSY 265: Human Sexuality (3 hr)                        Phillip Batten
Tuesday/Thursday   3:30-4:45 pm                    Greene 162
An exploration of the psychological and physiological aspects of human sexuality, with attention to sexual mores, sexual deviances, sexual dysfunction, and sex-related roles.  P-PSY 151

PSY 364: Stereotyping and Prejudice                    Catherine Seta
Tuesday/Thursday  12:30-1:45 pm                    Greene 313
Theoretical and empirical examination of the processes underlying prejudice, discrimination, and racism.  P-PSY 151 (CD, D)

REL 318: Feminist and Contemporary Interpretations of the New Testament (3 hr)            Mary Foskett                                                                                                                                                                                                    Monday/Wednesday  12:30-1:45 pm                   Wingate 206                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Study of feminist and contemporary approaches to the New Testament in light of the history of New Testament interpretation and a range of contemporary concerns and interpretive contexts.

SOC 153: Contemporary Families (3 hr)                    Catherine Harnois
Monday/Wednesday/Friday  10:00-10:50 am            Carswell 208
This course examines the social basis of the family, emphasizing the problems growing out of modern conditions and social change.

SOC 305: Gender in Society (3 hr)                        Catherine Harnois
Monday/Wednesday  2:00-3:15 pm                    Carswell 018
Significance of gender in society for individuals and institutions. An examination of differential gender experiences based on race, class, and sexual orientation. Consideration of feminism as a social movement and the possibility for social change.  (CD)

SOC 327: Sociology of Emotion (3 hr)                    Robin Simon
Tuesday  3:30-6:30 pm                        Carswell 205
An exploration of the social side of emotion—including how they are socially learned, shaped, regulated, controlled, as well as the consequences of emotion culture, norms, management. A major theme of the course is the relationship between gender and emotion.

SOC 360: Social Inequality (3 hr)                        Hana Brown
Tuesday/Thursday  12:30-1:45 pm                    Carswell 302   
The study of structured social inequality with particular emphasis on economic class, social status, and political power.  (CD)