Upcoming Courses
Any of the classes below may be taken to fulfill a requirement for the Women's, Gender,
and Sexuality Studies minor. Email usif you have questions.
Upcoming Courses
Courses subject to change
SPRING 2026
WGSS Courses
WGSS 3110: Men and Masculinities, CRN: 11489, Elwood Watson, TR, 2:55 pm - 4:15 pm (3.00 hrs)
Provides an introduction to the field of masculinity studies; an interdisciplinary field of cultural, social, historical, political, psychological, economic, and artistic analysis that interrogates the constructions of masculinity in communities across the world and at various times in history.
WGSS 4957/5957: Women’s Health CRN: 11587/11591, Julia Dodd, MW 10:25 am - 11:20 am (3.00 hrs)
This course will explore factors influencing women’s health across the lifespan. Drawing from health psychology, feminist theory, and public health, students will critically examine topics such as reproductive health, gender-based health conditions, and health disparities. Students will be introduced to basic medical information regarding these constructs, and a biopsychosocial lens will be utilized to understand the implications for mental and physical health and well-being of women and gender-diverse individuals. Implications for public policy, health education and advocacy, and medical training and research will be discussed throughout the semester.
WGSS 2010: Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (3.00 hrs)
Introduces this interdisciplinary academic field that has a triple focus: integrating information about women’s contributions to culture and history into the curriculum; uncovering and understanding structures of oppression (gender, sexuality, race, and class), and exploring possibilities for change. Topics for reading and discussion are drawn from material on social structures, law, language, history, religion, philosophy, the healing professions, and the arts. Articulating questions and points of view regarding issues related to gender and sexuality is emphasized.
- CRN: 11483, Marquis Clarke, TR, 8:35 am - 9:55 am
- CRN: 11484 Rebecca Tolley, TR, 11:45 am - 1:05 pm
- CRN: 11490, Heidi Marsh, MWF, 3:10 pm - 4:05 pm
- CRN: 11485, Darcy Martin
- CRN: 11486, Marquis Clarke
- (Late Start) CRN: 11487, Vianna Isbister
WGSS 2020: Women in Global Perspective, CRN 11488, Pat Buck, TR, 1:20 pm - 2:40 pm (3.00 hrs)
Emphasizes diversity of women’s experience in non-western, nonindustrialized societies. Concentrates on women’s participation in, interaction with, and resistance to patriarchal structures that inhibit economic, political, and human rights for women.
Approved Electives
Ecofem: Nature, Gend, Cult - 11505 - CDST 4017 - 901 Jill Leroy-Frazier, ONLINE (3.00 hrs)
Prerequisites: At least junior standing or permission of instructor. Presents a critical exploration of the Western concept of the relationship between human beings and the natural world in the context of ecofeminism--the proposition that the sociopolitical status of women is linked to the idea that Nature is a force to be conquered. Course topics include the nature/culture dichotomy; modernity, technology, and dominion over Nature; and ecofeminist responses to environmental degradation.
Gender & Communication - 13956 - COMM 4200 - 001, Christine Kiley Anzur, TR 11:45 am - 1:05 pm, Warf-Pickel Hall 513 (3.00 hrs)
Studies how communication and gender influence each other. It explores how communication practices reinforce and/or resist ways that gender is defined.
American Literature since 1865 - 12880 - ENGL 2120 - 901, Thomas Alan Holmes, ONLINE (3.00 hrs)
Prerequisites: A grade of "C" or above in ENGL 1020; or equivalent. Surveys important American writers from 1865 to the present. This section has a focus on women authors and carries a women's emphasis designation.
Women Authors - 13689 - ENGL 3500 - 001, Mallory H Nischan, MWF, 10:30 am - 11:25 am, MiniDome Room E209 (3.00 hrs)
Prerequisites: ENGL 1020. Study works by women authors and how they address gender issues across genres and modes of production. French/Francophone Authors in Translation.
Themes In Women's Lit - 13757 - ENGL 4087 - 201, Valencia Robin Grice, M, 4:00 pm - 6:50 pm, MiniDome Room E209 (3.00 hrs)
Prerequisites: ENGL 1020. Studies themes and issues affecting women as portrayed in selected fiction, poetry, and drama.
Undst Cult Diversity - HDAL 2340 (3.00 hrs)
This course is designed for the student to develop competencies that allow her/ him to be more effective when relating and/or working with individuals of diverse groups in society. Students will have opportunities to develop awareness of their own cultural values and biases, to study prevalent beliefs and attitudes of different cultures, and to develop skills useful for appropriate interactions with particular groups.
- CRN: 13340 - 901 Phyllis Ann Thompson (ONLINE)
- CRN: 13341 - 902 Teresa Brooks Taylor (ONLINE)
- CRN: 13342 - 903 Teresa Brooks Taylor (ONLINE)
Foundations of Leadership: Self, Others, and Context - MGMT 4460 (3.00 hrs)
Focuses on leadership self-discovery, social awareness, and the application of organizational behavior concepts in dyadic leadership relations. Leadership topics may include Social and Emotional Intelligence, personality, style, traits, motivation, individual differences, leadership context, and followership.
- CRN: 11470 - 001 Yandan Zhao 10:30 am - 11:50 am, MW, Sam Wilson Hall 345
- CRN: 11434 - 901 Thomas W Moore (ONLINE)
- CRN: 11435 - 902 Thomas W Moore (ONLINE)
Cultural Diversity - SOWK 1030 (3.00 hrs)
Introduces the knowledge necessary for social work practice with disadvantaged, marginalized, and oppressed groups and advances a philosophy that people come first and must be treated with dignity and respect. Issues of power, privilege, prejudice, discrimination, oppression, civil rights, historical and legal heritage, and contemporary news events are central course components. Opportunities are provided for examining personal values and beliefs and their impact on interactions with minority groups. Although several aspects of diversity are examined, the emphasis is on race, class, gender, ethnicity, and affectional orientation. Implications for sensitive, effective, and affirming practice with minority groups are examined.
- CRN: 11317 - 900 Laura Hunt Trull (ONLINE)
- CRN: 11315 - 901 (ONLINE)
Human Sexuality - 11401 - SOWK 4567 - 900 (ONLINE) (3.00 hrs)
Surveys human sexuality and introduces students to sexual attitudes, sexual physiology and response, sexual techniques and behavior, reproduction and reproductive control, sexually transmitted diseases, and how sexual behavior is learned and developed, i.e., psychosocial development and cultural impact. It provides the opportunity for value clarification and exploration of personal and social attitudes toward varying forms of sexual behavior and orientations.
Race, Class, & Gender in Film - 14745 - SOCI 4252 - 001, Martha A Copp, T, 7:00 pm - 9:50 pm, Rogers-Stout Hall 224 (3.00 hrs)
Prerequisites: SOCI 1020 or ANTH 1240 or WMST 2010 or FILM 3000 or equivalent. Provides a sociological examination of film entertainment, the film industry, and how films represent social life, social problems, and social processes of inequality.
Spec Topic In Commun Studies - 15204 - COMM 4957 - 001 Carl W Buerkle, MW, 1:40 pm - 3:00 pm, Warf-Pickel Hall 511 (3.00 hrs)
The class explores the reciprocal relationship between communication and sexuality. We will examine the ways that we communicate about sexuality in our culture, both interpersonally and in other diffuse ways (e.g., through media). The goal is for you to leave the course with a greater awareness and sensitivity to how sexuality is lived, experienced, and perceived through communicative practice. In so doing it is hoped you will become more ethical communicators around issues of sexuality and be better able to advocate for yourself and others in terms of sexual equity and self assurance. By the end of the course you should be able to: explain research on sexual communication, articulate complexities of cultural performances of sexuality, engage with research on sexuality in culture to extend our understanding of how we communicate sexuality, critique cultural practices and texts in light of course content. *Course can be included in program of study as a substitution