Trisha Franzen, associate professor of women's and gender studies.
Five units, including WGS 106, Introduction to Women's Studies, and WGS 360, Feminist Theory; one historical overview course; and two others from the electives listed below, at least one of which must be at the 300 level or higher: Art History 219, 310, 316, Economics 271, English 243, 338, 345, French 320, German 402, Spanish 350, History 240, 370, SCI 205, Theatre 210, 371.
Introduces some of the basic issues, debates and language surrounding the feminist "revisioning" of the traditional academic curriculum. Issues--education, images of women in various media, work, sexuality, male violence and race--approached from various disciplines, with emphasis on literature and the social sciences. Franzen.