For more information contact:
Diane Price-Herndl
Director
345 Catt Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50011
515.294.9733
dph@iastate.edu
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Women's Studies Interdisciplinary Graduate Minor
The Women's Studies Interdisciplinary Graduate Minor at Iowa State University
is available for masters and doctoral students seeking to integrate interdisciplinary
work on women and gender into their programs of study. The graduate minor
is designed to provide students with knowledge of theories and methods within
a variety of approaches in feminist scholarship. The program seeks to integrate
and synthesize knowledge from many disciplines and to offer students opportunities
for systematic study of gender and women's experiences and perspectives
in all knowledge fields.
Program requirements
- Prerequisites
Official acceptance into any ISU graduate degree program. In addition,
prospective students will be required to complete at least two undergraduate
courses in Women's Studies.
- Language requirements
Determined by primary department.
- Required courses
12 credit hours for students enrolled in a Masters or Ph.D. degree: at
least one of 2 graduate W S courses (W S 510 and W S 620), plus 2 - 3
electives taken from among available cross-listed courses or those offered
in Women's Studies.
- Courses and seminars in Women's Studies
W S 510 - Contemporary Feminist Theories (3 credit hours)
This course will provide an advanced study of current theoretical developments
in women's studies in the U.S. and around the world, and examine the epistemological
bases of feminist research.
W S 620 - Advanced Seminar in Feminist Research Methods
(3 credit hours)
Focus on feminist interdisciplinary research methods. Analysis of contemporary
issues facing feminist scholars. Students conduct original research in
their disciplinary areas.
W S 535 - Women and Development
Cross cultural study of development utilizing both case studies and theoretical
works. Explores the nature of women's roles in developing countries, and
the ways women and their needs have been excluded/included in development
approaches, policies and projects.
W S 550 - Topics in Women's Studies
Special and/or experimental topics in a discipline or in a specific area
of Women's Studies. Graduate equivalent of W S 450; dual-listed with W
S 450.
In addition, students can take 300 and 400-level Women's Studies courses
for graduate credit, including:
W S 450 - Topics in Women's Studies
W S 420 - Women's Health and Reproduction
Current feminist scholarship in the social sciences and humanities on
women's health, health care, and reproduction. Intersections of gender,
race, class and sexuality are emphasized.
W S 401 - Feminist Theories
Current theories of feminism, the feminine, and sexual difference. Problems
in race, class, sexuality and ethnicity as they are developed in diverse
feminisms.
W S 402 - Feminist Research Methodologies and Scholarship
Introduction to feminist research methods and the history and influence
of feministresearch. Examination of scholarly works by U.S. and international
feminists.
W S 301 - International Perspectives on Women and Gender
Study of women and gender in a range of cultures, depending on faculty
expertise. Special emphasis on women in development in postcolonial context.
- Cross-listed graduate level courses:
W S/Ex Sp 523 - Gender Roles and Sport
Analysis of the influence of sport on female and male sex role development.
Surveyof literature related to sport and sex role socialization, stereotyping,
and conflict.
WS 525 - Intersections of Race, Class and Gender Race,
ethnicity, class and gender distinctions and intersections lead to inequitable
distributions of power, social well-being, and resources. Explores how
inequities are institutionalized and how multiple identities are experienced
by women in daily life.
W S/Soc 528 - Sociology of Gender
Examination of the social construction of gender and the social organization
ofgender inequality. Investigation of the intersection of gender, race,
and class.
WS/Anthr 544 - Gender in Cross-cultural Perspective
Cross-cultural examination of the social construction of genders out of
the biologicalfact of sex. Emphasis on non-western societies.
W S/ Engl 545 - Women's Literature
Primary texts by women writers; historical, thematic, formal or theoretical
approaches; secondary readings; e.g., Nineteenth Century Women Writers;
AmericanWomen's Personal Narratives; Southern Women Writers of the U.S.
W S/Hist 586 - Proseminar in Women's History and Feminist Theory
Feminist theory from the 1960s to the present as it relates to the writings
of women's history. Analysis of interpretations of U.S. women's history
from patriarchal to postmodern perspectives.
W S/Art H 594 - Women in Art
Lives, careers, and achievements of women artists and the related cultural
environment from the Middle Ages to contemporary times in Europe and America.Feminist
movement beginning in the 1970s and specifically feminist issues in art
thatare becoming widespread in the artistic culture.
In addition, every department has a graduate level topics course that
can be used to offer cross-listed courses that focus on women and gender.
For example:
W S/Engl 611 - Topics in History of Rhetorical Theory: Women's
Voices, Women's Power
Women's struggle to gain access to the public platform is examined as
the story of women's rise to political power.
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