GENDER STUDIES SEQUENCE

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• Sequence Requirements
• Courses

Claremont McKenna College offers a sequence in Gender Studies through participation in the six campus Intercollegiate Women's Studies Program (IWSP) at The Claremont Colleges. The Gender Studies program is particularly well-suited to the CMC focus on leadership in business, public affairs, and the professions.

The Gender Studies sequence is designed to accompany a major in another field. With its emphasis on the relationships between gender and society historically and cross-culturally, and on the changes now occurring in the roles of women and men, on the participation of women in the major institutions of society, and on women themselves, a Gender Studies sequence is an ideal accompaniment to virtually any major at CMC. The transcript indicates official completion of this sequence. Interested students must consult with Professor Bilger or Professor Humes, the Gender Studies faculty advisors for CMC.

Sequence Requirements

The Gender Studies Sequence requires completion of five courses, distributed as follows:

1. ID 26. Introduction to Women's Studies, or another course in gender theory approved by the CMC faculty advisor
2. One course comparing women's roles in different times and cultures
3. One course on the basic biological or psychological nature of women
4. Two elective courses in Gender Studies, to be selected in consultation with the CMC faculty advisor in Gender Studies

At least one of the five courses must be completed at CMC. ID 26 is taught every semester at one of the undergraduate colleges on a rotating basis.

Major in Women's Studies or Gender Studies

CMC students may elect to complete a full major in Women's Studies through Pomona College or Scripps College. A major in Gender and Feminist Studies is available through Pitzer College.

Faculty

CMC faculty liaisons familiar with the Gender Studies sequence and off-campus offerings in their discipline include the following: Professors: Shelton (modern languages), and J. Smith (economics); Associate Professors: Bilger (literature) and Cody (history); Assistant Professors: Gilbert (religious studies), and Selig (history)

Courses

Students may choose from a wide array of courses in the interdisciplinary Gender Studies program. The courses listed below are not meant to be exhaustive, but suggest the kinds of courses at Claremont McKenna College and the other Claremont Colleges that may fulfill the requirements of the sequence. Listings with descriptions of all courses to be offered each semester are available from the Intercollegiate Women's Studies office at Scripps College (email: wstudies@scrippscol.edu).

Gender and Women's Studies Courses Offered by the Intercollegiate and Interdisciplinary Women's Studies Program at The Claremont Colleges

26. Introduction to Women's Studies.
A cross-disciplinary examination of the study of women. Current analysis of women's past and present role in society, their creativity, their physical, emotional, and intellectual development, and their sexuality will be examined by historians, psychologists, anthropologists, sociologists, biologists, economists, political scientists, artists, and literary critics. First semester. Staff. Second semester. Sellery

180. Seminar in Feminist Theory.
Topics include the purpose of theory, the variety of theoretical perspectives, feminist epistemology, intersection of race, class, and gender in theorizing, global feminisms, theory and activism, and queer theory. Historical and contemporary readings. Prerequisite: ID 26, or permission of instructor. Second semester. Staff

181. Feminist Community Engagement: Interdisciplinary Theory and Praxis.
This course integrates theory and practice by including a seminar component and required hours in an outside setting. The objectives are interdisciplinary, so placements will range from organizations dealing with legal or policy issues, organizations providing direct social services, apprenticeships with feminists in the field, to placements in museums, bookstores, and dance/theatre companies. The overriding themes will be empowerment through application of academic theory, and the interrelatedness of gender, race, class, and sexuality. Students will be encouraged to make the connection between work/the-ory/self/community. Prerequisite: ID 26, or permission of instructor. First semester. Staff

Gender Studies Courses offered at Claremont McKenna College:

• Economics

178. Economics of Population. First semester. Ward-Batts

• Government

190. Women and the Political Process. (Not offered in 2003-2004.)

• History

140. Family, Women, and Social Change in Western Europe: 1500 - 1945. (Not offered in 2003-2004.)
148. Women in European History: 1450-1815. (Not offered in 2003-2004.)
175. Women in Politics in America. First semester. Selig
176. American Families. First semester. Selig

• Literature

72. Austen, Bronte, and Woolf. (Not offered in 2003-2004.)
108. Early Women Writers: Medieval. Second semester. Meyer
164. British Feminist Literature. (Not offered in 2003-2004.)
170. Women and Comedy. Second semester. Bilger

• Psychology

116. The Psychology of Child, Family, and Work. (Not offered in 2003-2004.)

• Religious Studies

118. Hindu Goddess Worship. (Not offered in 2003-2004.)
163. Women and Gender in Jewish Tradition. (Not offered in 2003-2004.)
175. Visions of the Divine Feminine: An exploration of the Goddess in World Religions from Ancient to Modern Times. Second semester. Shimkhada

Other Courses in Gender and Women's Studies offered at The Claremont Colleges

• Anthropology

50pi. Sex, Body, Reproduction
108pi. Kinship and Social Organziations
132sc. Stigma: Culture, Deviance, and Identity
136sc. Humor in Use: Culture, Gender, and Deviance
(1)88pi. China: Gender, Cosmology, and the State

• Art and Art History

20po. Introductory Photography
122po. Intermediate Photography
123po. Advanced Photography
152bk. Black Women Feminism(s) and Social Change
178bk. Black Aesthetics and the Politics of (Re)presentation
183sc. Feminist Concepts and Practices in Media Studies
185sc. History of Photography
185Gpo. Gendering the Renaissance
186Wpo. Seminar: Whiteness: Race, Sex, and Representation

• Asian American Studies

90pi. Asian American and Multiracial Community Studies

• Classics

114sc. Female and Male in Ancient Greece

• Gender and Feminist Studies

60pi. Women in the Third World
61ch. Contemporary Issues of Chicanas and Latinas
115pi. Gender, Race, and Class: Women of Color in the U.S.
154ch. Latinas in the Garment Industry

• Government and Politics

42po. Women and Politics
175pi. Feminist Political Thought

• History

164sc. Women in Latin America: The Violence of Poverty
172sc. Women in the U.S.
176po. Public Women, Private Lives
197Ksc. History of the Politics of Birth Control

• Interdisciplinary

179hm. Gender and Medicine

• International and Intercultural Studies

110pi. (Mis)Representations of the Near East and the Far East

• Linguistics

110. Language and Gender

• Literature and English

35pi. Women and Fiction of Moral Choice
42ebk. Girl-Worlds: Female “Coming of Age” Literature
53po. 20th-Century Women Writers
108hm. Film Studies: Culture, History, and Gender
122po. 20th-Century American Women Writers
130po. Topics in 20th-Century African American Literature
145Shm Third World Women Writers
174sc. Contemporary Women Writers
176sc. Southern Women Writers
177sc. The Memoir
178po. Japanese and Japanese American Autobiography
183cpo. Advanced Creative Writing – Screenwriting
187sc. Study of a Major Author: Margaret Atwood

• Media Studies

72pi. Women and Film 80pi. Video and Diversity

• Modern Languages and Literatures

French:
121sc. The Politics of Love
127po. Masters, Servants, and Slaves
151po. Men, Women, and Power
173po. Reading Bodies
174po. The Romantic Other

Italian:
134sc. 20th-Century Italian Women's Literature

Japanese:
177po. Japanese Women Writers
178po. Japanese and Japanese American Autobiography

Russian:
178po. Terrible Perfection: Women in Russian Literature and Culture

Spanish:
141po. Woman as Signal and Subject in Contemporary Latin American Culture
142po. Tropicalizations: Transcultural Representations of Latinidad
143po. Spanish Women Characters and Writers
146po. El deseo de la palabra: Poetry or Death

• Music

(1)73po Music, Gender, and Ritual in Latin America
119sc. Women in Music

• Philosophy

25po. Feminist Approaches to Philosophy
46po. Feminism and Science
150sc. Philosophy of Feminism
151sc. Feminist Ethics

• Psychology

102sc. Psychology of Women
117pi. Children and Families in South Asia
125po. Psychology of Women
153pi. Socialization of Gender
180Ppo. Seminar: Psychological Aspects of Black Women's Sexuality

• Religious Studies

60sc. Feminist Introduction to the Bible
119pi. Religion in Medieval East Asia
130sc. Jewish Women: The Law and Paul
150po. Feminist Theology and Ethics
160sc. Feminist Perspectives on the Gospel
164po. Engendering and Experience: Women in the Islamic Tradition
176sc. Women's Religious Experience in Early Christianity

• Sociology

59pi. Sociology of Gender
112po. Life Course of Women: Diversity and Change
116po. American Families
141ch. Chicanas and Latinas in the United States
146po. Women's Roles in Society
150ch. Chicanos/Latinas and Education

For more detailed information on course offerings, please consult the Fall 2003 and Spring 2004 Undergraduate Schedule of Courses. Further information and course descriptions may be found in the appropriate College catalogs.