UWM College of Letters and Science
College of Letters and Science Faculty Document No. 588
April 12, 2001

Preliminary Entitlement to Plan a Proposal for a Major in Women's Studies


  1. Program Identification


    2. 1.1   Title of Proposed Program:
    Bachelor of Arts in Women's Studies
    1.2 Department or Functional Equivalent Sponsoring the Program:
    Center for Women's Studies
    1.3 College, School, or Functional Equivalent:
    College of Letters and Science
    1.4 Timetable for Initiation:
    Spring 2001: Submit Format B to campus committees
    Fall 2001: Submit Format B to UW-System
    Spring 2002: System approves major
    Fall 2002: Major effective

  2. Program Description
    The Women's Studies major will be interdisciplinary and consist of 30 credits drawn from Women's Studies core and cross-listed classes. Students will be required to complete six credits in Humanities courses and six credits in Social Sciences courses. It will be recommended, but not required, that students also complete three credits in the Natural Sciences and three credits in the Fine Arts. Students must complete at least 15 of their credits in residence at UWM in upper-division courses (numbered 300 or above) in the major (See Appendix I) with a GPA in credits attempted, including transfer work, of at least 2.5.

    The courses required for the major will be as follows:

    1. WMNS 200 or 201: Introduction to Women's Studies (3 credits). Students will be required to complete Wmns 200/201 Introduction to Women's Studies prior to taking the remaining core courses required for the major. Students may appeal this prerequisite based on equivalent alternative experience/coursework.


    2. WMNS 400: Women's Studies Research and Methods (3 credits). Prereq: Junior standing; Wmns 200 or 201.


    3. WMNS 401: Global Feminisms (3 credits). Prereq: Junior standing; Wmns 200 or 201.


    4. WMNS 402: Capstone Seminar in Women's Studies (3 credits). Prereq: Junior standing; Wmns 200 or 201.


      5. OR

      WMNS 489: Feminism in the City: Internship in Women's Studies (4 credits). Prereq: Junior standing; Wmns 200 or 201.

    Although not required to do so, depending on their interests and career goals, students may want to choose an area of emphasis within the major. The major will offer four areas of concentration: "The City and the World," "Family, Parenting, and Reproduction," "Sexuality Studies," and "Cultural Studies and Media Arts." Students who wish to focus their Women's Studies Major in one of the four areas of concentration will select 9 of their elective credits from among cross-listed courses particular to that area. (See Appendix II for examples of "City and the World" courses; see Appendix III for examples of "Family, Parenting, and Reproduction" courses; see Appendix IV for examples of "Sexuality Studies" courses; and finally, see Appendix V for examples of "Cultural Studies and Media Arts" courses.) A list of approved courses will be available from the Center for Women's Studies. However, students will be encouraged to consult with their advisors in women's studies if they feel that newly offered courses, or particular versions of courses not listed, might be appropriate to the concentration.

    With the institution of the Women's Studies major, the Program will move to abolish the undergraduate certificate in Women's Studies and replace it with a minor in Women's Studies. The minor will require 18 credits drawn from Women's Studies core and cross-listed courses, at least 9 credits of which must be completed in residence at UWM in upper-division courses (numbered 300 or above). Students will be required to complete six credits in Humanities courses and six credits in Social Sciences courses. In addition, students must attain a 2.5 GPA in all minor courses attempted, including transfer work.

    The required courses for the minor will be:

    1. WMNS 200 or 201: Introduction to Women's Studies (3 credits). Students will be required to complete Wmns 200/201 Introduction to Women's Studies prior to taking the remaining core courses required for the minor. Students may appeal this prerequisite based on equivalent alternative experience/coursework.


    2. WMNS 400: Women's Studies Research and Methods (3 credits). Prereq: Junior standing; Wmns 200 or 201.


    3. WMNS 401: Global Feminisms (3 credits). Prereq: Junior standing; Wmns 200 or 201.

  3. Rationale

    4. The Center for Women's Studies at UWM has long been a leader in interdisciplinary education and research. As the university enters the twenty-first century, the Center for Women's Studies is poised to take a leading role as UWM distinguishes itself as a nationally prominent, student-centered urban research university.

    The UWM Women's Studies major integrates theoretical understanding and practical experience, in the context of the unique opportunities offered by UWM's metropolitan setting. The age of information technology and international communication necessitates that urban citizens become global citizens. Community-specific and cross-cultural knowledge no longer is the province of one or several well-bounded disciplines. Looking ahead, global and metropolitan contexts will be explored best within interdisciplinary educational and research programs, such as Women's Studies, which cross disciplinary boundaries, as well as draw from the older vision of the world upon which the traditional disciplines are based. Finally, in the twenty-first century, educational and research programs must be tailored to explore and impart interdisciplinary knowledge in a manner that emphasizes the relationship between theoretical and practical learning. This is a clear goal of the Women's Studies major.

  4. Context

    5. 4.1   History of Program:
    The Women's Studies program at UWM has long been a national leader in the field and a model of interdisciplinary education and research in the University. The first Women's Studies program in the state, Women's Studies at UWM dates back to 1974, when the Office of Women's Studies was established under the auspices of the Vice Chancellor as a response to student demand, a mandate by the Regents that all UW campuses create Women's Studies programs, and growing faculty interest. In 1978, an 18 credit interdisciplinary Certificate in Women's Studies program was established, which is currently administered by the College of Letters and Science. In 1983, the Office of Women's Studies was moved out of the Vice Chancellor's office and into the Graduate School. Shortly thereafter, in 1985, the Office of Women's Studies became the Center for Women's Studies, housing its research center in the Graduate School and its curricular program in the College of Letters and Science. Undergraduate students currently may design an individualized Committee Interdisciplinary Major in Women's Studies through the College of Letters and Science. Since 1995, UWM also has offered a 12-credit interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies.

    UWM's Women's Studies program is a charter member of the internationally renowned UW System Women's Studies Consortium. Recently, the Consortium received the prestigious 1998 Leadership Award for outstanding contributions to the field of Women's Studies from the American Council on Education. The Consortium was established as a UW Center for Excellence in 1989. Its major purposes are to foster the continued development of Women's Studies in the UW System and to enhance further the national prominence of UW System Women's Studies programs through its unique inter-institutional model for instructional and research innovation. Consortium programs include the UW System Women's Studies Librarian and the Women and Science Program. The UW System Women's Studies Librarian publishes resource periodicals and numerous topical bibliographies, maintains a comprehensive Web site that has received national recognition as a leading site for information about Women's Studies, and offers instruction in using print, non-print, and electronic resources. The mission of the NSF-funded Women and Science Program is to attract and retain qualified female and minority students in science, mathematics, and engineering by improving the quality of undergraduate science education for both women and men through faculty development and other activities. The Women and Science Program offers an annual Curriculum Reform Institute and a Women and Science Consulting service, offering campuses throughout the country the chance to invite a consultant, or team of consultants, to their institution to advise on both climate and pedagogy. It also offers an introductory workshop for all incoming science, mathematics and engineering faculty and their mentors in the UW System each fall.

    In addition, UWM's Center for Women's Studies is an active participant in the Committee for Institutional Cooperation's (CIC) consortium of Women's Studies programs, departments, and research centers. Other members include Indiana University, Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, University of Illinois-Chicago, University of Illinois-Urbana, University of Iowa, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Consortium holds a meeting each fall at the Big Ten Center in Chicago and cooperates on various projects throughout the rest of the year.

    Appropriate UWM faculty governance bodies have regularly and positively reviewed the Center for Women's Studies and its program. The program received a favorable formal review from the Graduate Faculty Council in 1989, and, in its 1990 review, the Academic Program and Curriculum Committee (APCC) unanimously recommended that the administration earmark additional resources to support the program. During the 1998 Program Array Review (PAR) process, the Faculty Academic Planning and Budget Committee, the Committee on Reviews, and the APCC identified Women's Studies as one of four high quality undergraduate programs in Letters and Science in need of greater resource allocation. In 1999, the College of Letters and Science and the Graduate School submitted PAR proposals that were approved and that provided funding for further development of the Center for Women's Studies, including the Center's first faculty line.
    4.2 Instructional Setting of Program:
    Women's Studies is a premier model of interdisciplinary education at UWM. Women's Studies currently offers over 100 core and cross-listed courses, deriving from over 25 departments in 7 schools and colleges. (See Appendix I for a listing of these course offerings.) Of these courses, over one-third are focused specifically on international and/or urban issues. (See Appendix II.) Over 85 faculty are affiliated with the Women's Studies program. Among these faculty are several recipients of university-wide teaching awards. (See Appendix VI for a list of Women's Studies Affiliated Faculty.)

    At present, Women's Studies currently has 25 undergraduate certificate students enrolled. Women's Studies historically has had one of the highest enrollments of any undergraduate minor or certificate program in the College of Letters and Science, at times (e.g., during the 1998-99 academic year) exceeding the enrollment numbers in all other undergraduate minor and/or certificate programs in the College of Letters and Science. Currently, 20 students are enrolled in the individualized Women's Studies undergraduate major. The number of students enrolled in this major has been consistently high and, at times (e.g., during the 1998-99 academic year), has been greater than a number of other majors in the College of Letters and Science.

    Since 1996, Women's Studies has undergone major curricular development, which eventually will result in the creation of at least eight new course offerings. Four of these new courses currently are in place:
    • Freshman Seminar in Women's Studies (WMNS 192/3)
    • Honors Seminar in Women's Studies (WMNS 380)
    • Feminism in the City: Internship in Women's Studies (WMNS 489)
    • Topics in Women's Studies (WMNS 599)
    In 1998, Women's Studies received a grant from UTIC (Undergraduate Teaching Improvement Council) that supported the creation of four additional new interdisciplinary courses in Women's Studies. The first of these courses was offered in Fall 1999:
    • Women's Studies Research and Methods (WMNS 400)
    • Global Feminisms (WMNS 401)
    • Capstone Seminar in Women's Studies (WMNS 402)
    • Feminism and Sexuality (WMNS 403)
    Complementing our established core courses, these new courses will serve to enhance and strengthen the new major.
    4.3 Relation to Mission Statement and Institutional Academic Planning:
    The initiatives and future plans of the Women's Studies program at UW-Milwaukee contribute substantially to the goals of the College of Letters and Science, the Graduate School, and the University, particularly the commitment to urban diversity and the emphasis on internationalization. Women's Studies' curricular offerings reflect Letters and Science initiatives such as Freshman Seminars, Honors Seminars, capstone courses, and internship courses.

    Metropolitan Diversity
    As the UWM Strategic Plan states, UW-Milwaukee is the major urban campus in the UW System, and as such, it has a "special opportunity and responsibility to provide postsecondary education to a diverse population." A recent Report of the Academic Planning Committee recommends that the University "increase the representation of diverse populations in its student body, faculty and staff." In addition, women currently constitute more than half of the UWM and UW System student population. As a discipline, Women's Studies is built on a wide range of scholarship and instruction that addresses women in all their diversity, including race, class, sexuality, age, and ability. Women's Studies courses offer all students, particularly returning students, attractive alternative curricular options that allow them to understand their diverse cultural experiences within an intellectual setting that supports their educational success and encourages them to complete their degrees.
    • The City and the World. Women's Studies currently offers over 60 core and affiliated courses that address women and gender in a metropolitan and/or international context. (See Appendix II.) The new major in Women's Studies builds upon this strength by allowing students to choose an area of emphasis entitled "The City and the World."


    • Internship Seminar and Placements. According to UWM's Strategic Plan, in order to expand UWM's urban mission, the University should "intensify efforts to use the university's metropolitan location to expand the student educational experience by providing more internships, fieldwork, co-op programs and other learning opportunities in the community." In Spring 1999, Women's Studies began offering a seminar-grounded internship course entitled "Feminism in the City: Internship in Women's Studies." This course, currently taught by the doctorally-prepared former coordinator of the federally-funded Safe at Home Project of the Milwaukee Women's Center, has enabled Women's Studies students to apply their knowledge of Women's Studies scholarship to the practical experience of working in a local women's organization in the metropolitan area, such as the Milwaukee Women's Center, the YWCA, and the Women's Fund, among others.

      The Center for Women's Studies is now exploring a collaborative relationship with Women's Studies Programs throughout the state that would permit undergraduates to participate in an Urban Semester at UWM during which they would take courses in Women's Studies including the Internship.


    • Distance Learning. Women's Studies courses have linked UWM's urban campus with more rural campuses throughout the UW-System. Most recently, in Spring 1998, a Women's Studies cross-listed course, "Women and Poverty," utilized compressed video and coordinated four campus sites.


    • Freshman Scholars Program. The Women's Studies program participates in the Freshman Scholars program, an initiative of the College of Letters and Science designed to attract and retain new students. The goals of the Freshman Scholars program--to provide students with a small, interactive classroom environment led by a supportive professor/mentor, to improve students' communication skills, and to develop students' ability to work collaboratively with other students--are hallmarks of feminist pedagogy and the principles around which Women's Studies courses have long been organized.


    • Honors Program. The Women's Studies program participates in the Honors Program, which is administered by the College of Letters and Science. The Honors curriculum is defined by its emphasis on engaged learning through small seminars devoted to studying fundamental texts and topics in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Each seminar provides a forum for discussion as well as intensive practice in analysis, writing, and speaking. Women's Studies offers an Honors Seminar in Women's Studies: Women's Studies 380. In addition, various Honors courses from other departments are available for Women's Studies credit, including Honors Seminars in Anthropology, Biological Sciences, History, Political Science, and Psychology. (See Appendix I.)


    • Milwaukee Public Schools Essay Contest. Every year, the Center for Women's Studies holds an essay contest for students attending Milwaukee Public Schools. Students submit papers on the theme "Wisconsin Women Making History," and cash prizes are awarded to the best papers at a variety of grade levels. Each March in celebration of Women's History Month, the Center for Women's Studies sponsors an award ceremony and invites MPS students, their teachers, and families into UWM to celebrate the accomplishments of the award winners.


    • Fundraising. In 1997 Women's Studies established a fundraising initiative focusing on scholarships to assist low income women students in completing their degrees. Seven Women's Studies Equal Educational Opportunity Scholarships have been awarded since 1997. Of the seven recipients: one graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude; one went on to receive a Wisconsin Women in Government scholarship; and one was admitted to the UWM Social Work graduate program and was awarded an Advanced Opportunity Program Diversity Fellowship and participated as a McNair Scholar in the UWM McNair Achievement Program. The success of our fundraising efforts has allowed us to establish a permanent endowment account at the UWM Foundation, the earnings of which will contribute each year to our scholarship fund. Our long-term goal is to realize enough growth in our endowment account to be able to fund at least one additional scholarship each school year.

    Internationalization
    The Women's Studies program at UWM offers numerous courses that address women, gender, and feminism in an international perspective. (See Appendix II.) The new major in Women's Studies will have an area of emphasis entitled "The City and the World" that focuses on women and gender in a global perspective. Women's Studies scholars have been exploring new questions about the roles and experiences of women in a variety of cultural, political, and social settings across the globe. This research has translated into more courses specifically focused on women and/or feminism in an international perspective, women in world history, women's global political and social movements worldwide, and a variety of other courses with an international focus. "Global Feminisms," one of the new Women's Studies core courses which was developed in 1998 with support from UTIC, is designed to reflect this new scholarship.
    • Freshman Scholars Program. Women's Studies is committed to offering FS sections that focus on women in an international context, such as "Global Women and Spirituality," which was offered for the first time in Fall 1999.


    • Capstone Seminar. The Capstone Seminar in Women's Studies will be variable in content. However its aim is to recapitulate and deepen the students' understanding of women's studies' methods and theories.


    • Curriculum Development Workshops. The Center for Women's Studies has organized a number of faculty and teacher development workshops led by nationally prominent experts in internationalizing the curriculum over the past four years, including two well-attended curriculum workshops designed to integrate new feminist scholarship into the international studies curriculum.


    • Global Connections. The Center for Women's Studies is committed to working with appropriate UWM units to develop international relationships with interested universities abroad.


    • Center Lectures. Women's Studies has co-sponsored numerous scholarly lectures with an international and gender focus with the Center for International Studies and the Center for Twentieth Century Studies, including international scholars such as Marilyn Waring from New Zealand and Dr. K. Rukmani of India.
    4.4 Institutional Enrollment Management:
    The number of students enrolled in Women's Studies core and cross-listed courses has increased steadily since 1974, when the program began at UWM. Even during past periods of enrollment decline at UWM, the Women's Studies program has maintained or increased its enrollments. Women's Studies core and cross-listed courses produce over 5,000 Student Credit Hours (SCH) annually. This number has increased or remained stable over the last nine years, even when overall enrollments in the College have been in decline. (See Appendix VII.) In the current accounting system, Women's Studies accrues credit only for those courses taught within our curricular code, about 300 SCH last year, or roughly 6% of the total number of students enrolled in Women's Studies affiliated courses. Yet, students are not aware of the distinction between curricular codes; to them, cross-listed courses and core courses form one seamless whole called Women's Studies. While splitting credit for the two types of courses between Women's Studies and departments, at first glance, may appear rational from an administrative perspective, this accounting system renders invisible major sources of interdisciplinary SCH production. In reality, both departments and Women's Studies produce and receive enrollment from the interdisciplinary nature of the Women's Studies Certificate and Major.

    For example, lower-division, large survey courses that address gender--such as Biology 246, Economics 248, and History 141--serve as gateway courses into the Women's Studies certificate and major. Women's Studies then feeds these students back into upper-division cross-listed courses necessary to complete their certificates and majors in Women's Studies. In addition, Women's Studies has subsidized the development of new courses by offering seed money to faculty who create new courses that address gender and has organized well-attended campus-wide course development workshops designed to teach faculty how to mainstream considerations of gender into the discipline-based curricula. In short, interdisciplinary programs like Women's Studies rely on departmental cooperation, but in return Women's Studies bolsters departmental enrollments and course offerings.

    We anticipate that the number of majors will remain steady, and perhaps increase, once an institutionalized major replaces the individualized major. Here at UWM, the number of students who have declared individually-composed Women's Studies majors has increased steadily at the same time that the number of undergraduate certificate students has increased. Women's Studies also attracted 21 new graduate certificate students in its first two years. This rapid expansion of the graduate program in Women's Studies suggests that the expansion of the undergraduate program in the form of a Women's Studies major will also be received enthusiastically.

    The documented growth of the Women's Studies Program, even during periods of overall enrollment decline at UWM, indicates that offering a permanent major in Women's Studies would improve the retention and graduation rates of students already enrolled at UWM.
    4.5   Comparable Programs Elsewhere in Wisconsin:
    Women's Studies has long been supported at the System level. In accordance with a Regents-level mandate, Women's Studies programs exist throughout the University of Wisconsin System. Each of the thirteen four-year schools in the UW System offers at least a minor or certificate in Women's Studies, while two programs, UW-Madison and UW-Whitewater, offer a permanent major in Women's Studies. In addition, UW-Milwaukee and UW-Platteville offer an individual, student-designed undergraduate major in Women's Studies.

    Many private colleges and universities in Wisconsin also have Women's Studies programs. For example, Beloit College, Lawrence University, and Marquette University offer undergraduate majors in Women's/Gender Studies, while Cardinal Stritch University, Carroll College, Viterbo College, Marian College of Fond du Lac, and Edgewood College offer undergraduate minors or certificates in Women's Studies.
    4.6 Comparable Programs Outside Wisconsin:
    There are several Women's Studies programs in the neighboring state of Minnesota, with which the UW system has a reciprocal agreement. The University of Minnesota (at both the Twin Cities and Duluth campuses) has a major and minor in Women's Studies, as does Minnesota State University in Mankato. In addition, both Moorhead State and St. Cloud University have minors in Women's Studies.

    The first Women's Studies program in the U.S. was formed at San Diego State University in 1970; since that time, the number of Women's Studies programs has grown to 611. Of this number, 79% offer undergraduate minors, and 40% offer majors in Women's Studies. Furthermore, the number of graduate programs in the U.S., as well as the number of Women's Studies programs internationally, has grown considerably over the last decade. Among UWM's peer institutions, 60% (18 out of 30) offer undergraduate majors in Women's Studies, and 90% (27 out of 30) offer the undergraduate minor.
  5. Budgetary Implications


    6. Women's Studies has been awarded one faculty line as a result of the PAR. A search to locate someone to occupy that line as of 2002-2003 will begin this summer. It is anticipated that the person hired on that line will be available to Women's Studies at least half-time. With the addition of this faculty member (and assuming the continued pedagogical support of various affiliated faculty members and the level of infra-structural support currently afforded Women's Studies by the Graduate School and the College of Letters and Science), Women's Studies will need no additional resources in order to offer both the major and the minor (as well as the Graduate Certificate).Appendix I


Appendix I


Women's Studies Core and Cross-listed Courses Available for Undergraduate Credit
* denotes variable content courses

Currently Offered Women's Studies Core Courses
958-192:*   Freshman Seminar: (Subtitles: Global Women and Spirituality; Latin American Women Writers and Feminism). 3 cr.
958-193:* Freshman Seminar: (Subtitle: What's Law Got to Do With It: The Politics of Gender, Race, and Sexuality). 3 cr.
958-200: Introduction to Women's Studies: A Social Science Perspective. 3 cr.
958-201: Introduction to Women's Studies: A Humanities Perspective. 3 cr.
958-297:* Study Abroad (Subtitle). 1-12 cr.
958-380:* Honors Seminar in Women's Studies
958-400:* Women's Studies Research and Methods: (Subtitled:). 3 cr.
958-401:* Global Feminisms: (Subtitle: Women in an International Context). 3 cr.
958-402:* Capstone Seminar in Women's Studies: (Subtitled). 3 cr.
958-489: Feminism in the City: Internship in Women's Studies. 4 cr.
958-497:* Study Abroad (Subtitle). 1-12 cr.
958-500:* Advanced Social Science Seminar in Women's Studies: (Subtitles: The Reproductive Revolution; Feminist Social and Political Theory). 3 cr. U/G.
958-501:* Advanced Humanities Seminar in Women's Studies: (Subtitles: Feminism and the Peace Movement; Feminist Theory: The Case of Motherhood; Feminist Theories Across and Within the Disciplines; Interdisciplinary Feminist Theory; Feminist Issues in the Philosophy of Education). 3 cr. U/G.
958-599:* Topics in Women's Studies: (Subtitles: Feminism: The NeXt Generation; Feminism and Sexuality; Feminism, Masculinity, and Men; Women and Domestic Violence; Feminism and Multiculturalism: Women's Changing Identities). 1-3 cr. U/G.
958-699:* Women's Studies Independent Study 1-3 cr.

Core Courses Currently Under Development
958-403:   Feminism and Sexuality. First offered Sem. I 01-02.

Cross-Listed Courses which will serve as Women's Studies Electives within the Major.
* denotes variable content courses

College of Letters and Science
Africology
106-250:   Black Women and White Women in the Contemporary United States. 3 cr.
106-344:   Political Movements & Organizations in the Afroworld. 3 cr.
106-350:   The Black Family. 3 cr.
106-352:   Extended Families in Black Societies. 3 cr.
106-414:   The Black Woman in America, Africa, and the Caribbean Compared. 3 cr.
106-417:   Race, Class and Gender in South Africa. 3 cr.
106-418:   Race, Class, and Gender in the Caribbean. 3 cr.
106-565:*  Selected Texts/Topics in Africology: (Subtitle: The Novels of Toni Morrison). 3 cr. U/G.

Anthropology
156-250:   Women's Roles in Cross-Cultural Perspective. 3 cr.
156-381:*  Honors Seminar: (Subtitle: Gender and Archaeology). 3 cr.
156-641:*  Proseminar in Anthropology: (Subtitles: Women and Development; Lives of American Indian Women). 3 cr.

Art History
180-306:*   Film Analysis II: Method and Theory: (Subtitle: Women and Cinema). 3 cr. U/G.
180-307:*   Film Directors: (Subtitle: Films by Women). 3 cr. U/G.

Biological Sciences
204-206:   Biology of Women. 3 cr.
204-675:   Physiology of Reproduction. 3 cr. U/G.

Communication
245-401:   Communication in Marital and Family Relationships. 3 cr.
245-402:   Gender and Communication. 3 cr.
245-661:*  Current Topics in Communication: (Subtitle: The Rhetoric of Sojourner Truth). 3 cr.

Comparative Literature
260-230:*  Literature and Society: (Subtitle: Women Writers; Women & the Urban Jungle). 3 cr.
260-231:*  Literature and Religion: (Subtitled:). 3 cr.
260-233:*  Literature and Film: (Subtitle: Portraits of Women in Novels, Plays and Films). 3 cr.
260-320:*  Literature of the Medieval World: (Subtitle: The Two Worlds of Women). 3 cr.
260-350:*  Topics in Comparative Literature: (Subtitle: Versions of Sappho). 3 cr.
260-410:*  Classical Backgrounds of Modern Literature: (Subtitle: Feminist Theory and the Revision of Myths). 3 cr. U/G.
260-504:*  The Novel: (Subtitle: Women Writers Across Borders). 3 cr. U/G.
260-533:*  Trends in Modern Literature: (Subtitles: H.D. Colette, and Feminism; Sexualities and Spaces). 3 cr. U/G.

Economics
296-248:   Economics of Discrimination. 3 cr.

English
350-192:*  Freshman Seminar: (Subtitles: Thinking and Writing about the Family; Feminist Writing) 3 cr.
350-240:*  Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture: (Subtitle: Rhetorics of Feminism) 3 cr.
350-243:*  Women's Literature: (Subtitles: Feminism: Theory, Politics, and Literature; Lesbian Literature; Contemporary Women Fiction Writers; Literature of the Women's Movement; Anorexia and Women's Narratives; Toni Morrison; Women and Madness; Women in the 90's and the Postfeminist Imagination; Women Rewriting Classic Texts). 3 cr.
350-248:*  Literature and Contemporary Life: (Subtitles: Introduction to Gay and Lesbian Studies; 20th Century Gay and Lesbian Literature). 3 cr.
350-276:*  Introduction to American Indian Literature: (Subtitles: The Women's Voice; Women Writers). 3 cr.
350-277:*  Introduction to Ethnic Minority Literature (Subtitle: African-American Women Writers). 3 cr.
350-293:*  Literature and Media: (Subtitles: Romantic Fictions; Representations of Gender and Homosexuality in Print and Film). 3 cr.
350-295:   Women and Film. 3 cr.
350-312:*  Topics in Film Studies: (Subtitle: Camp and Film). 3 cr.
350-316:*  World Cinema: (Subtitle: Women's International Production). 3 cr.
350-320:*  Studies in Film Authorship: (Subtitle: Stars, Scriptgirls, and Other Reel Women). 3 cr.
350-380:*  Media and Society: (Subtitle: Sexuality and Representation). 3 cr.
350-392:*  Contemporary Film Criticism and Theory: (Subtitle: Queer Theory, Film, and Video). 3 cr. U/G.
350-395:   Feminist Film Criticism and Theory (Subtitle: ). 3 cr. U/G.
350-463:*  Major Figures in African-American Literature: (Subtitle: Toni Morrison and Gloria Naylor) 3 cr. U/G
350-465:*  Major Women Writers: (Subtitles: Milestones in Twentieth Century Women's Poetry; Black Women Novelists; Women Short Story Writers; Virginia Woolf; Margaret Atwood; Jane Austin and George Eliot; British and American Short Stories by Women; Native American Women Writers; Gender, Myth, and Memory, Early Modern Women Writers, Renaissance Women Writers). 3 cr. U/G.
350-502:*  Studies in English Renaissance Drama: (Subtitle: Whores, Witches, and Other Wicked Women). 3 cr. U/G.
350-509:*  Sexuality and Representation (Subtitle: Writing and Reading Modern Homosexuality). 3 cr.
350-547:*  Approaches to Literary Criticism: (Subtitles: Feminist Literary Theory; Feminism and Gender Studies). 3 cr. U/G.
350-627:*  Seminar in Literature and Culture: (Subtitle: Women and Anger in Literature). 3 cr. U/G
350-628:*  Topics in Literature by Women: (Subtitle: 18th Century British Women Writers). 3 cr. U/G.

Ethnic Studies
359-250:*  Selected Topics in Ethnic Studies: (Subtitle: Cultural Symbols, Feminist Rhetoric, and the Construction of Female Sexuality; Cultural Symbols, Pornography and Feminism; WICCA and Neopaganism – Philosophies and Practices). 3 cr.

French
400-422:*  French Literature I: (Subtitle: The Battle of the Sexes). 3 cr.

German
424-305:*  German Life and Literature: (Subtitle: Women and the Holocaust). 3 cr.

Hebrew Studies
440-254:*  Aspects of Jewish Culture: (Subtitle: Women in the Bible in Translation). 3 cr.

History
448-141:   The Family and Sex Roles in the Past. 3 cr.
448-200:*  Historical Roots of Contemporary Issues: (Subtitle: Women in Modern Asia). 3 cr.
448-241:   Women and Gender in Europe: 1200 to 1750. 3 cr.
448-242:   Women and Gender in Europe: 1750 to the Present. 3 cr.
448-243:   Women in American Society. 3 cr.
448-246:   Historical Perspectives on Homosexuality. 3 cr.
448-367:   Women in Soviet Society: An Historical Survey. 3 cr. U/G.
448-370:*  Topics in the History of Religious Thought: (Subtitle: Women in Asian Religions). 3 cr. U/G.
448-373:   Topics in Gender and History. 3 cr. U/G.
448-398:*  Honors Seminar: (Subtitle: Gender and Power in the Renaissance). 3 cr.
448-468:   The American Feminist Movement: 1620- Present. 3 cr. U/G.
448-474:*  Topics in North American Indian History: (Subtitle: Gender in North American History). 3 cr. U/G.
448-499:*  Ad Hoc: (Subtitle: From Board Room to Classroom, Women in Wisconsin History). 3 cr. U
448-600:*  Seminar in History: (Subtitle: Social Justice Movements in America Since 1945). 3 cr. U/G.

Honors Program
462-200:*  Honors Seminar: The Shaping of the Modern Mind (Subtitle: The Family in Twentieth-Century Literature). 3 HU cr.

International Studies
504-350:*   Regional Seminar in International Studies (Subtitle: Women in Israel). 3 cr.

Italian
508-265:*  Italian Women's Studies: (Subtitles: The Female Vision in 20th Century Italian Fiction; Feminism and Cinema). 3 cr.

Linguistics
550-200:*  Aspects of Language: (Subtitle: Language and Gender). 3 cr.

Journalism and Mass Communication
584-450:   Gender and the Media. 3 cr.
584-460:   Race and Ethnicity in the Media. 3 cr.
584-660:*  Contemporary Issues in Mass Communication: (Subtitle: Gender, Race and Media). 3 cr. U/G.

Philosophy
736-235:   Philosophical Aspects of Feminism. 3 cr.
736-244:*  Ethical Issues in Health Care (Subtitles: Reproduction and Genetic Technology; Violence and the Health Care System). 3 cr.
736-271:*  Philosophical Traditions (Subtitle: Western Great Lakes American Indian Philosophy). 3 cr.
736-453:*  Special Topics in the History of Modern Philosophy (Subtitle: Women Philosophers). 3 cr.
736-535:*  Philosophical Topics in Feminist Theory: (Subtitles: Feminist Theory: The Case of Mothering; Feminist Issues in the Philosophy of Education). 3 cr. U/G.
736-562:*  Special Topics in Ethics and Social and Political Philosophy (Subtitle: Personhood and the Abortion Issue). 3 cr. U/G.

Political Science
778-250:   Law and Society. 3 cr.
778-389:*  Politics and Philosophy: (Subtitle: Feminist Political Theory). 3 cr. U/G.
778-419:   Theories of Constitutional Interpretation. 3 cr. U/G.
778-464:   Women and the Law. 3 cr. U/G.
778-471:*  Problems in Law Studies: (Subtitles: Law and Sexuality, Women, the Workplace, and the Law; Civil Rights Movements). 3 cr. U/G.

Portuguese
782-380:>*  Luso-Brazilian Literature in Translation: (Subtitles: Luso-Brazilian Women Writers: The Short Story). 3 cr.

Psychology
820-193:*  Freshman Seminar: (Subtitle: Infant Development-Well Babies and Mothers; Domestic Violence in the 1990s). 3 cr.
820-319:   Gay and Lesbian Psychology. 3 cr.
820-320:   Psychology of Women. 3 cr.
820-380:*  Honors Seminar: (Subtitle: Feminist Approaches in Psychology). 3 cr. H.
820-611:*  Current Topics in Psychology: (Subtitles: Feminist Perspectives in Psychoanalysis; Etiology and Treatment of Eating Disorders). 1-4 cr. U/G.

Sociology
900-105:   Sociology of Sexuality. 3 cr.
900-250:   Sex and Gender. 3 cr.
900-260:   The Family and Intimate Relationships. 3 cr.
900-440:   Sociology of the Family. 3 cr. U/G.
900-475:   Seminar in Feminist Social Theory. 3 cr. U/G.
900-495:*  Pro-seminar in Sociology: (Subtitle: The Social Construction of Female Affiliation). 3 cr. U/G.

Spanish
912-192:*  Freshman Seminar: (Subtitle: Latin American Women Writers). 3 cr.
912-373:*  Topics in Latino Literature in English: (Subtitle: Latina Writers). 3 cr.
912-401:*  Medieval Literature: (Subtitle: Love, Misogyny and Feminism in Spanish Medieval Literature). 3 cr. U/G.
912-507:*  Seminar in Latin American Literature (Subtitle: Latin American Women Writers) 3 cr. U/G


School of Architecture and Urban Planning

Urban Planning
945-692:*  Special Topics in Urban Planning: (Subtitle: Women and Urban Living, Implications for Planning). 3 cr. U/G.

School of the Arts

Art
168-249:*  Painting and Drawing Workshop: (Subtitle: A Study of Women in the Visual Arts). 3 cr.
168-347:*  Reading Works of Art: A Study of Women in the Visual Arts. 3 cr.
168-449:*  Painting and Drawing Workshop: (Subtitle: Women in the Visual Arts). 1-3 cr. U/G.

Music
660-449:*  Women in Music: (Subtitle: Voices of Women from Around the World). 3 cr. U/G.

School of Business Administration

216-443:   Special Topics in Human Resources Management (Subtitle: Diversity in Organizations). 3 cr. U/G.

School of Education

Educational Policy and Community Studies
310-522:   Gender Violence in the Community. 3 cr. U/G.
310-579:*  Current Topics in Educational Policy and Community Studies: (Subtitle: Women's' Activism: Beijing in Your Backyard). 1-3 cr. U/G.

School of Social Welfare

Criminal Justice
266-385:   Females and the Criminal Justice System. 3 cr. U.
266-416:   Domestic Violence Research. 3 cr.

Social Work
896-591:*  Special Topics: Social Welfare and Social Work (Subtitles: Family Violence; Women and Aging; Women and Poverty). 2 cr.
896-640:   Women and Aging: Issues, Concerns, Prospects. 2 cr. U/G.
896-660:   Women's Issues in Human Services. 2 cr. U/G.



Appendix II

Women's Studies Core and Cross-listed Courses with a Metropolitan and/or International Focus: The City and the World

* denotes variable content courses

WOMEN'S STUDIES
958-192:*   Freshman Seminar: (Subtitles: Global Women and Spirituality; Latin American Women Writers and Feminism). 3 cr.
958-193:* Freshman Seminar: (Subtitle: What's Law Got to Do With It: The Politics of Gender, Race, and Sexuality). 3 cr.
958-380:* Honors Seminar in Women's Studies
958-401:* Global Feminisms: (Subtitle: Women in an International Context). 3 cr.
958-402:* Capstone Seminar in Women's Studies: (Subtitled). 3 cr.
958-489: Feminism in the City: Internship in Women's Studies. 4 cr.
958-500:* Advanced Social Science Seminar in Women's Studies: (Subtitles: The Reproductive Revolution; Feminist Social and Political Theory). 3 cr. U/G.
958-501:* Advanced Humanities Seminar in Women's Studies: (Subtitles: Feminism and the Peace Movement; Feminist Theory: The Case of Motherhood; Feminist Theories Across and Within the Disciplines; Interdisciplinary Feminist Theory; Feminist Issues in the Philosophy of Education). 3 cr. U/G.
958-599:* Topics in Women's Studies: (Subtitles: Feminism: The NeXt Generation; Feminism and Sexuality; Feminism, Masculinity, and Men; Women and Domestic Violence; Feminism and Multiculturalism: Women's Changing Identities). 1-3 cr. U/G.


College of Letters and Science
Africology
106-250:   Black Women and White Women in the Contemporary United States. 3 cr.
106-344:   Political Movements & Organizations in the Afroworld. 3 cr.
106-352:   Extended Families in Black Societies. 3 cr.
106-414:   The Black Woman in America, Africa, and the Caribbean Compared. 3 cr.
106-417:   Race, Class and Gender in South Africa. 3 cr.
106-418:   Race, Class, and Gender in the Caribbean. 3 cr.

Anthropology
156-250:   Women's Roles in Cross-Cultural Perspective. 3 cr.
156-381:*  Honors Seminar: (Subtitle: Gender and Archaeology). 3 cr.
156-641:*  Proseminar in Anthropology: (Subtitles: Women and Development; Lives of American Indian Women). 3 cr.

Comparative Literature
260-230:*  Literature and Society: (Subtitle: Women Writers; Women & the Urban Jungle). 3 cr.
260-350:*  Topics in Comparative Literature: (Subtitle: Versions of Sappho). 3 cr.
260-504:*  The Novel: (Subtitle: Women Writers Across Borders). 3 cr. U/G.
260-533:*  Trends in Modern Literature: (Subtitles: H.D. Colette, and Feminism; Sexualities and Spaces). 3 cr. U/G.

Economics
296-248:   Economics of Discrimination. 3 cr.

English
350-243:*  Women's Literature: (Subtitles: Feminism: Theory, Politics, and Literature; Lesbian Literature; Contemporary Women Fiction Writers; Literature of the Women's Movement; Anorexia and Women's Narratives; Toni Morrison; Women and Madness; Women in the 90's and the Postfeminist Imagination; Women Rewriting Classic Texts). 3 cr.
350-248:*  Literature and Contemporary Life: (Subtitles: Introduction to Gay and Lesbian Studies; 20th Century Gay and Lesbian Literature). 3 cr.
350-276:*  Introduction to American Indian Literature: (Subtitles: The Women's Voice; Women Writers). 3 cr.
350-277:*  Introduction to Ethnic Minority Literature (Subtitle: African-American Women Writers). 3 cr.
350-293:*  Literature and Media: (Subtitles: Romantic Fictions; Representations of Gender and Homosexuality in Print and Film). 3 cr.
350-316:*  World Cinema: (Subtitle: Women's International Production). 3 cr.
350-380:*  Media and Society: (Subtitle: Sexuality and Representation). 3 cr.
350-392:*  Contemporary Film Criticism and Theory: (Subtitle: Queer Theory, Film, and Video). 3 cr. U/G.
350-465:*  Major Women Writers: (Subtitles: Milestones in Twentieth Century Women's Poetry; Black Women Novelists; Women Short Story Writers; Virginia Woolf; Margaret Atwood; Jane Austin and George Eliot; British and American Short Stories by Women; Native American Women Writers; Gender, Myth, and Memory, Early Modern Women Writers, Renaissance Women Writers). 3 cr. U/G.
350-509:*  Sexuality and Representation (Subtitle: Writing and Reading Modern Homosexuality). 3 cr.
350-627:*  Seminar in Literature and Culture: (Subtitle: Women and Anger in Literature). 3 cr. U/G

Ethnic Studies
359-250:*  Selected Topics in Ethnic Studies: (Subtitle: Cultural Symbols, Feminist Rhetoric, and the Construction of Female Sexuality; Cultural Symbols, Pornography and Feminism; WICCA and Neopaganism – Philosophies and Practices). 3 cr.

French
400-422:*  French Literature I: (Subtitle: The Battle of the Sexes). 3 cr.

German
424-305:*  German Life and Literature: (Subtitle: Women and the Holocaust). 3 cr.

Hebrew Studies
440-254:*  Aspects of Jewish Culture: (Subtitle: Women in the Bible in Translation). 3 cr.

History
448-200:*  Historical Roots of Contemporary Issues: (Subtitle: Women in Modern Asia). 3 cr.
448-242:   Women and Gender in Europe: 1750 to the Present. 3 cr.
448-367:   Women in Soviet Society: An Historical Survey. 3 cr. U/G.
448-370:*  Topics in the History of Religious Thought: (Subtitle: Women in Asian Religions). 3 cr. U/G.
448-398:*  Honors Seminar: (Subtitle: Gender and Power in the Renaissance). 3 cr.
448-474:*  Topics in North American Indian History: (Subtitle: Gender in North American History). 3 cr. U/G.

International Studies
504-350:*   Regional Seminar in International Studies (Subtitle: Women in Israel). 3 cr.

Italian
508-265:*  Italian Women's Studies: (Subtitles: The Female Vision in 20th Century Italian Fiction; Feminism and Cinema). 3 cr.

Linguistics
550-200:*  Aspects of Language: (Subtitle: Language and Gender). 3 cr.

Journalism and Mass Communication
584-450:   Gender and the Media. 3 cr.
584-460:   Race and Ethnicity in the Media. 3 cr.
584-660:*  Contemporary Issues in Mass Communication: (Subtitle: Gender, Race and Media). 3 cr. U/G.

Philosophy
736-244:*  Ethical Issues in Health Care (Subtitles: Reproduction and Genetic Technology; Violence and the Health Care System). 3 cr.
736-271:*  Philosophical Traditions (Subtitle: Western Great Lakes American Indian Philosophy). 3 cr.
736-453:*  Special Topics in the History of Modern Philosophy (Subtitle: Women Philosophers). 3 cr.
736-535:*  Philosophical Topics in Feminist Theory: (Subtitles: Feminist Theory: The Case of Mothering; Feminist Issues in the Philosophy of Education). 3 cr. U/G.
736-562:*  Special Topics in Ethics and Social and Political Philosophy (Subtitle: Personhood and the Abortion Issue). 3 cr. U/G.

Portuguese
782-380:>*  Luso-Brazilian Literature in Translation: (Subtitles: Luso-Brazilian Women Writers: The Short Story). 3 cr.

Sociology
900-105:   Sociology of Sexuality. 3 cr.
900-250:   Sex and Gender. 3 cr.
900-475:   Seminar in Feminist Social Theory. 3 cr. U/G.

Spanish
912-192:*  Freshman Seminar: (Subtitle: Latin American Women Writers). 3 cr.
912-373:*  Topics in Latino Literature in English: (Subtitle: Latina Writers). 3 cr.
912-401:*  Medieval Literature: (Subtitle: Love, Misogyny and Feminism in Spanish Medieval Literature). 3 cr. U/G.
912-507:*  Seminar in Latin American Literature (Subtitle: Latin American Women Writers) 3 cr. U/G

School of Architecture and Urban Planning

Urban Planning
945-692:*  Special Topics in Urban Planning: (Subtitle: Women and Urban Living, Implications for Planning). 3 cr. U/G.

School of the Arts

Music
660-449:*  Women in Music: (Subtitle: Voices of Women from Around the World). 3 cr. U/G.


School of Education

Educational Policy and Community Studies
310-579:*  Current Topics in Educational Policy and Community Studies: (Subtitle: Women's' Activism: Beijing in Your Backyard). 1-3 cr. U/G.


Appendix III

Women's Studies Core and Cross-listed Courses with a Family, Parenting, and Reproduction Focus

* denotes variable content courses


WOMEN'S STUDIES
958-192:*   Freshman Seminar: (Subtitles: Global Women and Spirituality; Latin American Women Writers and Feminism). 3 cr.
958-193:* Freshman Seminar: (Subtitle: What's Law Got to Do With It: The Politics of Gender, Race, and Sexuality). 3 cr.
958-200: Introduction to Women's Studies: A Social Science Perspective. 3 cr.
958-201: Introduction to Women's Studies: A Humanities Perspective. 3 cr.
958-402:* Capstone Seminar in Women's Studies: (Subtitled). 3 cr.
958-403: Feminism and Sexuality. First offered Sem I 01-02.
958-599:* Topics in Women's Studies: (Subtitles: Feminism: The NeXt Generation; Feminism and Sexuality; Feminism, Masculinity, and Men; Women and Domestic Violence; Feminism and Multiculturalism: Women's Changing Identities). 1-3 cr. U/G.

College of Letters and Science

Africology
106-350:   The Black Family. 3 cr.
106-352:   Extended Families in Black Societies. 3 cr.

Biological Sciences
204-206:   Biology of Women. 3 cr.
204-675:   Physiology of Reproduction. 3 cr. U/G.

Communication
245-401:   Communication in Marital and Family Relationships. 3 cr.
245-402:   Gender and Communication. 3 cr.

English
350-192:*  Freshman Seminar: (Subtitles: Thinking and Writing about the Family; Feminist Writing) 3 cr.
350-243:*  Women's Literature: (Subtitles: Feminism: Theory, Politics, and Literature; Lesbian Literature;
History
448-141:   The Family and Sex Roles in the Past. 3 cr.
448-246:   Historical Perspectives on Homosexuality. 3 cr.
448-373:   Topics in Gender and History. 3 cr. U/G.

Honors Program
462-200:*  Honors Seminar: The Shaping of the Modern Mind (Subtitle: The Family in Twentieth-Century Literature). 3 HU cr.
Philosophy
736-244:*  Ethical Issues in Health Care (Subtitles: Reproduction and Genetic Technology; Violence and the Health Care System). 3 cr.
736-535:*  Philosophical Topics in Feminist Theory: (Subtitles: Feminist Theory: The Case of Mothering; Feminist Issues in the Philosophy of Education). 3 cr. U/G.
736-562:*  Special Topics in Ethics and Social and Political Philosophy (Subtitle: Personhood and the Abortion Issue). 3 cr. U/G.

Psychology
820-193:*  Freshman Seminar: (Subtitle: Infant Development-Well Babies and Mothers; Domestic Violence in the 1990s). 3 cr.

Sociology
900-260:   The Family and Intimate Relationships. 3 cr.
900-440:   Sociology of the Family. 3 cr. U/G.
900-495:*  Pro-seminar in Sociology: (Subtitle: The Social Construction of Female Affiliation). 3 cr. U/G.

School of Social Welfare

Criminal Justice
266-416:   Domestic Violence Research. 3 cr.

Social Work
896-591:*  Special Topics: Social Welfare and Social Work (Subtitles: Family Violence; Women and Aging; Women and Poverty). 2 cr.
896-640:   Women and Aging: Issues, Concerns, Prospects. 2 cr. U/G.
896-771:   Development of the Family Over the Life Span. 3 cr. G.
896-791:*  Current Topics in Social Work: (Subtitle: Family Violence-A Cycle to be Broken). 2 cr. G.
896-820:*  Seminar in Social Work Practice: (Subtitle: Intimate Partner Violence). 2 cr. G.



Appendix IV

Women's Studies Core and Cross-listed Courses with a Sexuality Studies Focus

* denotes variable content courses


WOMEN'S STUDIES
958-192:*   Freshman Seminar: (Subtitles: Global Women and Spirituality; Latin American Women Writers and Feminism). 3 cr.
958-193:* Freshman Seminar: (Subtitle: What's Law Got to Do With It: The Politics of Gender, Race, and Sexuality). 3 cr.
958-200: Introduction to Women's Studies: A Social Science Perspective. 3 cr.
958-201: Introduction to Women's Studies: A Humanities Perspective. 3 cr.
958-402:* Capstone Seminar in Women's Studies: (Subtitled). 3 cr.
958-403: Feminism and Sexuality. First offered Sem. I 01-02.
958-500:* Advanced Social Science Seminar in Women's Studies: (Subtitles: The Reproductive Revolution; Feminist Social and Political Theory). 3 cr. U/G.
958-501:* Advanced Humanities Seminar in Women's Studies: (Subtitles: Feminism and the Peace Movement; Feminist Theory: The Case of Motherhood; Feminist Theories Across and Within the Disciplines; Interdisciplinary Feminist Theory; Feminist Issues in the Philosophy of Education). 3 cr. U/G.
958-599:* Topics in Women's Studies: (Subtitles: Feminism: The NeXt Generation; Feminism and Sexuality; Feminism, Masculinity, and Men; Women and Domestic Violence; Feminism and Multiculturalism: Women's Changing Identities). 1-3 cr. U/G.

College of Letters and Science

Africology
106-344:   Political Movements & Organizations in the Afroworld. 3 cr.

Art History
180-306:*   Film Analysis II: Method and Theory: (Subtitle: Women and Cinema). 3 cr. U/G.
180-307:*   Film Directors: (Subtitle: Films by Women). 3 cr. U/G.

Communication
245-402:   Gender and Communication. 3 cr.

Comparative Literature
260-230:*  Literature and Society: (Subtitle: Women Writers; Women & the Urban Jungle). 3 cr.
260-233:*  Literature and Film: (Subtitle: Portraits of Women in Novels, Plays and Films). 3 cr.
260-350:*  Topics in Comparative Literature: (Subtitle: Versions of Sappho). 3 cr.
260-533:*  Trends in Modern Literature: (Subtitles: H.D. Colette, and Feminism; Sexualities and Spaces). 3 cr. U/G.

Economics
296-248:   Economics of Discrimination. 3 cr.

English
350-240:*  Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture: (Subtitle: Rhetorics of Feminism) 3 cr.
350-243:*  Women's Literature: (Subtitles: Feminism: Theory, Politics, and Literature; Lesbian Literature; Contemporary Women Fiction Writers; Literature of the Women's Movement; Anorexia and Women's Narratives; Toni Morrison; Women and Madness; Women in the 90's and the Postfeminist Imagination; Women Rewriting Classic Texts). 3 cr.
350-248:*  Literature and Contemporary Life: (Subtitles: Introduction to Gay and Lesbian Studies; 20th Century Gay and Lesbian Literature). 3 cr.
350-293:*  Literature and Media: (Subtitles: Romantic Fictions; Representations of Gender and Homosexuality in Print and Film). 3 cr.
350-312:*  Topics in Film Studies: (Subtitle: Camp and Film). 3 cr.
350-380:*  Media and Society: (Subtitle: Sexuality and Representation). 3 cr.
350-392:*  Contemporary Film Criticism and Theory: (Subtitle: Queer Theory, Film, and Video). 3 cr. U/G.
350-465:*  Major Women Writers: (Subtitles: Milestones in Twentieth Century Women's Poetry; Black Women Novelists; Women Short Story Writers; Virginia Woolf; Margaret Atwood; Jane Austin and George Eliot; British and American Short Stories by Women; Native American Women Writers; Gender, Myth, and Memory, Early Modern Women Writers, Renaissance Women Writers). 3 cr. U/G.
350-509:*  Sexuality and Representation (Subtitle: Writing and Reading Modern Homosexuality). 3 cr.
350-885:*  Seminar in Critical Theory: (Subtitle: Queer Theory). 3cr, G.

Ethnic Studies
359-250:*  Selected Topics in Ethnic Studies: (Subtitle: Cultural Symbols, Feminist Rhetoric, and the Construction of Female Sexuality; Cultural Symbols, Pornography and Feminism; WICCA and Neopaganism – Philosophies and Practices). 3 cr.

History
448-141:   The Family and Sex Roles in the Past. 3 cr.
448-242:   Women and Gender in Europe: 1750 to the Present. 3 cr.
448-243:   Women in American Society. 3 cr.
448-246:   Historical Perspectives on Homosexuality. 3 cr.
448-373:   Topics in Gender and History. 3 cr. U/G.
448-950:*  Seminar in European History: (Subtitle: Christianity and Sexuality from the New Testament Times to the Present). 3 cr. G.

Political Science
778-471:*  Problems in Law Studies: (Subtitles: Law and Sexuality, Women, the Workplace, and the Law; Civil Rights Movements). 3 cr. U/G.

Psychology
820-193:*  Freshman Seminar: (Subtitle: Infant Development-Well Babies and Mothers; Domestic Violence in the 1990s). 3 cr.
820-319:   Gay and Lesbian Psychology. 3 cr.
820-320:   Psychology of Women. 3 cr.

Sociology
900-105:   Sociology of Sexuality. 3 cr.
900-250:   Sex and Gender. 3 cr.
900-260:   The Family and Intimate Relationships. 3 cr.
900-475:   Seminar in Feminist Social Theory. 3 cr. U/G.
900-495:*  Pro-seminar in Sociology: (Subtitle: The Social Construction of Female Affiliation). 3 cr. U/G.

Social Work
896-8200:   Women's Issues in Human Services. 2 cr. U/G.


Appendix V

Women's Studies Core and Cross-listed Courses with a Cultural Studies and Media Arts Focus

* denotes variable content courses


Currently Offered Women's Studies Core Courses
958-192:*   Freshman Seminar: (Subtitles: Global Women and Spirituality; Latin American Women Writers and Feminism). 3 cr.
958-193:* Freshman Seminar: (Subtitle: What's Law Got to Do With It: The Politics of Gender, Race, and Sexuality). 3 cr.
958-200: Introduction to Women's Studies: A Social Science Perspective. 3 cr.
958-201: Introduction to Women's Studies: A Humanities Perspective. 3 cr.
958-500:* Advanced Social Science Seminar in Women's Studies: (Subtitles: The Reproductive Revolution; Feminist Social and Political Theory). 3 cr. U/G.
958-501:* Advanced Humanities Seminar in Women's Studies: (Subtitles: Feminism and the Peace Movement; Feminist Theory: The Case of Motherhood; Feminist Theories Across and Within the Disciplines; Interdisciplinary Feminist Theory; Feminist Issues in the Philosophy of Education). 3 cr. U/G.
958-599:* Topics in Women's Studies: (Subtitles: Feminism: The NeXt Generation; Feminism and Sexuality; Feminism, Masculinity, and Men; Women and Domestic Violence; Feminism and Multiculturalism: Women's Changing Identities). 1-3 cr. U/G.

College of Letters and Science

Africology
106-565:*  Selected Texts/Topics in Africology: (Subtitle: The Novels of Toni Morrison). 3 cr. U/G.

Anthropology
156-250:   Women's Roles in Cross-Cultural Perspective. 3 cr.
156-381:*  Honors Seminar: (Subtitle: Gender and Archaeology). 3 cr.
156-641:*  Proseminar in Anthropology: (Subtitles: Women and Development; Lives of American Indian Women). 3 cr.

Art History
180-306:*   Film Analysis II: Method and Theory: (Subtitle: Women and Cinema). 3 cr. U/G.
180-307:*   Film Directors: (Subtitle: Films by Women). 3 cr. U/G.

Biological Sciences
204-206:   Biology of Women. 3 cr.
204-675:   Physiology of Reproduction. 3 cr. U/G.

Communication
245-661:*  Current Topics in Communication: (Subtitle: The Rhetoric of Sojourner Truth). 3 cr.

Comparative Literature
260-230:*  Literature and Society: (Subtitle: Women Writers; Women & the Urban Jungle). 3 cr.
260-231:*  Literature and Religion: (Subtitled:). 3 cr.
260-233:*  Literature and Film: (Subtitle: Portraits of Women in Novels, Plays and Films). 3 cr.
260-320:*  Literature of the Medieval World: (Subtitle: The Two Worlds of Women). 3 cr.
260-350:*  Topics in Comparative Literature: (Subtitle: Versions of Sappho). 3 cr.
260-410:*  Classical Backgrounds of Modern Literature: (Subtitle: Feminist Theory and the Revision of Myths). 3 cr. U/G.
260-504:*  The Novel: (Subtitle: Women Writers Across Borders). 3 cr. U/G.
260-533:*  Trends in Modern Literature: (Subtitles: H.D. Colette, and Feminism; Sexualities and Spaces). 3 cr. U/G.

English
350-192:*  Freshman Seminar: (Subtitles: Thinking and Writing about the Family; Feminist Writing) 3 cr.
350-240:*  Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture: (Subtitle: Rhetorics of Feminism) 3 cr.
350-243:*  Women's Literature: (Subtitles: Feminism: Theory, Politics, and Literature; Lesbian Literature; Contemporary Women Fiction Writers; Literature of the Women's Movement; Anorexia and Women's Narratives; Toni Morrison; Women and Madness; Women in the 90's and the Postfeminist Imagination; Women Rewriting Classic Texts). 3 cr.
350-248:*  Literature and Contemporary Life: (Subtitles: Introduction to Gay and Lesbian Studies; 20th Century Gay and Lesbian Literature). 3 cr.
350-276:*  Introduction to American Indian Literature: (Subtitles: The Women's Voice; Women Writers). 3 cr.
350-277:*  Introduction to Ethnic Minority Literature (Subtitle: African-American Women Writers). 3 cr.
350-293:*  Literature and Media: (Subtitles: Romantic Fictions; Representations of Gender and Homosexuality in Print and Film). 3 cr.
350-295:   Women and Film. 3 cr.
350-312:*  Topics in Film Studies: (Subtitle: Camp and Film). 3 cr.
350-316:*  World Cinema: (Subtitle: Women's International Production). 3 cr.
350-320:*  Studies in Film Authorship: (Subtitle: Stars, Scriptgirls, and Other Reel Women). 3 cr.
350-380:*  Media and Society: (Subtitle: Sexuality and Representation). 3 cr.
350-392:*  Contemporary Film Criticism and Theory: (Subtitle: Queer Theory, Film, and Video). 3 cr. U/G.
350-395:   Feminist Film Criticism and Theory (Subtitle: ). 3 cr. U/G.
350-463:*  Major Figures in African-American Literature: (Subtitle: Toni Morrison and Gloria Naylor) 3 cr. U/G
350-465:*  Major Women Writers: (Subtitles: Milestones in Twentieth Century Women's Poetry; Black Women Novelists; Women Short Story Writers; Virginia Woolf; Margaret Atwood; Jane Austin and George Eliot; British and American Short Stories by Women; Native American Women Writers; Gender, Myth, and Memory, Early Modern Women Writers, Renaissance Women Writers). 3 cr. U/G.
350-502:*  Studies in English Renaissance Drama: (Subtitle: Whores, Witches, and Other Wicked Women). 3 cr. U/G.
350-509:*  Sexuality and Representation (Subtitle: Writing and Reading Modern Homosexuality). 3 cr.
350-547:*  Approaches to Literary Criticism: (Subtitles: Feminist Literary Theory; Feminism and Gender Studies). 3 cr. U/G.
350-627:*  Seminar in Literature and Culture: (Subtitle: Women and Anger in Literature). 3 cr. U/G
350-628:*  Topics in Literature by Women: (Subtitle: 18th Century British Women Writers). 3 cr. U/G.
350-744:*  Feminist Critical Theory. 3 cr. G.
350-776:*  Women Writers: (Subtitled). 3 cr.
350-878:*  Seminar in Feminist Critical Theory: (Subtitled). 3 cr. G.
350-883:*  Seminar in Twentieth-Century American Literature: (Subtitle: Multiculturalism). 3 cr. G
350-885:*  Seminar in Critical Theory: (Subtitle: Queer Theory). 3 cr. G.

Ethnic Studies
359-250:*  Selected Topics in Ethnic Studies: (Subtitle: Cultural Symbols, Feminist Rhetoric, and the Construction of Female Sexuality; Cultural Symbols, Pornography and Feminism; WICCA and Neopaganism – Philosophies and Practices). 3 cr.

French
400-422:*  French Literature I: (Subtitle: The Battle of the Sexes). 3 cr.

German
424-305:*  German Life and Literature: (Subtitle: Women and the Holocaust). 3 cr.

Hebrew Studies
440-254:*  Aspects of Jewish Culture: (Subtitle: Women in the Bible in Translation). 3 cr.

Honors Program
462-200:*  Honors Seminar: The Shaping of the Modern Mind (Subtitle: The Family in Twentieth-Century Literature). 3 HU cr.

Italian
508-265:*  Italian Women's Studies: (Subtitles: The Female Vision in 20th Century Italian Fiction; Feminism and Cinema). 3 cr.

Linguistics
550-200:*  Aspects of Language: (Subtitle: Language and Gender). 3 cr.

Journalism and Mass Communication
584-450:   Gender and the Media. 3 cr.
584-460:   Race and Ethnicity in the Media. 3 cr.
584-660:*  Contemporary Issues in Mass Communication: (Subtitle: Gender, Race and Media). 3 cr. U/G.

Portuguese
782-380:>*  Luso-Brazilian Literature in Translation: (Subtitles: Luso-Brazilian Women Writers: The Short Story). 3 cr.

Spanish
912-192:*  Freshman Seminar: (Subtitle: Latin American Women Writers). 3 cr.
912-373:*  Topics in Latino Literature in English: (Subtitle: Latina Writers). 3 cr.
912-401:*  Medieval Literature: (Subtitle: Love, Misogyny and Feminism in Spanish Medieval Literature). 3 cr. U/G.
912-507:*  Seminar in Latin American Literature (Subtitle: Latin American Women Writers) 3 cr. U/G


School of the Arts

Art
168-249:*  Painting and Drawing Workshop: (Subtitle: A Study of Women in the Visual Arts). 3 cr.
168-347:*  Reading Works of Art: A Study of Women in the Visual Arts. 3 cr.
168-449:*  Painting and Drawing Workshop: (Subtitle: Women in the Visual Arts). 1-3 cr. U/G.

Music
660-449:*  Women in Music: (Subtitle: Voices of Women from Around the World). 3 cr. U/G.


Appendix VI

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Center for Women's Studies
Affiliated Faculty and Staff


School of Allied Health Professions

Communication Sciences and Disorders
Chie Craig

Human Kinetics
Margaret Duncan
Barbara Hart
Cynthia Hasbrook

Architecture and Urban Planning

Architecture
Sherry Ahrentzen

Urban Planning
Nancy Frank

School of Business Administration

Business Administration
Belle Ragins
Jill Pelisek

School of Education

Curriculum and Instruction
Beverly Cross

Educational Policy and Community Studies
Ian Harris

Educational Psychology
Diane Pollard

School of the Arts

Art
Leslie Bellavance
Lee Ann Garrison
Leslie Vansen

Film
Diane Kitchen

Music
Jane Bowers


College of Letters and Science

Africology
Osei-Mensa Aborampah
Patrick Bellegarde-Smith
Joyce Kirk
Doreatha Mbalia

Anthropology
Cheryl Ajirotutu
Bettina Arnold
J. Patrick Gray
Trudy Turner

Art History
Patricia Mellencamp

Biological Sciences
Claudia Barreto
Anne Borkowf
Reinhold Hutz

Communication
Nancy Burrell
Kathryn Dindia
Karudapuram Supriya

Comparative Literature
Rachel Skalitzky

Economics
Keith Bender

English
Kimberly Blaeser
Mary Louise Buley-Meissner
Susan Firer
Jane Gallop
Alice Gillam
Kristie Hamilton
James Hazard
Gregory Jay
Gwynne Kennedy
James Kuist
Andrew Martin
Jane Nardin
Patrice Petro
Campbell Tatham

French
Gabrielle Verdier

French and Italian
Robin Pickering-Iazzi

Geography
Judith Kenny

German
Ruth Schwertfeger

History
Margo Anderson
Michael Gordon
Genevieve McBride
Jeffrey Merrick
Helena Pycior
Sylvia Schafer
Merry Wiesner-Hanks

Jewish Studies
Joan Wolf

Mass Communication and Journalism
Mia Consalvo
David Pritchard
Karen Riggs

Philosophy
Margaret Atherton
Joan Weiner

Political Science
Kathleen Dolan

Psychology
Diane Reddy
Robyn Ridley
Rhea Steinpreis

Sociology
Carrie Yang Costello
Kristin Espinosa
Eleanor Miller
Chava Frankfort Nachmias
Stacey Oliker


School of Nursing
Lauren Glass
Jeanne Hewitt
Linda Napholz
Eileen Sheil
Patricia Stevens


School of Social Welfare

Criminal Justice
Melissa Barlow

Social Welfare

Audrey Begun
Joan Jones
Sharon Keigher
Gwat-Yong Lie
Christine Lowery
Robert Magill
Deborah Padgett



Appendix VII

Number of Students Enrolled in Women's Studies Courses

Table includes Women's Studies core courses (in 958 curricular code) and cross-listed courses in other departments; the table also indicates the number* of Women's Studies courses offered per semester.

  Fall Spring Summer Total
Year Enroll # (# courses) Enroll # (# courses) Enroll # (# courses) Enroll # (# courses)
1986-87 837 (23) 690 (18) 192 (10) 1719 (51)
1987-88 743 (19) 572 (15) 113 (6) 1428 (40)
1988-89 897 (21) 628 (21) 91 (4) 1616 (46)
1989-90 848 (23) 408 (15) 163 (5) 1419 (43)
1990-91 886 (18) 832 (24) 134 (5) 1852 (47)
1991-92 785 (24) 875 (29) 119 (5) 1779 (58)
1992-93 749 (26) 812 (27) 133 (5) 1694 (58)
1993-94 857 (29) 646 (25) 95 (4) 1598 (58)
1994-95 875 (30) 657 (31) 132 (7) 1664 (68)
1995-96 729 (27) 638 (28) 264 (10) 1631 (65)
1996-97 862 (27) 896 (38) 170 (8) 1928 (73)
1997-98 1010 (37) 1100 (40) 190 (10) 2300 (87)
1998-99 1082 (37) 1054 (41) 240 (17) 2376 (95)
1999-2000 1368 (41) 1103 (42) 247 (13) 2718 (96)
2000-2001 1252 (43) 1416 (45)    

* Courses were counted, rather than sections, except when course sections constitute separate topics such as many courses/sections offered through the English Department.


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