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• URST 499A: Bachelor's Essay

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  Semester one of a two semester intensive research and writing course for accomplished and motivated upper-level students under the close supervision of a faculty member in the department or program. Students must take the initiative in seeking a faculty member to help in the design and supervision of the project. This is an individual enrollment course, and registration is carried out through consultation with the faculty mentor. Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor and Department/Program approval prior to registration. Individual departments or programs may prescribe particular requirements for eligibility for the bachelor's essay, particular procedures for the approval of proposals, and/or particular guidelines for the projects themselves.
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• URST 499B: Bachelor's Essay

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  Semester two of a two semester intensive research and writing course for accomplished and motivated upper-level students under the close supervision of a faculty member in the department or program. Students must take the initiative in seeking a faculty member to help in the design and supervision of the project. This is an individual enrollment course, and registration is carried out through consultation with the faculty member. Prerequisite: URST 499A
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• WGST 120: Studies in Women/Gender Studie

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  A topical introduction to an area in women's and gender studies. This course may be repeated for credit if the content is different. The specific content will be listed when the course is offered. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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• WGST 1MM: Women/Gender Studies 100-Lvl M

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
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• WGST 200: Intro to Women's and Gender St

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  This is an interdisciplinary course designed to explore the rich body of knowledge developed by and about women and gender. We study gendered structures and their consequences in contemporary cultures and societies. In addition, we examine feminist theories and relevant social movements. This course can satisfy the College's general education humanities requirement. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions..
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• WGST 220: Women, Gender, and War

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  This course is an introduction to feminist perspectives on women, gender, and war. It examines women's experiences during and after war, conflict, and genocide and foregrounds gender as a central category of analysis with a transnational focus and geographical and temporal diversity. We explore theories and concepts including the feminization of war, hegemonic masculinities, combatant socialization, and the continuum of violence. And, we explore first-hand accounts describing wartime experiences. Topics examined include representations of suffering motherhood, gender-based violence, women's peace activism, resistances, women combatants and perpetrators, refugees and asylum-seekers, war and women's health, and LGBTQ+ experiences. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions.
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• WGST 228: HIST-Am Sexualities, 1600-2000

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  The increase of studies and activism related to gender and sexualities in America prompts questions about situating sexuality historically. This course is designed to offer an overview of how politics and society have (mis)understood variant sexualities over the course of history from the colonial period to the present. We will survey the development of themes such as prostitution, "deviance," reproductive choices, scientific understandings of sexualities, interactions between gendered cultures, and the role of sexual identities in the modern world. The incorporation of a variety of Medias including print, memoir, letter, advertisement, film, literature provides an interdisciplinary approach to historical context. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions.
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• WGST 229: HIST-Queer America, 1600-2000

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  Reflecting on the continual evolution of queer identities, spaces, and performances, this course offers an exploration into the history of American queer communities and change over time. Beginning with exploration in the seventeenth century and ending in the present day, this class underscores the ways in which queer identities and politics emerged from issues surrounding class, gender, medicine, literature, art, industrialization, race, political movements, and religions. This will also be a class about contested spaces and evolving language, related notions of categorization, and otherness. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions.
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• WGST 250: Approach Research & Practice

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  This is an inquiry-based course that offers an introduction to the theoretical and conceptual frameworks in Women's and Gender Studies. Students will engage with intersectional and interdisciplinary approaches to research and activism in an effort to understand more fully concerns of power, oppression, and liberation that are central to the discipline. Students will develop their own critical frameworks for a research or activism project on a topic of their choosing. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions.
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• WGST 255: HIST of Reproduction-Atlantic

  3.00 Credits

  College of Charleston

  
  In this course, students examine pregnancy, childbirth, reproduction, and motherhood in comparative history. The focus is on Europe and the Americas since 1600, with particular attention paid to Britain and the British colonies and former colonies. Specific topics covered include experiences of pregnancy; midwifery and nursing; contraception, abortion, and infanticide; the medicalization of childbirth; and the relationship between motherhood and the modern state. Students will explore not only women's experiences of reproduction but also the larger political, social, and cultural meanings of pregnancy, birth, and motherhood. NOTE: Please refer to the appropriate academic catalog for additional course information concerning prerequisites, co-requisites and course restrictions.
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