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THEA 2223 - Queering the Stage: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Theatre in America
Units: 4
How foundational works in GLBT Theatre both illuminate and are defined by contemporary American intellectual and cultural concerns, such as identity, navigating dual identity, confronting oppression, prejudice, violence, and negotiating a place in the traditional social framework.
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THEA 2225 - America on Stage
Units: 4
Overview of American Theatre from its beginning to the present, including reflection on the values and culture of a changing America portrayed on the stage.
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THEA 2226 - Women in Performance
Units: 4
Roots of U.S. culture in roles of women artists, including traditional gender-based performance forms. The female body in theatre. Includes some women artists of Europe, Africa, and Pacific Rim who have influenced or been influenced by U.S. culture.
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THEA 2269 - Arts and Media of the Golden State
Units: 4
The role of creativity in California, the mass-media cultural center of the world, including the stage, screen, recording industry, media, Silicon Valley, and gaming. Introduction to arts and media forms with an emphasis on the roles of delivery and content in developing a personal understanding and appreciation for arts and culture. Requires attendance at on- and off- campus arts and cultural events. Credit Restrictions: Not open to students with credit for MUS 2269 .
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THEA 2310 - Oral Interpretation of Literature
Units: 4
The artistic process of studying literature through performance. The critical analysis of texts and guided practice in the effective use of voice and body to communicate poetry, prose, and dramatic texts.
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THEA 2429 - Fundamental Backstage Technology: Practical Drafting and Model Building
Units: 1
Basic techniques of production for performance situations. Lights course includes stage and TV. Effects course includes pyro, fog, and releases. Open to non-majors. Repeatability: May be repeated once with consent of department, for a maximum of 2 units. Only 1 unit may be applied to the Theatre Arts major.
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THEA 3000 - Theory of Theatre Performance
Units: 4
A series of theatre activities to demonstrate the nature and execution of theatre performance. Combines improvisation, physicalization of subtext, creative dramatic techniques, and explorations of collaborative performance.
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THEA 3050 - Teleplay Acting and Production Workshop
Units: 4
Producing original television movie for cable broadcast. Primarily advanced camera acting techniques, includes some studio operation. Some roles may be assigned during previous quarter to students in THEA 3052 . Repeatability: May be repeated once for credit.
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THEA 3058 - Intermediate Acting: Voice and Movement Techniques
Units: 3
For intermediate and advanced students. Incorporating body and voice into the art of stage acting. Emphasis on creating a powerful and unified vocal and physical presence on stage. Focus on accessing classical texts. Satisfies GE Area: F - Performing Arts and Activities. Prerequisites: THEA 2031 , THEA 2032 , one previous acting class, or consent of the instructor. Repeatability: Repeatable for a maximum of 6 units.
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THEA 3061 - Period Acting
Units: 2
Stylized acting technique applicable to works from selected periods and locales. Emphasis on Western, but includes content from at least one non-Western genre. Consult instructor about specific content. Prerequisites: Any lower-division acting course. Repeatability: May be repeated once for credit, for a maximum of 4 units. A maximum of 4 units are applicable to the major.
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THEA 3070 - Leadership in Cultural Production
Units: 2
Practical production planning for theatre and dance shows that focus on specific cultural groups. Staffing, resources, and scripting. Course does not meet a department Production and Performance requirement. Repeatability: May be repeated two times for credit, for a maximum of 6 units.
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THEA 3071 - Creating a Cultural Production
Units: 2
Practical playwriting for shows that focus on specific cultural groups. Course does not meet a department Production and Performance requirement. Repeatability: May be repeated two times for credit, for a maximum of 6 units.
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THEA 3072 - Cultural Groups in Performance
Units: 4
Production, rehearsal, and performance of a show that focuses on a specific cultural group. Attend first meeting or call department for cultural theme. Only 4 units credit from 2072 or 3072 is applicable to the Theatre Arts major. Repeatability: THEA 2072 and 3072 may be repeated for credit, for a combined maximum of 16 units.
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THEA 3073 - Solo Performance: Research Methods
Units: 3
Research methods for enhancing solo plays that are based on personal experiences. Using science, social science, and humanities scholarship to make a convincing case for the lessons in your play. Course does not meet a department Production and Performance requirement.
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THEA 3074 - Solo Performance: Talk Story Techniques
Units: 3
Techniques for making a play from primary sources and interviews. Writing and performance techniques that maximize impact for your audience. Course does not meet a department Production and Performance requirement.
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THEA 3075 - Solo Performance: Writing about Political and Social Issues
Units: 3
Techniques for making a play based on political and social issues. Writing and performance techniques that maximize impact for your audience. Course does not meet a department Production and Performance requirement.
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THEA 3078 - Solo Performance: Production
Units: 4
Production, rehearsal, and performance of a touring performance or show that focuses on plays developed in the Solo Performance series. Repeatability: May be repeated once for credit, for a maximum of 8 units. Only 4 units credit from THEA 2078 or 3078 may be applied to meet a department Production and Performance requirement.
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THEA 3201 - Classical Greek and Roman Drama
Units: 4
The historic development of early classical drama from the Greek period through the Roman, including the study of representative plays, theatre architecture, and production. Individual research on selected topics.
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THEA 3202 - European Medieval and Renaissance Drama
Units: 4
The historic development of European drama from the Medieval period through the Italian Renaissance, Elizabethan period, and 17th Century, including the study of representative plays, theatre architecture, and production. Individual research on selected topics.
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THEA 3203 - Modern European Drama
Units: 4
The historic development of European drama from 1800 to the present, including study of representative plays, physical aspects of the theatre, and production practices. Individual research on selected topics.
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THEA 3207 - Modern American Theatre
Units: 4
Study of representative American playwrights and their theatre from 1920 to the present. Individual research on selected topics.
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THEA 3208 - Postmodern Theatre
Units: 4
Development of postmodern theatre with its emphasis on the mixing of different styles and periods, its interspersing of multiple meanings in a text performance, and its self-consciousness about performance itself. Individual research on selected topics.
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THEA 3209 - Sex, Love, and Women on Stage and in Film
Units: 4
Theatre and film as art forms shaping and reflecting culture and values, especially through images of sex, love, and women at different periods in history. Written critique of scripts and/or performances.
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THEA 3217 - Theatre of Horror
Units: 4
American Horror and Science Fiction with roots in French Grand Guignol (gory effects) and German Expressionism. Landmarks that advanced the forms on stage and film. How Cold War fears and emerging technology spawned iconic films leading back to contemporary theatre. Credit Restrictions: Not for credit in Theatre major or minor.
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THEA 3220 - The History of Black Theatre
Units: 4
Influence of twenty-five centuries of African Diaspora on theatre of Europe and North America. Black influence on playwriting, movies and television; Ancient Greek, Medieval, and Shakespearean performance styles; Minstrel theatre; the Harlem Renaissance; and the Black Arts Movement.
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THEA 3225 - Theatre Today
Units: 4
Methods for developing a critical viewpoint on theatrical production through observation and analysis of production elements. Includes historical perspectives. Attendance at a variety of theatre events is required. May be used as major elective by advisement only.
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THEA 3230 - Shakespeare on Film
Units: 4
Selected plays of Shakespeare shown on film in class. Discussion of literature, interpretations, techniques and concepts of plays as adapted for film and historic setting. Attendance at one live performance may be required for comparative purposes.
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THEA 3253 - Theatre Through the Ages
Units: 4
Historical development of classical drama of a specific period, usually either Greek/Roman or Medieval/Renaissance/Shakespeare; the evolving performance space and production technique; representative literature and its influence on world theatre; research on selected topics.
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THEA 3254 - Scenery, Lights, and Sound Concepts
Units: 4
Techniques and principles of sets, lighting, and sound for the performing arts. Emphasizes design basics, tools, construction methods, reading plans, hanging and focusing lights, sound PA and production, props, drafting floor plans, and practical projects.
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THEA 3255 - Costumes and Makeup Concepts
Units: 4
Techniques and principles of costumes and makeup for the performing arts. Emphasizes design basics, clothing construction, research methods, rendering techniques, makeup theory, and practical projects.
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THEA 3256 - Directing: Text to Stage
Units: 3
Transformation of text to stage images. Signs and symbols of production elements. Scrutinize arts and myth, experiment in deconstruction, collage, and mise en scene. Basic directing.
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THEA 3257 - Design for Stage
Units: 3
Aesthetics and practice of scenography, lighting, and costume in the performing arts. Techniques of drawing, painting, model building, research, and light plots. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
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THEA 3310 - Interpretation of Women’s and Ethnic Literature
Units: 4
Research, selection, and analysis of literature contributing to U.S. culture by women and ethnic minorities. Rehearsal and performance as Readers’ Theatre.
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THEA 3311 - Filipino Theatre
Units: 4
A beginning to intermediate practicum in theatre of the Philippines. Literature, acting, and theatrical aspects; includes a performance. Repeatability: May be repeated once for credit, for a maximum of 8 units.
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THEA 3326 - Ethnic Women Playwrights and Performers
Units: 4
The contributions of ethnic women to contemporary American theatre; the playwright as agent for broader social change through revelation of hidden prejudice and privilege. Field trips may be required.
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THEA 3487 - Voice for Shakespearean and Period Theatre
Units: 2
Vocal techniques required for speaking in Shakespearean and other period plays.
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THEA 3610 - Interpretation of Children’s Literature and Story Telling
Units: 4
Techniques of story telling; selection and practice in reading poetry and prose for children. Suggested for elementary teachers and theatre majors.
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THEA 3650 - Dramatic Activities for Children
Units: 4
Creative dramatics as a tool for building and developing the creative capacities of children. Includes theatre games, improvisation, puppetry, mask making, and other drama activities.
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THEA 3660 - Children’s Theatre Performance
Units: 4
Theory and techniques of producing theatre for children, including preparation and rehearsal for annual production. Repeatability: May be repeated two times for credit, for a maximum of 12 units. Majors may substitute 8 units of THEA 3660 for THEA 3181.
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THEA 3898 - Cooperative Education
Units: 1-4
Supervised work experience in which student completes academic assignments integrated with off-campus paid or volunteer activities. Prerequisites: At least a 2.0 GPA; departmental approval of activity. Repeatability: May be repeated, for a maximum of 8 units. Only 4 units may be applied to the Theatre Arts major. Only 4 units may be applied to the Theatre minor.
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THEA 3999 - Issues in Theatre
Units: 4
Readings, discussion, and research on contemporary and/or significant issues in theatre. Repeatability: May be repeated for credit when content varies, for a maximum of 8 units.
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THEA 4151 - Senior Festival Preproduction
Units: 3
Preparation for senior culmination performing arts project. May substitute full-time internship in professional environment. Open to non-major performers and technicians with some experience. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Repeatability: May be repeated once for credit, for a maximum of 6 units. Applying repeat units to major requires Chair exception.
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THEA 4152 - Senior Festival Performance
Units: 3
Performance of senior culmination performing arts project. May substitute full-time internship in professional environment. Open to non-major performers and technicians with some experience. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Repeatability: May be repeated once for credit, for a maximum of 6 units. Applying repeat units to major requires Chair exception.
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THEA 4155 - Career Management Issues in Theatre Arts
Units: 4
How artists, in their careers, relate to management, industry, government, and society in general. Career management and arts administration topics. Commercial and non-profit business structures and methods.
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THEA 4375 - Ethnic and Immigrant Theatre in the United States
Units: 4
How ethnic groups have used theatre as a secular ritual, a means of self-expression, and as a search for identity. Most attention to the theatre of African, Asian, and Latin Americans; Yiddish and Italian immigrants also covered. Particular emphasis on local theatre companies, including visits to see their productions.
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THEA 4900 - Independent Study
Units: 1-4
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor, for a maximum of 12 units.
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WOST 1001 - Perspectives on Women
Units: 4
The observed similarities and differences in the behavior of women and men as seen from the perspective of art, history, literature, philosophy, biology, and psychology. How these differences came about and what the future may hold.
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WOST 1002 - Women in Contemporary Society
Units: 4
Women’s work, family roles, political behavior, and legal status today. Controversial issues raised by the women’s movement explored from the perspective of different racial/ethnic groups and different political/economic/social systems.
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WOST 1100 - Introduction to Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Units: 4
Focuses on understanding power hierarchies that structure gender and sexuality. Investigates how gender intersects with race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, age, religion, relevant debates, beliefs, practices, and political struggles.
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WOST 1200 - Perspectives on Women in the U.S.
Units: 4
Critical inquiry on women’s lives and gender roles through a feminist lens. Topics may include theories of gender and sexuality, constructions and practices of femininity, sexual objectification, sexual politics, sexual/social violence, mitigated by race, class, gender, religion, and age.
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WOST 1300 - Femininity and Masculinity
Units: 4
Introduction to social construction and cultural representation of femininity and masculinity. Conceptions of masculinity and femininity influenced by race, class, ethnicity, sexuality and age. Explores connection between biological sex, notions of masculinity and femininity, and subversive gender performance.
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WOST 2100 - Theories of Sexuality
Units: 4
Introduction to theories, empirical scholarship, public policies, and current controversies on the topic of sexuality. Focus on sexual development, lifestyles, and communities with additional emphasis on ethnicity, race, gender, class, and nationality.
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WOST 2200 - Roots of Feminisms
Units: 4
Pre-twentieth century texts and historical events providing foundations for the development of contemporary feminist theories and practices. Analysis of writings that legitimated patriarchal/misogynist ideologies in Western worlds, such as Plato, Aristotle, and founders of world religions, from a feminist perspective.
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WOST 3030 - Immigrant and Refugee Women
Units: 4
(See ES 3030 for course description.)
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WOST 3050 - Feminist Theory
Units: 4
Feminist theories of American women’s liberation movement from mid-sixties to present. Gender identity; “nature vs. nurture” theories of female subservience and male domination; pornography; rape; class, race, and gender.
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WOST 3110 - Theories of Feminism I
Units: 4
Overview of feminist theories, including issues of representation, agency and subjectivity, capitalism and patriarchy. Covers “first wave” statements to “second wave” feminism, including liberal, radical, separatist, and socialist/materialist forms of feminism. Exposure to self-assumptions, application of analytical skills to one’s own life and work.
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WOST 3200 - Theories of Feminism II
Units: 4
Continuation of WOST 3110 , Theories of Feminism I. Offers perspectives on intersectional feminist theory and contemporary issues in feminist thought from “second wave” feminism to present, including post-structuralism and postmodernism, postcolonialism and third-world feminism, ecofeminism and current feminist theoretical debates. Prerequisites: WOST 3110 .
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WOST 3300 - Women, Law, Policy and Activism in the Contemporary U.S.
Units: 4
Feminist perspective on how U.S. law confers rights, creates obligations, and defines identities which impact social actors differently. Topics may include educational and workplace equity, privacy, family law, domestic violence, LGBT rights, reproductive rights, affirmative action and equal protection laws.
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WOST 3400 - Women and Careers
Units: 4
Women’s experience in the workforce from a political, sociological and historical perspective. Comparison of structure and practices in the corporate structure to those in sports and the military. Obstacles women face, coping mechanisms and strategies for success.
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WOST 3420 - Minority Women in America
Units: 4
Persistence and change in the minority female experience in America. Focus on prominent stereotypes of minority women, patterns of courtship and marriage, employment and career trends, birth control and sexual freedom, and feminism and racial solidarity. Cross-listed: ES 3420 .
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WOST 3440 - Women and Social Constructions of Sexuality
Units: 4
Relationship of modern sexualities and the rise of capitalism, secularism, urbanization, sexology, and sexual identity politics. Sexuality as a complex array of social codes, forces, and institutionalized power relations. Topics may include: objectification and commodification, sexual politics, sexual/social violence and resistance.
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WOST 3520 - Mothers, Daughters, and Sons
Units: 4
The relationship between mothers and their daughters and sons from a literary, psychological, and sociological point of view. Discussion of literature, film and art.
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WOST 3530 - Women and Their Bodies
Units: 4
An interdisciplinary course focusing on women’s experiences of their bodies, especially in the areas of health and sexuality.
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WOST 3545 - Women’s Health and Health Care
Units: 4
Social, political, and economic perspective on current health status and health needs of women in the United States, especially in the areas of reproduction, genetic testing, and chronic illnesses such as heart disease and cancer.
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WOST 3550 - Women, Work, and Family Life
Units: 4
The relationship of work and family, the dilemmas women face and strategies they use to negotiate work/family issue. The impact of economic/historical/sociological factors including gender, race, and class, all influencing work and family life.
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WOST 3600 - Women and Work in the U.S.
Units: 4
Patterns of women’s labor; focus on debates of definition of “work,” occupational sex segregation, patterns of paid and domestic labor, gender inequality, work and family issues; experiences of labor (and labor exploitation) according to race, class, sexuality, ethnicity, immigrant status
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WOST 3700 - Comparative Perspectives on Global Feminisms
Units: 4
Women globally in transnational and local contexts; issues of economic and social justice. Including violence against women and children, poverty, economic and international migration, political fundamentalism, globalization of capitalist economy, sexual and civil rights, immigration and citizenship, and sex trafficking.
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WOST 3800 - Women and Consumption
Units: 4
Feminist perspectives used to explore the commodification of women’s bodies which support globalized capitalist economies through labor and consumerism. Practices of women’s consumption and the consumption of women as critiqued from feminist, Marxist, and global/environmental perspectives.
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WOST 3810 - Domestic Discontents in the Contemporary U.S.
Units: 4
Feminist analysis of problems facing contemporary U.S. families including household division of labor and changes in economic and social roles for women; marriage as a political institution. Topics may include occupational segregation, carework, welfare, economics of marriage, divorce, child custody.
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WOST 3850 - Research Practices and Methods for Feminist Scholarship
Units: 4
Interdisciplinary feminist research methods. Feminist critique of social science research methods, exposing tension between the production and interpretation of data and the importance of considering power relations in the formation of knowledge; testing various social science research methods.
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WOST 3900 - Violence Against Women
Units: 4
Violence in intimate relationships from a feminist perspective. Violence against women and girls as instituting structured gender inequality and as perpetrated by political, social and economic institutions locally, nationally, and internationally.
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WOST 3999 - Issues in Women’s Studies
Units: 4
Readings, discussion, and research on contemporary and/or significant issues in women’s studies. Repeatability: May be repeated for credit when content varies, for a maximum of 8 units.
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WOST 4130 - Women in Midlife Transition
Units: 4
Examination of development and change in behavior of women in the United States at midlife transition, with emphasis on theory, method, and empirical research. Prerequisites: Upper division standing.
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WOST 4160 - Women and Aging
Units: 4
Examination of development and change in behavior of women as they age in the United States, with emphasis on theory, method, and empirical research. Prerequisites: Upper division standing.
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WOST 4200 - Gender, Sexuality and Popular Culture in the U.S.
Units: 4
Feminist perspective on meaning and construction of masculinity, femininity, sexuality, and stereotypes in both mainstream and sub-cultural popular culture contexts (film, fiction, non-fiction, theater, music, television, journalism, Internet) with particular attention to race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, age, disability, and nationality.
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WOST 4300 - Women and Global intersecting Structures of Oppression
Units: 4
Sexism, racism, classism, heterosexism, nationalism, ethnocentrism, ageism, and ideologies intersect to shape systems of oppression with particular attention paid to education, political economies, and media across the globe. Examines how women have worked collectively and individually to resist oppression.
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WOST 4500 - Feminist Thought into Action
Units: 4
Relationship between feminist research and community/political activism. State of women’s activism today locally, nationally, and globally; social justice for women and girls. Includes identifying goals, contacting media outlets, writing grant proposals, and negotiating ethical issues in feminist praxis.
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WOST 4600 - Action Research Seminar I
Units: 4
First quarter of a two-quarter senior thesis seminar. Thesis is an applied research project which synthesizes coursework and two-quarters of fieldwork, includes project’s significance, methodology, thorough documentation and relevant conclusions or recommendations. Prerequisites: Senior standing, WOST 4400 and WOST 4500 Co-requisites: WOST 4700 .
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WOST 4700 - Action Fieldwork in Women’s Studies I
Units: 4
First quarter of a two-quarter service learning fieldwork placement arranged through instructors. Initial fieldwork data collection for senior thesis; outline plan developed individually between student and faculty sponsor. Analytic journal required. Prerequisites: Senior standing, WOST 4400 and WOST 4500 Co-requisites: WOST 4600 .
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WOST 4800 - Action Fieldwork in Women’s Studies II
Units: 4
Second quarter of two-quarter service learning fieldwork placement arranged through instructors. Continued research fieldwork data collection for senior thesis on faculty approved student outline plan. Analytic journal required. Prerequisites: Senior standing, WOST 4400, WOST 4500 , WOST 4600 , and WOST 4700 Co-requisites: WOST 4910 .
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WOST 4900 - Independent Study
Units: 1-4
Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor, for a maximum of 12 units.
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WOST 4910 - Action Research Seminar II
Units: 4
Second quarter of two-quarter seminar for senior thesis, an applied research project synthesizing coursework and two-quarters of fieldwork, includes project’s significance, methodology, detailed documentation, relevant conclusions or recommendations. Prerequisites: Senior standing, WOST 4400, WOST 4500 , WOST 4600 , and WOST 4700 ; Co-requisite: WOST 4800 .
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