Course Descriptions
WGS 2100 Intro to Gender & Sexuality Studies
Bonnie Hagerman
An introduction to gender and LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) studies, including the fields of women’s studies, feminist studies, & masculinity studies. Students will examine historical movements, theoretical issues, & contemporary debates, especially as they pertain to issues of inequality & to the intersection of gender, race, class, sexuality, & nationalism. Emphasis will vary according to the interdisciplinary expertise & research focus of the instructor.
Special Note: Required for all WGS majors and minors, Intro courses do not count toward concentrations.
WGS 2600 Human Sexualities
Lisa Speidel
Examines human sexuality from psychological, biological, behavioral, social, and historical perspectives. Topics include sexual research and theoretical perspectives, sexual anatomy and physiology, sexual health, intimacy, communication, patterns of sexual response and pleasure and sexual problems and therapies. Course will also include examination of the development of sexuality and the intersections of other identities, gender identity, sexual orientation, sexuality and the law, sexual assault, and other social issues in sexuality.
WGS 2559/ENWR 2510 FYW Course
Sarah Orsak
WGS 2700 Men and Masculinities
Lisa Speidel
WGS 3100 Intro to Theory
I.F. Gonzales
WGS 3125 Transnational (Global Law)
Srimati Basu
WGS 3150 Gender, Race, and Power
Doug Meyer
Offers a study of race-racialization in relation to gender-sexuality. Consider how the concept of race shapes relationships between gendered selfhood & society, how it informs identity & experiences of the erotic, & how racialized gender & sexuality are created-maintained-monitored. With an interdisciplinary perspective, we will consider how race & power are reproduced & resisted through gender & sexuality, individually-national-international.
WGS 3305 Issues in LGBTQ Studies
Doug Meyer
This course surveys key topics within LGBTQ+ Studies from historical, political, literary, and sociocultural perspectives. Likely areas of focus include: trans history and politics, identity categories (e.g., nonbinary, asexuality, bisexuality, two-spirit), polyamory, marriage, queerness and racialization, HIV and PrEP, queer migration, kink and BDSM, and fascism.
WGS 3500 Feminist Knowledge Production
Sarah Orsak
WGS 3500 Gender Based Violence
Srimati Basu
WGS 3559 Feminist Go Bags Around The World
Tiffany King
WGS 3600 Pleasure Activism
Lisa Speidel
WGS 3612 Gender and Sexuality in the United States, From 1865 - Present
Bonnie Hagerman
WGS 4800 Queer Theory
Doug Meyer
WGS 4XXX The Golden Age of Sport
Bonnie Hagerman
WGS 4559 The Gay 90s
Andre Cavalcante
WGS 5559 TBD
Corinne Field