Timeroom: Fall 2021

Durham Liberal Arts :: Women's Studies

WS 401 (3SY) - Introduction to Women's Studies

Intro to Women's Studies

Online Course Delivery Method: Scheduled meeting time, Online (no campus visits), EUNH

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2021 - Full Term (08/30/2021 - 12/13/2021)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 25
CRN: 12938

Interdisciplinary survey of the major areas of women's studies: women's history, cross-cultural perspectives, women in literature, psychology of women, etc. Basic principles and concepts fundamental to more advanced women's studies research. Topics vary. Required for major and minor. Writing intensive.

Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Equivalent(s): WS 401H

Only listed campus in section: Durham, Manchester

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course, Social Science (Discovery), Inquiry (Discovery)

Instructors: Tamsin Whitehead

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/30/2021	12/13/2021	TR	2:10pm - 3:30pm	ONLINE

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Durham Liberal Arts :: Women's Studies

WS 405 (1ON) - Gender, Power and Privilege

Gender, Power and Privilege

Online Course Delivery Method: Online (no campus visits), EUNH

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2021 - Full Term (08/30/2021 - 12/13/2021)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 60
CRN: 12302

This course explores the diversity of women's lives through the dynamics of status, power, privilege, and inequality in contemporary United States. Students will examine women's diverse experiences by using the theoretical framework of the social construction of race, gender, economic class, and sexual orientation in historical context. We will examine categories of difference and the processes, philosophical developments, institutions, and conditions that lead to and rely on power and privilege in modern American society.

Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Only listed campus in section: Durham, Manchester

Attributes: Humanities(Disc)

Instructors: Melissa Day

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/30/2021	12/13/2021		Hours Arranged	ONLINE

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Durham Liberal Arts :: Women's Studies

WS 444A (H01) - Race Matters

Hon/Race Matters

Online Course Delivery Method: Scheduled meeting time, Online (no campus visits), EUNH

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2021 - Full Term (08/30/2021 - 12/13/2021)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 20
CRN: 16019

Class examines race categories in the United States and how these historically changing categories shape our diverse realities across racial, ethnic, gendered, classed, and national identities. Students examine race as a category of difference and explore the multiple ways that individuals claim racial identities. Specific attention focuses on how diverse women have made history in their own lives and in the lives of others by resisting the interlocking systems of oppression.

Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Only listed campus in section: Durham, Manchester

Only the following students: Honors Program

Attributes: Inquiry (Discovery), Historical Perspectives(Disc), Honors course

Instructors: Joelle Ryan

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/30/2021	12/13/2021	M	2:10pm - 5:00pm	ONLINE

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Durham Liberal Arts :: Women's Studies

WS 505 (1SY) - Survey in Women's Studies

Survey/Queer Cinema

Online Course Delivery Method: Scheduled meeting time, Online (no campus visits), EUNH

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2021 - Full Term (08/30/2021 - 12/13/2021)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 25
CRN: 11637

In-depth study of topics not covered in regular course offerings. The course explores the breadth and depth of Women's Studies from a historical perspective. In order to understand Women's Studies currently, students look at the historical foundations that contribute social, political, and economic influences on the topics. Barring duplication of topic, may be repeated for credit.

Section Comments: Additional Information: Survey in Women's Studies: Queer Cinema

Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits.

Only listed campus in section: Durham, Manchester

Attributes: Inquiry (Discovery), Historical Perspectives(Disc)

Instructors: Joelle Ryan

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/30/2021	12/13/2021	W	2:10pm - 5:00pm	ONLINE

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This course will be a survey of U.S. narrative and documentary films featuring LGBTQ+ themes from the 1940s through the present. We will utilize critical race, feminist, queer and trans theories to analyze these films and place them in a historical, socio-cultural and political context. Attention will be paid to intersecting identities such as ethnicity, class, dis/ability, age, weight/appearance and religion to gain a complex understanding of the diversity of the LGBTQ+ community and the struggles and issues they have faced in the past 80 years, including: coming out and coming of age; identity politics and LGBTQ+ activisms; historical and contemporary discrimination; race and racism; queering the film canon; and sexual expression. Work for the course will include readings, film screenings, discussion posts, a midterm essay, the production of a class-wide zine and a final research essay on the queer/trans film(s) of the student’s choosing.

Durham Liberal Arts :: Women's Studies

WS 505 (4SY) - Survey in Women's Studies

Survey/Fashion This!

Online Course Delivery Method: Scheduled meeting time, Online (no campus visits), EUNH

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2021 - Full Term (08/30/2021 - 12/13/2021)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 25
CRN: 12563

Section Comments: Full Title: Survey in Women's Studies/Fashion This!

Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits.

Only listed campus in section: Durham, Manchester

Attributes: Inquiry (Discovery), Historical Perspectives(Disc)

Instructors: Tamsin Whitehead

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/30/2021	12/13/2021	MW	11:10am - 12:30pm	ONLINE

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In this class we will examine fashion and the fashion industry through a feminist lens within historical and contemporary, local and global contexts. We will be investigating the effects of the dictates and business of fashion upon people’s lives and delving into questions such as: how does fashion affect our understandings of gender, race and sexuality? What are the messages we receive from visual culture and the media with which we interact constantly? How are sexism, racism, weightism, ableism etc. embedded in these messages and in the industry? We will also examine the development of the industry historically. What have been and what are currently the sites, situations and working conditions from which garments are produced? What are the impacts on people, animals and the environment that the industry has had over time? This course is designed to give students the knowledge and skills to enable engagement with the fashion industry from an active, inquiring and critical position. To facilitate this, we will be working within a very interdisciplinary framework, using a variety of written and visual texts.

Durham Liberal Arts :: Women's Studies

WS 505 (5SY) - Survey in Women's Studies

Survey: Transgender Rights

Online Course Delivery Method: Scheduled meeting time, Online (no campus visits), EUNH

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2021 - Full Term (08/30/2021 - 12/13/2021)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 25
CRN: 16018

Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Repeat Rule: May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits.

Only listed campus in section: Durham, Manchester

Attributes: Inquiry (Discovery), Historical Perspectives(Disc)

Instructors: Joelle Ryan

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/30/2021	12/13/2021	T	2:10pm - 5:00pm	ONLINE

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Course Description: This course is an introduction to transgender identities, history, and politics in the United States.  Through readings, films, guest speakers, discussions and small group activities, we will explore the diversity and complexity of transgender, non-binary and gender-nonconforming people’s lived experiences in our society.  Specific topics we will examine include: trans autobiographies; critical trans politics and activism; trans intersections with race and racism; trans images in the media; trans people and celebrity; hate crimes; transgender youth; non-binary identities and transfeminism. Work for the course will consist of a midterm essay exam, presentations, creation of a class-wide zine, a final research essay and discussion board posts, along with weekly classes.

Durham Liberal Arts :: Women's Studies

WS 798 (1SY) - Colloquium

Colloq/Love and Feminism

Online Course Delivery Method: Scheduled meeting time, Online (no campus visits), EUNH

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2021 - Full Term (08/30/2021 - 12/13/2021)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 15
CRN: 12303

Intensive study of specialized topic for advanced students. Topics vary with instructor. Barring duplication of topic, may be repeated for credit. Required for WS majors.

Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Repeat Rule: May be repeated up to 8 times.

Only listed campus in section: Durham, Manchester

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: Tamsin Whitehead

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/30/2021	12/13/2021	W	3:40pm - 6:30pm	ONLINE

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Durham Liberal Arts :: Women's Studies

WS 898 (1SY) - Colloquium in Feminist Studies

Colloquium in Feminist Studies

Online Course Delivery Method: Scheduled meeting time, Online (no campus visits), EUNH

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2021 - Full Term (08/30/2021 - 12/13/2021)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 10
CRN: 16915

An advanced course on a topic to be chosen by the instructor. Please inquire at the Women?s Studies office for a full course description each time the course is offered. Examples include Equality, Privacy and Consent; Queer Theory; Transnational Feminisms; Major Women Writers.

Department Approval Required. Contact Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.

Instructors: Tamsin Whitehead

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/30/2021	12/13/2021	W	3:40pm - 6:30pm	ONLINE