Courses, Women's Studies at Ohio University

Graduate Courses

Women's & Gender Studies Core Courses
Fundamentals of Women's & Gender Studies	WGS 501	Staff
Global Feminisms	WGS 510	Staff
Women and Globalization	WGS 511	Staff
Advanced Feminist Theory	WGS 550	Staff
Gender, Culture, and Sexuality	WGS 560	Staff
Queer Theory	WGS 561	Staff
New Feminist Scholarship: Graduate Capstone Seminar in Women's Studies	WGS 589 (formerly WS 500)	Staff
Special Topics	WGS 593 (formerly WS 693)	Staff
Other Courses Available for Women's & Gender Studies Credit
The Black Family	AAS 582	Francine Childs
Racial Performativity	AAS 691	Staff
Representation of Gender in the History of Art	AH 511	Jennie Klein
Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective	ANTH 545	Ann Freter-Abrams
Life History: The Individual and Culture	ANTH 549	Steve Rubenstein
Gender in Prehistory	ANTH 563	Anne Freter-Abrams
Gender and Communication	COMS 621	Jerry Miller
Communication in the Family	COMS 622	Candice Thomas-Maddox
Feminist Rhetorical Theory	COMS 742	Raymie McKerrow
Masculinity and Film	FILM 571	Staff
Primitivism and Film	FILM 572	Staff
Social Geographies	GEOG 527A	Risa Whitson
Gender and Development	GEOG 680C	Risa Whitson
Diversity in Families	HCCF 562A	Staff
Women in American History before 1877	HIST 520A	Katherine Jellison
Women in American History since 1877	HIST 520B	Katherine Jellison
Women's Health and Medicine in U.S. History	HIST 520C	Wolf
Women in the Middle East	HIST 532	Sholeh Quinn
Studies in Medieval History: Women in Medieval Society	HIST 553D	Keving Uhalde
Early Christianity	HIST 554A	Kevin Uhalde
Women in Early Modern Europe	HIST 560A	Benita Blessing
Women in Modern Europe	HIST 560B	Benita Blessing
Women Warriors	HIST 560C	Benita Blessing
Colloquium on U.S. Women's History	HIST 602/802	Katherine Jellison
Performance Studies Special Topics: The Male Nude in Photography and Film	IART 778	Keith Harris
Women in African Development	INST 610Y	Mandi Chikombero
Women in Sports (3)	PESS 500	Staff
Gay and Lesbian Politics	POLS 519	Ron Hunt
Women, Law, and Politics	POLS 520	Ann Gordon
Law and Sexuality	POLS 521	Susan Burgess
Feminist Political Theories and Movements	POLS 578	Julie White
Women & Politics	POLS 590H	Ann Gordon
Feminist Legal Theory	POLS 590T	Kathleen Sullivan
Feminist Social Theory	SOC 507	Mary Beth Krouse
The American Family System	SOC 522
Violence Against Women	SOC 567	Martin Schwartz
Sociology of Gender	SOC 570	Christine Mattley
Gender and Justice	SOC 571	Amanda Konradi
Women in Media (4)	TCOM 581	Jenny Nelson/Bill Miller
Age, Class, Gender, Race, and Sexuality in the Media (4)	TCOM 586A	Jenny Nelson

Certain courses are offered occasionally by other departments on campus, but the course numbers often change. These courses include "Philosophy of Gender in Education" and "Seminar in Comparative Education: Gender, Education, and Development" (EDCI); "Student Development: A Female Perspective" (EDCP); "Jewish American Women Writers" (ENG); "Women Patients and Their Health Caregivers" (INCO); "Gender and Political Development in Postcolonial Africa," and "Deconstructing Barbie" (POLS); and "Seminar: Work and Gender" (SOC).

If you're not sure whether a course counts for Women's Studies credit, check with our office at (740) 593-4686.