Women’s Studies Curriculum

The Women’s Studies concentration requires 15 hours of course work chosen from the following options:

Intro to Women’s Studies (WMST 201)

Feminist Theory (WMST 301)

History of the Family (HIST 310)

Women and Religion (HIST 311)

American Women’s History (HIST 320)

Women in Art (THEA 347)

Women in Literature (ENGL 406/507)

History of American Sexuality (HIST 472)

Psychology of Gender (PSYC 440/540)

 

 

Women's Studies Course Offerings for Fall 2007
WMST 201 W, Intro to Women’s Studies

English 406/507, Women in Literature
Women in Literature (3 credits), offered at 11 MWF, is an upper- level undergraduate and graduate-level course for students interested in reading literature by and about women. The focus of the course will be images of women in literature. Readings will include works by Virginia Woolf, Kate Chopin, Tennessee Williams, Susanna Rowson, Aristophanes, Willa Cather, Toni Morrison, Anne Bradstreet, Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Plath, and others.

 

 

Women's Studies Course Offerings for Spring 2007
History 320 A, American Women’s History
Survey of American women’s history from the Colonial Times to the Present. Prerequisite History 201 or History 202. Dr. Janet Allured; 9:25-10:40 Farrar 301. Dr. Janet Allured, jallured@mcneese.edu.

 

 

Women's Studies Course Offerings for Fall 2006
WMST 201 W, Intro to Women’s Studies
Taught from a feminist perspective, readings explore woman’s place in society, history and culture. Topics include gender roles, images of women, women’s work, art and culture, health and reproductive rights, violence against women, family, sexuality, religion, and spirituality. This is a web course and meets only once on campus, 8/25/06 2:30 to 3:30, BBC 306. Dr. Janet Allured, jallured@mcneese.edu.

PSYC 440/540, Psychology of Gender
Examines popular stereotypes of women and men and how culture and media contribute to these stereotypes; gender differences and similarities in topics such as emotion, relationships, mental abilities, sexuality, school, work, and health. 11:00-11:50 MWF, Dr. Linda Brannon

Theatre 347 A, Women and the Arts
Explores women characters as drawn by playwrights, women as directors and actors, and women as writers and addressing the dramatic canon, theory, and criticism with women, their lives, and work as the focus. Class meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of every month, 4:00-5:00 p.m., SFA Room 132; web-enhanced. Dr. Susan Kelso, skelso@aol.com, or 475.5042.

Classes are open to men and women, all majors. For more information about the Women’s Studies program at McNeese, contact Dr. Janet Allured, 475-5304, or jallured@mail.mcneese.edu.