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  • WS 221: Women & Religion

    3.00 Credits
    Carlow University

    Exploration of the religious experiences of women and the expectations placed on women by churches. The course will discover women?s place as participants in the believing and ministering community
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  • WS 228: Gender, Law and Public Policy

    3.00 Credits
    Carlow University

    This course analyzes laws, public policies, and practices that have constructed and regulated gender in and across public and private sectors, with special attention to employment and education. It examines the historical constructions of gender as a concept in American society, including how and why this concept was institutionalized publicly and privately in various arenas of the United States at different historical junctures. The course will conclude with a study of the progress that has been made in dismantling gendered institutions and the challenges that remain
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  • WS 230: Women in Culture & Society

    3.00 Credits
    Carlow University

    An interdisciplinary examination of issues of gender in U.S. society and across other cultures. The basis of gender differences is explored, and then the course examines a number of aspects of society and culture-economics, politics, families, education, communication, and religion-in terms of gender differences
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  • WS 236: Gender Differences in Comm

    3.00 Credits
    Carlow University

    An examination of gender differences in communication that are sustained by cultures. Students will explore how gender roles are created and perpetuated. They will then examine the ways our interpersonal and social interactions, including our experience with the mass media, influence our probability of success, satisfaction, and self-esteem. In assignments and discussion, students will link theory and research on gender and communication with their personal lives
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  • WS 237: Special Topics: Women's Studi

    3.00 Credits
    Carlow University

    Course to be offered in a topic area of a women's studies core course. Course satisfies Women's Studies Core and Women's Studies Minor requirements
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  • WS 250: Film Studies: Images of Women

    3.00 Credits
    Carlow University

    Introduction to the basic vocabulary and techniques of analysis and criticism by examining images of women in film
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  • WS 262: Women's Writing Illness & Heal

    3.00 Credits
    Carlow University

    Women's Writing on Illness and Healing is an interdisciplinary course about women writers whose works explore mental health, physical health, and healing from a social justice perspective. Students read a range of literary genres on topics such as mental health/illness, health care workers, family and disability, facing mortality, and healing, hope, and grace. The course uses both literary analysis and Women's and Gender Studies approaches
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  • WS 265: Psychology of Women

    3.00 Credits
    Carlow University

    An overview of theories and current research on the psychological nature of women, specifically related to the adult life cycle of women from adolescence through maturity. Adult female life will be examined with particular emphasis on critical periods of development as these developments affect the emotional life of the modern woman
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  • WS 310: Women and Work

    3.00 Credits
    Carlow University

    This course examines the experiences of women in paid and unpaid work. Women comprise a significant and growing portion of the labor force. Their positions and experiences are very diverse and rooted in the specific historical and social contexts in which they live and work. The course begins with an overview of gender in society and the structure of the United States economy. It will examine the history of women's employment and women's current status in the workforce. A significant portion of the semester will be devoted to women in poverty and low-wage work. The course will conclude with an exploration of the strains associated with women's professional work experiences
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  • WS 320: Feminist Theories

    3.00 Credits
    Carlow University

    This course introduces students to a variety of theories that address the imbalance of power between men and women and the oppression and discrimination that result. Through a focus on feminist theories on gender as a central element of power, students become familiar with the field of feminist scholarship on women and gender. The course also introduces students to the intersections among gender, race, class, and sexuality in the lives and writings of diverse women. Upon completion of this course, students will understand a variety of feminist theories, including the theory of gender, race, class, and sexuality as interlinked, as well as the principles informing women's activism
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