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• WGS 211: WOMEN IN THE ARTS

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will provide an overview of women's creative achievements, experiences and status in the visual arts. The focus of this course is on gender; however, issues relating to the intersections of gender with race, class, national origin, ethnicity, age, and sexual orientation will also be discussed. As well, the course will explore the portrayal of women and the way in which cultural definitions of gender shape women's aesthetic expression.
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• WGS 217: LGBTQ STUDIES

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  The purpose of the course is to introduce students to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Studies. It will trace the conceptual distinctions drawn between sex, gender, and sexuality, as well as the history of diverse genders and sexualities. It will also examine contemporary issues facing LGBTQ individuals and communities. Emphasis is placed on feminist and social constructionist approaches to studying LGBTQ issues.
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• WGS 228: WOMEN IN EDUCATION

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  Women's changing roles in education will be looked at from the perspectives of a student, a teacher, and an administrator. Women's impact and contributions to education at all levels of education will be examined. The role of the institution and the current status of women at all levels of education will be a major focus.
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• WGS 237: WOMEN WRITERS IN PERFORMN

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is designed to use performance theory and process to analyze significant literary works and key themes in women's writing. Students will use performance theory, feminist theory, and post-modern theory to engage with texts from women writers from diverse cultural and historical backgrounds. We will accomplish this through close readings, class discussions, performance workshops, and performances of texts by female authors.
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• WGS 240: LAT AM WOMEN EXPRESS TRAN

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course explores the panorama of the experiences of Latin American women as expressed through literature, music, film, and art. This interdisciplinary course includes the examination of artistic, cultural, political, historical, and socio-economic contexts and contributions of women through a chronologically and geographically Pan-American approach. The course is taught in English.
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• WGS 248: NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  Students will explore some facets, principles, implications, and effects of non-verbal communication. The course will focus on non-verbal codes such as kinesics (body movement), paralanguage (vocalic communication), facial expressions and eye movement, proxemics (space), haptics (touch), and chronemics (time), and artifacts (including art and architecture but also jewelry, clothing, hairstyles, and body modification). Student presentations will highlight how communication is a 'package' of symbols.
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• WGS 250: WOMEN AND LEADERSHIP

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will focus on stimulating critical thinking about women and leadership and encourage a re-examination of the historical and contemporary beliefs about women and leadership. The learner will have an opportunity to examine one's own leadership behaviors as the interaction of leadership, gender, context and culture within a context of historical foundations as well as contemporary research will be examined. This course meets criteria set forth for General Education Goals #7 (globalization) and #9 (diversity).
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• WGS 251: WOMEN, MONEY AND POWER

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  Gender is a significant construct through which societies structure and define themselves. This course uses a gender lens to examine money, finance, taxation, public policy and the social contract. Particular attention is paid to women's experience with financial literacy, financial responsibilities, public policies, and contemporary barriers to full economic security for women and families in our society. Policy and personal strategies for asset building also will be addressed.
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• WGS 261: INTRO/HEALTH COMMUNICATN

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is designed to introduce students to the field of health communication. It will explore health-related communication as it applies to the dissemination, interpretation, and impact of health-related messages. Students will learn about communication between health-providers and patients/clients, health education initiatives and campaigns, as well as communication dynamics in health organizations. Students will gain both knowledge and experience in the use of communication to promote individual and public health.
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• WGS 271: SEXUALITIES&COMMUNICATION

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is an introduction to the study of sexualities and communication in everyday life. The course is designed to develop a student's ability to think critically about and analyze issues of sexualities in multiple theoretical and often overlapping-perspectives used by scholars to explore and understand sexualities in the broad field of communication.
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