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• VOK 442: Applied Performance Lesson

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  The course is designed to prepare the student to perform a variety of repertoire, styles, and mediums with competence and musicianship necessary for success in music teaching and performance. Course includes individual applied lesson as well as weekly Laboratory Studio Class. Individual and group instruction in applied music covering a course of study derived primarily but not exclusively from the traditions of Western music. Activities include the study and performance of technical exercises and repertoire suitable for solo and chamber performance. Stress is placed on the development of an attitude of artistic maturity on the part of the student and upon artistic performance at all levels of proficiency. The mission of this course is consistent with the Vocal and Keyboard Music Department and curriculum.
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• WOS 100: Body Politics: Gender, Culture, and Representation

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course examines the body as a contested site of both pleasure and oppression. Considerable focus will be placed on the impact of culture on our understandings of the body, including ideas about gender, race, and sexuality. Students of all genders will be encouraged to explore how their own body image has been shaped by social norms that are simultaneously accepted and resisted. This course thereby provides an opportunity to question a variety of norms surrounding the body, including ideas about beauty, size, shape and ability.
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• WOS 199: Transfer Credit

  1.00 - 15.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Transfer Credit
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• WOS 200: Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  An interdisciplinary inquiry into the nature and causes of social conflict. The aim throughout is to find ways of avoiding destructive conflict, whether through negotiation or other means. The issue of justice as a factor in conflict receives special attention.
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• WOS 225: Intro to Women's and Gender Studies

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  An interdisciplinary course designed to enable students to analyze the lived experience of women, to evaluate the impact of gender, to question the implications of changing cultural patterns, and to sample first-hand efforts for social change.
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• WOS 227: Let's Talk About Race

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is an introduction to the study and critical discussion of race within the field of Women's and Gender Studies. In particular, students will reflect on and learn skills about effective communicating on and around matters of race, race relations, and racial justice. With resources ranging from scholars in the field to public intellectuals leading public discussions regarding race, students will be exposed to resources from a range of voices in order to hone their own skills in the discussion/understanding of systems of power and domination as they relate to race. The class primarily serves as a means to sharpen communication skills, applicable in multiple social environments. Students will learn through a Women's and Gender Studies framework that asserts that the understanding of multifaceted identities is critical in understanding the dynamics of race and gender as they relate to systems of power, governance, violence, and subjugation.
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• WOS 240: How to Do Things with Feminism

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is an introduction to the study of Women's & Gender Studies as an interdisciplinary field. In particular, students will reflect on the academic, professional, and community activist dimensions of the field. The course offers an overview of the development of Women's and Gender Studies within the academy and ongoing collaboration with and tensions between academic feminism and feminist activism. Students will become familiar with the methodological and theoretical tools used by feminist researchers and activists. Beyond feminist methods and theories, students will also become familiar with the professional and academic side of WGS: they will discuss the wide range of women's and gender-focused journals, professional organizations, and conferences in their subfields/disciplines. They will use an intersectional feminist framework to think through feminism(s), feminist praxis, and in particular how each of them exists in relation to power via gender and race. The ultimate goal is that they will gain the foundation for fostering feminist skills in order to create a more just and equitable society.
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• WOS 250: Women's Self Representation

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  An interdisciplinary approach to ways women record their lives.
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• WOS 260: Globalization and the Ethics of Sustainability

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course examines forces of globalization and environmental and ethical issues. The process of globalization (trade, communication technology, migration) has contributed to widening inequality within and among countries. Multinational corporations employ vulnerable people (especially women of color) for cheap labor, exploit local resources, and contribute to environmental degradation. Since the planet has its limitations, attending to the conservation of natural (and limited) resources, climate change, sustainable agriculture and forestry practices, and just fair-trade practices are at the heart of environmental and ethical issues and sustainability efforts. In this course, students will explore the social and environmental justice issues related to consumption of resources central to environmental ethics and sustainability. Students will also examine their ecological/carbon footprint and ways to reduce it through changes in the consumption of energy, resources, food, and water.
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• WOS 276: Sexual Identity

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Interdisciplinary introduction to meanings attached to human sexuality, exploring intersections between theories of sexual identity and theories of gender, class, race, ethnicity, age, and nationality.
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