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2018-2019 College of Liberal Arts (Admitted Fall 2018/Spring 2019) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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WGST 265 - Women in Theater 4 credits
A selected study of the contributions of women in the theatre, with special focus on plays by women. Course may be organized by historical period(s) or appropriate theme. Also could include study of other women theatrical artists and practitioners: actors, directors, designers, artistic directors, producers. May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Offered spring semester in odd-numbered years. Same as: THEA 265
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WGST 300 - Independent Study in Women’s and Gender Studies 1-4 credits
A tutorial course. Independent investigation of a topic, preferably interdisciplinary, chosen in consultation with the instructor and the director of women’s studies. Regular meetings by arrangement with the instructor. Oral and written work. Course may be repeated. Prerequisite: WGST 101 . Signature of instructor required for registration. offered every semester.
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WGST 301 - Filming American Feminisms 4 credits
Through examination of documentary and fiction films, this course will explore the development of thinking about women, gender, and feminism in the United States after 1900. We’ll think simultaneously about the evolution of feminist thought in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and about how film has engaged with, represented, supported, disseminated, and critiqued those developing ideas. Readings in feminist theory of the period will be put in dialogue with a wide range of films from silents to Hollywood blockbusters to independents and documentaries made with explicitly feminist purposes. Equivalent Course:ENGH 324 Offered fall semester in alternate years. CLA-Writing Intensive, CLA-Diversity US, CLA-Breadth Interdisciplinary
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WGST 303 - Gender and Contemporary Anglophone Literature 4 credits
This course examines late twentieth-century and early twenty-first century Anglophone fiction that theorizes the relationship between gender and the social and economic processes that have come to be known as ‘globalization.’ How do writers like Tsitsi Dangarembga, Arundhati Roy, Hanif Kureishi, and Mohsin Hamid depict the production of masculinities and femininities in the context of growing economic inequality within and between nations? How are their literary explorations in conversation with the philosophical perspectives offered by Immanuel Wallerstein, Anne McClintock, Joan Acker, Barbara Ehrenreich and others? Finally, what does contemporary Anglophone fiction—primarily literature, but also film— bring to current debates about social inequality as well as to longstanding questions about the relationship between aesthetics and politics? Prerequisite: ENGH 150 , WGST 101 Equivalent: ENGH 303 CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary, CLA-Writing Intensive, CLA-Diversity US, CLA-Diversity International
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WGST 304 - Sexuality and Gender in 19th Century Literature and Culture 4 credits
Through reading of nineteenth-century novels, poetry, prose, theoretical texts, and visual images, this course will explore the complex and shifting understandings of gender and sexuality in the period. Among the topics considered will be the construction of heterosexuality and heterosexual marriage; marriage resistance and the ‘new women’; constructions of dominant and deviant masculinities and femininities; homosocial and homosexual love and homosexual panics; prostitution and the disciplining of female sexuality, suffrage and the campaigns for women’s autonomy; as well as the codes, narratives, and images through which these are represented. The course will also ask how gender and sexuality have been deployed by 20th/ 21st century critics as lenses for reading the literature and culture of this period and how those approaches have shifted over time in dialogue with other critical approaches. Equivalent to ENGL 304 CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Writing Intensive, CLA-Diversity International
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WGST 310 - Contemporary Feminist Theory and Methodology 4 credits
An interdisciplinary course focused on contemporary feminist theory. The objectives of the course are first, to explore the broad range of theories that make up the body of contemporary scholarship referred to as “feminist theory”; second, to examine feminist critiques and innovations in methodologies in many fields; and third, to consider some of the fundamental questions these theories raise about the origins of gender difference, the nature and origins of patriarchy, the intersections between gender, race, class, sexuality, and nationality as categories of analysis and bases of oppression or empowerment. Prerequisite: (WMST+12 or WGST 101 ). Signature of instructor required for registration. Offered fall semester in alternate years. CLA-Writing in the Major
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WGST 311 - Advanced Topics in Women’s and Gender Studies 2-4 credits
Advanced women’s and gender studies topics within the arts or humanities, most often offered on a one-time basis. Topic determined by instructor at time of offering. Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Prerequisite: WGST 101 or permission of instructor. Offering to be determined.
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WGST 313 - Gender and US Politics 4 credits
An analysis of the relationship between gender and politics from various theoretical perspectives. Focuses on the multiple ways that gender, race, and class have influenced political participation and political institutions at the at the grass roots, state, and national levels. Explores the construction of women’s political interests and how those interests are, and have been, represented in political life in the United States. Offered spring semester. CLA-Breadth/Social Science, CLA-Diversity US
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WGST 314 - Engendering Prisons 4 credits
This course engages students in a critical analysis of the causes and consequences of the recent growth in the prison-industrial complex in the United States. We will use readings, assignments and lectures to explore the role of social systems of stratification (particularly race, class, and gender) in shaping the U.S. prison industry. One of the most valuable resources we will have to explore these issues is our partnership with a local prison. The course will use readings, lectures, assignments and class discussions to explore the following themes: the rise of mass incarceration in the U.S.; gendered pathways to prison; gendered experiences of incarceration; gendered risks of entry. Most of the classes will be held at the Edna Mahn Correctional Facility for Women, the only women’s prison in NJ. This course uses the Inside-Out model which is dialogue-based and highly interactive. Enrollment priority: Priority given to sociology majors. Signature of instructor required for registration. Prerequisite: SOC 101 or permission of the instructor. Offered Annually.
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WGST 315 - Political Economy of Race, Class, and Gender 4 credits
A study of race, class, and gender using the political economic approach to the study of economics. The course will investigate the impact of introducing the categories of race, class, and gender into political economic theory and will also undertake some empirical analyses of the roles of race, class, and gender in producing economic outcomes for minorities and majorities in the U.S. Signature of instructor required for registration. Offered alternate years. Same as: ECON 315 . CLA-Diversity US, CLA-Writing Intensive
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WGST 318 - Gender and Globalization 4 credits
In this class we will examine how scholars have understood and made sense of how gender issues intersect with economic globalization. Two ways in which economic globalization is manifest is through changes in trade in goods and services, and migration. We will focus on these two aspects of economic globalization. As we will discover through the readings and our discussions, scholars from a range of disciplines/theoretical frameworks, (eg economics, history, cultural studies, anthropology, sociology, political science, feminist, post-colonial theory), have contributed to our understanding of economic globalization and the way in which gender and globalization intersect. Prerequisite: ECON 101 or WGST 101 . Signature of instructor required for registration. Offering to be determined. CLA-Diversity International, CLA-Writing Intensive
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WGST 321 - American Women’s History 4 credits
A survey of the social, economic, political, and intellectual history of women in America from the colonial period to the present, with a special emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. Considers the diversity of women’s experience as a result of race, class, ethnicity, and geographic location. Emphasizes developing skills in the use of primary sources-written, artifactual, and oral. Topics vary annually. May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Offered fall semester. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Diversity US
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WGST 324 - Sociology of Reproduction 4 credits
This course explores the social and cultural constructions of sexuality, infertility, pregnancy, and parenting with a specific focus on the social control of women and general emphasis on how various groups’ experiences differ based on sexual orientation, class, race, and cultural background. Topics include sex education in schools, sex in high school and college, birth control and sterilization, infertility, adoption, assisted reproductive technologies, pregnancy, surrogacy, miscarriage, fetal surgery, abortion, and childbirth. In addition to readings about these topics in non-Western countries and international surrogacy and adoption arrangements, we will also discuss how bearing children and mothering are used to “reproduce” the nation in various contexts. Same as SOC 324 Pre-requisites: WGST 101, SOC 101 or Instructor permission CLA-Diversity International, CLA-Diversity US
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WGST 331 - Gender and Culture 4 credits
A study of the construction of gender across cultures. The course considers how culture influences and shapes gender roles in varying human domains, such as religion, creative traditions, work, scholarship and research, and popular culture. Prerequisite: ANTH 104 or permission of instructor. Same as: ANTH 303 . Offering to be determined.
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WGST 332 - Reading Nation, Gender, and Ethnicity in Latin American Culture 4 credits
A multidisciplinary study of the discourses of gender and ethnicity during shifting moments of nation construction in Latin America after independence, revolution and modernization projects. Discourse analysis, gender and postcolonial theories will be applied to selected literary text as well as to films, art movements, political manifestos, and national myths. Prerequisite: Gateway course or permission of the instructor. CLA-Diversity International
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WGST 338 - Women in Modern European History 4 credits
A topical survey of the social, economic, and political history of women in Europe from the 15th century to the present, emphasizing work, family, religion, sexuality, feminism, politics, and the state. Examines geographical and cultural variations in women’s roles in history. The focus of the course varies annually and may include such topics as class and gender, work and family, women and politics, institutions and power, or rural and urban experiences. May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Offering to be determined. CLA-Breadth/Humanities
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WGST 354 - Gender in Contemporary Hispanic Fiction and Film 4 credits
This course provides a broad understanding of how gender and sexuality are articulated in fiction, film and other images in the Spanish-speaking world today. We approach these texts using multidisciplinary approaches, and examine their intersection with race, class and Hispanic cultural values and traditions. It will be organized thematically and by region to better understand the diversity of the Hispanic world. Using recent theoretical approaches (feminist, post-feminist, queer), we will study various gender representations (male, female, performative) as we elaborate on issues of authorship, representation and reception. Same asSPAN 354 CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Diversity International, CLA-Writing Intensive
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WGST 361 - Seminar in Gender Violence and Women’s Resistance 4 credits
The goal of this course is to integrate the theory, research and practice of women’s resistance to gender violence. Although we will focus on psychological and feminist perspectives on resistance to gender violence, we will also incorporate theory and research from sociology, public health and policy, and law, and explore the cultural assumptions that contirbute to the gender violence. In addition, a comprehensive self defense program, IMPACT Basics (www.prepareinc.com) allows for reflection on the theories and research in the context of direct experience with resistance. IMPACT is a comprehensive personal safety program, and includes physical, verbal, and psychological skills and strategies. Techniques are taught in the context of realistic scenarios. Furthermore, the use of trained instructors in full padding allows for the learning and practicing of full contact, full force physical defense skills. Cross-listed with PSYC 361 Offering in Fall in alternate years Pre-req: PSCI 101 or WGST 101 and permission of instructor CLA-Breadth/Social Science
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WGST 362 - Seminar in the Psych of Women 4 credits
A review of research focusing on women. Draws upon findings from the various subfields of psychology, including stereotyping, the social construction of gender, female personality development, women and mental health, gender differences in brain lateralization, hormonal influences on behavior, the psychology of women’s health, and coping with victimization. Considers how psychological methodology enhances (or obfuscates) our knowledge about women’s lives and experiences. The interface between psychology of women as a subfield of psychology and mainstream psychology is explored. Amount of credit established at time of registration. Signature of instructor required for registration. Prerequisite: PSYC+101. Offered spring semester in even-numbered years.
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WGST 363 - Women in Asian Traditions 4 credits
This course critically examines traditional definitions of gender and the ways women both enact and challenge such definitions in the present day in Asia, through our reading of contemporary ethnographic (field research) studies on women and religion. The methodology of the course is to examine ways in which cultural history is both affirmed and changed in the present, through study of scholarly theories of intersections between the academic disciplines of history, ethnography and history of religions. We perform gender analysis to contrast women’s social agency in past present in order to situate the opportunities they have to participate in the shaping of tradition today, and to examine ways in which contemporary women are actively and authoritatively redefining tradition to shape their every day lives in social and political context, engaging traditional cultural values in new definitions of rights and ways of acting in society. The world region/s of focus - South Asia, Southeast Asia, and/or East Asia - will vary by offering. Same as HIST 362 CLA-Diversity International, CLA-Writing Intensive
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WGST 367 - Seminar on Gender and International Politics 4 credits
An analysis and examination of gender issues in international politics with either a regional or thematic focus. The central goal of the course will be to explore how gender, race, class, nation and sexuality are core components of the discourse and practice of international politics. Such topics as gender and Latin American politics, gender and international political economy, international women’s organizing, and gender and postcolonial theory will be among those regularly presented. Offered annually. Fulfills: DIT CLA-Diversity International
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WGST 370 - History of Sexuality 4 credits
This research seminar explores some of the major themes and milestones in the modern history of sexuality in the United States and Europe, focusing special attention on the role of medicine in these developments. Following a theoretical introduction to the field, the seminar will address, among other topics, the “invention” of homosexuality and the regulation of prostitution; the impact of thinkers like Krafft-Ebbing, Freud, and Kinsey; and such recent controversies as the new diagnosis of sex addiction and the search for a gay gene. Special emphasis will be placed on evaluating the role of class, race, gender, and ethnicity upon constructions of sexuality. In addition to a substantial research paper, students will be required to write three shorter response papers and deliver class presentations based upon their readings. CLA-Breadth/Arts, CLA-Diversity US
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WGST 372 - Global Women’s History 4 credits
This course considers global patterns in women’s history, prioritizing Africa, Asia and the Middle East to explore women’s experiences as they are both distinctively cultural and resonant across cultures. A topical framework will enable comparative analysis, and will always include gender as a central mode of analysis, analysis of historiographical issues in constructing global women’s history and analysis of religion’s role in generating, maintaining and critiquing cultural definitions of gender. Specific topics within this framework may include women’s participation in revolutions, religious movements, feminism, politics and the workforce, among other possibilities. A focus of the study is a variety of primary sources, films and field research studies. Same as REL 372 . Same as HIST 372 . CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary, CLA-Diversity International, CLA-Writing Intensive.
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WGST 385 - Applied Performance: Addressing Sexual Harassment, Violence, and Discrimination through Interactive Performance 4 credits
Exposes students to the field of Applied Theatre and Dance. Coursework includes the creation and implementation of workshops for the purposes of education and advocacy around the topics of sexual consent, diversity and discrimination. Students spend a substantial amount of time working with community organizations (such as Morris Cares) and conducting workshops in area schools and/or community centers. A substantial percentage of the class grade is based on quality of students’ community work both in and outside of Drew and their ability to connect that work to the course’s academic content. Cross-listed with THEA 385 and THEA 386 May be repeated twice Offered every fall
Prerequsite: Students must have completed 8 credits in Theatre Arts. Permission of Instructor required CLA-Diversity US, CLA-Breadth/Arts
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WGST 390 - Advanced Seminar in Women’s and Gender Studies 4 credits
Graduate courses being taken for undergraduate credit will be cross-listed under this course number. Possible courses include CHSOC+444: Ethically Responding to Violence Against Women; BIBST+731: Gender and Sexuality in the Bible and the Fathers; ENGLG+826: Feminist Criticism.
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WGST 400 - Women’s Studies and Gender Studies Capstone 4 credits
Capstone course for the major completed by all students who are not doing an honors thesis. An independent investigation at an advanced level of a topic, preferably interdisciplinary, chosen in consultation with the instructor and the director of women’s and gender studies. The student designs the capstone project so that it draws on the work they have completed for the major both in core and cross-listed courses. Regular meetings by arrangement with the instructor. Oral and written work. Prerequisite: WGST 101 , WGST 201 , and either WGST 301 or WGST 310 . Signature of instructor required for registration. CLA-Capstone
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WGST 410 - Specialized Honors I 0-8 credits
CLA-Capstone
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WGST 411 - Specialized Honors II 4 credits
CLA-Capstone
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WLIT 101 - Introduction to World Literature 4 credits
This course introduces students to the comparative study of works of literature from various cultures, read in English translation. We consider diversity of place, social context, politics, history, genre, tradition, and literary movements. We look at literature in relation to its original cultural context and also at the way books communicate to other cultures and to us. The works, cultures, and thematic emphasis will vary from year to year. This course will be team-taught with instructors from different departments. Students may with permission read works in the original language. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Diversity International, CLA-Writing Intensive
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WLIT 260 - Literary Translation 4 credits
In this course, we will study, and practice, the art of translation. If you have fulfilled Drew’s language requirement (a language through the intermediate level), then you are eligible to take this course. Students will explore classic essays that have formed the foundation of translation theory and examine them in practice by comparing multiple translations of a text. Students will apply these theories as they attempt to translate a short work of fiction or poetry that they will share with the class in a workshop format. Students may work from any language into contemporary English; that language can also be a dialect, or historical variety, of English. Prerequisite: Signature of instructor required for registration. CLA-Breadth/Humanities, CLA-Breadth/Arts, CLA-Writing Intensive
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WRTG 101 - College Writing: ESOL 4 credits
College Writing 101 is a writing class for speakers of other languages. In this course, students explore and practice the advanced literacy skills necessary for a liberal arts education. They read and respond to texts written for a variety of audiences and analyze the style, vocabulary, and structure of those texts, along with the impact of audience and purpose. This course pays special attention to the distinct needs of ESOL learners. This course is intended for students matriculating into Drew through the Pathway program, and for some other cases where special attention to English language development is needed.
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WRTG 102 - College Writing Fundamentals 2 credits
College Writing Fundamentals extends the sense of intellectual community developed in the College Seminars in which students are co-enrolled, and also includes small group, instructor-led recitation sessions to provide additional instruction and support for students as they draft and revise their papers. In this course, students explore and practice the advanced literacy skills necessary for a liberal arts education. They read and respond to texts written for a variety of audiences and analyze the style, vocabulary, and structure of those texts, along with the impact of audience and purpose. Students who take WRTG 102 in the Fall must register for WRTG 115 in the Spring.
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WRTG 103 - College Writing 2 credits
College Writing extends the writing skills and sense of intellectual community developed in the College Seminars in which students are co-enrolled. In this course, students analyze and practice the advanced literacy skills necessary for a liberal arts education. They read and respond to texts written for a variety of academic audiences and explore the style, vocabulary, and structure of those texts, along with the impact of audience and purpose. Students may also conduct additional research to expand those interpretations. Students who earn a C- or above will thereby fulfill their first-year college writing requirement; all others will enroll in College Writing 115 in the spring semester.
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WRTG 104 - College Writing Accelerated 2 credits
College Writing Accelerated extends the sense of intellectual community developed in the College Seminars in which students are co-enrolled. Designed particularly for students who have taken AP or honors courses in high school, this course challenges students to practice the advanced literacy skills necessary for a liberal arts education, by reading and responding to texts from several academic disciplines. By exploring the style, vocabulary, and structure of disciplinary discourse, they begin to develop the flexibility to move between academic disciplines and to assess the needs of academic and non-academic audiences and revise their writing accordingly. They also conduct additional research to expand those interpretations and revise their arguments. Students who earn a C- or above will thereby fulfill their first-year college writing requirement; all others will enroll in College Writing 115 in the spring semester.
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WRTG 110 - College Writing II: ESOL 4 credits
In College Writing 2 for ESOL, students continue to practice and develop advanced literacy skills. Like WRTG 101, this course includes small group work with trained writing fellows. College Writing 2 for ESOL challenges students to practice the advanced literacy skills necessary for a liberal arts education by reading and responding to academic texts. By exploring the style, vocabulary, and structure of various academic texts, they develop the flexibility to move among academic discourse communities. Students are introduced to academic research. This course pays special attention to the distinct needs of ESOL learners. Students who pass WRTG 110 will thereby fulfill their first-year college writing requirement. All others must re-enroll in WRTG 101 in the Fall of their sophomore year
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WRTG 115 - College Writing II 2 credits
In this course, students continue to practice and develop their writing skills. This course includes small group, instructor-led recitation sessions to provide additional instruction and support for students as they draft and revise their papers. College Writing II challenges students to proactice the advanced literary skills necessary for al iberal arts education by reading and responding to academic texts. By exploring style, vocabulary, and structure of these acedemic texts, they develop the flexibility to move among academic discourse communities. Students are introduced toacademic research. Students who pass WRTG 115 will thereby fulfill their first-year college writing requiremenmt. All others must re-enroll in WRTG 103 in the fall of their sophomore year.
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WRTG 120 - Academic Writing 4 credits
The Academic Writing course is meant for students who wish to develop their academic writing beyond the Drew Seminar and other writing courses in the disciplines. This course will be directly devoted to writing as a practice, craft, and skill. Rather than writing about some thematic content, students will learn about writing more directly through readings that examine, for instance, the cognitive dimensions of writing, the practices of professional writers, and the characteristics of academic discourse. They will explore how arguments are constructed, including evidence and rationality, appeals to audience, and establishing the writer’s ethos. Regular reflective writing will help students develop a metacognitive awareness of their own writing practices and how they intersect with the expectations of an academic readership, a chief learning goal of the course. Students will develop an extended writing project of their own.
For first year students or by permission of the instructor. Offered in Spring term. CLA-Writing Intensive
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