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All courses are for unit credit and apply to a De Anza associate degree unless otherwise noted.
W WMST 22 Asian American Paci c Islander Women 4 Units (See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
An introduction to the study of Asian American Paci c Islander (AAPI) women in American society in historical and sociological perspective. Emphasis is placed on AAPI feminist scholarship; cultural representations; cultural productions; immigration, refugee, and diasporic experiences; resistance to racism, sexism, classism, and patriarchy; and labor and work issues. This course is designed for all students interested in Women and Gender Studies, as well as those interested in Asian American Studies.
WMST 24 Women and Gender in 4 Units Global Perspectives
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
A study in the construction and reproduction of gender inequities around the globe, as well as ways people resist these processes in diverse societies.
WMST 25 Introduction to Black Feminism 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
An interdisciplinary, multi-perspective, critical analysis and comparative study of Black Feminism. Examines some of the key theories and ideas of Black Feminism and Black Feminist Thought, including womanist theory, theory of intersectionality, and standpoint theory. It will consider how Black women have challenged the intersecting e ects of racism, sexism, classism, colonialism, homophobia, media exploitation, and other forms of social violence. Students will read major works, learn to engage in critical dialogue, and articulate their own positions concerning the basic ideas and principles of Black Feminism. The values, experience, and cultural contributions of Black feminist and/or Black womanist individuals in the United States will be identi ed, examined, and authenticated.
WMST 26 La Mujer: Latina Life and Experience 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
An introduction to the study of Latinas in American society in historical and sociological perspective. Emphasis is placed on Latina feminist scholarship and cultural representations, border issues and migration, resistance to patriarchy, labor, and the search for power. This course is designed for all students interested in Women and Gender Studies, as well as those interested in Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies.
WMST 27 Women and Gendered Violence 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
A study in violence against women, in particular, and across gender and sexuality spectrums, and its impact upon U.S. civic life as well as globally.
WMST 28 Sociology of Women and Men 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
(Also listed as SOC 28. Students may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.)
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
Application of sociological perspectives to an understanding of gender. Focuses on how we come to think and act as men and women and on gender as an organizing principle of social life. Includes investigation of masculinities and femininities, gender socialization, gender inequality, how gender is shaped by race, class, nation and sexuality, and the family, media, education, economics, politics and religion as gendered institutions, from a cross-cultural and global perspective.
WMST 29 Masculinities in U.S. Culture and Society 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
An interdisciplinary and intersectional study of masculinities within US culture and society from the post-Civil Rights era to the present. Special attention will be given to how masculinity is constructed along axes of race, sexuality, class, nation and ability.
WMST 31 Women and Popular Culture 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
Feminist and cultural studies theory to discuss the historical development and contemporary representations of women in popular culture with emphasis on representations of women in lm, television, music, advertising, social media, and news media will be used in this course.
WMST 49 Women and Philosophy 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5.
(Also listed as PHIL 49. Students may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.)
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
Examination of feminist theory, “feminism,” feminist thought and the philosophy produced by a diverse range of women in philosophy. Investigation of the ways that understandings of the relations between the sexes have in uenced the work of philosophers from di erent cultures.
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