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All courses are for unit credit and apply to a De Anza associate degree unless otherwise noted.
W WMST 21 Women in Literature 4 Units (See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5. (Also listed as ELIT 21. Students may enroll in either department, but not both, for credit.)
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
This is an intensive study of representative literary works by or about women including an analysis of different historical, cultural, and critical perspectives.
WMST 22 Asian American Pacific Islander Women 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
An introduction to the study of Asian American Pacific 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 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 (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) 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 (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) 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 film, 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 (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) 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 influenced the work of philosophers from different cultures.
WMST 24 Women and Gender in Global Perspectives
4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirements this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
This course is 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 (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
This course is an interdisciplinary, multi-perspective, critical analysis, and comparative study of Black Feminism. Students will examine some of the key theories and ideas of Black Feminism and Black Feminist Thought, including womanist theory, the theory of intersectionality, and standpoint theory. The course will consider how Black women have challenged the intersecting effects 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 identified, 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 (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
This course is an introduction to the study of Latinas in American society from a 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 (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) or ESL 5.
Four hours lecture (48 hours total per quarter).
This is an interdisciplinary study in gendered violence through an analysis of violence against women, in particular, and the examination of power relations related to race/ethnicity, class, sexuality, gender presentation, and nationality. The course includes an exploration of collective resistance to violence and social movement discourses surrounding these issues, in addition to its impact upon U.S. civic life, as well as globally.
WMST 28 Sociology of Gender 4 Units
(See general education pages for the requirement this course meets.)
Advisory: EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or (EWRT 1AS and EWRT 1AT) 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 the social construction of gender and on gender as an organizing principle of social life. Includes investigation of masculinities, femininities and trans identities, 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.
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