Courses
| Course No | Title | Description | TCU Core Curriculum and other attributes | Offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WGST 20003 | Introduction to Women and Gender Studies | This course will serve as an interdisciplinary introduction to Women and Gender Studies, focusing on major issues and theories, for which gender and sexuality provide the unifying themes. The interactive curriculum emphasizes threshold concepts in the field of women's, gender, and sexuality studies: the social construction of gender, sex, and sexuality; privilege and oppression; intersectionality; and feminist praxis. Readings, service learning projects, and assignments facilitate discussion and understanding of differences in gender, race, ethnicity, age, class, sexuality, ability, and additional social identities. | CA or CSV | Every semester |
| WGST 30193 | Queer Theories | This course will serve as an introduction to the diverse theories, political movements, histories, identities, and arts that could be called queer. In this class, students will utilize queer theories to better understand and respond to the complex systems of marginalization, violence, and privilege that organize our social worlds today and to better understand our own positionality within those systems. | WEM, CRES attribute | Every fall |
| WGST 30203 | Social Justice Organizing & Activism | This interdisciplinary course examines diverse gender justice movements from an intersectional perspective, emphasizing how intersecting social identities (race, gender, sexuality, class, ability, citizenship status, etc.) impact the experience of systemic oppressions and thus should shape the political interventions employed in the name of social justice. The course incorporates empirically grounded and theoretical scholarship from multiple disciplines to consider diverse methods of social action on the local and/or global levels. Students will examine the practical and logistical concerns of doing intersectional activism and develop skills for building consensus across difference. Prerequisites: Any WGST-prefix or attribute course OR any CRES-prefix or Primary attribute course OR SOWO 10833 |
CRES attribute | Every fall |
| WGST 30303 | Feminisms of Color | An interdisciplinary course exploring the feminist theories, traditions, activisms, discourses, and praxes of women of color in a US context. Using an intersectional approach, the course examines how race, class, gender, sexuality, citizenship status, ability, religion, and other markers of identity create complex systems of marginalization in the lives of women of color in the United States. Students will analyze the contributions US women of color have made to contemporary feminist thought and how these theories have influenced their activism. Prerequisites: Any WGST-prefix or attribute course OR any CRES-prefix or primary attribute course. | CRES attribute | Every spring (some falls) |
| WGST 30403 | Transnational Gender & Sexuality | This interdisciplinary course considers the fundamental place of gender and sexuality in shaping a range of cultural narratives and examines how various movements related to gender and sexuality have been constructed, contextualized, and regulated in different parts of the world. The course analyzes the gendered dimensions of complex phenomenon such as colonialism, globalization, and capitalism and situates liberal Western feminism’s history and contemporary articulation within global systems of power. Students will develop an analytical framework for examining the intersections of social justice, transnational identities, and feminism. | CRES attribute | Every spring |
| WGST 30503 | Foundations in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | This upper division course will consider the history, theories, and methodologies of the field; trace significant feminist, queer, and gender studies histories; and explore the impact these diverse traditions have on praxis in a variety of settings (activist, professional, political, interpersonal). It will emphasize critical thinking, reading, and writing and assume a high level of student discussion. | WEM | Every spring |
| WGST 30903 | Special Topic in WGST | Topic, method, and theme will vary from semester to semester. | Varies | |
| WGST 30973 | Directed Study in WGST | Prerequisite: permission of instructor. | Individually determined | |
| WGST 30990 | International/Residential Study | This course represents credit earned through a semester study abroad experience with an institution or program with which Texas Christian University has an official agreement to accept credit. The site and specific content will be identified on the official transcript. Courses appearing on a student´s official transcript have been included in the student´s grade point average. | Individually determined | |
| WGST 31003 | Junior Honors Seminar | Independent projects on a topic relevant to Women & Gender Studies. Focus of project to be determined in consultation with WGST affiliate faculty member. Students must have junior standing as a WGST minor and be enrolled in the Honors College. | Individually determined | |
| WGST 40003 Spring semester ONLY |
Advanced Seminar in Women and Gender Studies | Prerequisite: WGST 20003 or any two courses approved for the minor/emphasis in Women and Gender Studies. This course explores research, theory, praxis, and activism in the field of women and gender studies. Students read classic and contemporary works and complete a theorized research, creative, or activist project employing feminist methodologies.
NOTE: This course will no longer be offered after spring 2021. |
WEM | Individually determined |
| WGST 41003 | Senior Honors Seminar | Independent projects on a topic relevant to Women & Gender Studies. Focus of project to be determined in consultation with WGST affiliate faculty member. Students must have senior standing as a WGST minor and be enrolled in the Honors College. | Individually determined | |
| WGST 40503 | Senior Capstone Project/Thesis | This course is designed for students completing the BA, BS, or minor in Women & Gender Studies. | WEM | Every spring |
| WGST 49003 | Internship in Women and Gender Studies | Internships (usually local in Tarrant County) arranged with the consent of the Director of the Women and Gender Studies Program for declared minors, taken on a strictly Pass/No Credit basis. (3 semester hours) For further assistance exploring possibilities, also contact your career advisor at 817-257-2222 and see FrogJobs for a current list of open opportunities. |
Individually determined | |
| WGST 50103 | Feminist/Queer Inquiry | This interdisciplinary course considers key concepts in contemporary feminist theories as they are applied in praxis. Drawing on readings from a range of feminist scholarly traditions, students carry out inquiry projects grounded in key historical trends and social issues linked to the study of gender and sexuality in varying cultural contexts.
Prerequisites: Senior in WGST program or graduate student status. |
Every fall | |
| WGST 60003 | Graduate Colloquium in Feminist Theories and Methodologies (BRIT 90003/ENGL 80123) | This course aims to provide graduate students with a thorough grounding in the basics of feminist theory since the early modern period. We will cover the major themes of education, biological determinism vs. social constructivism, feminist analysis, psychoanalysis, and language theory, as well as other approaches specific to disciplinary background (visual, historical, literary analysis). | Every spring | |
| WGST 60973 | Directed Study in WGST | For graduate students enrolled in the Women & Gender Studies Certificate program, with approval from the chair of WGST. | Individually determined |
| Course No | Title | TCU Core Curriculum | Department/College |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANTH 30653 | Sex, Gender, and Culture | CA, SSC | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ARHI 30413 | Women and the Visual Arts, 1500-1800 | WEM | College of Fine Arts |
| ARHI 30423 | Fashion and Identity in the 18th Century | WEM | College of Fine Arts |
| ARST 30933 | Feminist Concepts and Strategies in Studio Art | College of Fine Arts | |
| ARST 40970.015 | Feminist Concepts and Strategies in Studio Art | College of Fine Arts | |
| COMM 30263 | Gender and Communication | College of Communication | |
| CRWT 20103 | Reading as a Writer: When Writing is Not a Luxury | AddRan College of Liberal Arts | |
| EDEC 41113 | School, Curriculum, and Society | CSV, WEM | College of Education |
| ENGL 10103 | Intro to Fiction: Gender and Poverty | LT, HUM | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 20203 | Girls´ Studies | LT, HUM | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 20213 | Global Women´s Literature | GA, LT, HUM | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 20223 | Gender, Culture, and Representation | CA, HUM | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 20623 | Women in Literature and Culture/Intro to Women´s Writing | CA, LT, HUM | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 20723 | Introduction to Disability Studies | CSV,HUM | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 20803 | Intermediate Composition: Writing Argument – Global Identity and Culture (Rima Abunasser Only) | WCO | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 30163 | Urban Experiences and American Literature “Cities of Difference” | AddRan College of Liberal Arts | |
| ENGL 30453 | The Brontës and the Brontë Myth | AddRan College of Liberal Arts | |
| ENGL 30473 | Wilde Years: Oscar Wilde and the 1890s | CA, HT | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 30493 | Women Poets and Poetic Tradition | LT, CA | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 30563 | American Drama | HUM, WEM | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 30613 | Women´s Lives in Memoir and Fiction | CA, WEM | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 30633 | Medieval and Early Modern Women Writers | CA | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 30653 | Jane Austen and Film | AddRan College of Liberal Arts | |
| ENGL 30663 | Women’s Rhetorics | AddRan College of Liberal Arts | |
| ENGL/WRIT 30803 | Theories of Cinema | AddRan College of Liberal Arts | |
| ENGL 30683 | Postcolonial Literature | AddRan College of Liberal Arts | |
| ENGL 30763 | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Authors and Themes in Literature | CA, CSV | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 40513 | U.S. Women’s Writings I | AddRan College of Liberal Arts | |
| ENGL 40423.035 | Restoration & Eighteenth Century Literature: The Cultural Production of Gender | AddRan College of Liberal Arts | |
| ENGL 40533 | Seminar in Toni Morrison | WEM | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 40563 | U.S. Women´s Writings II | CA, LT, HUM | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 40613 (30970 for Spring 2013) | King Arthur in Modern Literature and Culture | HUM | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 40633 | Love, Sex, and Power in Renaissance England | HUM, WEM | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| EDUC 50003 | Diversity in American Education | CA | College of Education |
| EDUC 55113 | Schools, Curriculum, and Society | College of Education | |
| ENSC 30163 | The History of Women in Science | NSC | College of Science & Engineering |
| FREN 30163 | French Culture & Civ II: Society and Gender Roles in France 1860-1920 | AddRan College of Liberal Arts | |
| FREN 40143 | Intersectionalities: Gender and Sexuality in the French Colonies | AddRan College of Liberal Arts | |
| FTDM 30433 | American Cinema: Queer Theory/LGBT Film | HUM | College of Communication |
| FTDM 30983 | Women in TV & Film | WEM | College of Communication |
| GRMN 30013 | Literature in Translation: Gender, Ethnicity, Identity | LT,HUM | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| HCOL 40423 | Globalization | John V. Roach Honors College | |
| HCOL 41243 | Gender | John V. Roach Honors College | |
| HIST 30603 | History of Women in America | HT, CA, WEM | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| HIST 30633 | History of Women in Europe 1789 to the present | AddRan College of Liberal Arts | |
| HIST 30723 | Women in the Middle East | HT, CA, WEM | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| HIST 30970 | Fact, Fiction and Film: Women in the Nineteenth Century | AddRan College of Liberal Arts | |
| HIST 40023 | Women: Western World 1500+ | AddRan College of Liberal Arts | |
| HIST 40033 | Women & Family: 1500-1800 | AddRan College of Liberal Arts | |
| HIST 40893 | War and Gender in US History | AddRan College of Liberal Arts | |
| HNRS 20223 | Language and Identity: Gender | ||
| HNRS 20233 | Gender and Sexuality in Literature and History | CA, LT, HUM | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| INTR 50903 | South Pacific Global Flow | ||
| ITAL 40623 | Gender in Italian Cinema | HUM, WEM | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| JOUR 20003 | Diversity and the Media | College of Communication | |
| KINE 40780 | ST: Women and Sport* (Spring 2010) | Harris College of Nursing and Health | |
| MANA 20970 | Special Problems in Management: Gender in Business | Neeley School of Business | |
| NURS 30503 | Issues in Women´s Health | Harris College of Nursing & Health | |
| PHIL 30343/SOCI 30773 | Sex, Society, and Ethics | AddRan College of Liberal Arts | |
| POSC 31443 | Human Trafficking | AddRan College of Liberal Arts | |
| POSC 31513 | Women in Politics | CSV, SSC | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| POSC 33103 | Feminist International Relations Theory | AddRan College of Liberal Arts | |
| POSC 33203 | Political Economy of Human Trafficking | CA | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| RELI 30153 | How to Read the Bible: Story and Politics: Women in the Story of King David | AddRan College of Liberal Arts | |
| RELI 30163 | Women and Early Christianity | AddRan College of Liberal Arts | |
| RELI 30473 | Womanist Religious Thought | AddRan College of Liberal Arts | |
| RELI 30573 | Goddess Traditions of India | AddRan College of Liberal Arts | |
| RELI 30843 | Latina Feminist Religious Thought | CA, HUM | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| RELI 30853 | Women in American Religion | HUM | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| RELI 40143 | Love & Sex in the Biblical World | WEM | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| RELI 40713 | Women, Race, and Earth Environmental Justice | AddRan College of Liberal Arts | |
| SOCI 30303 | Marriage and Family | CA, SSC | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| SOCI 30743 | Gender and Society [Men, Women, and Society] | AddRan College of Liberal Arts | |
| SOCI 30773/PHIL 30343 | Sex, Society, and Ethics | AddRan College of Liberal Arts | |
| SOCI 30783 | Sociology of the Body | AddRan College of Liberal Arts | |
| SOCI 30863 | Gender Politics—International Perspectives | AddRan College of Liberal Arts | |
| SOWO 30693 | Global Health | Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences | |
| SOWO 40433 | Intimate Partner Violence | Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences | |
| STCO 16103 | Diversity | College of Communication | |
| THEA 50300 | Problems in Theatre/Acting: The V-Initiative | College of Fine Arts | |
| WRIT 20303 | Writing Games: Gender & Sexuality in Video Games | CA, HUM | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| WRIT 30243 | Rhetorical Practices in Culture: Queer Rhetorics | CA, WEM | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| WRIT 30423 | Rhetorical Practices in Culture: Queer Rhetorics | AddRan College of Liberal Arts | |
| WRIT 30663 | Women’s Rhetorics | CA, WEM | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| WRIT 30893 | Digital Inclusiveness: Cultural Identity and Authoring | CA, WEM | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| Course No | Title | Department/College |
|---|---|---|
| ARHI 60143 | Gender in Mesoamerican Art | College of Fine Arts |
| ARHI 60500 | Special Topics In Art History- Men, Women & Sexuality in Bologna (spring 2019) | College of Fine Arts |
| ARHI 60500 | Special Topics: Women & The Visual Arts | College of Fine Arts |
| ARHI 70100 | Love and Marriage in Eighteenth-Century Portraiture | College of Fine Arts |
| ARHI 70300 | ST: Gender, Saints, and Sinners in Early Modern Italy | College of Fine Arts |
| ARHI 70500 | Special Topics: Modern Women Artists, 1780-1945 (spring 2019) | College of Fine Arts |
| CHTH 7/8/90970 | Feminism and Theology | Brite Divinity School |
| CHTH 7/8/90970 | Womanist Theology & Ethics | Brite Divinity School |
| EDUC 50003 | Diversity in American Education | College of Education |
| EDUC 55113 | Foundations in Education | College of Education |
| EDUC 60843 | Contemporary Curriculum Theory | College of Education |
| EDUC 70813 | Curriculum Studies Seminar: Feminist Theory & Methodology | College of Education |
| EDUC 70813 | Curriculum Studies Seminar: NEOLIBERALISM | College of Education |
| EDUC 70960 | Apprenticeship in Research: WITH APPPROVAL OF A WGST TOPIC | College of Education |
| EDUC 71813 | Curriculum Studies Seminar: WGST | College of Education |
| EDUC 73813 | Curriculum Studies Seminar: WGST & CRES | College of Education |
| ENGL 50970 | Victorian Poetry and Erotic Love | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 50970 | Genres of Romantic Era Women´s Writing | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 50973 | Women Writers of the Americas | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 50973 | Romantic Era Women | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 60433 | Renaissance Drama Exclusive of Shakespeare: The Genre of Domestic Violence (Taught by Balizet ONLY) | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 60473 | Jane Austen and Her Influences | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 70403 | Victorian Novel and its Afterlives | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 70473 | 20th Century Irish Literature: Poetics of the Irish News | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 70483 | Victorian Women Writers | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 70493 | Gender and Genre in 19th Century Anglo / Irish Travel Literature | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 70573 | American Non-Fiction Prose: Epistolary Writings | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 70593 | Authorship in American Literary Culture | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 70943 | Gender and Genre in 19th Century Anglo / Irish Travel Literature | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 70970 | Directed Study: Women´s Rhetorics | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 80413 | Shakespeare and After: Contexts and Approaches to Gender and Difference* (Spring 2013) | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 80453 | British Literature of the Victorian Period | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 80463 | Seminar in Modern British Literature: Poetics of the Irish News/ Modern British Literature | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 80463 | Postcolonial Literature: “British” Women Writers & Resistance (spring 2020) | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 80473 | Renaissance Bodies | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 80483 | Postcolonial Literature | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 80503 | American Literature to 1900: Claiming Authorship in 19th Century American Culture | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 80523 | Race and Gender in American Literature | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 80523 | Race and Gender in Latino/a Literature | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 80583 | Contemporary African American Literature | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 80613 | Women´s Rhetorics | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| ENGL 80703 | The Rhetoric of Women Writers | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| HEBI 79750 | Womanist Hermeneutics and Cultural Criticism | Brite Divinity School |
| HEBI 90153 | Exegesis in the Hebrew Bible | Brite Divinity School |
| HEBI 90970 | Gender Issues in Apocalyptic / Deuteronomy Books | Brite Divinity School |
| HEBI 90970 | Narrative and Memory in the Hebrew Bible | Brite Divinity School |
| HEBI 90970/95790 | Eros and Civilization | Brite Divinity School |
| HEBI/HEBR 90970 | Special Topics in Hebrew Bible: The Strange Woman in the Hebrew Bible | Brite Divinity School |
| HIST 50833 | Selling Sex in the City | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| HIST 70603 | U.S. Women´s History | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| HIST 70603.732 (with Krochmal) | Readings in American History Since 1865: Political Economy and the People | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| HIST 80203 | Research Seminar in Women´s History | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| INTER 50903 | Indigenous Peoples of the South Pacific and the Global Flow | |
| JWST 70970/80970/90970 (Jan 2013) | Unreliable Witnesses? Jewish Women, Historiography and Gender in Greco-Roman Antiquity | Brite Divinity School |
| MIHI 7/90950 | Special Topics in Global Concerns: World Religions and Gender | Brite Divinity School |
| MUSI 50970/60303 | Women in Music | College of Fine Arts |
| NETE 70970/80970/90970/70133 | ST: Women in Early Christianity/the Early Church | Brite Divinity School |
| NETE 90970/70970 | New Testament Studies: The New Testament, Gender, & Sexuality Studies | Brite Divinity School |
| NETE 90970 | ST: Feminist Interpretation of Biblical Beginnings (Shelly Matthews) | Brite Divinity School |
| NETE 95963 | Paul and Gender | Brite Divinity School |
| NURS 60303 | Seminar in Women´s Health | Harris College of Nursing and Health |
| PRTH 80163/PTPC 95970 | Special Problems in Christian Thought: Ministry in the Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay Community | Brite Divinity School |
| PTPC 70133/80133/90133 | Gender Issues in Pastoral Care | Brite Divinity School |
| PTPC 71583/71589/7592//75013/85013/95970 | Sexuality and Pastoral Practice | Brite Divinity School |
| PTPC 90133 | Gender Issues in Pastoral Care and Counseling | Brite Divinity School |
| PTPC 95173/75103/85103 | Current Issues in Pastoral Theology: Gender Race and Class | Brite Divinity School |
| PTPC 95223 | Sexuality, Race, and Class: Implications for Pastoral Theology | Brite Divinity School |
| RECU 60053/80053/90053 | World Religions and Gender | Brite Divinity School |
| RECU 70063/80063/90063 | Gender and World Religions | Brite Divinity School |
| RECU 70970 | Special Topic: Womanist Literature | Brite Divinity School |
| RECU 70970 | Special Topic: The AIDS/HIV Pandemic | Brite Divinity School |
| RECU 70970 | Special Topics: Womanist Literature: Resources for Ethics (Spring 2019) | Brite Divinity School |
| RECU 80970 | Global Theologies of Women of Color | Brite Divinity School |
| SOWO 61803 | Professional Foundations of Social Work | Harris College of Nursing and Health |
| SOWO 61823 | Diversity and Social Justice | Harris College of Nursing and Health |
| SOWO 61843 | Human Behavior and the Social Environment | Harris College of Nursing and Health |
| WGST 50103 | Feminist Inquiry | School of Interdisciplinary Studies |
| WGST 60003 | Colloquium on Feminist Theory | School of Interdisciplinary Studies |
| WGST 60973 | Directed Study in WGST | School of Interdisciplinary Studies |
| Course No | Title | Department/College |
|---|---|---|
| ARST 30933 | Feminist Concepts and Strategies in Studio Art | College of Fine Arts |
| BUSI 40970/MANA 40970 | Special Problems in Business: Gender in Business | Neeley School of Business |
| ENGL 20723 | Introduction to Disability Studies | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| FREN 30163 | French Culture & Civ II: Society and Gender Roles in France 1860-1920 | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| FREN 40143 | Intersectionalities: Gender and Sexuality in the French Colonies | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| POSC 31443 | Human Trafficking in the US | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| POSC 31513 | Women in Politics | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| SOCI 30863 | Gender Politics | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| SOWO 40433 | Intimate Partner Violence | Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences |
| WRIT 20303 | Writing Games: Gender & Sexuality in Video Games | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| WRIT 30663 | Women’s Rhetoric | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| WRIT 30893 | Digital Inclusiveness | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |
| WRIT 30243 | Rhetorical Practices in Culture: Queer Rhetorics (With Instructor Mat Wenzel) | AddRan College of Liberal Arts |