Course Information Students are required to complete WS 201, 202, 210 and four quarters of 204. The academic quarter is 10 weeks long and each class is worth four units of credit, except WS 204 which is only one unit. Below are synopses of Women’s Studies Courses. WOMEN'S STUDIES REQUIRED CORE COURSES WS 201 Feminist Theories (4 units) An introduction to the field of feminist critical theories in humanities and social sciences. This course focuses on the question of how to theorize the multiple and sometimes contradictory meanings of modernity (political, social, economic, philosophical, technological) for women's status around the world. Subjects covered will include liberalism, democracy, the discourse of rights, the family, globalization, development, religion, urbanization, technology, consumerism, and historicization. Theorists likely to be read include Abu-Lughod, Ahmed, Benhabib, Brown, Butler, Chow, Cornell, Fraser, Haraway, Huyssen, Kristeva, Nicholson, Nussbaum, Pateman, Scott, and Spivak. Letter grading. Lecture/discussion. WS 202 Multicultural Perspectives (4 units) Examination of issues facing women of color in the U.S. and women living outside Europe and North America today. Issues include reproductive rights, international division of labor, violence toward women, sexuality, women and colonialism, women in social movements, women and the state, feminist organizing throughout the world. Letter grading. Lecture/discussion. WS 210 Topics in Women and Public Policy (4 units) Pending Approval of Graduate Division Introduction to background, decision-making processes, and current debates over public policy directly affecting women in one or more major spheres of public life (e.g., work, family, political system, health care, legal regulation). Topics may focus on public health, political science, medicine, workplace studies, and social welfare. May be repeated for credit with topic or instructor change. Letter grading. Lecture. WS 204 Feminist Research Seminar (1 unit/quarter, 4 quarters total) Pending Approval of Graduate Division This course involves participation in the seminars and lectures sponsored by the UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW). To receive one-unit of credit for the quarter, students must attend at least three sessions. Students may choose among all of the programs listed on the CSW calendar of events published every quarter. Those entitled "Feminist Research Seminars" are particularly recommended. APPROVED ELECTIVE COURSES Three types of courses meet the Program requirements: * Courses sponsored by WSP * Courses multi-listed with WSP and another departments * Selected departmental courses WS 203 Research Methods in Studies of Women and Gender (4 units) Topics include advanced critique of sexist research methods, models of inclusion of women in research and theory, nonsexist research methods from conception through interpretation, what constitutes "feminist" research, inclusiveness and attention to diversity issues, appropriate frameworks in comparative research. Supplements disciplinary offerings on research methods. Letter grading. Lecture/discussion. WS 205 Gender and the Politics of Information (4 units) Designed for graduate students. Examination of gendered dimensions embedded in information technologies. Critical feminist assessment of information as resource and commodity; impact of Internet and information technologies on women and men and gendered distinctions between who builds and who "owns" information technology resources; race, class, gender relations in cyberspace and electronic communications. Letter grading. Seminar. WS 220 Cultural Studies in Gender, Race and Sexuality (4 units) Designed for graduate students. In-depth study of representations of gender and sexuality in literature and performance culture, with special attention to race. Topics include flow of artistic cultural production across national borders, theorizing femiqueer as diasporic or multicultural formation. Letter grading. Seminar. The General Catalog http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/catalog/ section on Women's Studies includes full course descriptions for WSP-sponsored or multi-listed courses, and a listing of regularly offered departmental courses (see those departmental listings for those course descriptions). The Schedule of Classes http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/schedule/ lists those courses being offered for each quarter; it will include courses described in the General Catalog and courses which are offered just for that quarter (special topics, new courses, advanced seminars, etc.). The Women's Studies approved list of courses is updated quarterly and is available on the WSP website. 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