FAS - Women's Studies

The Women's Studies Program offers interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate courses on a variety of topics. The program also cross-lists approximately 12 graduate courses and 30 undergraduate courses each semester during Fall, Spring, and Summer Terms. Women's Studies accepts courses sponsored by individual departments within the University; course offerings are subject to change from term to term.

Contact Information

Main Office: 901-E Cathedral of Learning

Phone: (412) 624-6485

Fax: (412) 624-6492

E-mail: womnst+@pitt.edu

Web site: http://www.pitt.edu/~womnst/

Director: Kathleen Blee

Interested students should come to the program office to schedule an appointment with an advisor, or should contact the Director Women's Studies Program; 901-E Cathedral of Learning; University of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, PA 15260, or use the phone, E-mail, or Web site address listed above.

Steering Committee: ANDRADE (English), ANDREWS (Africana Studies), BERRIAN (Africana Studies), BLEE (Sociology), BRUSH (Sociology), CARR (English), COONTZ (Public and International Affairs), DETLEFSEN (Information Sciences), FRIEZE (Psychology), GLAZENER (English), HANSEN (Political Science), HARRIS (History of Art and Architecture), KORR (Social Work), LANDY (English), LEWIS (Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic), McALLISTER (Public Health), MONTELARO (Women's Studies), MURRELL (Business), NESS (Epidemiology), NOVY (English), OLSON (Communication), OXFORD (Sociology), PETERSON (Public Health), PORTER (Education), STABILE (Communication), VANDER VEN (Social Work), WEISBERG (Religious Studies)

Affiliated Faculty: BERK-SELIGSON (Hispanic Languages and Literatures), CHEONG (English), CONSTABLE (Anthropology), GREENWALD (History), JIMäNEZ (History), SALES (Social Work), VENARDE (History)

Certificate Program

For a master's-level certificate in Women's Studies, four courses counting toward a graduate degree either offered by or cross-listed with the Women's Studies Program are required. At least one of these courses must be outside the certificate candidate's major discipline, and candidates should take at least two courses in one field. No more than one course may be an independent study or directed reading. Candidates must have at least a 3.00 average in the four courses.

For a PhD-level certificate, six courses counting toward a graduate degree either offered by or cross-listed with the Women's Studies Program are required. [Note: Students will be advised to select courses cross-listed with Women's Studies, but individuals may petition to have accepted unlisted graduate courses with a considerable Women's Studies component or a major project in Women's Studies.] No more than two courses may be independent studies or directed readings. Candidates must have at least a 3.00 average in the six courses.

Certificate candidates on both the master's and PhD levels must submit a research paper to be read by two faculty designated by the Women's Studies' Steering Committee.

Directed Study

Because Women's Studies is an interdisciplinary academic field, opportunities for innovative research are especially challenging. Students are encouraged to do research on special topics or other projects in a directed study course.

Course Listings

For description of courses, see the Course Descriptions published each term.

Core Courses Offered by Women's Studies Program

WOMNST 2240 Special Topics (including feminist methodologies and pedagogies)

WOMNST 2242 Feminist Theory

WOMNST 2902 Directed Study

Departmental Courses in Women's Studies

The section on the Women's Studies Program in the back of the Schedule of Classes published each term lists all Women's Studies offerings for that particular term. The following list is not complete.

Administrative and Policy Studies

ADMPS 2089 Special Topics: Gender Issues in Pre-K-12 Education

ADMPS 2133 Gender Issues in Higher Education

ADMPS 2359 Gender, Education, and Third World Development

Anthropology

ANTH 2513 Gender and Archaeology

ANTH 2782 Special Topics: Gender and State

ANTH 3007 Ethnographic Approaches to Program Evaluation

Bioethics

BIOETH 2698 Special Topics: Feminist Approaches in Bioethics

Communication Rhetoric

COMMRC 2227 Media Theory: Feminist Media Studies

COMMRC 3302 Seminar in Rhetorical Criticism

Cultural Studies

CLST 2051 Feminist and Cultural Studies of Medicine and Technoscience

CLST 2454 Masculinity in Cinema

English Literature

ENGLIT 2011 Issues in Cultural Studies: Queer Theory

ENGLIT 2032 Gender and Discourse

ENGLIT 2094 Ethnic Women Writers

ENGLIT 2126 Shakespeare

ENGLIT 2128 Renaissance Discourses of Gender

ENGLIT 2175 Victorian Women Novelists

ENGLIT 2211 "Scribbling Women"/Classic Authors

ENGLIT 2256 Dramatizing American Women

ENGLIT 2285 Race and Gender in 20th-century Poetry

ENGLIT 2391 Women Writers From Africa and Diaspora

ENGLIT 2536 Working the Field: Representing Others

ENGLIT 3128 Historical Discourses of Gender

ENGLIT 3167 Nationalism and Sexual Politics

Epidemiology

EPIDEM 2710 Epidemiology of Women's Health

EPIDEM 2720 Environmental Causes of Reproductive Failure

French

FR 2105 Seminar: Medieval Topic-Christine du Pizan

Health Services Administration

HSADM 2532 Dimensions of Aging: Cultural and Health Description

HSADM 2560 Introduction to Population Problems

HSADM 2562 Seminar in Family Planning

HSADM 2570 Intro to Health Services for Mothers and Children

HSADM 2575 Seminar in Maternal and Child Health

HSADM 2599 Public Health Approaches to Women's Health

HSADM 3007 Ethnographic Approaches to Program Evaluation

History

HIST 2005 Special Topics

HIST 2069 Gender in Global Perspective

History of Art and Architecture

HA&A 2301 Special Topics: Baroque Women's Bodies, Women's Roles

Law

LAW 5216 Employment Discrimination

LAW 5373 Feminist Legal Theory

Linguistics

LING 2269 Current Issues in Sociolinguistics

Philosophy

PHIL 2240 Special Topics: Philosophical Approaches to Feminism

Political Science

PS 2118 Gender, Race, and Public Policy

PS 2360 Comparative Politics: Women and Public Policy

Psychology

PSY 3130 Special Topics in the Psychology of Gender

Public and International Affairs

PIA 2193 Gender, Race, and Public Policy

PIA 2490 Women and International Development

Russian

RUSS 2471 Russian Women's Writing

Social Work—Human Behavior

SWBEH 2058 Women as Professionals and Clients

Social Work—Interpersonal Skills

SWINT 2011 Social Work Practice with Family

SWINT 2035 Family Violence

SWINT 2049 Direct Practice with Children

SWINT 2063 Child Abuse and Neglect: Sexual

SWINT 2064 Child Maltreatment: Physical Abuse

SWINT 2096 Clinical Social Work with African-American Families

Sociology

SOC 2031 Gender, Race, Class Seminar 1

SOC 2032 Gender, Race, Class Seminar 2

SOC 2429 Women in Society

SOC 2430 Comparative Social Policies

SOC 3193 Topics in Feminist Social Theory

SOC 3491 Topics in Social Stratification

Spanish

SPAN 2464 Social Identity and Gender Representation in Latin American Literature