• GWST 4233: Race Gender Ethnicity Media

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Examine the role mass media plays in the Black community and other racial, ethnic, gendered, and socioeconomic communities. Students will develop a critical understanding of the way the mass media uses stereotypes and prejudice to influence society's views about ethnic minorities and women in in contemporary United States society. Cross listed with AAST 4233 and COJO 4233. Dual listed with GWST 5233. Prerequisite: three credit hours in AAST, COJO, or GWST, WB, and junior standing.
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• GWST 4300: Politics of Sex

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Addresses issue of how sexuality has become gendered with different meanings for both males and females as to reproductive behavior, especially how women's bodies are defined in sexual terms. Prerequisite: GWST 1080, 3500 or 3710.
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• GWST 4335: Women and Islam

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Examines women's lives in Islamic societies from the seventh century to the present in the Middle East and throughout the world. Themes include women's position in Islamic law, society and culture, Western images of Muslim women, veiling and Islamist movements, theoretical readings on power, gender and agency. Dual listed with GWST 5335; cross listed with HIST 4335 and RELI 4335. Prerequisites: 6 hours in gender and women's studies, international studies, religious studies, or history.
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• GWST 4360: American Indian Women

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Explores the lives of American Indian women in a variety of contexts through time. The complexity and diversity of Indian women's experiences throughout history are emphasized. Much of the class concerns Indian women's lives within the reality of European American colonization and its consequences for Indian peoples. Cross listed with NAIS 4360; dual listed with GWST 5360. Prerequisite: 6 hours of 2000-level NAIS classes.
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• GWST 4430: Queer Theory

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Introduces students to the intellectual lens used to evaluate the messages regarding gender and sexuality of many institutions and the way in which some actual experiences fall out of line with those norms. Prerequisites: Consent of Instructor
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• GWST 4440: Queer Life Through Memoir

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  This reading intensive class explores queer life in the late 20th and early 21st centuries in the United States of America. Through close reading and analysis of the texts and discussions, issues of sexuality, race, class, violence and place are explored. Dual listed with GWST 5440. Prerequisites: GWST 2000, 4430, or 5430, or graduate standing, or permission of instructor.
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• GWST 4450: Ecofeminism

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Focus is on issues of gender, women and ecology. Ecofeminist thinkers argue that there is no liberation for women and no solution to the ecological crisis without a fundamental shift in relationships of domination. Uniting the two movements results in a radical reshaping of modern socioeconomic relations. Dual listed with GWST 5450. Prerequisite: six credits from gender and women's studies, philosophy, and/or ENR.
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• GWST 4500: Topics in Gender & Women's Stu

  1.00 - 4.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  No course description available.
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• GWST 4540: Gender and Crime

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Addresses issues pertaining to gender and the criminal justice system to include women's roles as offenders and victims and their unique experiences in the criminal justice system. Feminist perspectives, LGBTQ+ and special populations are also explored. Dual listed with GWST 5540; cross listed with CRMJ 4540/5540. Prerequisites: ENGL/GWST 1080, GWST 2500, CRMJ/SOC 2400, or SOC 3500.
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• GWST 4550: American Southwest

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Through a critical regional lens this course examines the production of the region via history, landscape, geographic location, social relations, cultural practices, and economic factors. As a multiply colonized region, this course utilizes decolonial, ethnographic, and intersectional approaches to engage with understandings of space, ethnic/race relations, and constructions of subjectivity. Prerequisite: junior standing.
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