Gender & Women's Studies CLUSTERS
Clusters | Humanities Clusters | Social Sciences Clusters
CLUSTERS
Each Cluster contains a minimum of twelve credits of coursework, which is equivalent, in most cases,
to three courses. Each Cluster falls within one of the three academic divisions: Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences and Engineering. In each of these three divisions, students will be expected to complete a formal set of coursework: a major, a minor, or a Cluster.
The following is a list of the clusters offered in Gender and Women’s Studies.
HUMANITIES CLUSTERS
H1WST001 Race and Gender
H1WST002 Gender, Culture Representation
H1WST003 Gender and Literature
H1WST004 Gender and Sexuality
SOCIAL SCIENCES CLUSTERS
S1WST001 Gender and Social Issues
S1WST002 History & Theory of Feminism
S1WST003 Gender, Science and Health
S1WST004 Gender and Public Policy
S1WST005 Gender and History
Students who have started pursuing a cluster in Gender and Women’s Studies prior to 2001-02 will need to access the cluster search engine at http://www.cc.rochester.edu/College/CCAS/clusters/ in order to determine the history of courses offered in our clusters.
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RACE AND GENDER Cluster # H1WST001
This cluster focuses on the intersections of race and gender, with special emphasis on African-American history, literature, and writing.
Distribution: Humanities
REQUIRED:
WST 200 Colloquium in Women’s Studies
CHOOSE TWO OF THE FOLLOWING:
WST 155/ENG 156 Intro to African American Literature
WST 224/AH 276 Native American Women as Artists and Entrepreneurs
ENG 230 Contemporary Black Women’s Writers
WST 231/GER 221 Gender, Race and Immigration in Contemporary Western Europe
WST 243-ENG 243 Toni Morrison
WST 287/SP 282 US Latinos/Latinas
GENDER, CULTURE & REPRESENTATION Cluster # H1WST002
This cluster enables students to study a broad range of representations of gender across the arts and media, as well as exploring the situation of women artists and writers.
Distribution: Humanities
REQUIRED: WST 200 Colloquium in Women's Studies
CHOOSE TWO OF THE FOLLOWING:
WST 129/MUR 128 Women and Music
WST 214/AH 210 Women as Image and Text
WST 240/ENG 126 Writing Women’s Lives
WST 271/GER 220 Sexuality and Gender: 18th Century Representation
WST 272/GER 272 Gender and Sexuality in the 20th Century
WST 288/GER 288 Mothers, Comrades and Whores
GENDER AND LITERATURE Cluster # H1WST003
The courses in this cluster deal with gender and literature. Students will explore both the representation of women (and men) in writing, and the situation and practice of the women authors.
Distribution: Humanities
REQUIRED: WST 200 Colloquium in Women's Studies
CHOOSE TWO OF THE FOLLOWING:
ENG 230 Contemporary Black Women’s Writers
WST 240/ENG 126 Writing Women’s Lives
WST 243/ENG 243 Jane Austin
WST 243/ENG 243 The Brontes
WST 256/SP 260 Latin American Women Writers
WST 263/JPN 273 Japanese Women Writers
GENDER AND SEXUALITY Cluster # H1WST004
The focus of this cluster is the relationship between gender and sexuality.
Distribution: Humanities
REQUIRED COURSES:
WST 103/LIN 103: LANGUAGE AND SEXUALITY
WST 271/GER 220: SEXUALITY AND GENDER
WST 272/GER 272: GENDER & SEXUALITY IN THE 20TH CENTURY
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GENDER AND SOCIAL ISSUES Cluster # S1WST001
This cluster introduces students to a range of approaches to gender, primarily based in the social sciences, and covering a variety of cultures.
Distribution: Social Sciences
REQUIRED:
WST 200 Colloquium in Women’s Studies
CHOOSE TWO OF THE FOLLOWING:
WST 103-LIN 103 Language and Sexuality
WST 206 Feminism, Gender, and Health
WST 227-HIS222 Children, Family and the State
WST 296-HIS 314 International Human Rights
HISTORY AND THEORY OF FEMINISM Cluster # S1WST002
This cluster provides an in depth exploration of the history and theory of feminism, through a range of approaches, including philosophy, literary criticism, history, religion, and political theory.
Distribution: Social Sciences
REQUIRED COURSES:
WST 200 Colloquium in Women’s Studies
WST 205-PHL 171 Philosophical Foundations of Feminism
WST 206 Feminism, Gender, and Health
GENDER, SCIENCE, & HEALTH Cluster # S1WST003
This cluster focuses on the intersections of gender, science and human health. Students will explore the ways in which scientific and medical knowledge and institutions affect women and gender relations.
Distribution: Social Sciences
REQUIRED:
WST 200 Colloquium in Women’s Studies
CHOOSE TWO OF THE FOLLOWING:
WST 115-ANT 102 Introduction to Medical Anthropology
WST 206 Feminism, Gender, and Health
CSP 267 Psychology of Gender
GENDER AND PUBLIC POLICY Cluster # S1WST004
This cluster deals with gender and women’s issues in the context of politics, law, and public policy.
Distribution: Social Sciences
REQUIRED:
WST 200 Colloquium in Women’s Studies
CHOOSE TWO OF THE FOLLOWING:
WST 203-PSC 246 Women in Politics
WST 205-PHL 171 Philosophical Foundations of Feminism
WST 206 Feminism, Gender, and Health
WST 296-HIS 314 International Human Rights
GENDER & HISTORY Cluster # S1WST005
The focus of this cluster is on the changing situation of women across time, and the situation of, and relation between, men and women in different societies and at different periods in history.
Distribution: Social Sciences
REQUIRED:
WST 200 Colloquium in Women’s Studies
CHOOSE TWO OF THE FOLLOWING:
WST 201-HIS 250 Women in History: US 1600-1700
WST 251-HIS 296 Women in East Asia
WST 261-HIS 259 African-American Women’s History
WST 296-HIS 314 International Human Rights