The Family Focuses on the social forces shaping the changing dynamics of contemporary families. Examines theoretical and conceptual frameworks. Addresses at length specific issues such as abortion, single parenting, childcare, and domestic violence. SO316 Women and World Development Examines women's changing roles and status in developing countries. Explores issues such as sexual division of labor, relationships among classes and castes, gender and ethnicity, the household economy and subsistence production, migration, leadership roles and styles, women's roles in development projects, internationalization of capital, women's work, and women and political power.
Materials focus on women's experiences in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Society An art historical survey from the Middle Ages to the present that considers women artists in history and the depictions of women within the context of the history of art. Women in Choreography Explores women as choreographers from the early 20th century to the present day. Focuses on the individual creative process, and the various styles and backgrounds which resulted in women choreographers as forerunners in movement styles. EN327 Gothic Fiction Readings in Gothic fiction from the 18th century to the present. Emphasis on the techniques and themes used to evoke the realm of the irrational and nightmarish terrors that lie beneath the orderly surface of the civilized mind.