Traditional art skills are less important than a desire to explore personal boundaries. Developmental investigation of psychological character of women and men. Childhood, adolescence, relationship formation, middle years, and old age from the perspectives of female and male psychological experiences. Introduction to the theory and scope of women's studies as an academic discipline. Focuses on feminist theories classified as liberal, radical, socialist, French, post-structuralism, etc.
Women composers from past to present.
Several works discussed. Fulfills Diversity, Social Science Integration. Historical and social-psychological development of the role of women in contemporary American society. Insight into the underlying biological, psychoemotional, and social causes of eating disorders and body image concerns. In conjunction with second wave feminism, female authors writing strong female sleuths exploded onto the American mystery scene.