Open to all undergraduates. This course uses small group discussion and development of supportive group norms to enable students to explore selected topics in women's studies as they apply to their own lives and to contemporary social issues. The course work includes large and small group activities, theoretical presentations, regularly assigned readings, and written assignments. There is strong emphasis on developing analytic tools - taking a critical stance with respect to one's experience, to social issues, and to the assigned readings.
Small groups meet in different campus and off-campus locations.
Meeting place is determined within each group. This mini-course will be held in the last seven weeks of the Fall Term, 1990. WS 110 will be a broad introduction to the field of lesbian studies. Students are expected to take an active role in directing and facilitating the course, as it will primarily center on student discussions of reading and projects. Students will be asked to keep a weekly journal that integrates critical analysis of the readings, classroom discussions, and personal reactions.