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GLOBAL WORKPLACE CULTURES: INTERNSHIP SEMINAR (GR5093)

A weekly seminar in the semester preceding the internship registration preparing students to describe, synthesize and analyse this experiential component of their degree. This seminar will prepare the students in how to integrate academic theory with practical experience and expand their understanding of the professional world.

APPLIED PROJECT CAPSTONE (GR5096)

The Applied Project is designed to provide MA students an opportunity to integrate the knowledge and skills gained from their courses to professional outcomes. Specifically, the project and its presentation should draw on the knowledge, analytic abilities, writing and presentation skills, and insights students have acquired through study, observation, and involvement in their disciplinary field. Students registering the Applied Project should also take the thesis seminar in order to help them critically reflect upon their creative process.

THESIS SEMINAR (GR5099)

This seminar instructs students in the appropriate methodology for the research and writing of a graduate thesis. During the semester students will refresh and hone their understanding of the methods introduced in their core courses and receive guidance as they choose their thesis topic and develop research questions. The course will culminate in the elaboration of an outline and abstract in preparation for their research and/or fieldwork.

TOPICS IN GENDER STUDIES (GS1091)

Topics vary by semester

FIRSTBRIDGE IN GENDER STUDIES (GS1099)

Firstbridge courses are offered to degree seeking freshmen and registration is done via webform in pre-arrival checklist.

TOPICS IN GENDER STUDIES (GS1910)

Topics vary by semester

POLITICAL ECON. OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (GS2005)

Offers a comparative introduction to the political systems of developing countries through the study of decolonization, nation-building, political institutions, and economy. Studies problems of political culture, leadership, representation, and the place of developing countries in the world system.

CONTEMPORARY FEMINIST THEORY (GS2006)

Introduces the methodology of Gender Studies and the theory upon which it is based. Examines contemporary debates across a range of issues now felt to be of world-wide feminist interest: sexuality, reproduction, production, writing, representation, culture, race, and politics. Encourages responsible theorizing across disciplines and cultures.

INTRODUCTION TO GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND SOCIETY (GS2010)

Surveys major issues concerning gender and the science of psychology in an attempt to answer the question: why is there such a gender gap when women and men share more psychological similarities than differences? Topics include: developmental processes and gender; gender roles and stereotypes, biology and gender; cross-cultural perspectives of gender; social-cultural theories of gender; language and gender, emotions and gender, health and gender.