Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies is an interdisciplinary program that uses gender and sexuality as central frameworks for exploration, analysis, and action. GSWS affirms the commitment among its students and faculty to promote social justice and deconstruct assumptions about gender and sexuality that reproduce inequality.
Students interested in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies should consider enrolling in one of the courses listed for our program on the First-Year Student website.
CLAS 222
Archaeology of Pompeii
Common Area: History Studies
Examines the ancient city of Pompeii, with particular emphasis on the houses in which families lived. Domestic spaces both reflected and reinforced certain family structures, and so the houses of Pompeii provide us with information about subjects as varied as the power of the father, ancient slavery, the experience of childhood, the role of women, and ancient notions of public and private space, all of which topics will be addressed in this course through an examination of material culture. For purposes of comparison, the course will also briefly investigate the domestic spaces of the nearby site of Herculaneum, as well as other Italian sites like Cosa and Ostia.
RELS 118
New Testament
Common Area: History Studies or Studies in Religion
Introduction to early Christian literature and thought in light of the historical, literary, and religious milieu of the Greco-Roman world, including Judaism. Topics discussed include the diverse of representations of Jesus, the emergence of the category "Christian," and the genres of New Testament and other early Christian books. Contemporary approaches are addressed, but the primary focus is the ancient texts themselves. One unit
RELS 143
Social Ethics
Common Area: Studies in Religion
An introduction to moral reasoning and various modes of Christian ethical reflection on contemporary social issues.
THEA 145
Gay Theatre & Film
Common Area: Arts
Gay Film and Theatre is designed to examine how art (specifically film and theatre) helps us define ourselves, both collectively and individually. Films and plays from different periods and cultures allow the students to examine the evolution of the human condition for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered populations.