WST 510: Gender and Culture

A variable topics course on the many ways in which culture and gender interact. Possible topics include women in multiethnic America, women in the labor movement, and women and social policy.

Co-scheduled with HIS 515.

Fall or Spring, 3 credits, Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)

May be repeated for credit.

WST 511: Gender and Culture

A variable topics course on the many ways in which culture and gender interact. Possible topics include women in multiethnic America, women in the labor movement, and women and social policy.

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor

Fall or Spring, 3 credits, Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)

May be repeated for credit.

WST 512: Advanced Topics in Gender Studies

This advanced course will continue the discussion of the graduate seminar on Sociology of Gender, by examining theoretical debates or controversies, examining specific gender identities, examining the gender of a specific institution (i.e., labor,law), or the gendered dynamics of social interaction (in for example, romantic relationships or sexuality). Co-scheduled with WST 602.

Fall or Spring, 3 credits, Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)

May be repeated for credit.

WST 550: Women of Color in The Modern World: Shifting Identities and Feminist Visions

This course explores the various ways in which gender, race, and class, along with other aspects of identity, shape the lives and experiences of women of color in the United States and globally. It presents the ongoing debates concerning the interconnections of gender, race, and shifting identities. It will examine the relationships between the construction of personal identities, identity statuses, cultural and ideological meaning systems, and the search for alternative images. Permission from advisor required.

3 credits, Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)

WST 559: Gender and Health

This course explores gender differences in physical and mental health through the study of psychology, sociology, medicine, and epidemiology.

Co-scheduled with PSY 559.

Fall or Spring, 3 credits, Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)

May be repeated for credit.

WST 595: Reading Colloquium in Women's History

A topics course dealing with such subjects as women in social movements, the place of gender in particular historical circumstances, imperialism and woman, changing views of sexuality, or relations between family policies and other political programs. This course offered as both HIS 595 and WST 595.

Fall or Spring, 3 credits, Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)

WST 597: Directed Readings for M.S. Students

Directed Readings must be approved in writing by the Advisor, Director of Graduate Studies, and the supervising professor. 1-3 credits each semester, repetitive credit.

Fall or Spring, 1-3 credits, S/U grading

May be repeated for credit.

WST 598: Thesis Research

Research and writing of M.A. thesis supervised by faculty advisor.

Offered Fall, Spring, 1-9 credits, S/U grading

May be repeated for credit.

WST 599: Independent Study

A student and faculty member agree on a topic not offered in any seminars and a reading list to study at weekly or biweekly meetings. A final research paper or major annotated bibliography will be required. The syllabus must be filed with the program's form before the add/drop period ends.

Fall and Spring, 1-3 credits, Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)

May be repeated for credit.

WST 600: Feminist Interdisciplinary Histories and Methods

Rather than beginning with an overview of the history of feminism or the feminist methodology, this course explores how feminist knowledges both settle and unsettle understandings of what counts as history, theory, method, and evidence. Since its emergence as a distinct academic field, feminism(s) have raised questions about how we know what we know, who gets to speak and for whom, and what constitutes a legitimate site or object of analysis. What makes research trans,queer, feminist, anti-racist, decolonial, or transnational? In this course, instructors and students do not seek definite answers to these questions. Instead, they trace the ways feminist thinkers intervene in debates about interdisciplinary knowledge production. They examine the relationship between power and knowledge: the ethics of representation, questions of accountability, the importance of self- reflexivity, and the recognition of knowledge production as an embodied and emotional practice. By centering subjects and knowledges often relegated to academic peripheries, this course challenges the situating of the west as feminisms epicenter and the racism, coloniality, and cisheteronormativity often embedded in feminist methods and histories.

3 credits, Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)

May be repeated for credit.

WST 601: Feminist Theories

This course examines concepts and conversations that have played a key role in constituting the field of women's, gender, and sexuality studies and queer, feminist, and trans scholarship more broadly. Far from promising a definitive or comprehensive overview of feminist theory, each iteration of this course focuses on particular topics, themes, and/or theoretical frameworks. As such, instructors model for students how to build reading lists that track conceptual debates within the field or trace the contestations and contradictions of particular feminist genealogies. Together, instructors and students situate these concepts and conversations within broader historical, geopolitical, and intellectual contexts in order to question the purpose of specific theories at the moment of their emergence and to evaluate their current usefulness for developing transnational and intersectional understandings of gender and sexuality. At its core, this course attends to the ways in which the legacies of slavery, colonialism, and cisheteronormativity have conditioned western feminist thought and seeks to support students in developing theoretical tools for practicing distinctly anti-racist and decolonial women's, gender, and sexuality studies.

3 credits, Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)

May be repeated for credit.

WST 602: Social Perspectives on Feminist Theory

This course introduces students to the main currents of feminist social, political, and intellectual theory. It will explore theories and texts and the linkages between developing feminism and such fields as economics, sociology, history, and philosophy. Prerequisite: Admission to the Graduate Certificate Program in Women's Studies Co-Scheduled with SOC 519.

Fall or Spring, 3 credits, Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)

May be repeated for credit.

WST 610: Advanced Topics in Women's Studies

A variable topics seminar course in women's studies for the advanced student. Topics might include feminist peace politics, women in Third World cinema, feminist theology, or feminist philosophy. Course may be repeated as topic varies. Sections of this course are co-scheduled with SOC 509, PHI 615, and PHI 616.

Fall or Spring, 3 credits, Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)

May be repeated for credit.

WST 680: Interdisciplinary Research Design

This seminar is designed as a workshop to apply knowledge of methods and methodologies in the interdisciplinary area of Women's and Gender Studies to students' own research. Course topics will include formulating and refining research questions; developing appropriate theoretical frameworks; articulating scholarly value; and thinking critically about the methods used in feminist interdisciplinary research, across the Humanities, Social Sciences and Sciences. Students are expected to work collaboratively, presenting their individual works-in-progress to the class for constructive critique. Over the semester, students will develop either a research proposal for funding agencies and/or their dissertation proposal (prospectus).

Fall or Spring, 3 credits, Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)

WST 690: Directed Readings for Doctoral Candidates

A student and faculty member agree on a corpus of texts to read and discuss at weekly or biweekly meetings. The reading list must be filed with the program¿s form before the add/drop period ends.

Fall and Spring, 1-12 credits, S/U grading

May be repeated for credit.

WST 696: Self-Directed Readings

For doctoral students who have completed all course requirements and wish to dedicate themselves to full- or part-time preparation for the Comprehensive Examination.

Fall and Spring, 3-9 credits, S/U grading

May be repeated 6 times FOR credit.

WST 698: Practicing Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

This teaching practicum is designed for PhD, MA, and graduate certificate students in Women¿s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies who anticipate teaching interdisciplinary trans, queer, or feminist studies courses. Students will consider the development and institutionalization of our rich, yet relatively nascent field by taking seriously the responsibilities we have to recount and challenge white western-centric feminist genealogies upheld in the Euro-American academy. Together, instructors and students center feminist pedagogical practices that attend to the imperial and ableist legacies that underscore mainstream conceptualizations of teaching and learning. They reflect on how, as educators, their unequal relationships to colonialism, racial capitalism, and socially constructed identity categories inform their teaching philosophies and approach to designing courses, syllabuses, and assessments. This course also examines the changing politics and economics of contemporary academia and how these shifts impact the production, distribution, and consumption of academic knowledge. Ultimately, students will uncover the historical implications of women¿s, gender, and sexuality studies and start considering the role they wish to play in mapping the futures of the field.

3 credits, Letter graded (A, A-, B+, etc.)

WST 699: Dissertation Research on Campus

Prerequisite: Advancement to candidacy (G5). A portion of dissertation research must take place on SBU campus.

Fall, Spring, 3-9 credits, S/U grading

May be repeated for credit.

WST 700: Dissertation Research off Campus

Prerequisite: Must be advanced to candidacy (G5). Major portion of research will take place off-campus, but in the United States and/or U.S. provinces. Please note, Brookhaven National Labs and the Cold Spring Harbor Lab are considered on-campus. All international students must enroll in one of the graduate student insurance plans and should be advised by an International Advisor. Semesters Offered:

Fall, 1-9 credits, S/U grading

May be repeated for credit.

WST 701: Dissertation Research off Campus-International

Prerequisite: Must be advanced to candidacy (G5). Major portion of research will take place outside of the United States and/or U.S. provinces. Domestic students have the option of the health plan and may also enroll in MEDEX. International students who are in their home country are not covered by mandatory health plan and must contact the Insurance Office for the insurance charge to be removed. International students who are not in their home country are charged for the mandatory health insurance. If they are to be covered by another insurance plan they must file a waiver by the second week of classes. The charge will only be removed if other plan is deemed comparable. All international students must have received clearance from an International Advisor. Semesters offered: Fall,

Spring, 1-9 credits, S/U grading

May be repeated for credit.

WST 800: Summer Research

May be repeated for credit. Semesters offered: Summer

S/U grading

May be repeated for credit.

WST 850: Summer Teaching

May be repeated for credit Semesters Offered: Summer

S/U grading

May be repeated 1 times FOR credit.