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Course Offerings

*Please consult NOVASIS for other information on registering for these courses.
For more information, contact Dr. Seth Whidden, Academic Director of Gender and Women’s Studies at gws@villanova.edu or call the office (Old Falvey 206-D) at 610-519-3815.

All Gender and Women's Studies courses satisfy Diversity 2 requirements unless otherwise noted; in addition, some can be used to fulfill either Diversity 1 or Diversity 2, and some also fulfill the Advanced Literature requirement. As always, check NOVASIS for complete information concerning attributes and the latest up-to-date course information.

Fall 2009 Course Offerings

Course Number and Title Days / Time Instructor
GWS 2050 - Intro to Gndr/Women's Studies TR 1:00 - 2:15 Sheryl Bowen
   
ENG 2300 - Women in Literature MW 1:30 - 2:45 Ellen Bonds
ENG 3350 - Milton TR 8:30 - 9:45 Lauren Shohet
ENG 4690 - Amer. Lit. & Cult. after 1900 (Drama: American Femenactment) MW 3:00 - 4:15 Gail Ciociola
ENG 5000 - Senior Seminar (002: Modernist Sexualities) TR 2:30 - 3:45 Megan Quigley
FRE 2215 - Francophone Women's Voices TR 11:00 - 12:45 Beatrice Waggaman
GER 3412 - Special Topics (German Women and Film) TR 10:00 - 11:15 Charles Helmetag
HIS 2296 - History of American Women TR 2:30 - 3:45 Judith Giesberg
HIS 3361 - Women in Modern Eur Soc TR 10:00 - 11:15 Lynne Hartnett
HON 3602 - Literature (Toni Morrison) TR 8:30 - 9:45 Crystal Lucky
ITA 4140 - The Image of Woman in Ita Lit MW 3:00 - 4:15 Inna Rayevsky
JPN 2215 - Women in Asia MW 3:00 - 4:15 Masako Nakagawa
PHI 2410 - Philosophy of Sex & Love (001) TR 1:00 - 2:15 Dalia Nassar
PHI 2410 - Philosophy of Sex & Love (002) TR 2:30 - 3:45 Dalia Nassar
PHI 2420 - Philosophy of Women (001) MW 1:30 - 2:45 Katie Grosh
PHI 2420 - Philosophy of Women (002) MW 3:00 - 4:15 Katie Grosh
PSY 2450 - Psychology of Women TR 10:00 - 11:15 Nicole Else-Quest
SOC 2300 - Sociology of the Family MWF 11:30 - 12:45 Donna Shai
SOC 3500 - Sociology of Gender TR 4:00 - 5:15 Jill McCorkel
SOC 4000 - Special Topics (Sociology of Sports) TR 10:00 - 11:15 Rick Eckstein
THL 4400 - Christian Marriage R 6:10 - 8:50 John Groch
THL 5850 - Women in Rel & Society (001) TR 2:30 - 3:45 Fayette Veverka
THL 5850 - Women in Rel & Society (002) TR 4:00 - 5:15 Fayette Veverka

Summer 2009 Course Offerings

Course Number and Title Days / Time Instructor
COM 3406 - Gender & Communication TBA Sheryl P. Bowen

Spring 2009 Course Offerings

Course Number and Title Days / Time Instructor
WS 5000 - Integrating Seminar (Alive and Kicking: Recent, Great Feminist Literature) counts for credit in English Dept. MW 3:00 - 4:15 Heather Hicks
   
AAH 3001 - Women in Art TR 1:00 - 2:15 Jeanne Brody
COM 3341 - Gender and Film MW 1:30 - 1:20 Gordon Coonfield
ENG 2300 - Women in Literature TR 4:30 - 5:15 Ellen Bonds
ENG 3504 - 19th Cent Brit Women Writers TR 11:00 - 12:45 Deborah Thomas
ENG 3690 - Br/Ir Lit. & Cult. after 1900 (Virginia Woolf) TR 2:30 - 3:45 Megan Quigley
ENG 5000 - Senior Seminar (section 003: American Women Poets and Feminist Theory) TR 1:00 - 2:15 Lisa Sewell
GIS 4000 - Global Env Justice Movements (Global Environmental Justice) TBA Paul Rosier, Chaone Mallory
HIS 2296 - History of American Women TR 10:00 - 11:15 Karen Kauffman
HIS 4395 - Topics in Asian History (History of Women in Modern Asia) MW 3:00 - 4:15 Holly Sanders
ITA 4120 - The Women of Italian Opera MW 3:00 - 4:15 Inna Rayevsky
NUR 4800 - Women's Health Issues TR 2:30 - 3:45 Linda Copel
PJ 2800 - Race, Class, & Gender MW 1:30 - 2:45 Sally J. Scholz
PHI 2420 - Philosophy of Women MWF 11:30 - 12:20 Sally J. Scholz
PSY 2450 - Psychology of Women TR 1:00 - 2:15 Nicole Else-Quest
SOC 2300 - Sociology of the Family TR 10:00 - 11:15 Donna Shai
THL 2420 - Women in the Bible (section 001) TR 10:00 - 11:15 Judith Hadley
THL 2420 - Women in the Bible (section 002) TR 11:30 - 12:45 Judith Hadley
THL 2420 - Women in the Bible (section 100) T 6:00 - 8:50 Judith Hadley

Fall 2008 Course Offerings

Course Number and Title Days / Time Instructor
ENG 2300 - Women in Literature (001) MWF 9:30 - 10:20 Ellen Bonds
HIS 2296 - History of American Women (X07) /
PJ 5000 - Selected Topics (X07)		 TR 10:00 - 11:15 Karen S. Kauffman
HIS 2296 - History of American Women (X08) /
PJ 5000 - Selected Topics (X08)		 TR 1:00 - 2:15 Judith Ann Giesberg
HIS 3995 - Topics in European History (001) TR 11:30 - 12:45 Lynne A. Hartnett
HIS 4090 - Women in the Middle East (X10) /
PJ 4000 - Selected Topics (X10)		 TR 1:00 - 2:15 Michelle A. Rein
JPN 2215 - Women in Asia (001) MW 4:30 - 5:45 Masako Nakagawa
PHI 2420 - Philosophy of Women (001) MWF 10:30 - 11:20 Katie H. Grosh
PHI 2420 - Philosophy of Women (002) MWF 11:30 - 12:20 Katie H. Grosh
PSC 4875 - Topics in Inter. Rel. (001) TR 8:30 - 9:45 Robert W. Langran
SOC 2300 - Sociology of the Family (001) MWF 11:30 - 12:20 Donna Shai
WS 2050 - Intro to Women's Studies (001) TR 11:30 - 12:45 Jean Marie Lutes

Spring 2008 Course Offerings

MWF 12:30 - 1:20
Course Number and Title Days / Time Instructor
AAH 3001 - Women in Art T-R 1:00 - 2:15 Jeanne Brody
COM 3406 - Gender & Communication MWF 12:30 - 1:20 Sheryl P. Bowen
ENG 2300 - Women in Literature MWF 9:30 - 10:20 Ellen Bonds
ENG 3350 - Milton TR 1:00 - 2:15 Lauren E. Shohet
GER 3412 - Special Topics TR 10:00 - 11:15 Charles H. Helmetag
HIS 2296 - History of American Women TR 4:00 - 5:15 Catherine Monica Kerrison
PHI 2420 - Philosophy of Women (X13) /
PHI 5000 - Adv Sem for Phil Majors (X13)		 MWF 10:30 - 11:20 Sally J. Scholz
PHI 2420 - Philosophy of Women (X14) /
PHI 5000 - Adv Sem for Phil Majors (X14)		 MWF 11:30 - 12:20 Sally J. Scholz
PSC 4875 - Topics in Inter. Rel. (003) MW 4:30 - 5:45 Catherine Warrick
PSY 3000 - Special Topics (003) TR 11:30 - 12:45 Nicole M. Else-Quest
SOC 2300 - Sociology of the Family (001) MWF 11:30 - 12:20 Donna Shai
SOC 3500 - Sociology of Gender (001) Lynda Malik
THL 5850 - Women in Rel & Society (001) TR 2:30 - 3:45 Fayette B. Veverka
THL 5850 - Women in Rel & Society (002) TR 4:00 - 5:15 Fayette B. Veverka
WS 5000 - Integrating Seminar (X37) TR 10:15 - 11:15 Heidi M. Rose