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Course Descriptions

Course Numbering System

The following lists include all courses normally offered at Albion College. However, not all courses are offered every year. When possible, courses offered in alternate years are designated. For details, students should consult the Class Schedule for each semester, available online at: www.albion.edu/registrar. The College reserves the right to add or withdraw courses without prior announcement, as conditions may require.

Unless otherwise stated, 100 level courses are intended for freshmen, 200 level for sophomores, 300 and 400 level for juniors and seniors.

A list of courses which meet the core and category requirements, organized by departments, is available online at www.albion.edu/registrar.

Further information may be obtained at the Registrar’s Office in the Ferguson Student, Technology, and Administrative Services Building.
 

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
  

  • WGS 289: Selected Topics

    (1 Unit)
    An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. Staff.
  

  • WGS 360: Feminist Theory

    (1 Unit)
    Prerequisite: WGS 106 or WGS 116 or permission of instructor.
    Explores twentieth-century feminist thought from the United States and Great Britain with some attention to other influences. Grounds feminist theory within the grassroots women’s movement, a social, cultural and political movement for change. Tracing the influence of feminism in the academy, the course surveys not only the critical and analytical foundations of the field of women’s studies but also the impact of women and gender-centered scholarship on the traditional disciplines. The challenges to feminist theory raised by U.S. women of color, working-class women, lesbians and other women who have experienced multiple oppressions are explored along with the women’s examinations of the intersections of sexism and racism, classism, homophobia and other systems of power. Staff
  

  • WGS 364: Black & Queer Feminist Theory

    (1 Unit)
    Prerequisite: WGS 111 or permission of instructor
    Black feminism-queer feminism examines two of the theoretical positions that have most challenged mainstream feminist theory. It will cover early writings from Black women up through the decades of women’s rights, abolitionism, civil rights, Black liberation and feminist struggles.  Similarly, the course will trace the emergence of queer theory, searching for its historical roots and studying its contemporary expression. Final research projects will focus on the diverse forms Black and queer feminists are using to express and communicate their theories today. Staff
  

  • WGS 387: Selected Topics

    (1/4 Unit)
    An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. Staff.
  

  • WGS 388: Selected Topics

    (1/2 Unit)
    An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. Staff.
  

  • WGS 389: Selected Topics

    (1 Unit)
    An examination of subjects or areas not included in other courses. Staff.
  

  • WGS 391: Internship

    (1/2 Unit)
    Offered on a credit/no credit basis. Staff.
  

  • WGS 392: Internship

    (1 Unit)
    Offered on a credit/no credit basis. Staff.
  

  • WGS 398: Practicum

    (1/2 Unit)
    Offered on a credit/no credit basis. Staff.
  

  • WGS 401: Seminar

    (1/2 Unit)
    Staff.
  

  • WGS 402: Seminar

    (1 Unit)
    Staff.
  

  • WGS 411: Directed Study

    (1/2 Unit)
    Directed studies generally are reserved for those students who have schedule conflicts between two majors. They are also available for students pursuing honors theses. In specific cases, students may request directed studies that cover topics beyond the scope of the current curriculum. These students are expected to present their proposed plan of study to the instructor for approval well in advance of registration. Staff
  

  • WGS 412: Directed Study

    (1 Unit)
    Directed studies generally are reserved for those students who have schedule conflicts between two majors. They are also available for students pursuing honors theses. In specific cases, students may request directed studies that cover topics beyond the scope of the current curriculum. These students are expected to present their proposed plan of study to the instructor for approval well in advance of registration. Staff
 

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