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Jun 25, 2024
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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [NOTE!!!! THIS IS AN ARCHIVED CATALOG. FOR THE CURRENT CATALOG, GO TO CATALOG.NIU.EDU]
Course Descriptions
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Vision Impairments |
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SEVI 485 - Student Teaching in Secondary Special Education: Visual Impairments
Supervised observation and teacher-directed experiences in cultural and educational settings with students who are visually impaired. Students must satisfy the regulations governing student teaching.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Completion of professional education and related course work; or consent of department.
Credits: 6
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SEVI 486 - Topical Seminar in Teaching Students with Visual Impairments
Trends and issues in the education of individuals with visual impairments across the full continuum of educational environments.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: SEVI 440 and SEVI 441 and SEVI 480; or consent of department.
Credits: 3
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Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies |
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WGST 201 - Gender and Justice in Global Perspectives
Introduction to the study of women’s rights and their struggles to access resources globally, as well as what it is like to be a woman in different societies around the world.
Credits: 3
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WGST 240 - Issues in Women’s and Gender Studies
Interdisciplinary introduction to selected problems and issues in women’s and gender studies. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours as topic changes.
Credits: 3
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WGST 324 - Women in Science
Crosslisted as GEOG 324X and BIOS 324X. Why women are underrepresented in many scientific fields. The history of women in science, the current status of women in science, and the representation of women in various scientific disciplines.
Credits: 3
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WGST 390 - Internship in Women’s and Gender Studies
Work as an intern in activities related to women’s and gender studies. Reading and paper preparation under supervision of a faculty member. May be repeated in subsequent semesters to a maximum of 6 semester hours. S/U grading. Complete proposals must be submitted for the program director’s approval a minimum of two weeks before classes begin. Proposal forms are available from the Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality office and web site.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Junior or senior standing and consent of director.
Credits: 1-3
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WGST 424 - Topics in Gender and STEM
Selected issues and topics pertaining to gender and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; how gender and sexuality are defined by and define these fields; contributions of women to scientific developments.
Credits: 3
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WGST 430 - Special Topics in Women’s and Gender Studies
May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours as topic changes.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Junior or senior standing or consent of director.
Credits: 3
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WGST 432 - Feminist and Queer Theories
Ideas, histories, concepts, and concerns of feminist and queer theories. Identity categories and their historical construction, cultural contexts, significance for contemporary power relations, and meanings for diverse individuals and communities. Intersectional understandings of gender and sexuality as constituted by and constitutive of race, class, ability, and other dimensions of difference, privilege, and disadvantage.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: LGBT 350 or WGST 101 or WGST 201 or WGST 202; or consent of director.
Credits: 3
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WGST 434 - Language and Gender
Crosslisted as ENGL 434X. Examination of empirical evidence pertaining to language variation by sex and gender identity within the framework of sociolinguistics. Focus on characteristics of feminine and masculine speech and conversational styles, societal attitudes towards them, and their implications for men and women in society. Biological foundations and sociogenesis of sex differences in language; interaction effects on language variation of other social variables such as age, class, and ethnic identity; and crosscultural differences.
Credits: 3
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WGST 435 - Gender and the Environment
Crosslisted as ENVS 435X. Topics and issues pertaining to gender and the environment such as the role of gender and other social factors in perceptions, knowledge, and behaviors regarding the environment today and in the past; women’s contributions to environmental arts and sciences; the role of gender in environmental activism and policy in the U.S. and around the globe.
Credits: 3
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WGST 436 - Current Debates Seminar: Women and Gender
Examination of issues in contemporary politics, culture, and society related to women and gender from an interdisciplinary perspective. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours as topic changes.
Prerequisites & Notes
PRQ: Junior or senior standing or consent of director.
Credits: 3
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