Gender studies focuses on the analysis of gender as an element of all social relationships and as a primary category of human experience. It examines the presence of gender in personality structures (What does it mean to be masculine or feminine?) as well as in social processes such as the division of labor, the production of knowledge and culture, mechanisms of government and social control, historical changes, and stratification by race and class. Gender studies utilizes the resources, theories, and methodologies of a variety of academic fields, which provides for a more sophisticated understanding of the sex/gender system.
Upcoming Events
Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation
AUTHOR AND LAW PROFESSOR PATRICIA J. WILLIAMS TO DELIVER THE ANNUAL MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., CONVOCATION ADDRESS
Patricia J. Williams, a professor of Law at Columbia University School and an award-winning writer who has explored issues of racial inequity, politics, law and feminism in her work, will deliver the 12th annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Convocation address at Loyola College in Maryland on Wednesday, January 19, 2005. The Convocation will begin at 7 p.m. in McGuire Hall on the College's North Charles Street campus, followed by a question-and-answer session, a reception and a book signing. The lecture and reception are free and open to the public, but tickets are required. Williams' book titled The Alchemy of Race and Rights was named one of the 25 best books of 1991 by the Voice Literary Supplement and one of the "feminist classics of the last 20 years" that "literally changed women's lives," by Ms. magazine's 20th Anniversary Edition. Her newest book, Open House: Of Family, Friends, Food, Piano Lessons and a Search for a Room of My Own, is a collection of personal stories, essays, anecdotes, and autobiography. In 2000, Williams was awarded a prestigious MacArthur Foundation fellowship - commonly referred to as the "genius grant." According to the citation, "her voice has created a new form of legal writing and scholarship that integrates personal narrative, critical and literary theory, traditional legal doctrine, and empirical and sociological research." She also was the first winner of the Ida B. Wells Journalism Award in 2002, given to a journalist who exemplifies courage in reporting on racial inequity and injustice in the United States, for her column in The Nation. Her books will be on sale throughout the night for the book signing.
Tickets and Information
The convocation and reception, sponsored by Loyola's Office of Academic Affairs and Diversity, ALANA Services, and Education for Life, are free and open to the public, but tickets are required. For complimentary tickets, call 410-617-5138 or reserve your tickets online today.
The Gender Studies Minor
Introduction to Gender Studies
Gender Studies Capstone Seminar
Four electives (12 credits; listed below)
No more than two of the four electives may come from the same department. Moreover, no more than two of the electives may be at the 100- or 200- level. Courses listed below with an asterisk indicate that they are currently being offered for the Spring 2005 semester.(Times and instructors are also listed for these courses.)
Electives:
AH201 The Nude in Art
AH202 African Art
AH300 Women in Art
AH301 The Nude in Art
AH310 African Art
AH316 Realism and Impressionism* (TTH 1:40PM-2:55PM Headly, Dr. Janet.)
AH321 Modern Women Artists
CL211 Classical Mythology
CL301 The Church and the Roman Empire
CL329 Women in Greece & Rome (same as HS329)* (TTH 9:25AM-10:40AM Taylor, Dr. Martha.)
CL334 Roman Private Life
CL340 Greek & Roman Art
CM303 Gendered Rhetoric
CM387 Capstone Seminar in Gender Studies: Gender in the Public Eye* (MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM Doler, Dr. Judith)
CW311 The Art of the Essay: Women Writers* (TTH 3:05PM-4:20PM Satterfield, Ms. Jane.)
DR358 Performance Studies
EN211 Major Writers: Classical Mythology
EN302 Medieval Love
EN379 American Women Writers
EN389 Seminar in Literature and Gender
FR351 French Women Writers of the Renaissance
FR370 Race and Gender in French and Francophone Literature
FR375 Women's Voices in the Francophone World* (MWF 1:00PM-1:50PM Haggstrom, Dr. Margaret.)
GR358 Sexual Politics in German Drama HS301 The Church and the Roman Empire
HS329 Women in Greece & Rome (same as CL329)* (see above for times and instructor)
HS334 Roman Private Life
HS344 American Women's History
HS367 Black Women in the Atlantic World* (TTH 1:40PM-2:55PM Leonard, Dr. Angela.)
HS389 Women & Social Change in Modern Africa* (MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM or 12:00PM-12:50PM Schmidt, Dr. Elizabeth.)
HS414 Women and Europe
ML370 Contrasting Representations of Race and Gender
ML375 Women & Men in 20th Century Hispanic Fiction
PL232 Philosophical Perspectives: Gender and Nature* (MWF 1:00PM-1:50PM or 2:00PM-2:50PM Snow, Dr. Dale.)
PL335 Philosophy and Law: Gender Issues
PL337 Philosophy & Feminism
PL339 20th Century Women Philosophers
PL340 Public/Private Distiction in American Life
PL342 Feminism and Psychoanalysis
PL349 Gender and Nature
PS364 Women Creating Global Politics* (M 6:30PM-9:00PM Holc, Dr. Janine.)
PS387 Politics and Literature
PS392 Sexual Politics
PY254 Psychology of Women
PY353 Contemporary Issues in Psychology* (MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM LoPresto, Dr. Charles.)
PY351 Interpersonal Behavior
SC104 Cultural Anthropology* (TTH 10:50AM-12:05AM or 12:15PM-1:30PM Staff.)
SC204 The Family
SC207 Protest: Legacy of the 60's* (T 6:30PM-9:00PM Burton, Dr. Michael.)
SC220 Sociology and Sexuality
SC307 Male & Female Roles
SC341 Independent Study in Gender Studies
SC348 Gender Studies Capstone Seminar
SC361 Social Inequality* (TTH 12:15PM-1:30PM Burton, Dr. Michael.)
SC348 Capstone Seminar
SC420 Seminar: Gender, Work, and Poverty
SC434 Seminar: Women and Deviance
SN335 Contemporary Spanish Literature
SN370 19th Century Latin American Novel
SN375 Women & Men in 20th Century Hispanic Fiction
TH211 Women in the Christian Tradition* (TTH 9:25AM-10:40AM or 10:50AM-12:05PM Kriedler, Sr. Mary Jane.)
TH335 An Introduction to the Theology of Saint Augustine* (MWF 1:00PM-1:50PM Christman, Dr. Angela M.)
TH341 Medieval Women Authors
TH354 Male & Female in the Kingdom of God: Contempory Gender Perspectives of the Bible