UW Madison is home to one of the leading Gender and Women’s Studies programs in the country and has robust offerings through the GWS Department. In collaboration with Gender and Women Studies, the 4W Women and Wellbeing Initiative aims to compliment this by identifying focused gendered learning opportunities in other schools at our campus. This resource is designed to help students discover classes that explore themes of gender, equity, and women’s empowerment across diverse disciplines. Please note that some special topics courses listed may not be offered on a regular basis. If you have questions or would like to suggest additions or removals, please contact us at 4w@sohe.wisc.edu. Special thanks and acknowledgements to Dr. Kate Phelps (Gender and Women’s Studies Teaching Faculty) and Emma Contreras (4W Undergraduate Intern) for their work and contributions to this project.
College of Agricultural & Life Sciences
Animal Sciences
*472 Animal Agriculture and Global Sustainable Development
*473 International Field Study in Animal Agriculture and Sustainable Development
Community and Environmental Sociology (C&E SOC)
*222 Food, Culture, and Society
375 Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Ag
*405 Education for Sustainable Communities
*623 Gender, Society, and Politics
*972 Seminar in Population and Development (grad only)
Dairy Sciences
*472 Animal Agriculture and Global Sustainable Development
*473 International Field Study in Animal Agriculture and Sustainable Development
Food Sciences
*472 Animal Agriculture and Global Sustainable Development
*473 International Field Study in Animal Agriculture and Sustainable Development
Interdisciplinary Courses (C A L S)
175 WISE Seminar
Soil Science
*472 Animal Agriculture and Global Sustainable Development
*473 International Field Study in Animal Agriculture and Sustainable Development
School of Education
Counseling Psychology
200 LGBTQ+ People and Mental Health Equity
225 Intersectionalities, Self Awareness, and Social Actions for Social Change
332 Gender and Queer Issues in Psychology
333 Asian American Psychology
334 Black Psychology
860 Social and Cultural Foundations of Counseling
Curriculum and Instruction
292 Globalizing Education
366 Internationalizing Educational Knowledge
*406 Race, Intersectionality, and Equity in Education
Dance
168 Dancing Gender: Embodiment, Politics and Feminist Theory
Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis (EPLA)
735 Leadership for Equity and Diversity (grad only)
887 Diversity and Inequality in Higher Education (grad only)
Education Policy Studies
200 Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality in American Education
210 Youth, Education, and Society
240 Comparative Education
245 Education in East Asia
260 Introduction to International Educational Development
355 The Politics of Education Injustice in the US
*412 History of American Education
505 Issues in Urban Education in the U.S.
*648 Sociology of Education
Educational Psychology
506 Impact of Race & Gender
Kinesiology
353 Health and Physical Education in a Multicultural Society
540 Diversity in Health and Physical Activity Settings
614 Biological Factors Influencing Exercise Performance
861 Principles of Motor Control and Learning (grad only)
Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education
*460 Race, Intersectionality, and Equity in Education
510 Partnering with Families and Other Professionals in Early Childhood Special Education
710 Multicultural Issues in Special Education (grad only)
Theatre and Drama
357 Introduction to Theatre for Cultural and Social Awareness
420 Theatre and Society
557 Advanced Theatre for Cultural and Social Awareness
College of Engineering
Interdisciplinary Courses (Engineering)
650 Women and Leadership in Medicine, Science and Engineering
School of Human Ecology
Civil Society and Community Studies (CSCS)
125 Community and Social Change
410 Human Trafficking: Global and Local Perspectives
785 Civil Development Across the Lifespan (grad only)
Consumer Sciences
273 Finances & Family
*465 Families & Poverty
748 The Economic Organization of the Household
Human Development and Family Studies
761 Childhood and the Family (grad only)
Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies
112 Environmental Studies: Social Sciences Perspectives
*125 Green Screen: Environmental Perspectives through Film
*533 Gender Sexuality & Environment
College of Letters & Science
African American Studies (AFROAMER)
267 Artistic/Cultural Images of Black Women
270 Black Women & Civil Rights
*802 Visual Cultures: Topics in Visual Cultures
African Cultural Studies (AFRICAN)
*302 Arabic Literature and Cinema
American Indian Studies
230 Indigenous Resistance & Activism
246 Literature by American Indian Women
*410 Critical Indigenous Ecological Knowledge
Anthropology
104 Cultural Anthropology and Human Diversity
337 Lithics and Archeology
Art History
107 The Body, Sex, & Health in Art
407 Topics in 19th Century Art
*802 Visual Cultures: Topics in Visual Cultures
Asian American Studies (ASIAN AM)
160 Asian American History: Movement and Dislocation
420 Asian American and Media
540 Special Topics
Asian Languages and Cultures (ASIAN)
268 Tibetan Cultures and Traditions
276 Chinese Migrations since 1500
300 Gender/Sexuality in South Asia
300 Queer Asia
301 Gender Work Family: East Asia
*334 Gender, Work, and Family in East Asia
405 Gods and Goddesses of South Asia
428 Visual Cultures of India
443 Indian Cinema in the U.S. and Beyond
*505 The Perfectible Body in Religions, Medicines, and Politics
630 Women Make Movies
Chicano and Latino Studies (CHICLA)
*151 The North American West to 1850
*222 Intro to Latinx Cultures
*364 Survey of Latino and Latina Popular Culture
*467 US Latino Literature
331 Immigrant Health and Wellbeing
501 Chicano and Latino Social Movements in the US
*657 Understanding Latino Families and Communities
Classics
308 Sex and Violence in the Ancient Near East
*362 Athenian Democracy
373 Sexual Violence in Antiquity/Sexual Violence in the Bible
Comparative Literature
203 American Girls and Girlhood/Early Black Feminisms
466 Gender-Art-Psychoanalysis
East Asian Area Studies
*301 Gender Work Family: East Asia
English
171 Literature, Gender, and Sexuality
174 Literature and Social Justice
245 Feminist Lit of Disability
335 Stage and Page in the Long Eighteenth Century
*370 Jewish Humor
374 African and African Diaspora Literature and Culture
416 English in Society
438 Gender & Sexuality, 18th C Lit
457 The Queer and Feminist 1970s
474 Global Reproductive Justice
*525 Health and the Humanities
*533 Gender Sexuality & Environment
Folklore Program
*327 Vampires
439 Foodways
French (French and Italian)
210 Sexuality and Gender in 20th-Century French Literature
285 Rebellious Women
345 French Fashion and Literature from the Middle Ages to Today
472 French/Francophone Literature and Women
Gender and Women’s Studies
A full list of the courses offered by the Gender and Women’s Studies Department can be found here.
Geography
*305 Introduction to the City
307 International Migration, Health, and Human Rights
513 Queer Geographies
German
253 Introduction to German Cinema
*280 From Grimm to Gryffindor: German Fairytales (Re)Imagined
German, Nordic, Slavic
370 Woman vs. Power
373 Philosophy, Theory, Criticism
History
119 Europe and the World, 1400-1815
*125 Green Screen: Environmental Perspectives through Film
130 An introduction to World History
136 Sport, Recreation, & Society in the United States
139 Introduction to the Modern Middle East
*151 The North American West to 1850
201 Women & Gender in Mod. Europe
227 African Amer Hist: Race&Gender
*243 Colonial Latin America: Invasion to Independence
*262 American Legal History, 1860 to the Present
270 Eastern Europe Since 1900
275 Topics in LGBT History
278 Africans in the Americas, 1492-1808
302 History of American Thought, 1859 to the Present
340 Cultural History of Korea
350 The First World War and the Shaping of the Twentieth-Century Europe
*362 Athenian Democracy
500 Gender & Empire in SE Asia/Roman Gender & Politics
*502 Law and Colonialism
600 Gender & WWII/ByzantineEmpresses & their Men/Women in French Revolution
752 Seminar in Transnational Gender History
936 The History of Women and Gender in the U.S., to 1870 (grad only)
History of Science
*125 Green Screen: Environmental Perspectives through Film
160 Engineering Inequality: Technology and Inequity Throughout History
404 A History of Disease
*525 Health and the Humanities
Integrated Liberal Studies
371 Latin Am Wmn Art Lit Activism
400 Latin-American Female Artists
International Studies
*302 Arabic Literature and Cinema
403 Islam and Gender
Italian (French and Italian)
321 Studies in Italian Literature and Culture l
Jewish Studies
231 Religion and Sexuality
*370 Jewish Humor
Journalism and Mass Communication
163 Gender and Sexuality in Mass Communication
880 Gender & Sexuality – Mass Comm (grad only)
Latin America, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies
*243 Colonial Latin America: Invasion to Independence
285 Race and Culture in the Americas
Legal Studies
*262 American Legal History, 1860 to the Present
*502 Law and Colonialism
Library & Information Sciences
500 Code and Power
629 Multicultural Literature and Resources for Children and Youth
665 Race&Gender in Archives
Linguistics
213 Topics in Sociolinguistics
Literature in Translation
200 Food Cultures in Italian Literature
213 Love and Sex in Italian Comedy
*238 Literature and Revolution
*280 From Grimm to Gryffindor: German Fairytales (Re)Imagined
*320 The Nordic Child
*327 Vampires
Medical History and Bioethics
*525 Health and the Humanities
747 Feminist Bioethics (grad only)
Medieval Studies
*255 Black Death and Medieval life Through Boccaccio’s Decameron
Music
102 Jazz in 20th-Century America
105 Storytelling on Stage: Introduction to Musical Theater and Opera
Philosophy
341 Contemporary Moral Issues
556 Topics in Feminism and Philosophy
Political Science
335 Social Identities
342 State-Building: How States Are Formed, Function, and Influence Society
814 Social Identities: Definition and Measurement (grad only)
862 State and Society in Comparative Perspective (grad only)
Psychology
*160 Human Sexuality: Social and Psychological Issues
*453 Human Sexuality
606 Hormones and Behavior
808 Culture & Diversity in Clinical Practice
Public Affairs and Public Policy
200 Contemporary Public Policy Issues
352 Women, Gender, and Policy
Religious Studies
103 Exploring Religion and Sexuality
320 Prophets and Poets: Women, Writing and Religion in a Time of War, 1642-1660
*505 The Perfectible Body In Religions, Medicines, and Politics
Scandinavian Studies
*320 The Nordic Child
355 Autobiography
420 The Woman in Scandinavian Literature
434 The Art of Isak Dinesen/Karen Blixen
Slavic (Slavic Languages)
*238 Literature and Revolution
245 Women vs Power
405 Women in Russian Literature (grad only)
801 Slavic Critical Theory and Practice (grad only)
Social Work
639 Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) Individuals and Social Welfare
*657 Understanding Latino Families and Communities
Sociology
125 American Society: How It Really Works
138 The Sociology of Gender
*160 Human Sexuality: Social and Psychological Issues
*222 Food, Culture, and Society
300 Sociology of Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality
*334 Gender, Work, and Family in East Asia
*623 Gender, Society, and Politics
633 Social Stratification
*648 Sociology of Education
*972 Seminar in Population and Development (grad only)
984 Research: Sociology of Gender Trainees (grad only)
Spanish (and Portuguese)
*222 Intro to Latinx Cultures
*285 Race and Culture in the Americas
*364 Survey of Latino and Latina Popular Culture
*467 US Latino Literature
470 Sex and Gender in Spain
Law School
Law
896 Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender, and Society (grad only)
920 Climate Change, Human Rights, and the Environment (grad only)
School of Medicine
Dermatology
955 Public Health in Dermatology Selective (grad only)
Medical History
525 Health and the Humanities (grad only)
747 Feminist Bioethics (grad only)
* indicates cross-listing