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This course explores the work of women artists, patrons, and scholars who have made an impact on the development and understanding of the canon of Western art. Beginning in ancient Greece, the course touches upon women in the arts through the twentieth century. Fulfills Core Curriculum requirement of Art, Art Therapy, or Music. *AE/DC
A study of selected short fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama by eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century women writers of the U.S. Fulfills Ursuline Core Curriculum requirement of EN Literature and American Culture (AM). *AM/DCPrerequisite: EN 123/124 OR EN 125.
An exploration of African American women as they adapted, survived, and achieved from colonial times until the present in America
Women's participation in major world historical events and their impact on women's lives from 1500 CE to the present. Emphasis on primary source readings and oral history. Fulfills Ursuline Core Curriculum World Culture requirement (WO). *DC
A study of women?'s roles in the artistic, intellectual, economic, and political life of the Renaissance from 1400 to 1750. Fulfills Ursuline Core Curriculum Western Culture requirement (WE). *DC/WE
A survey of the contributions women have made to the development of musical culture. Emphasis is placed on but not limited to composers and/or performers in the Western concert tradition. Other musical careers and contributions are also addressed. Study of selected musical compositions is an essential part of the course. Fulfills the Ursuline Core Curriculum requirement for a course in Art, Art Therapy or Music. *AE/DC
A consideration of philosophical principles that have affected philosophers?' assumptions about the nature of woman. Study of selections from various periods of philosophy as well as contemporary feminist thought. Fulfills Core Curriculum Philosophy requirement. *PH/DC
A study of selected women philosophers from ancient to contemporary times and consideration of their contribution to the history of philosophy. Fulfills Core Curriculum Philosophy requirement. *PH/DC
This course examines women?'s spiritual development and the major issues in women?'s lives, including brokenness, connection, power, work, love, death, and daily experience. Fulfills Ursuline Core Curriculum RS requirement. *RS/DC
This course considers the reality of marriage from a Christian theological perspective. It views marriage and family life as involving the commitments of the whole person, including spiritual, psycho-social, sexual, and cultural dimensions. Fulfills Ursuline Core Curriculum RS requirement. *RS/DC
This common course of the Ursuline Core is a writing intensive, interdisciplinary course with a focus on Values and Social Responsibility. Seminars will take various approaches to these themes depending on the topic and content developed by course instructors. The course challenges students to take a four-part approach to Values (analysis, consciousness, critique and application) as a way to identify and manage change and to explore potential responses
As the introductory course for the Women
To minor in Women’s Studies, you'll take the following classes:
In addition, undergraduate students are also required to complete the Ursuline Core Curriculum.