Catalog Nbr Course Title Long Course Description  305 Women's History:  Global Perspecti The course examines histories of women in diverse regions of the globe, focusing on Latin America, Africa, Asia and/or the Middle East. Emphasizing contemporary history (primarily nineteenth and twentieth centuries) and alternating regions, the course examines indigenous cultural patterns shaping women's histories, analyzes the impacts of western and imperialist cultural patterns on non-western women, and explores the complex, interdependent relationships between women in producing and consuming nations. Co-listed as WMST 305. (Sp, alternate years)  440 Gender Communication The emphasis of this course is on similarities and differences in the communicative behaviors of women and men. The class will address such topics as female-male roles and stereotypes; differences in female-male verbal and nonverbal codes; partnership styles and alternatives; specific communication skills aimed at female-male relationships in a variety of settings; and special problem areas in female-male communication. Prerequisite: SCTA 284 or consent of instructor. Co-Listed as WMST 440.(Sp)  300 Women & Film The history of women's cinema, prominent women directors and genres, images of women in film and feminist issues in film. Co-listed as FILM, WMST 300/500. (Sp)  443 American Ethnic Women Writers American women writers of high literary merit representing African-American, Native American, Asian and American-Latina backgrounds will be studied. The emphasis will be on twentieth century literature. Prerequisite: completion of one of the following: ENGL 24245. Co-listed as WMST 443/643. (alternate years)  205 Women's History:  United States This course will offer a multicultural approach to the history of women in the United States. Beginning with the period of contact between Native Americans and Europeans, the course emphasizes the ways that historical developments and social institutions have affected women differently depending on race, class, and ethnicity. Co-listed as WMST 205. (F, alternate years)  221 Global Perspectives on Women This course covers the social, political, and health status of women across the world and examines the cultural and social structural forces which influence these positions. Topics emphasized are the global exploitation of women and girls, reproductive health and disease, literacy and education, survival sex, rape, infibulation, poverty, war, women in government, work, households, and the military. Co-listed as ANTH/WMST 221.Prerequisite: SOCI 100 or ANTH 100 or WMST 200.  225 Psychology of Sex Differences This course provides a broad survey of literature and psychological research concerning sex differences and gender physiological distinctions, theories of gender, gender expectations in society (e.g., education and the workplace), and differences/similarities in thinking, relationships, communication, and sexuality. This course satisfies an elective in the Women's Study Minor. Colisted as PSYS 225.(offered in J-Term only)  206 Family Communication The course will help the students to understand how communication develops, maintains, enhances, and/or destroys family relations. Students will study sex differences in communication; problems of single parenting and dual careers; traditional roles and changing roles within the family; and sex differences in intimacy, power, and decision making. Prerequisite: SCTA 106 or consent of instructor. Co-listed as WMST 206.(Sp, alternate years)  235 American Autobiography: Varieties  This course explores the literary, historical, and psychological structures of various forms of autobiography. Students will explore constant and changing cultural, artistic, and psychological concerns and will investigate, analyze, and appreciate the widely differing purposes of such works. The racial and ethnic diversity of American autobiography is a major emphasis in the course. Authors to be studied may include Maxine Hong Kingston, Benjamin Franklin, Harriet Jacobs, N. Scott Momaday, Audre Lorde, Mary Rowlandson, Tobias Wolff and Terry Tempest Williams. Prerequisite: English 100. (F or Sp)