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Course ID	Course
ANTH 390	ANTH 390 Special Topics in Anthropology Course Credits: 3 An examination of selected topics and theories within the field of anthropology. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 101 or instructor's consent
EDUC 345	EDUC 345 Gender and Education Course Credits: 3 An introduction to gender and education as a method of inquiry into the role of education in society. In particular, the course explores the relationship of gender and education in the context of formalized schooling, both in Canada and around the world. By focusing on gender, this course considers the experiences of people in their roles of students, classmates, teachers, and in positions of leadership. For people of faith, students will become familiar with gender as a sociological variable (i.e. cultural) in schooling by exploring current sociological theories of education and current lived realities of girls and boys in schools. Cross-listed: GNDR 345 Prerequisite(s): Minimum 60 semester hours. (3,0)
GNDR 105	GNDR 105 Introduction to Gender Studies Course Credits: 3 An introduction to Gender Studies, an interdisciplinary field that asks critical questions about the meanings of sex and gender in society. Students will examine key issues, questions and debates in Gender Studies, both historical and contemporary, and will analyze the multiple ways that sex and gender have interacted with and continue to intersect with race, class, nationality and other social identities, including religious ones. Cross-listed: SOCI 105.
GNDR 367	GNDR 367 History of the Family after 1600 Course Credits: 3 An examination of the historical development of the family in the modern era. There is a central focus on the formation of families and households and the impact of religion on gender and family roles. The course integrates contemporary gender theory but concentrates on the lives and ideas of historical actors as they are revealed in the historical record. Cross-listed: HIST 367 Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history or instructor's consent. For Gender Studies Minor students: GNDR 105 and 3 s.h.of HIST. NB: Not offered every year. See department chair
GNDR 403	GNDR 403 Engendered History Course Credits: 3 This seminar examines specific topics in the history of gender throughout the period known loosely as the modern world. The course is designed to clarify the process through which ideas of gender evolved and the ways in which masculinity and femininity have been constructed and experienced in a global context. The seminar also examines group interactions across lines of race, class, ethnicity, region, and religion and the influence of groups striving to assert their own identities on ideas of gender. Cross-listed: HIST 403 Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history, third or fourth year standing, or instructor's consent. For Gender Studies Minor students: GNDR 105 and 3 sem.hrs. of HIST. NB: Not offered every year. See department chair
GNDR 456	GNDR 456 Seventeenth-Century Women's Writing Course Credits: 3 The study of selected works written by women in seventeenth-century Britain and America, situated in their cultural contexts. Cross-listed: ENGL 456 Prerequisite(s): For Gender Studies Minor students: GNDR 105, and 6 sem. hrs. of ENGL, or instructor's consent.
HIST 230	HIST 230 History of Nursing Course Credits: 3 This course examines the development of Canadian nursing over the past four centuries, with an emphasis on the twentieth century. Based on an understanding of nursing as rooted in a Christian ethos of caring for strangers, this course critically explores the ways in which religion, politics, gender, race, economics, technology, culture, war, and epidemics have influenced the development of nursing both nationally and globally. Cross-listed: NURS 230 Prerequisite(s): None (3-0; 3-0)
HIST 390	HIST 390 Special Topics in History Course Credits: 3 An examination of special topics or issues in history that are not considered in depth in other courses. Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of history, or instructor’s consent. NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
MCOM 474	MCOM 474 Language and Gender Course Credits: 3 A survey course of the central themes in the study of gender-differentiated language use, such as differences in conversational practice, conversational differences in mixed talk and single-sex talk, as well as the complexity in intimate talk between men and women. Prerequisite(s): LING 210 or PSYC 315 or third or fourth year media and communication standing. NB: Not offered every year.

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