Syllabi on the Web for Women- and Gender-Related Courses

Last updated: July 15, 2006

Sociology/Social Work

The following are syllabi for women- and gender-related courses in Sociology and Social Work. Courses that make substantial use of the Internet carry the designation ++; those making at least some use carry the designation +.

Battered Women, Work, and Welfare: A Research Seminar (Sociology 2032): Lisa D. Brush (Univ. of Pittsburgh)
++ Family Violence and Prevention: Exploring the Issues (SW 3706): Cari Michaels (Univ. of Minnesota)
Feminism and Poverty in the United States: Beth Kowaleski-Wallace, Molly Mead (Radcliffe College)
Feminist Family Sociology (SOC/WMNST 597C): Michael Johnson (Pennsylvania State Univ.)
Gender and Inequality (Soc 217): Jean L. Potuchek (Gettysburg College)
Gender and the Life Course (SOCY 497/698/WMST 490): Leslie Morgan (Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County)
Gender and Social Policies in Cross-National Perspective (Sociology 2430): Lisa D. Brush (Univ. of Pittsburgh)
Gender and Socio-Economic Development in the Americas (SOC 309): Patricia Fernández Kelly (Princeton Univ.)
++ Gender and Trade Unions (SOC 4S3): Carl Cuneo (McMaster Univ., Canada)
Gender, Race, and Economic Inequality in the U. S. (SOC 719/WS 585): Irene Browne (Emory Univ.)
Gender, the State, and Social Policy in Cross-National Perspective (SOCY 497/697): Marina Adler (Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County)
++ Gender Violence in Global Perspective (SW 3705): Diane Knust (Univ. of Minnesota)
Gender, Work, and Family in Cross-Cultural Perspective (SOCY/WMST 433/633): Marina Adler (Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County)
+ Inequality: Race, Class, and Gender (SOC 221): Bruce Western (Princeton Univ.)
++ Interventions with Battered Women and Their Families (SW 5707): Jeffrey L. Edleson and Annelies Hagemeister (Univ. of Minnesota)
+ On Trial: Affirmative Action at the Dawn of a New Century (Freshman Seminar 149W): Patricia Fernández Kelly (Princeton Univ.)
++ Race, Class & Gender: The American Experience (SOC 248): Ian Lapp (Syracuse Univ.)
+ Race, Gender, Culture: Re-Imagining "Justice" in the U.S. (CSP 20): Donna Maeda (Occidental College)
++ Race, Gender, and Justice: Rethinking Representation (CSP 52): Gabrielle Foreman, Ron Buckmire, and Laura Kuo (Occidental College)
Racism and Sexism (Sociology 083S.1): Mike Johnson (Pennsylvania State Univ.)
Sex, Gender, and Society (SOC 118): Janice I. Farkas (Duke Univ.)
+ Social Change and Gender Inequality (SOC 599): Sara Curran and Sara McLanahan (Princeton Univ.)
Social Psychology of Domestic Violence (Sociology/Women's Studies 597F): Mike Johnson (Pennsylvania State Univ.)
+ Sociology of Gender (SOC 311): Barbara Mori (California Polytechnic State Univ.)
Sociology of Gender (SOC 305): Eleanor Townsley (Mt. Holyoke College)
Sociology of Gender (SOC 325): Michael S. Ofsowitz (Univ. of Maryland, European Division)
++ The Sociology of Gender (SOCI 357): Kristen Myers (Northern Illinois Univ.)
++ Sociology of Rape (Sociology 3925): John Hamlin (Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities)
Sociology of Sex and Gender (SOC 225/WS 231): Irene Browne (Emory Univ.)
Sociology of Sex Roles (SOC/WS 110): Michael P. Johnson (Pennsylvania State Univ.)
Sociology of Women (SOCY/WMST 355): Leslie Morgan (Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County)
+ Topics in Sex and Gender (SOCY 3046) Martha E. Gimenez (Univ. of Colorado, Boulder)
Violence Against Women (CJ 400): Mark Hansel (Minnesota State Univ., Moorhead)
Women and Men in Contemporary Society (SOC/WMST 223): Bill Lovecamp (Southern Illinois Univ.)
Women and Violence (WSM 187/SWM 108): Barrie Levy (UCLA)
+ Women in Poverty (SOCA/WMS 290/490): Mary Kay Schleiter (Univ. of Wisconsin, Parkside)
Women, Welfare, and Poverty (WSTU 270.80/SOC 252.80): Cynthia Deitch (George Washington Univ.)
+ Working Women (Sociology 1448/8448): Lisa D. Brush (Univ. of Pittsburgh)

See also Borders and Betrayals: Engendering Cultural Identities and The Contemporary Family, in ANTHROPOLOGY; Social Theory: Cultural Diversity, in COMMUNICATIONS; Race, Gender, and Economic Status, in ECONOMICS;Family Violence and Family Violence and the Practice of Public Health, in HEALTH; Feminist Theory, Law, and Social Policy, in LAW; Human Sexuality and Sexual Identities, in SEXUALITY; and Race, Class and Gender, Women and Poverty, and Women and Violence in WOMEN'S STUDIES.

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