WGS 490 - Feminist Theories & Methodological Issues
Department: Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Description: An interdisciplinary approach to the methods, theories, and conceptual tools feminist scholars use to address social justice issues across a broad range of topics and academic disciplines. The course explores the historical and contemporary developments in feminist theory with particular attention to how gender intersects with race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, coloniality, and other social identities.
Credit Hours: 3
Graduate Level Course: This course is approved for graduate credit
Current Offerings
Fall 2025
- 001 - Lecture (In Person): T Th 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM , Jacklyn Weier 3.00 hour(s)
Dates: 08/18/2025 - 12/06/2025
Location: DeGarmo Hall 204 (DEG 204)
Instructor: Jacklyn Weier
Textbooks are not required for this section.
Spring 2026
- 001 - Lecture (In Person): T Th 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM , Jacklyn Weier 3.00 hour(s)
Dates: 01/12/2026 - 05/02/2026
Location: Fell Hall 112 (FEL 112)
Instructor: Jacklyn Weier
Class Notes: Feminist Theories and Methodological Issues - this is an advanced feminist theory class for undergraduate students. It is a mixed undergraduate/graduate student class. It is a seminar dependent on reading and in-class discussion. During Fall 2025, WGS 391 fulfills the 'WGS Additional Requirement' for the WGSS Minor or a WGSS Minor elective. It is recommended that students have already taken WGS 120.
Textbooks have not been finalized for section.