May 21, 2024  
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2022-23 
    
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2022-23 [Archived Catalog]

Course Descriptions


The course information (including course titles, descriptions, credit hours, requisites, repeat/retake information, OHIO BRICKS, and active status) contained in this catalog is effective as of Fall Semester 2022-23. This information is subject to change at the discretion of Ohio University.

 

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

  
  • WGSS 4820 - Capstone in LGBTQ Studies


    Guides students in identifying and researching a topic and producing a scholarly paper of 20 or more pages. The topic will build on previous work and thus involve significant revision in order to further refine the scope of research. The development of research skills is emphasized.

    Requisites: WGSS 4610 and 6 additional hours of WGSS and Sr
    Credit Hours: 3
    OHIO BRICKS Capstone: Capstone or Culminating Experience
    General Education Code (students who entered prior to Fall 2021-22): 3
    Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
    Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
    Learning Outcomes:
    • Students will develop research skills and be required to meet periodic research goals.
    • Students will learn revision skills.
    • Students will learn to produce an abstract, an outline, and a literature review.
    • Students will produce a major scholarly paper.
  
  • WGSS 4900 - Special Topics in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies


    Focuses on specific topics of interest in the field of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies.

    Requisites: WGSS 1000 and (Jr or Sr)
    Credit Hours: 3
    Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 6.0 hours.
    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
    Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
    Learning Outcomes:
    • Students will be able to describe the role of gender and sexuality in social meanings and practices.
    • Students will be able to recognize gender as a system of social relationships and shared practices that shape understandings of concepts such as masculinity, femininity, gay, straight, bi, and trans.
    • Students will be able to differentiate the terms sex, sexuality and gender as they are conventionally used in scientific, cultural and political practices.
    • Students will be able to compare and contrast gendered meanings and practices across different cultural, historical and structural contexts.
    • Students will be able to identify gender and sexuality as systems of social relationships practiced differently in different social and cultural contexts.
    • Students will be able to identify intersections between gender and other systems of organized privilege¿race, class, sexuality, religion, ethnicity, for example.
    • Students will be able to critically evaluate the respective roles of sex, gender and sexuality in existing social orders and articulate normative conventions and alternatives.
    • Students will be able to identify and evaluate a range of humanist, feminist, post-feminist and queer normative arguments.
  
  • WGSS 4930 - Independent Reading


    Directed individual reading or research.

    Requisites: Permission required
    Credit Hours: 1 - 3
    Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 6.0 hours.
    Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 independent study
    Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
    Learning Outcomes:
    • Students will meet the requirements of the independent reading as approved by the instructor.
  
  • WGSS 4970T - WGSS Thesis Tutorial


    Honors tutorial thesis in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.

    Requisites: HTC
    Credit Hours: 1 - 15
    Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 15.0 hours.
    Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 tutorial
    Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,CR,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
    Learning Outcomes:
    • Students will be able to communicate effectively in gender studies, both within the discipline and to a wider audience.
    • Students will be able to work effectively with difficult, multi-dimensional concepts and subjects within gender studies.
    • Students will be equipped to pursue independent research within gender studies.
    • Students will develop a sophisticated understanding of selected topics in gender studies.
  
  • WGSS 4980T - WGSS Thesis Tutorial


    Honors tutorial thesis in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.

    Requisites: HTC
    Credit Hours: 1 - 15
    Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 15.0 hours.
    Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 tutorial
    Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,CR,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
    Learning Outcomes:
    • Students will be able to communicate effectively in gender studies, both within the discipline and to a wider audience.
    • Students will be able to work effectively with difficult, multi-dimensional concepts and subjects within gender studies.
    • Students will be equipped to pursue independent research within gender studies.
    • Students will develop a sophisticated understanding of selected topics in gender studies.
  
  • WGSS 4990H - Honors Project


    Completion of individual writing project for B.A. with honors and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major.

    Requisites: Permission required
    Credit Hours: 1 - 6
    Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 12.0 hours.
    Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 tutorial
    Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
    Learning Outcomes:
    • Students complete a thesis in accordance with the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program and College of Arts and Sciences honors thesis guidelines.

Zulu

  
  • ZULU 1110 - Elementary Zulu I


    Culture based approach to increased language proficiency. Students continue to develop listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills as they study diverse history and customs of Zulu speakers.

    Credit Hours: 4
    General Education Code (students who entered prior to Fall 2021-22): 2CP
    Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
    Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 lecture
    Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
    Learning Outcomes:
    • The student will be able to formulate greetings in IsiZulu and introduce themselves, as well as say goodbye according to the circumstances.
    • The student will acquire knowledge about culture and would be able to identify some Zulu values and beliefs. This will enable to relate the Zulu culture with their everyday experiences.
    • The students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of basic sentence structure, such as affirmative/ negative/ active voice and passive voice and vocabulary related to nationality, numbers, time, days and basic objectives.
  
  • ZULU 1120 - Elementary Zulu II


    Culture based approach to increased language proficiency. Students continue to develop listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills as they study diverse history and customs of Zulu speakers.

    Requisites: ZULU 1110
    Credit Hours: 4
    General Education Code (students who entered prior to Fall 2021-22): 2CP
    Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
    Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 lecture
    Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
    Learning Outcomes:
    • The student will be able to demonstrate her/ his knowledge of basic vocabulary, language structure and usage.
    • The students will be able to understand formal dialogues and read related texts from the textbooks.
  
  • ZULU 2110 - Intermediate Zulu I


    Culture based approach to increased language proficiency. Students continue to develop listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills as they study diverse history and customs of Zulu speakers.

    Requisites: ZULU 1120
    Credit Hours: 4
    General Education Code (students who entered prior to Fall 2021-22): 2CP
    Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
    Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 lecture
    Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
    Learning Outcomes:
    • The student will be able to put across her or his own perspective and ask for opinions from other people to create a more interesting discussion.
    • The student will be able to understand more complex structures through conversations, radio podcasts, sitcoms, clips, cartoon and authentic texts from magazines and newspapers.
    • The students will be able to demonstrate how to engage in a conversation and elaborate on the given topic into a more multifaceted discussion.
  
  • ZULU 2120 - Intermediate Zulu II


    Culture based approach to increased language proficiency. Students continue to develop listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills as they study diverse history and customs of Zulu speakers.

    Requisites: ZULU 2110
    Credit Hours: 4
    General Education Code (students who entered prior to Fall 2021-22): 2CP
    Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
    Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 lecture
    Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
    Learning Outcomes:
    • : The student will be able to understand more complex structures through conversations, radio podcasts, sitcoms, clips, cartoon and authentic texts from magazines and newspapers.
    • The student will be able to put across her or his own perspective and ask for opinions from other people to create a more interesting discussion.
    • The students will be able to demonstrate how to engage in a conversation and elaborate on the given topic into a more multifaceted discussion.
 

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