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Womens and Gender Studies
Title: 2005 Topics in Women's and Gender Studies-Humanities: Women in Popular Culture (Online)
Campus: MU
Credit: 3 credit hours (no graduate credit)
Lessons: 10 lessons, 4 submitted
Exams: 2 exams
Grading: Faculty Evaluated
Prerequisites: sophomore standing and/or Women's and Gender Studies 1120.
Description: Drawing on the theoretical framework created by feminist scholars, this course investigates the ways women are portrayed in today's media. Topics include girl culture, women and popular literature, women and music, women and television and film, women's magazines, advertising aimed at women, and fashion and beauty.

Winner of the 2005 Helen Williams Award for Excellence in Collegiate Independent Study from the American Association for Collegiate Independent Study (AACIS).
Special Instructions: 

Students enrolled in this course will have access to the MU Online Writery for assistance with writing in this course. Students will need to use their MU PawPrint to use this service.



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Textbook Information
Item 1
Author: Douglas
Title: Where the Girls Are
ISBN: 0-8129-2530-0
Edition: '95
New price: $10.80

Item 2
Author: Hollows
Title: Feminism, Femininity & Popular Culture
ISBN: 0-7190-4395-6
Edition: '00
New price: $19.95

Text total: $30.75

Tuition:
Undergraduate tuition: $245.60/credit ($736.80)
Graduate tuition: $298.70/credit ($896.10)

Total Cost:
Undergraduate tuition: $736.80 (Graduate tuition: $896.10)
Information Technology fee: $36.60
Administrative fee: $25.00
Texts, etc.: $30.75

Total cost: $829.15 ($988.45 Graduate)
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