A study of feminist theory that explores the mutually constructive relationship between gender identities and visual cultures; analyzes the way in which feminist insights drive many modes of understanding visual culture; and recognizes that visual experience is one of the key modes by which gender is culturally inscribed. Prerequisites: English Foundations course and one 200-level course in any discipline for WS 320; permission of Master of Humanities director for WS 520. WS, ART, WI