After completion of the course, the student should be able to:

1. Understand how the historical and contemporary status of women
in the U.S. has been shaped by their gender, race, class, and
ethnic background.

2. Be familiar with the major theoretical and methodological
issues in feminist scholarship on questions concerning social
constructions of gender, race, and class.

3. Describe common and distinctive experiences of women in
different spheres of activity including how race, class, and
ethnicity interact to shape these experiences.

4. Evaluate and discuss creative approaches employed by women of
varying race, class, and ethnic backgrounds to respond to
conditions of oppression individually or collectively.

5. Develop appropriate research skills to participate in a team
project and an independent research project which will result in
an oral presentation and a written paper.

What do we mean by Gender, Race, and Class?

What is Oppression?

Theoretical Perspectives and Interpretation of Gender, Race, and
Class

Feminist Perspectives on Gender, Race, and Class: Commonalities
and Differences

Women and Work

Family and Household

Women and Health

Reproduction

Sexuality

Violence

Politics and Strategies of Empowerment

African-American Women

Asian-American Women

Latina-American Women

Native-American Women

Jewish-American Women

Building Multi-Cultural Alliances: U.S. Approaches

Building Multi-Cultural Alliances: International Approaches

Syllabus can be found at www.uga.edu/~wsp/syllabi/ws411s.html