| Course ID: | WMST 3110W. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Gender, Race, Class, Sexuality |
Course
Description: | Interdiciplinary examination of social issues of race, class,
ethnicity, and sexuality as they contribute to the lives and
identity formation of diverse women in the United States.
Special attention paid to African American, Asian American, Latin
American, and Native American women. |
| Oasis Title: | Gender Race Class Sexuality |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in WMST 3110 |
| Nontraditional Format: | This version of the course will be taught as writing intensive,
which means that the course will include substantial and ongoing
writing assignments that a) relate clearly to course learning; b)
teach the communication values of a discipline—for example, its
practices of argument, evidence, credibility, and format; and c)
prepare students for further writing in their academic work, in
graduate school, and in professional life. The written
assignments will result in a significant and diverse body of
written work (the equivalent of 6000 words or 25 pages) and the
instructor (and/or the teaching assistant assigned to the course)
will be closely involved in student writing, providing
opportunities for feedback and substantive revision. |
| Prerequisite: | WMST 1110 or WMST 1110E or WMST 1110H or WMST 2010 or WMST 2010H or permission of department |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | 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. |
| Topical Outline: | Through a variety of written assignments, this course will be
focused on low-stakes and high-stakes written work to develop
skills necessary to meet disciplinary writing standards,
including editing and rough drafts. The written assignments
include 20 reading reflections and a final paper.
The topics include:
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 |