WOST 401 - Feminist Theory

Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: Diversity
Feminist theories of American women’s liberation movement from mid-sixties to present. Gender identity; “nature vs. nurture” theories of female subservience and male domination; pornography; rape; class, race, and gender.

Prerequisites: Junior, senior or post-baccalaureate standing.
Equivalent Quarter Course: WOST 3050.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, or Entirely Online, or Hybrid.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: Overlay - Diversity
Course Typically Offered: Spring ONLY

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Understand and apply feminist theoretical and methodological perspectives on culture and society (SLO1; ILO2,6).
Have the analytical competency to critique social inequalities founded on the intersections of gender, race, ethnicity, class, sexuality and nation (SLO2; ILO1).
Comprehend the challenges of dismantling sexism and other oppressive beliefs (SLO2; ILO1).
Demonstrate the ability to access knowledge, design, and carry out individual and group research projects, and present them clearly, logically, and persuasively (SLO3; ILO1,2,4,6).

Diversity Overlay Learning Outcomes

describe the histories and/or experiences of one or more U. S. cultural groups and the resilience and agency of group members;
identify structures of oppression and the diverse efforts and strategies used by groups to combat the effects of oppressive structures;
analyze the intersection of the categories of race and gender as they affect cultural group members’ lived realities and/or as they are embodied in personal and collective identities;
recognize the way that multiple differences (including, for example, gender, class, sexuality, religion, disability, immigration status, gender expression, color/phenotype, racial mixture, linguistic expression, and/or age) within cultural groups complicate individual and group identities.