WOST 403 - Comparative Perspectives on Global Feminism

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: Social Justice
Women globally in transnational and local contexts; issues of economic and social justice. Including violence against women and children, poverty, migration, political fundamentalism, globalization of capitalist economy, sexual and civil rights, immigration and citizenship, and sex trafficking.

Prerequisites: Junior, senior or post-baccalaureate standing.
Equivalent Quarter Course: WOST 3700.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, or Entirely Online, or Hybrid.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: Overlay - Social Justice
Course Typically Offered: Fall ONLY

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

Understand feminist theoretical and methodological perspectives on culture and society.
Critically reflect upon their own lives from a feminist perspective.
Comprehend the challenges of dismantling sexism and other oppressive beliefs.

Social Justice Overlay Learning Outcomes

use a disciplinary perspective to analyze issues of social justice and equity;
describe the challenges to achieving social justice; and
identify ways in which individuals and/or groups can contribute to social justice within local communities, nations, or the world.