REC 310 - Women and Leisure

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-D; Social Justice
Leisure and recreational pursuits of women from a creative, historical and cultural perspective. Factors that influence leisure opportunities and how they contribute to the quality of life for women. Social changes related to leisure and the impact on women’s lives.

Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division Area D1-3 requirements; and HOS 100, REC 100.
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 with grade C- (CR) or better.
Equivalent Quarter Course: REC 3202.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, or Entirely Online, or Hybrid.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-D - Upper Division Social Sciences, Overlay - Social Justice
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

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

Describe the leisure and recreation pursuits of women from a creative, historical and cultural perspective.
Identify the factors that influence leisure opportunities for women and how they contribute to the quality of life of women.
Identify social changes related to leisure and how they have affected women’s lives
Recognize the connection between leisure, recreation and positive body image in women.
Describe how outdoor adventures contribute to the empowerment of girls and women.
Demonstrate an understanding of cross-cultural sensitivity in women’s leisure with diverse populations.

UD-D. Upper-division Social Sciences Learning Outcomes

analyze how power and social identity affect social outcomes for different cultural and economic groups using methods of social science inquiry and vocabulary appropriate to those methods;
demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences; and
demonstrate an understanding of and ability to effectively plan or conduct research using an appropriate method of the social or behavioral sciences.

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.