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SW 467 - Women: Biographies and Issues

(3 units)
Examines the relationship between womens personal biographies and the social, historic and economic context of their lives. (General Capstone and Diversity course.)

Prerequisite(s): CH 201  or CH 202  or CH 203  ; ENG 102  ; junior or senior standing.

Units of Lecture: 3
General Capstone Course, Diversity Course
Offered Every Spring - Odd Years
Student Learning Outcomes (if available):
Upon completion of this course:
1. Students will be able to analyze the centrality of gender in order to map women’s consciousness, illuminate women’s experience, and explore women’s culture.
2. Students will be able to articulate a wide range of women’s (and men’s) experience across class, race, religion, age, country of origin, immigration status, ability and disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and political belief.
3. Students will be able to analyze how women’s experience has been socially constructed.
4. Students will be able to identify women who have contributed to human progress through their work as social workers, activists, writers, artists, scientists, etc.
5. Students will be able to articulate how narrative can be used in therapy, group work, and social movements, particularly in relation to gender.


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