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SOC 409 - Gendered Violence

(3 units) CO10, CO13
Class and gender as related to an analysis of violence, including battery, rape, stalking, “honor crimes”, genital mutilation and corporate violence. (SOC 409 and WMST 409 are cross-listed; credit may be earned in one of the two.)

Prerequisite(s): ENG 102 ; CH 201  or CH 202  or CH 203  or CH 212 ; SOC 101 ; Junior or Senior standing.

Units of Lecture: 3
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course:
1. Students will be able to apply various theoretical perspectives to describe the intersectionality of gender and social class in violence.
2. Students will be able to evaluate the relationship between approaches to dealing with gendered violence and the social barriers keeping us from addressing these.
3. Students will be able to demonstrate the ability to articulate and evaluate connections among local, national and international contexts as they apply to a range of forms of gendered violence.
4. Students will be able to contextualize forms of gendered violence and responses to them in relation to historical and current global contexts.
5. Students will be able to identify and apply multiple theoretical perspectives to a range of gendered forms of violence at the local, national and international levels.
6. Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the various theoretical perspectives from different disciplines as they apply to gendered violence.
7. Students will be able to demonstrate how their own social location shapes their understanding and response to global gendered violence.
8. Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the debates and disagreements about various forms of gendered violence as these represent different political, social, and geographical realities of the various voices.


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