SW 467 - Women: Biographies and Issues

(3 units) CO10

Examines the relationship between womens personal biographies and the social, historic and economic context of their lives.

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

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. analyze the centrality of gender in order to map women’s consciousness, illuminate women’s experience, and explore women’s culture.
2. 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. analyze how women’s experience has been socially constructed.
4. identify women who have contributed to human progress through their work as social workers, activists, writers, artists, scientists, etc.
5. articulate how narrative can be used in therapy, group work, and social movements, particularly in relation to gender.

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