20809245Gender and Politics
Course Information
Description
Gender and Politics covers topics such as feminism, intersectionality, political participation and representation, and social movements. Students in this course will analyze, evaluate, and compare the effects of strategies to enhance gender equality, and women's political participation and representation, across state, national, and international institutions.
Total Credits
3
Course Competencies
  1. Summarize key concepts related to the study of women, gender, and politics
    Assessment Strategies
    Peer-to-Peer Class Discussion, Essay, Quiz
    Criteria
    Summarize the significance of sex, gender, race, intersectionality, power, feminism, and representation to the study of gender and politics
    Analyze the relationship between gender and politics
    Evaluate the relationship between gender and social movements, political parties, elections, political representation, public policy, and the state

  2. Analyze the global history of gender and political representation, and women’s suffrage and equality movements to the present day
    Assessment Strategies
    Peer-to-Peer Class Discussion, Essay, Quiz
    Criteria
    Summarize the major moments in the history of gender and politics, women’s suffrage, and other historic political and social movements
    Identify different strategies used in social and political movements for women’s suffrage and equality in cross-cultural perspective
    Compare the history of women’s representation in different government structures throughout the world

  3. Evaluate how identity, intersectionality, and political culture contribute to different opportunities or barriers to political representation in cross-cultural perspective
    Assessment Strategies
    Peer-to-Peer Class Discussion, Essay, Quiz
    Criteria
    Identify how structural barriers and social constructs related to race and gender contribute to varying levels of political participation and representation in cross-cultural perspective
    Analyze how identities coincide and collide to produce both barriers and opportunities for underrepresented groups seeking political representation
    Evaluate how political culture contributes to the barriers and opportunities groups face when seeking equal representation in cross-cultural perspective

  4. Evaluate the social and political factors that contribute to varying levels of women’s political representation in cross-cultural perspective
    Assessment Strategies
    Peer-to-Peer Class Discussion, Essay, Quiz
    Criteria
    Summarize the social and political factors that affect women’s decisions to run for elected office and their electoral prospects as candidates
    Analyze strategies to encourage more women to run for office and ensure more women are supported, encouraged, and selected to run for office
    Evaluate strategies used by governments and political parties to level the playing field and ensure more women run for office and win

  5. Identify international factors that influence gender and politics and international women’s movements and evaluate relationships between international, national, and local movements in cross-cultural perspective
    Assessment Strategies
    Peer-to-Peer Class Discussion, Essay, Quiz
    Criteria
    Summarize the international factors that influence women’s movements and activism throughout the world
    Compare women’s movements and activism at the international, national, and local levels
    Evaluate the impact of collective action and social movements on enhancing political opportunities for women in comparative perspective

  6. Examine how gender affects representation and policy outcomes
    Assessment Strategies
    Peer-to-Peer Class Discussion, Essay, Quiz
    Criteria
    Summarize women’s substantive representation in cross-cultural perspective
    Analyze the impact of women’s substantive representation on leadership and policy outcomes
    Evaluate the relationship between descriptive, symbolic, and substantive representation

  7. Analyze and compare the unique cultural, social, and political dynamics that affect women’s political participation and representation in countries and regions throughout the world
    Assessment Strategies
    Peer-to-Peer Class Discussion, Essay, Quiz
    Criteria
    Summarize the relationship between gender, feminism, and the functions of government and the state
    Analyze unique historical and political variations in cross-cultural context to understand variances in women’s political participation and representation
    Evaluate institutional and non-institutional approaches to increasing women’s representation in cross-cultural perspective

  8. Evaluate the impact of women’s political participation and representation on issues of emerging concern and international relations in cross-cultural perspective
    Assessment Strategies
    Peer-to-Peer Class Discussion, Essay, Quiz
    Criteria
    Summarize recent social and political movements and their efforts to change power dynamics within institutions
    Analyze the impact of recent social and political movements on policy outcomes and state behavior
    Evaluate political strategies to enhance gender equity and equality in cross-cultural perspective and their effect on international relations