Course

20803234 Gender and Women's History
Course Information
Description
Introduction to gender and women's history from the 19th century to the present with a global perspective. Students will be asked to think critically about the power relations that affect the lives of diverse women in the U.S.-diverse in terms of race, class, ability, sexuality and other markers of power-and will be asked to contemplate the positions of diverse women from around the world. 
Total Credits
3
Course Competencies (Course Outcomes)
  1. Trace historical developments in gender and women’s history from the 19th century to the present
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product, Essay, Journal Entry, and/or Presentation

  2. Apply intersectionality as an analytical framework to explain how overlapping systems of power and oppression produce different experiences for women
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product, Essay, Journal Entry, and/or Presentation

  3. Compare the historical experiences of diverse women within the U.S.
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product, Essay, Journal Entry, and/or Presentation

  4. Analyze the impact and influences of women’s immigration on the U.S.
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product, Essay, Journal Entry, and/or Presentation

  5. Evaluate global perspectives on gender
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product, Essay, Journal Entry, and/or Presentation

  6. Assess the impact of major social movements on women of different backgrounds
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product, Essay, Journal Entry, and/or Presentation

  7. Critique dominant historical narratives, identifying voices and experiences centered or excluded in traditional accounts of history
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product, Essay, Journal Entry, and/or Presentation

  8. Analyze the relationship between gender and other systems of power
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product, Essay, Journal Entry, and/or Presentation

  9. Analyze power relations that shape the lived experiences of women across intersecting categories
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product, Essay, Journal Entry, and/or Presentation

  10. Explore the irony of multiculturalism as it applies to women
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product, Essay, Journal Entry, and/or Presentation

  11. Interpret the division of religious practices and beliefs
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product, Essay, Journal Entry, and/or Presentation

  12. Characterize modern contemporary movements and practices
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product, Essay, Journal Entry, and/or Presentation

  13. Write about historical topics
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product, Essay, Journal Entry, and/or Presentation
    Criteria
    Use a writing process
    Employ primary and secondary sources
    Present arguments that focus directly on historical issues and topics
    Construct historical arguments supported by appropriate and relevant evidence and examples
    Communicate arguments effectively through written analysis

  14. Explore research, multiple/conflicting viewpoints, and perspectives
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product, Essay, Journal Entry, and/or Presentation
    Criteria
    Identify continuities and discontinuities in women’s history and explain how they have changed/remained the same over time
    Analyze and evaluate primary and secondary sources to better interpret positions and perspective
    Interpret primary and/or secondary historical sources (documents, texts, images, oral histories)

  15. Develop historical empathy
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product, Essay, Journal Entry, and/or Presentation
    Criteria
    Interpret the American past in context and analyze the past on its own terms
    Compare past developments in modern American history with the present

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