WOMEN 220 - Women of the World

5.0 Credits
Explores global diversity of ways that women create, influence, and challenge conventions and representations of gender, sexuality, race, class, and nationality. Comparative analysis of women’s lives from class to culture, from work to marriage patterns, health issues, violence and protection, and grassroots organizing. (Dual listed as ANTH 220.)
Prerequisite Placement in ENGL& 101 or instructor permission.
Dual Listed as ANTH 220

Course-level Learning Objectives (CLOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Define anthropology and culture.
Define women’s studies and feminism.
Conduct participant observation and service-learning projects with local community partners.
Explain the value of participant observation and service learning as research tools in anthropology and women’s studies.
Describe and discuss the significance and impact of women in cultural systems.
Describe the impact of women’s lives on the cultural landscapes they inhabit.
Reflect orally and in writing on the value of service as a means of making a difference in a community.
Explain how societies are interrelated and the impact of globalization on women’s lives and cultures.
Use a culturally relative approach to the exploration of women’s lives in various cultures.