HHS 402 - Women on the Brink

Institution:

Virginia Wesleyan University

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Description:

Challenges the student to explore the interaction of complex societal and psychological factors as they relate to America's most vulnerable women. Students study the history of women's role in American society and evaluate how current policies and institutions often maintain women as vulnerable and disenfranchised. The course is conducted in a seminar format on campus with a one-week residential component in a homeless shelter in a major urban area. Prerequisites: consent and one faculty/staff recommendation. Offered in selected Winter Sessions.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.vwu.edu

Phone Number:

(757) 455-3200

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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