WOM STD 1301 - Foundations in Women’s Studies

Institution:

Temple University

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Description:

The purpose of this overarching course is to have the student explore the essential texts that define the history of Women’s Studies. The course will address how gender difference is constituted, the diversity of women’s experiences in relation to class, race, and sexuality, providing the student with a common body of knowledge agreed upon by experts in the field of Women’s Studies. The course functions as the foundation for future courses in Women’s Studies. The students will study the works of historical contributors to feminist thought such as Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Betty Friedan, Simone de Beauvoir, Kate Millet, bell hooks, Angela Davis, and others. Though this course is designed particularly with the needs of Women’s Studies majors in mind, it will introduce to both majors and non-majors the intellectual issues, topics, and figures that embody the history of feminist struggle from its first wave in the 19th and early 20th centuries to the present day.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.TEMPLE.EDU

Phone Number:

(215) 204-7000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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