WSP 109 - First Year Experience: Women Organizing In Chicago

Institution:

Northeastern Illinois University

Subject:

Women's Studies Program

Description:

This course provides an opportunity for first year students to explore Chicago through the perspective of women organizers of Chicago with specific relevance for those students 25 years of age or older. This exploration of the city of Chicago will allow students to explore the diverse contributions of women organizers with Chicago roots and their contributions to the greater US society through readings, multi-media, guest lecturers and presentations and field experiences. The central aim of this course is to foster critical reading and thinking about women's lives and an understanding of how the interlocking systems of racism, classism, sexism, and heterosexism shape women's lives as well as the ways women have organized to resist these oppressions, change their lives and the lives of those around them.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

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Institution Website:

www.neiu.edu/

Phone Number:

(773) 583-4050

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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