WMST 100 - Introduction to Women's Studies

Institution:

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

Subject:

Description:

This course explores the key issues in Women's and Gender Studies scholarship, including the history of feminism in the U.S. as well as contemporary concerns facing women's lives. Topics include how gender operates in institutional and cultural contexts; how gender intersects with race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, and other categories of human difference; and how the critical analysis of these categories impacts our understanding of our world. Course fulfills the university's diversity requirement.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

This course is approved for distance education instruction. Distance education opportunities vary by semester. Please contact the university for more information.

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

09/01/2005 - 08/25/2024 

Institution Website:

www.ship.edu/

Phone Number:

(717) 477-7447

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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