Overview
Description
Class and gender as related to an analysis of violence, including battery, rape, stalking, “honor crimes”, genital mutilation and corporate violence. (SOC 409 and WMST 409 are cross-listed; credit may be earned in one of the two.)
Requirements
Prerequisites
- General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed
- at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed
- Junior or Senior standing
SOC 101
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
General Education courses (CO1-CO3) completed; at least 3 courses from CO4-CO8 completed; Junior or Senior standing; SOC 101.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Core
CO10, CO13
Related Courses
Cross Listed With SOC 409
Restrictions
Junior or Senior standing
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- apply various theoretical perspectives to describe the intersectionality of gender and social class in violence.
- evaluate the relationship between approaches to dealing with gendered violence and the social barriers keeping us from addressing these.
- demonstrate the ability to articulate and evaluate connections among local, national and international contexts as they apply to a range of forms of gendered violence.
- contextualize forms of gendered violence and responses to them in relation to historical and current global contexts.
- identify and apply multiple theoretical perspectives to a range of gendered forms of violence at the local, national and international levels.
- demonstrate an understanding of the various theoretical perspectives from different disciplines as they apply to gendered violence.
- demonstrate how their own social location shapes their understanding and response to global gendered violence.
- demonstrate an understanding of the debates and disagreements about various forms of gendered violence as these represent different political, social, and geographical realities of the various voices.