Courses

What do you see in the above image? How does this image relate to globalization and members of oppressed and marginalized groups in the global south? Find out more about these issues along with the dynamics of gender and its intersection with race, ethnicity, sexual identity, (dis)ability, class, religion, and other axes of oppression in the Global South. This introductory course places special emphasis on women in developing world contexts. 

Students will investigate how feminists conceptualize social justice in the struggle to create a better world by examining feminist theory as it engages with categories such as race, class, sexuality, and disability. Through this examination, students will explore the relationship between feminist theory and feminist practice. Students will also develop an understanding of a range of views about the nature of oppression and inequity as well as strategies for resisting oppression and inequity.

 For the official calendar descriptions, see the Undergraduate Calendar