WGST 2234 - Women in Global Perspective

1. Recognize different conceptions, within gender studies, of what it is to be a “woman” - distinguishing between identity (e.g. binary, non-binary, fluid), biology, and expression.
2. Demonstrate understanding of a range and variety of cultural, social, religious, and linguistic practices that affect the lives of women outside the U.S.
3. Identify transnational commonalities for women around the globe as well as cultural and regional differences.
4. Analyze ethnocentrism, stereotypes, and bias with respect to women outside the U.S.
5. Analyze past political, economic, and cultural elements (e.g. colonialism, modernization theory, cultural and political movements, etc.) which have affected and continue to affect the status of women globally through a study of works in the arts and humanities.
6. Analyze current issues (e.g. climate change, pandemics) which affect the experiences and/or status of women globally through a study of works in the arts and humanities.
7. Demonstrate understanding of factors (e.g. economic, cultural, etc.) that impact solutions to contemporary issues affecting women outside the United States.
8. Recognize how individual and cultural values and experiences affect expressions in arts and humanities outside the United States and apply this knowledge in both critical and personal responses to such work.
9. Create a personal response to course content that demonstrates appreciation for the role of the arts and humanities as a means of representing and reflecting the experiences of women outside the United States.

1. Distinction between concepts of gender/identity, biology, sex assigned at birth, expression, and sexual attraction.
2. Historically and culturally informed introduction to selected regions and/or countries outside the United States.
3. Introduction to the intersection of culture, race, and class from a global perspective and the impact of this intersection on women outside the United States.
4. Particular attention to not only past discriminatory development patterns but to contemporary models of successful economic, religious, political, and cultural movements around the globe.
5. Introduction to a global perspective of the arts and humanities (e.g. cultural studies, art, religion, philosophy, economics, and literature) with a particular focus on work by women and work portraying women outside the United States.