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WST 240
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Title: | Goddess/Women Anct Wrld:GT-SS3 |
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Long Title: | Goddesses And Women In The Ancient World: GT-SS3 |
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Course Description: | Surveys gender socialization and the roles, challenges, contributions, and images of women in the development of cultures. Through a study of arts, literature, music, politics, religion, philosophy, laws, and social standards students are introduced to the history of ideas that have defined women's place in societies. It examines goddesses, rituals, and ceremonies and how the image of the Feminine Divine changed from matriarchal cultures through the establishment of patriarchal cultures. These topics will be viewed through diverse cultures, including European and non-European, from the Ancient World through the Middle Ages.~~This course is one of the Statewide Guaranteed Transfer courses. GT-SS3 |
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Min Credit: | 3 |
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STANDARD COMPETENCIES:
1. Interpret systems of oppression and evaluate the impact on women from prehistory through middle ages.
2. Explore women's roles in prehistory and in the development of civilization.
3. Analyze gender roles throughout history and in various societies and cultures.
4. Explore matriarchal societies, goddesses they worshipped, and their rituals and ceremonies.
5. Explore the daily lives, laws, societal standards, challenges, and contributions of women from ancient and medieval cultures.
6. Examine images of women in ancient art and literature.
7. Identify women who overcame challenges and contributed to social change in ancient and medieval societies.
8. Research and present information about goddesses and women individually and/or within a group.
REQUIRED TOPICAL OUTLINE:
I. Paradigms: Definitions and effects
A. Definition: a paradigm is a socially constructed interpretive lens that enables the user to make sense of his/her world.
B. Explanation of how Cultural History is evidence of a paradigm.
C. Examination of how and where women fit into cultural paradigms.
II. Cultural Paradigm
A. Definition of Nature
B. Definition of the Sacred
C. Definition of Human Beings
D. Definition of Power
III. Art Paradigm
A. Visual Art
B. Literature
C. Music
IV. Cultural History
A. Paleolithic/Neolithic Cultures
B. The First Civilizations
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CCA |
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CCCS |
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CCD |
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CNCC |
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Front Range Community College |
FRCC |
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