REQUIRED COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES:

 1.  Explore women's issues, challenges, contributions, and gender issues from a variety of disciplines. (a minimum of three and a maximum of five disciplines per semester may be team-taught).

 2.  Assess ways in which economic, educational, political, religious, and social institutions have been and are oppressive to women.

 3.  Identify feminist perspectives of cultural and societal issues.

 4.  Examine ways in which women are socialized to view themselves and their place in society within a patriarchal and white ethnocentric world.

 5.  Compare intellectual and spiritual growth patterns, self-esteem, and empowerment in relation to their social status (including but not limited to) in the areas of economics, politics, religion, and education.

 6.  Analyze and evaluate issues of sexism, racism, classism, ageism, and male privilege.

 7.  Demonstrate ability to develop opinions and critical thinking skills through verbal and written work.

 8.  Communicate an understanding of feminist vocabulary.

 REQUIRED TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 I.    Introductory Background: Women`s Studies discipline.

 II.    Overview: Interdisciplinary perspectives.

 III.    Issues: Stereotypes. Confronting and Challenging `isms.`

 IV.    Values: Belief Systems.

 V.    Socialization: Interpret the systems of oppression, analyze the power of privilege, and distinguish between sex and gender.

 VI.    Institutions: Affects on women.

 VII.    Philosophies: Differentiate feminist philosophy from Western philosophy,

 VIII.    Discuss feminist/anti-feminist views, and compare feminine masculine perspectives.

 IX.    Public Policies: Influence of Public Policy.

 X.    General Scholarship: Women`s issues.