Summer Online

Issues in Feminism

WS 200--Four Quarter Hours

Judith Grant
Lindley 020
Ohio University--Athens Campus
(740) 593-0055
grantj1@ohio.edu

Please refer to the complete final course syllabus available on the course Website once the course begins.

Course
Description

This course examines several issues of importance to the theoretical and cultural understanding of gender. This particular course will examine race and feminism. You will have to read 4 books for this course. In addition you will find several “lessons” written by me to help you to understand the books. These can be found on  Blackboard under “course documents.”

Prerequisites

None

Methods of Course Instruction

Blackboard, books and discussion board.

Course Objectives

This course examines several issues of importance to the theoretical and cultural understanding of gender. This particular course will examine race and feminism.

General Course Requirements

You will have to read 3 books and parts of a 4th book for this course. In addition you will find several “lessons” written by me to help you to understand the books. These can be found on Blackboard under “course documents.” You will have 2 exams and are required to post on the discussion board.

Materials

Required

  1. Separate Roads To Feminism: Black, Chicana and White Feminist Movements in America’s Second Wave by Benita Roth

  2. Women of Color and the Reproductive Rights Movement by Jennifer Nelson
     Politics of Disgust, Ange-Marie Hancock
    Killing the Black Body, Dorothy Roberts

Note: The books for the course are in stock at College Bookstore, (740) 594-3505. Click here for online ordering.

Exams
Requirements

2 exams - No proctoring required

How are exams to be taken:  Take home

Dates of Exams
*TDA

Call the Ohio University Online Staff at 1-888-551-6446 if you have questions about this course or the enrollment process.


Call the education counselors the division of Lifelong Learning at
(740) 5932150 if you have questions about Ohio Degree Opportunities.