Boundaries of Equality: Social, Ethical & Legal Challenges of Sex, Gender & Orientation Civil Rights

3 units

FOR MECC STUDENTS ONLY. In this multidisciplinary course, we will investigate the benefits of and tensions between civil rights movements and civil rights laws.?The class will first spend several weeks laying the foundation of the key concepts and theoretical frameworks of intersectional gender studies and U.S. government and policy. We will then explore several social justice movements through both the lens of civil rights and then the lens of governmental actions and Constitutional interpretation. After examining each topic, we will implement lab classes, in which the students can apply their knowledge and ethical decision-making to a case study. In this way, the students will not only learn, but they will build a toolbox that they can use in their assignments and future courses.?