Community-Engaged Learning: Feminist and Queer Youth Studies

4 units

The categorizing of life experience into childhood and adolescence is a relatively new construct. The first part of this course will examine how the categories of early childhood and adolescence developed in social and medical discourses. The remainder of the course encourages students to draw connections between Feminist and Queer theoretical scholarship on children and the practice of designing and implementing programming for children. Students will examine the relationship between the course readings and their experience working with various agencies in St. Louis. Note: This is a community-engaged learning class, which means that it combines classroom learning with outside work at a community organization. In addition to regular class time, there is a service requirement, which will necessitate an additional four to five hours of time per week. Before beginning the community service component, students must complete required training and submit material for a background check.