Women, Health and the Environment

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Seminar/Discussion) This course introduces students to a number of pertinent issues and questions feminists are dealing with when considering women, health and the environment. We investigate how women, health and the environment intersect and explore some of the repercussions of particular environmental situations (including, but not limited to, environmental pollution, nuclear radiation, and synthetic hormones) on women's physical, emotional, spiritual and psychological health. We also study the ways in which feminists are researching and calling attention to the injustice of environmental degradation on women's health and various feminist strategies developed in challenging dangerous environmental practices. Cross-listed: ENV-3004(3). Restrictions: Students may not hold credit for this course and ENV-3004. Requisite Courses: WGS-1232 or the former WGS-2301 or permission of the instructor [prerequisite(s)].