BLACK FEMINISMS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Civics & Perspectives Ethnic St - Ethnic Studies Breadth - Humanities or Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Integrate necessary skills, such as independent reading, writing, and analytical skills,to think critically about feminism, race, and gender. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Describe how Black feminist theory shapes and is shaped by multiple hierarchies of power including class and sexuality. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Draw on a range of texts, films, and other media to situate Black feminist theorizing not only as an intellectual project but also as a personal and an activist one. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Identify key "gaps" and tensions in the work of seminal Black feminist theorists and conduct research that critically interrogates one or more of these "gaps" and tensions. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Integrate necessary skills, such as independent reading, writing, and analytical skills,to think critically about feminism, race, and gender. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Describe how Black feminist theory shapes and is shaped by multiple hierarchies of power including class and sexuality. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Draw on a range of texts, films, and other media to situate Black feminist theorizing not only as an intellectual project but also as a personal and an activist one. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Identify key "gaps" and tensions in the work of seminal Black feminist theorists and conduct research that critically interrogates one or more of these "gaps" and tensions. Audience: Graduate