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GEN&WS 334

FEMINIST SOCIAL MOVEMENTS ACROSS THE AMERICAS

3 credits.

Explores feminist activism in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Feminist activism, broadly construed, will be explored through ethnography, interviews, documentaries, public facing scholarship, among other forms of intellectual production. Applies transdisciplinary perspectives to consider work from a range of academic fields and topics to understand the major political, economic, and social issues framing feminist social movements across the Americas.

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Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - 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: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and recognize key themes and issues of feminist social movements across the Americas Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Increase awareness of the histories of various social movements across the Americas and their impact in the present Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Understand and analyze transnational connections among feminist social movements Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Identify and critically analyze the theoretical frameworks that undergird feminist activist scholarship across the Americas Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Engage more deeply with course materials with stronger written and analytical skills Audience: Graduate 6. Develop critical thinking skills to identify and question the impact of power dynamics and institutionalized oppression on feminist social movements in the U.S and across the Americas. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and recognize key themes and issues of feminist social movements across the Americas Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Increase awareness of the histories of various social movements across the Americas and their impact in the present Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Understand and analyze transnational connections among feminist social movements Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Identify and critically analyze the theoretical frameworks that undergird feminist activist scholarship across the Americas Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Engage more deeply with course materials with stronger written and analytical skills Audience: Graduate 6. Develop critical thinking skills to identify and question the impact of power dynamics and institutionalized oppression on feminist social movements in the U.S and across the Americas. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad

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