CONTEMPORARY FEMINIST THEORIES

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Humanities or Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Integrate independent reading, writing, and analytical skills necessary to think critically about contemporary schools of feminist thought. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe how contemporary feminist theories shape and are shaped by multiple hierarchies of power including race, class and sexuality. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Draw on a range of texts, films, and other media to situate contemporary feminist theorizing not only as an intellectual project but also as a personal and an activist one. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Integrate independent reading, writing, and analytical skills necessary to think critically about contemporary schools of feminist thought. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe how contemporary feminist theories shape and are shaped by multiple hierarchies of power including race, class and sexuality. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Draw on a range of texts, films, and other media to situate contemporary feminist theorizing not only as an intellectual project but also as a personal and an activist one. Audience: Undergraduate