WOMEN AND POLITICS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2021 Learning Outcomes: 1. Introduce students to concepts of sex, gender and sexuality and how they have been fundamental to the shape and function of political institutions, laws, and policies. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Understand how women have participated in politics despite severe legal and political restrictions. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Understand how social policies and institutional rules inhibit women’s influence and participation. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Explore how the media cover female candidates. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Examine what barriers inhibit female candidates from running for office. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Introduce students to concepts of sex, gender and sexuality and how they have been fundamental to the shape and function of political institutions, laws, and policies. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Understand how women have participated in politics despite severe legal and political restrictions. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Understand how social policies and institutional rules inhibit women’s influence and participation. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Explore how the media cover female candidates. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Examine what barriers inhibit female candidates from running for office. Audience: Undergraduate