Fulfills the Individual and Social Behavior requirement of the University Core of Common Studies
No prerequisites; open to first-year students
3 credit hours
MW 1:00-2:15
Course Description: A multi-disciplinary introductory course that considers how laws, politics, the media, and the health care and education systems (among others) affect men and women. Employment and family issues will be examined, as will be the movement for gender equity and equality. This course encourages active learning with discussion rather than a lecture format and a variety of activities. These include readings, long and short papers, oral reports, and exams. Students will be involved in the community with Service Learning or personal interviewing and attendance at campus events related to women.
About the Instructor: Janet K Boles, professor of political science specializing in women and politics. Her first book, The Politics of the Equal Rights Amendment (1979), led to her appointment to the first Ms. (Magazine) Board of Scholars in 1980. She has also served on the editorial boards of the Women’s Studies Encyclopedia and Women & Politics. Her later books, articles, and chapters have examined women in elected office, the gender gap, the women’s rights movement, and issues of public policy such as family leave, childcare, and woman suffrage.
