HUM 150 American Women’s Studies

Lecture: 3 Lab: 0 Clinic: 0 Credits: 3

This course provides an inter-disciplinary study of the history, literature, and social roles of American women from Colonial times to the present. Emphasis is placed on women’s roles as reflected in American language usage, education, law, the workplace, and mainstream culture. Upon completion, students should be able to identify and analyze the roles of women as reflected in various cultural forms.

This course has been approved for transfer under the CAA as a general education course in Humanities/Fine Arts.

Pre-requisite(s): ENG-002 or ENG 025
Course is typically offered in Fall, Spring, and Summer.
Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)
At the completion of the course, the students should be able to do the following:

Analyze the relevancy of the terms: woman, feminism, and gender.
Apply components of human identity (race, class, gender, and ethnicity) to their constructed meaning in the American society through discussion and/or in writing.
Examine significant issues affecting women in America, making connections between and among these issues.