Gender, Race and Global Inequality
“Gender, Race and Global Inequality” challenges students to apply interdisciplinary perspectives concerning gender and race to dynamics of global inequality. Ideally students will take an introductory level course in global social justice issues before moving on to more specific courses on gender, race and class.
Instructions for Focal Study 8
Complete at least three courses and a minimum of 10 credits. No more than two of these courses may have the same disciplinary prefix.
Complete two courses from the first cluster and one course from the second cluster.
| First Cluster (complete 2 courses) | ||
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 101 | Introduction to Anthropology | 4 credits |
| EDUC 335 | Education for Social Justice | 2 credits |
| POLS 180 | The U.S. in World Affairs | 4 credits |
| POLS 345 | International Political Economy | 4 credits |
| SOC 102 OR SOC 110 OR SOC 120 OR SOC 130 | Social Problems (no longer offered) OR Understanding the Apocalypse OR Image, Society, and Identity OR Stump the Sociologist | 4 credits |
| SOC 347 | Global Capitalism/Neo-Colonial Inequality | 4 credits |
| Second Cluster (complete 1 course) | ||
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 206 | Sex, Gender, Culture | 4 credits |
| ANTH/GSS 311 | Medicine, Body, Culture | 4 credits |
| APTH/GSS 212 | Theatre for Gender Equity | 2 credits |
| ENGL 324 | Post Colonial Literature: Conquests Retold | 4 credits |
| FREN 320 | Women's Writing in the Francophone World | 4 credits |
| GSS 201 | Introduction to Gender & Sexuality Studies | 4 credits |
| GSS/HUM 310 | Travel in India | 2 credits |
| HIST/GSS 247 | Gender and Sexuality in Victorian America | 4 credits |
| HIST 245 | Race in Modern America | 4 credits |
| HIST 333 | History of the British Empire | 4 credits |
| HIST 400 | Medieval Women | 4 credits |
| HIST 465 | Civil Rights Movement | 4 credits |
| POLS/HIST 239 | Latin America I: Conquest-Independence | 4 credits |
| SOC 208 | Race: Inequality and Identity (no longer offered) | 4 credits |
| SOC 305 | Racism and Ethnicity in Hawaii | 2-4 credits |
| SOC 318 | Racism and Ethnicity in Hawaii-Travel | 2 credits |
| SOC 360 | Critical Race Theory | 4 credits |