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GWS 350 Course Student learning objectives

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Gender & Women's Studies Department SLO's

The Gender and Women’s Studies Department at CSUN teaches students to view the world with a critical analytical approach grounded in a social justice framework.

  1. Students investigate the gender dimension of social, economic, cultural, historical, and political processes on women and men in U.S. and global contexts.
  2. Students will have a level of proficiency in the discipline of Gender and Women’s Studies, including knowledge of feminist movements, feminist theories, feminist research methods and women’s contributions to the production of different knowledges.
  3. Students will demonstrate the ability to critically analyze matrices of power like gender, race, class and sexuality in ways that lay the groundwork for constructive social change.
  4. Students will develop a sense of agency grounded in the development of their skills in oral and written communication, critical thinking, media literacy, information competence and leadership.

 

GWS 350 Course Student Learning Objectives

Montage of feminist images
  1. Students will recognize how  gender intersects with other social categories such as race, class, sexuality, and national origin
  2. Students will be able to describe the matrix of domination and relate how it applies to their lives
  3. Students will identify how material realities impact current intersections of gender, race, class and sexuality
  4. Students will identify historical realities that impact current intersections of gender, race, class and sexuality
  5. Students will be able to describe and give examples of how privilege functions in our society
  6. Students will compare and contrast how the different forms of oppression function in their lives and in society
  7. Students will be able to analyze and write about gendered identity formation and heteronormativity
  8. Students will think critically about the relationship between power and knowledge and why this matters.
  9. Students will be able to appraise and analyze current social policies that impact gender, race, class and sexuality
  10. Students will develop a roadmap for working toward more a socially just society with regard to gender, race, class and sexuality
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