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