History of Women in the Modern United States

Overview

Subject area

HIST

Catalog Number

779

Course Title

History of Women in the Modern United States

Department(s)

Description

Examines women's social, political, cultural and economic position in American society from 1920 (the passage of suffrage) through the present. Among the topics considered are notions of women's roles in the public and private sphere; how gender intersected with categories of race, class, ethnicity, and region; women's lived experience; and how larger forces affected women's abilities to act in the public sphere.

Typically Offered

Fall, Spring

Academic Career

Graduate

Liberal Arts

Yes

Credits

Minimum Units

3

Maximum Units

3

Academic Progress Units

3

Repeat For Credit

No

Components

Name

Lecture

Hours

3

Course Schedule