{"id":113,"date":"2013-10-27T17:18:03","date_gmt":"2013-10-27T21:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.spelman.edu\/beverlyguysheftall\/?page_id=113"},"modified":"2014-04-27T18:43:22","modified_gmt":"2014-04-27T22:43:22","slug":"course-highlights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.spelman.edu\/beverlyguysheftall\/course-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparative Women&#8217;s Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Goals<\/h2>\n<p>The Comparative Women\u2019s Studies major is characterized<br \/>\nby a flexible, faculty-monitored interdisciplinary plan of<br \/>\nstudy designed to meet the needs of individual students. It<br \/>\naims to expose students to a substantial body of knowledge<br \/>\nabout the social construction of gender in various cultural<br \/>\ncontexts from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. It also<br \/>\nprovides students with the analytical tools for understanding<br \/>\nthe lives and experiences of women in various cultural contexts.<br \/>\nWhile providing conceptual models for a comparative<br \/>\nanalysis of the situation of women globally, especially women<br \/>\nof African descent, the Comparative Women\u2019s Studies major<br \/>\nprovides opportunities to analyze the hierarchies of race,<br \/>\nclass and gender. The Department also exposes students to<br \/>\nfeminist critiques of traditional scholarship in the disciplines<br \/>\nand masculine biases in the history of the acquisition of<br \/>\nknowledge. The Comparative Women\u2019s Studies offerings<br \/>\nprovide the critical skills and background for students preparing<br \/>\nfor graduate study as well as professional careers.<\/p>\n<h2>Objectives<\/h2>\n<p>Upon completion of the Comparative Women\u2019s Studies<br \/>\nmajor, the student will be able to:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>analyze in a systematic manner the situation of women<br \/>\nin our own and other cultures from a variety of disciplinary<br \/>\nperspectives.<\/li>\n<li>analyze the ways in which gender, race, ethnicity, class,<br \/>\nand sexuality construct the social, cultural, and biological<br \/>\nexperience of both men and women in all societies.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0recognize the masculine bias in the history of knowledge.<\/li>\n<li>research women\u2019s experiences in an unbiased manner.<\/li>\n<li>analyze images of women in literary texts, the media, and<br \/>\nthe arts, and explore relationships between these images<br \/>\nand societal attitudes toward women.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goals The Comparative Women\u2019s Studies major is characterized by a flexible, faculty-monitored interdisciplinary plan of study designed to meet the needs of individual students. It aims to expose students to a substantial body of knowledge about the social construction of gender in various cultural contexts from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. It also provides students with the analytical tools for understanding the lives and experiences of women in various cultural contexts. 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