Course Catalog Information (24-25)
CETH 8
Women of Color in the USA
Course Description
This course is an interdisciplinary, multi-perspective, and comparative study of the experiences of women of color in the United States, including African American, Asian American Pacific Islander, Latina, and Native American women. The constructs of race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality as they relate to social institutions and national ideologies will be explored. The examination and analysis of the historical, political, and economic influences that have informed the relationships between women of color and white women in the U.S.A., is foundational to this course.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Analyze and explain the social construction of race, class, gender, and sexuality and the impact of racism, sexism, classism, and hetero-sexism on Women of Color in the USby critiquing the multiple identities through an intersectional lens.
Course Details
- Units
- 4 Units
- Hours
- Weekly Lecture Hours: 4
- Weekly Lab Hours: 0
- Gen Ed
- General Education Class
- Program Status
- Program Applicable
- Credit
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Transferability
- Transferable to both UC and CSU
- Grading Method
- Letter Grading
- Also Listed As
- WMST 8
Requisite and Advisory
- Advisory(ies)
- EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5
- Prerequisite(s)
- Corequisite(s)
Limitations on Enrollment and Entrance Skills
- Limitation(s) on Enrollment
- Not open to students with credit in the cross-listed courses Also listed as WMST 8.