JINS 317 - Women’s Movement in Intercultural Perspective: The U.S. and South Africa

This course traces progress toward gender equality in the U.S. and South Africa, as it is achieved both through grassroots activism and through other types of strategic movement by women to empower themselves. Cultural and economic differences between the two countries and among the women within them are examined as possible barriers to female solidarity.

Prerequisite: Junior status.
Credits: 3
NOTE: This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar and Intercultural Interconnecting Perspectives of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
NOTE: This is a writing-enhanced course.