St. Cloud State University
General Education Goal Area 8
Global Perspectives
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Prepared by: Mumbi Mwangi
Phone: 8-3899
Email: mmwangi@stcloudstate.edu
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Requesting Unit: Women's Studies
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Department, Course Number, Title: WS 340 Global Feminisms
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New Course
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Will this course be flagged as a diversity course?
Already Designated as Diversity
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Will this course also satisfy another General Education Goal Area?
If “Yes” specify which goal area.
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Course bulletin description, including credits and semesters to be offered:
WS 330 Global Feminisms: The course traces the development of Global feminist movement(s),
identifies challenges, and explores the impact of engaging a transnational perspective in understanding
and addressing women's issues across cultures. The course examines the extent to which the
empowerment of women is demonstrated through multiplicity of meaning women give to their actions
and life expereinces in a global context. 3 Cr. S.
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Indicate the clientele for whom this course is designed. Is the course for general education only, or
does it fulfill general education and other program needs for this or another department? Obtain
signatures from any affected departments.
Women's Studies Majors and Minors and SCSU students interested in global issues courses that satisfy
General Education Goal Area 8.
9.
Indicate any changes that must be made in offerings or resources in your department or other
departments by offering this course.
None
10.
For new courses or courses not yet approved for General Education, indicate any other SCSU departments
or units offering instruction that relates to the content of the proposed course.
There may be a slight overlap of content with Global Studies but this course offers a unique and
comprehensive transnational feminist analysis of women's issues globally.
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Existing Course
No
Diversity Proposal Accompanying This Form
No
Yes
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Courses designated as General Education are included in the assessment plan for the Goal Area(s)
for which they are approved. Courses for which assessment is not included in the annual GE
assessment report for two years will be removed from the General Education Program.
The Requesting Unit understands and recognizes the above conditions.
12.
Provide a concise explanation of how the following goal is a “significant focus” of the proposed course.
Goal Area 8: Global Perspectives
Develop a comparative perspective and understanding of one’s place in a global context.
WS 340 course examines the development, diversity, complexity and multiplicity of the global feminist
movement(s) and offers a comparative analysis of women's issues in places such as US, Middle East,
Southern Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The commonalities and differences provide the basis for
understandiing women's place in society through a transnational feminist perspective that cuts across
cultures the commonalities and differences provide the basis for understanding women's struggles within a
global context. The course also discusses UN international conferences on women and global agenda for
women's rights as human rights in the context of globalization
13. In order for a course to be designated as fulfilling Goal Area 8, it must address at least 4 of the 5 student learning
outcomes (SLOs) below. Check the SLOs below that are focused on in the proposed general education course.
1. Explain how they are connected and related to people elsewhere in the world.
2. Describe similarities and differences among global places and populations.
3. Analyze how political, economic or cultural elements influence relations among the world’s states, peoples, or
societies.
4. Analyze specific international issues and propose and evaluate responses.
5. Articulate a vision of their individual roles and responsibilities in a common global future.
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Discuss how each Student Learning Outcome checked above is achieved in this course. (Note: Although
descriptions of typical assignments or types of assignments may be part of this discussion, it is not
appropriate to submit copies of actual assignments.)
SLO 1. From a transnational perpspective, students learn about the historical development of feminism in
different parts of the world. Through written assignments, students compare and evaluate the impact
of feminist movements in different historial time lines and geopolitical spaces.
SLO 2. Learning about the global inequalities and the implication for women's lives in First and Third
world countries is a major focus of this course. Students apply feminist theoretical underpinnings in
understanding women and development in diferent parts of the world. For example, using an
intersectional theoretical approach students analyze and evaluate the interelatedness of women's
experiences in different parts of the world and demonstrate their knowledge through student-led class
discussions and presentations.
SLO 4. Through class readings and videos the course introduces students to various global/international
issues affecting women and develops students' capacity for inquiry and independent research. Students
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will apply this knowledge by doing research projects and case studies on such issues as HIV/Aids,
Poverty, Violence against women and writing term papers and presenting their work in class.
SLO 5. Based on the class readings, lectures, video and out of class events, students will demonstrate
their understanding of transnational feminist theories and concepts in articulating, designing, and
implementing community projects that address specific issues to showcase their activism as global change
agents.
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List or attach the Course Outline (adequately described and including percentage of time to be allocated
to each topic). Curriculum Committees may request additional information. Topics larger than 20% need
to be broken down further. Indicate in your course outline where the Student Learning Outcomes
checked above are being met.
Course Outline:
I. Overview of History of Feminism: First and Third world feminisms
(10%) SLO 1, 2, 5
II. Globalization and Global Economy: Implications for Third world women (10%) SLO 1, 2,, 4, 5
III. Third world feminisms: Under the Western Eyes
(10%) SLO 1, 2 , 4,5
IV. Women and Islam : The veil in their minds and in their heads
(15%) SLO 1, 2, 4, 5
th
-Iran
5% Transformation in the 20 Century Iran
-Afghanstan 5% The Mission of RAWA. Freedom, Democracy and Human Rights
- Egypt
5% Feminism, Islam, and State in the 19th & 20th Century Egypt
V. African Feminism: Towards new politics of representation
(20%) SLO 1, 2, 4, 5
- Kenya
5% The Women's Movement in Kenya
-Zambia
5% Structural Adjustment in Zambia
-Zimbabwe
5% How Women Feed Africa (with these Hands)
VI. Latin America
( 15%) SLO 1, 2, 4,5
- Brazil
5% Feminist Consciousness in Brazil
-Bilivia
5% Gendered Paradoxes of Survival in Bolivia
-El-Salvador
5% Mothers of the dissappeared ( CO-MADRES)
VII. Women's Right as Human Rights : HIV/Aids, International Trafficking of women (10% ) SLO 1, 4, 5
VIII. Global Feminist Organizing : Braiding the Borderland
(10%) SLO 1, 4, 5
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St. Cloud State University
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