SOC 245 Women’s Concerns

(Cross-listed with SoWk 245) This course covers a wide range of issues that are part of contemporary North American women’s lives. The place of women in society is approached from the position of social and economic justice. The course: (a) examines and critiques the U.S. American women’s movement as an interpersonal and psychological phenomenon; (b) identifies cultural, religious, racial, social, economic and political processes as they affect women’s lives; (c) considers women to be persons of worth and value with the right of self-determination; and (d) assists in understanding, contextually, women’s requests for help and appropriate intervention strategies. Class participation and small group discussions are important components of course learning.