Women's & Gender Studies (WGS) |
315 Hendricks, 541-346-5529
College of Arts and Sciences
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Academic Deadlines
| Deadline |
Last day to: |
| March 29: |
Process a complete drop (100% refund, no W recorded) |
| April 5: |
Drop this course (100% refund, no W recorded) |
| April 5: |
Process a complete drop (90% refund, no W recorded) |
| April 6: |
Drop this course (75% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded) |
| April 6: |
Process a complete drop (75% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded) |
| April 8: |
Add this course |
| April 8: |
Last day to change to or from audit |
| April 12: |
Withdraw from this course (75% refund, W recorded) |
| April 19: |
Withdraw from this course (50% refund, W recorded) |
| April 26: |
Withdraw from this course (25% refund, W recorded) |
| May 17: |
Withdraw from this course (0% refund, W recorded) |
| May 17: |
Change grading option for this course |
 | You can't drop your last class using the "Add/Drop" menu in DuckWeb. Go to the “Completely Withdraw from Term/University” link to begin the complete withdrawal process. If you need assistance with a complete drop or a complete withdrawal, please contact the Office of Academic Advising, 101 Oregon Hall, 541-346-3211 (8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday). If you are attempting to completely withdraw after business hours, and have difficulty, please contact the Office of Academic Advising the next business day. |
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Expanded Course Description
| This course examines the ways in which race, class, gender, and sexuality intersect to form systems of inequality, formations of identity, and sites for political agency. Multi-racial interdisciplinary feminist perspectives have interrogated the politics within feminist discussions to re-center intersecting identities to better understand the histories, experiences, and the contemporary politics of women of color. This challenge to both the academy and institutional systems has called for a complication of monolithic assumptions within the "study of women." The readings emphasize theoretical dialogues confronting the complexities of inclusion/exclusion in feminism, first/third world constructions, and difference within difference that further complicate our assumptions of identity, community, and culture. Such frameworks through the course include, but are not limited to; indigenous feminisms, critical race theory, borderlands, and globalization. Through film and literary narratives students will have the opportunity to critically analyze the social positions, representations, and political projects centering the lives and experiences of women of color. |
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