Women's and Gender Studies (WGST) 354
Women, Religion and Social Change (Revision 1)
WGST 354 replaces WMST 354.
Delivery Mode: Individualized study
Credits: 3
Area of Study: Humanities. This course can also be used as Social Science by credential students only.
Prerequisite: None. WGST 266 or an equivalent is recommended.
Precluded Course: WMST 354. (WGST 354 cannot be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained for WMST 354.)
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
Women's & Gender Studies home page
WGST 354 has a Challenge for Credit option.
Overview
Welcome to Women's and Gender Studies 354: Women, Religion, and Social Change, a three-credit, intermediate-level course that engages the issue of women as social change agents through a case study of some North American women's attempts to challenge and change their social and religious environments in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. WGST 354 considers constructions of gender; religion as a cultural phenomenon that can constrain and empower; theoretical and experiential linkages amongst feminisms; race and class as components in the construction of gender ideologies. The course concludes by considering the guiding questions of the course within a contemporary global context.
Outline
Women's and Gender Studies 354: Women, Religion, and Social Change is divided into four units:
Unit 1: Religion as a Resource for Social Transformation
Unit 2: Nineteenth-century Issues
Unit 3: Early Twentieth-century Issues
Unit 4: Contemporary Issues
Evaluation
To receive credit for WGST 354, you must achieve a grade of at least 50 percent on the assignments and a course composite grade of at least "D" (50 percent). The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:
| Activity | Percentage of Final Grade |
|---|---|
Units 1 and 2 Telephone Review Quizzes | (ungraded) |
Assignment 1:Gender Ideologies Essay (750-1,000 words) |
20% |
Assignment 2: Research Paper (3,000-3,750
words) | 40% |
Assignment 3: Final
Examination (4 short essays) | 40% |
Total |
100% |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.
Course Materials
Textbook
Muir, Elizabeth Gillan, and Marilyn Färdig Whiteley, eds., 1995. Changing Roles of Women within the Christian Church in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Other Materials
The course materials include a study guide, student manual, and a reading file.
Challenge for Credit Course Overview
The Challenge for Credit process allows students to demonstrate that they have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university level course.
Full information for the Challenge for Credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.
- Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Policy
- Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Procedures
Challenge Evaluation
For further information, please contact the course coordinator.
Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Course Registration Form
Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts.
Opened in Revision 1, Mar 15, 2002.
Last updated by SAS 02/13/2013 08:51:33
