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Women Studies (WMST) 422
Women, Violence, and Social Change

This version of WMST 422 closed. To current version.

Overview

WMST 422 provides definitions and explanations for male violence against women, as well as information on ways to end the violence.

Method of Delivery: Individualized study.
Credit Weight/Area of Study: 3 credits - Social Science
Prerequisite: None. WMST 267 is strongly recommended but not required.

Outline

  • Unit 1 Education, Violence against Women, and You
  • Unit 2 Describing the Violence: Defining the Problem and Its Effects
  • Unit 3 The Causes of Male Violence against Women
  • Unit 4 Traditional Responses to the Problem
  • Unit 5 Responses to the Problem: State
  • Unit 6 Responses to the Problem: Individual Men
  • Unit 7 Women, Violence, and Empowerment

Evaluation

To achieve credit for WMST 422, students much achieve a course composite grade of at least 50 per cent. The weighting for the composite grade is as follows:

Midterm Take home exam Essay Project Total
20% 25% 25% 30% 100%

Course Materials

Textbooks and journals

Canadian Woman Studies (Violence Against Women) 11, 4, Summer 1991.

Canadian Woman Studies (Violence Against Women: Strategies for Change) 12, 1, Fall 1991.

Horsfall, Jan. 1991. The Presence of the Past: Male Violence in the Family. Sydney: Allen and Unwin.

99 Federal Steps Toward an End to Violence against Women. 1993. Toronto: NAC.

"Learning and Violence: Women Speak Out" Special Issue of Women's Education Des Femmes 9, 4, Summer 1992.

Thorne-Finch, Ron. 1992. Ending the Silence: The Origins and Treatment of Male Violence against Women. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Johnson, H. (1996). Dangerous domains: Violence against women in Canada. Toronto: Nelson Canada.

Other material

The course materials include a study guide, a student manual, and a book of readings.

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.

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