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The discipline of Women's Studies emerged in the late
1960's and is now present on over 500 college campuses.
The second wave of the women's movement was in full
swing, and academics began to notice the bias in the
typical college curriculum. Courses all across
campuses were taught from a male perspective, presented
male ideas, and studied male experiences. In
response, Women's Studies was born with two major goals:
1) to teach classes that examined women's experiences,
recognized women's achievements and addressed women's
status in society and 2) to infuse gender balance into
the rest of the curriculum. Women's Studies is
interdisciplinary in nature, and involves sociology,
biology, economics, political science, anthropology,
literature, psychology, linguistics, and more.
Women's Studies at Shoreline Community College
focuses on the study of gender as a central aspect of
human existence. How does gender affect the
conditions of our lives? When analysis of these
conditions reveals discrimination, how can we create
change?
Women's Studies distinguishes between sex (our
biological status as male, female, or other) and gender
(our socially constructed, learned status as woman/man,
feminine/masculine). Women's Studies makes visible
the process by which we are shaped as gendered beings,
and the institutions that participate in this shaping:
family, education, employment, politics, the media, etc.
Students in Women's Studies classes often say that it
is the most useful class they take in college. The
information and skills learned in these classes apply to
your work, your relationships, and your role as a
citizen.
Stephanie is graduating with a transfer degree and
plans to pursue a bachelor's degree in Women's Studies,
and then a medical degree and a Ph.D simultaneously.
She was one of the driving forces behind the fundraising
effort that netted $8,000 to support local non-profit
agencies serving women, including New Beginnings, V-Day,
and the Jubilee Women's Center.
She also served as stage manager and producer of the
Vagina Monologues performance at the College.
Stephanie is an active leader of the Feminist Majority
Leadership Alliance. Stephanie was also
instrumental in organizing the "Women's Words of Fire" Â
presentation of inspirational poetry and essays by
women.
Program
Requirement Sheet |
Course Descriptions |
Classes offered this quarter
Designed to provide students with a broad liberal
arts background of study during their first and second
years of college. The state's two-year and four-year
schools developed transfer agreements that allow
students from a community college to transfer at least
90 credits (60 semester credits) to a four-year college
or university. The degrees satisfy some - or all -
general requirements for a bachelor's degree.
Rachel
David |
Faculty Web Page
Office 5337, (206) 546-4760,
rdavid@shoreline.edu
Amy
Kinsel |
Faculty Web Page
Office 5353, (206) 546-4679,
akinsel@shoreline.edu
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