WOMEN AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (ECO 210)

Term: Spring 2018

Faculty

	Jennifer Ruth MizeShow MyInfo popup for Jennifer Ruth Mize
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Schedule

Mon-Wed-Fri, 3:30 PM - 4:20 PM (1/8/2018 - 5/2/2018) Location: MAIN TAY 226

Description

210: Women and Economic Development.
Goal: To study the impact of economic change on women by analyzing how age, sex and race hierarchies modify changes in women's roles in different societies of Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Content: This course will focus on the effects of economic growth on the socioeconomic status of women. Most importantly, students will study the means by which patriarchy has persisted in various parts of Africa, Asia and Latin America by redefining itself, even as economies have modernized.
Taught: Fall, Spring.
Gen. Ed. Category: Expanding; Women's Experiences; (PS).
Credit: 3 hours; cross-listed as BUS 210 and WST 210.