PPOL-528 SEX, GENDER & PUBLIC POLICY

PPOL-528 SEX, GENDER & PUBLIC POLICY

Spring only

Faculty:

Warbelow, Sarah

Despite the tremendous gains made by women and girls in education, the workplace and the law during the past century, gender remains central to how we see ourselves and one another. This course explores the issues of sex and gender in American public policy and law. Federal and state legislation and case law on gender equity, including but not limited to Title IX and Title VII will be central texts. Legislation of family relationships in social welfare (TANF) and social insurance programs (Social Security) will be a second cornerstone of the course. Four objectives of the course include:
-To teach students how to read public policy documents critically.
-To inform students about publicly available sources of information on gender discrimination in employment, education and public policy.
-To develop students’ ability to analyze the gender and racial bias in public policy.
-To improve students’ abilities to write public policy documents.
Grading will be based on short assignments, a research paper, final exam and class participation.

Credits: 3

Prerequisites: None

Other academic years
There is information about this course number in other academic years:

More information
Look for this course in the schedule of classes.

The academic department web site for this program may provide other details about this course.