Goucher College 2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
    Nov 23, 2024  
Goucher College 2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.

WGS 205 - Maintaining the Status Quo: Power and Privilege in the United States (4 Cr.)

*course becomes WGS 306 beginning spring 2020.
This course will examine the history of race-based privilege and its evolution from the nineteenth century to today. By reading historical documents, biography and socio-economic studies, students will explore samples of structural violence in education, housing and employment. They will analyze the means through which injustices have been challenged. This course serves as the WID course for PCE and WGS. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. Fall and spring semester.