Spring 2019  |  HIST 3615W Section 001: Women in European History: 1500 to the Present (66731)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019
Tue 01:15PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 145
Enrollment Status:
Open (24 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
History of women in Western Europe from early modern period to present. Changes crucial to women's lives. Family/kinship structure, control over property, organization of work, religious ideas/practices, education, politics, beliefs/attitudes about female body.
Class Description:
This course is a survey of the history of women, gender relations, and sexuality in Europe from the Reformation era through the present. We will explore many interconnected aspects of women's lives during this period: ? the history of the family and gender relations as a context of women's everyday lives ? changing patterns of women's work inside and outside the home ? legal and political definitions of women and their relationships to men ? social hierarchies and the relationship between gender and class status ? religious, intellectual, and cultural dimensions of women's changing experiences ? sexuality and reproduction We will read historical scholarship and many types of primary documents. Class time will be divided among lectures, class discussions, written work including quizzes and assignments, and small group work.
Grading:
10% Final Exam
30% Reports/Papers
5% Special Projects
15% Attendance
30% Reflection Papers
10% In-class Presentations
Class Format:
40% Lecture
10% Film/Video
20% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations
Workload:
75 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
4 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
1 Special Project(s)
Other Workload: There will be frequent in-class writing exercises based on the required reading.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66731/1193
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
15 November 2013

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