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FEMINIST APPROACH TO RESEARCH AND WRITING

GEN&WS 240
Course Description

Experience the excitement and rewards of doing research in the field of Gender and Women's Studies via substantial instruction in the four modes of literacy (that is, speaking, reading, writing, and listening). Through engagement with primary sources, you will ask and define research questions, find and analyze evidence, assess and discuss scholarly interpretations of same sources, build a bibliography, and try out making an argument. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be prepared to undertake substantial research and writing in more advanced courses.

Prerequisties

Satisfied Communications A requirement

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.46

No change from Historical

Completion Rate
92.31%

No change from Historical

A Rate
76.92%

No change from Historical

Class Size
26

No change from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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