Graduate Courses
SOWK 663: Women in a Global Context
Description
This course covers understanding women in a global context, social development institutions, and women’s representation within them and in related media and social media. It builds the knowledge of relevance to students of social work, women’s studies, international studies, migration, and communication.
The course analyzes the representation of women in reference to these issues in media and new media. The contrast between psycho-socio-economic realities and the well-being outcomes of women across developing worlds will be explored. This course will examine the characteristics and distribution of women across the globe, paying special attention to migration patterns to critically assess the effect of social ideas and expectations on women’s access to, participation in, and response to various social institutions including media.
