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2020-2021 UMaine Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 UMaine Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

WGS 303 - SL: Social Movements, Media and Change


This course considers the roles of gender, race/ethnicity, class, sexuality, age, ability, and nationality in relationship to an understanding of social movements and social change, with a special emphasis on the role of social media in these areas.  The course also provides students with an opportunity to engage in social change through a service learning project.  If this course was taken under its topic course designator,  WGS 201, it cannot be repeated for credit. It is recommended that students take WGS 101 before taking this course.

General Education Requirements: Social Context and Institutions and Cultural Diversity and International Perspective

Course Typically Offered: Fall, Odd Years

Credits: 3