Nov 22, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-25
GEOG 4450 - Gender, Environment, and Development
This course explores frameworks linking gender and the environment and examines how they have influenced the practice of development in various geographic contexts. Case studies are drawn from Africa, USA, Latin America, and Asia. Topics include gendered access to resources, health and inequality, men and masculinities, the body and the environment, non-governmental organizations, and grass root organizing. This course also includes a significant focus on effectively developing, supporting, and communicating research findings in written and oral forms.
Requisites: GEOG 1200 or 1310 or WGSS 1000 and (Jr or Sr)
Credit Hours: 3
OHIO BRICKS: Bridge: Speaking and Listening
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to explain the meaning of gender and the importance of investigating the intersections of the environment and development through a gendered lens
- Students will be able to compare and contrast different theoretical approaches linking gender, the environment and development.
- Students will be able to appraise the link between theory and practice through case studies on gender, environment and development.
- Students will be able to use unbiased language to organize and deliver a presentation around a central message supported by relevant and convincing information.
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