Nov 25, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2019-20

AAS 3450 - The Black Woman


Examines the complex experience of being a Black woman in America. It addresses such topics as identify, black male-female relations, black feminism, social mobility and activism from a sociohistorical perspective.

Requisites: Soph or Jr or Sr
Credit Hours: 3
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 should be able to apply a black feminist approach to an analysis of the political and economic policies that shaped the construction of African American womanhood.
  • Students should be able to apply social constructivist frameworks to an analysis of social and economic policies shaping the everyday experiences of black women.
  • Students should be able to discuss and assess second and thrid wave feminist critiques of patriarch and these critiques relate to the African American women.
  • Students should be able to discuss and assess the various social constructions of race and gender.


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