PY420  Psychology of Women

Usual instructor: Dr. Sandra Carpenter.

This course has as objectives: develop a feminist, interdisciplinary, multicultural perspective about women; explore the extent to which society constructs roles for people based upon sex, ethnic background, sexual orientation, social class, and physical disability; develop awareness of the consequences of social construction of roles upon the psychological health of women; and increase sensitivity regarding differences among peoples as pertains to psychological treatment issues.

This counts as one of the core courses in the Women's Studies minor.

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