This course examines gender and violence cross-culturally. The objective is to gain a better understanding of gender-based violence worldwide, and to analyze social, cultural and economic factors that underlie gender violence as well as alternative cultures of peace. The course is offered through distance media only. Participants do not meet in person but communicate through e-mail and a computer conferencing system called FirstClass. A printed study guide and selected readings are distributed by mail through the Augusta and Orono University Bookstores.
Additional readings are available on-line.
The course web site serves as your gateway to the Internet. It also provides a chat room that you can use to chat with classmates if you wish. In addition, you will be using a conferencing system called FirstClass, for which you get a special account. You can post messages on FirstClass and read what other students have posted. Postings on FirstClass can be read by everyone who signed up for this class but not by outsiders.