An examination of the social, economic, and political factors which have created and recreated women s role in American history from the colonial period to the nineteenth century. Examines policies and practices that contribute to workplace discrimination and those designed to eliminate discrimination. Explores effects of job discrimination and occupational segregation. Analyzes Title VII, ADA, and related topics in relation to broader strategies for addressing discrimination. This is a number under which a variety of topics can be addressed in classroom-based programs on the campuses.
Some courses focus on contemporary or special areas of labor studies.
Other are directed towards specific categories of employees and labor organizations. Extensive analysis of selected topics and contemporary issues relating to the Chicano and Puerto Rican experiences in the United States. Basic data and theories about the development and maintenance of sex differences in behavior and personality. A brief survey of the history of women s changing role in America with particular emphasis on women s legal status in this century, persistence of occupational segregation, the organization and growth of the women s movement since 1960, the impact of those changes on the nuclear family, and the female self-image. Analysis of traditional and feminist theories of crime.