GENDER 185
Special Topics in Gender Studies
Description: Lecture, three hours. Preparation: one prior gender studies course. Designed for juniors/seniors. Specialized or advanced study in one area within gender studies. May be repeated for credit with topic and/or instructor change. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Spring 2020 - The topic this quarter was Black Feminism. I really enjoyed this class! It was really interesting and educational. Haley designed this course around the media representations of black women, queer, trans, and nonbinary folks, so a lot of the assigned material was films or tv shows, which was really engaging. The grading was broken down by attendance + discussion in assigned labs, 3 one-page response papers in reference to the material that week, a midterm conversation where you worked with another person in the class to write + answer one another's discussion questions, and an art book final project. I definitely recommend taking this class :~)
Spring 2020 - The topic this quarter was Black Feminism. I really enjoyed this class! It was really interesting and educational. Haley designed this course around the media representations of black women, queer, trans, and nonbinary folks, so a lot of the assigned material was films or tv shows, which was really engaging. The grading was broken down by attendance + discussion in assigned labs, 3 one-page response papers in reference to the material that week, a midterm conversation where you worked with another person in the class to write + answer one another's discussion questions, and an art book final project. I definitely recommend taking this class :~)
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Winter 2021 - I took Gender and Comics with Professor Han and I really enjoyed it! She definitely expects involvement so it wasn't an easy A. There was a weekly blog post (500-1000 words) and a final project that my group and I worked on all quarter. I also did blog editing so I engaged frequently with this course which I think is what got me an A+. But overall, we used the class slack a lot so she was very available for questions and encouraged office hour visits! I liked the class & Professor Han
Winter 2021 - I took Gender and Comics with Professor Han and I really enjoyed it! She definitely expects involvement so it wasn't an easy A. There was a weekly blog post (500-1000 words) and a final project that my group and I worked on all quarter. I also did blog editing so I engaged frequently with this course which I think is what got me an A+. But overall, we used the class slack a lot so she was very available for questions and encouraged office hour visits! I liked the class & Professor Han
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Professor Jolna is the best professor I have had at UCLA. Women and Leadership is a very small class and you get to know everyone really well. She genuinely cares about all of her students and wants everyone to succeed in her class and in the future. She has connections to many powerful women and she has guest lecturers almost every week. The class was extremely useful, but also a very easy A. The only assignment is interviewing a female leader, telling the class about it, and writing a 10 page paper about it. The reading is interesting, but not really necessary to get an A. TAKE IT.
Professor Jolna is the best professor I have had at UCLA. Women and Leadership is a very small class and you get to know everyone really well. She genuinely cares about all of her students and wants everyone to succeed in her class and in the future. She has connections to many powerful women and she has guest lecturers almost every week. The class was extremely useful, but also a very easy A. The only assignment is interviewing a female leader, telling the class about it, and writing a 10 page paper about it. The reading is interesting, but not really necessary to get an A. TAKE IT.
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