2/20              Fall 2024 final returned; relevant social issues: The Struggle to End Gendered Violence and Violence Against Women; digital media algorithm

2/27              《無聲》The Silent Forest film watching and discussing (E. g. Why sometimes it’s the victim who was driven to submission, or even to death? And some victims would become victimizers? Etc.)

3/06                 《血淚控訴》A Girl From Moradishu（FGM female genital                 mutilation）watching and discussing

3/13                 Unit IV: Gender and Work in the Global Economy; Introduction

3/20                 Gender and Work in Taiwan; Racialized, Gendered, and                         Sexualized Labor in the Global Economy

3/27                 The Suffragettes watching and discussing

4/03                 Holiday

4/10                Relevant Youtube short film clips sharing (provided by                         students)

4/17                2 mid-term essays due; Relevant Youtube short film clips                 sharing (provided by students)

4/24                 Unit V: Historical and Contemporary Feminist Social Movements
5/01                 Thelma & Louise 
5/08                 Papicha 《女孩要革命》（阿爾及利亞真實故事改編）        watching and discussing

5/15                 Billy Elliot 《舞動人生》watching and discussing
5/22                The Danish Girl watching and discussing
5/29                 final essays outline presentation and discussion
6/05                 final essays outline presentation and discussion
6/12                 final questionnaire posted; The Accused available for individual                         watching (optional; No pirate copying please)
6/19                 final essay deadline (can be submitted before)

Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies (U Massachusetts Amherst Libraries, 2017) (Open Textbook) 下載網址 https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks)

1. Classroom discussion and Attendance (max. 3 absences) 30%.
2. Short essays on films (12x4 or 16x3) 48%.
3. A final longer essay (around 1000 words) or a final exam 22%.
4. If you want to convent my final grade to letter grade, the following is the conversion chart American Universities usually adopt: A⁺≥ 95, A≥ 90-94, A^-≥ 85-89; B⁺≥ 80-84, B≥75-79, B^-≥ 70-74; C≥ 65; D/F ≤60.