Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Fall 2021 - GSWS 305 D100

Gendering Economy: Paid and Unpaid Labour (4)

Class Number: 6525

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Tue, 8:30–11:20 a.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Dec 10, 2021
    Fri, 11:59–11:59 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    30 units including three units in GSWS or WS or GDST or LBST.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Takes a broad approach to gender, placing it dialogue with race and ethnicity, class, nation, and space, to think through the complex dynamic between gender and labour from a variety of perspectives. Explores workers’ lived experiences of gender regimes while critically examining how gender ‘matters’ within the workplace. Students who have taken GSWS 308, LBST 305, LBST 331 under the title Gender - Paid & Unpaid, or WS 310 under the title Women and Work may not take this course for further credit.

COURSE DETAILS:

This course will take a broad approach to gender, placing it dialogue with race and ethnicity, class, nation, and space, as we think through the complex dynamic between gender and labor from a variety of perspectives. We will explore workers’ lived experiences of gender regimes while critically examining how gender ‘matters’ within the workplace.

On successful completion of this course students will be able to:

  1. Identify and analyze contemporary local, national, and global issues relating to gender and work
  2. Apply critical perspectives to contemporary issues around gender and work
  3. Apply theoretical understandings of gender and society to explain contemporary work issues

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

 

For more detailed information please see the GSWS website: http://www.sfu.ca/gsws/undergraduate/courses/Educational_Goals.html

Grading

  • Participation 20%
  • Midterm Exams x 2 40%
  • Critical Reflections x 2 20%
  • Take home exam 20%

NOTES:

Percentage

letter

grade

conversion

A+

95-100%

A

90-94%

A-

85-89%

B+

80-84%

B

75-79%

B-

70-74%

C+

65-69%

C

60-64%

C-

55-59%

D

50-54%

F

49% or less

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Course materials will be distributed through internet links, or material posted on CANVAS.


Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

SFU’s Academic Integrity web site http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating.  Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.

Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the University community.  Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the University. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the University. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html

TEACHING AT SFU IN FALL 2021

Teaching at SFU in fall 2021 will involve primarily in-person instruction, with approximately 70 to 80 per cent of classes in person/on campus, with safety plans in place.  Whether your course will be in-person or through remote methods will be clearly identified in the schedule of classes.  You will also know at enrollment whether remote course components will be “live” (synchronous) or at your own pace (asynchronous).

Enrolling in a course acknowledges that you are able to attend in whatever format is required.  You should not enroll in a course that is in-person if you are not able to return to campus, and should be aware that remote study may entail different modes of learning, interaction with your instructor, and ways of getting feedback on your work than may be the case for in-person classes.

Students with hidden or visible disabilities who may need class or exam accommodations, including in the context of remote learning, are advised to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112) as early as possible in order to prepare for the fall 2021 term.