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Course Schedule - Fall Semester 2024
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FWIS 160 001 (CRN: 17560)
GENDER, RACE, & INCARCERATION
Long Title: GENDER, RACE, AND THE CARCERAL STATE: INCARCERATION THROUGH AN INTERSECTIONAL LENS
Department: First-Year Writing Intensive
Instructor: Overdorf, Vic
Meeting: 9:25AM - 10:40AM TR (26-AUG-2024 - 6-DEC-2024)
Part of Term: First Year Writing
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Section Max Enrollment: 16
Section Enrolled: 15
Enrollment data as of: 15-DEC-2025 6:20PM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Final Exam Time:
14-DEC-2024
2:00PM - 5:00PM S
Description: This course will examine the gender and racial dynamics of incarceration, particularly as they intersect with other systems of oppression. This interdisciplinary course will provide students with the tools to consider the place of the prison in the context of the United States punitive landscape, and in considerations of “justice.”