This course covers the transnational/global concepts of gender, social, economic, political, cultural and intellectual/creative aspects of women in world society from 1500 C.E. to the present. Societal structures, cultural norms, legal/sociological constructs, religious paradigms affecting women throughout modern Asia, Africa, Middle East, the Americas and Europe will be explored. The course will also focus upon gaining an understanding of women's past accomplishments, both major and mundane, as well as limitations, which may illuminate their present and future. (CSU/UC)Â (AA/AS-D, CSU-D, IGETC-4)