ECON 113
Gender and Development in Globalizing World
Description: Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 11. Examination of gender dimensions of economic development and globalization from perspective of feminist economics. This perspective implies foregrounding labor, broadly defined to include paid and unpaid work; examining gender differences in work; access to resources; and well-being outcomes; and how these are affected by macroeconomic policies and how gender inequalities are relevant for societal well-being. Since early 1980s economic globalization has been achieved on basis of common set of macroeconomic policies pursued in industrial and developing countries alike. These policies frame both gender-differentiated impacts of policy and initiatives that are implemented to reduce inequalities between men and women. Examination of impact of these policies on gender inequalities in developing countries. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Winter 2019 - It's hard to describe the exact reason why you shouldn't take this class. There isn't one specific thing that makes it so bad - it's the culmination of a lot of little things that made it the worst Econ class I've taken at UCLA. The first thing out of Professor Ozler's mouth was "I am combative." Not a good sign, right? She then proceeded to present disorganized lectures in mildly broken English and expected us to understand every single piece of information she gave. The exams were my least favorite part of the class. The final was cumulative, so we were expected to know an ungodly amount of information about a WIDE variety of topics. She actually told us that we needed to know everything we had learned in class. Literally everything (?). But once I actually saw the final, it became clear that she was only testing us on MAYBE 10% of the material covered in class, and she wanted SPECIFIC answers. These were subsets to side sections to additions to lectures-type answers - quite vague and seemingly useless compared to the main points outlined in the course. This was truly the biggest waste of my time. If you want to learn about Globalization, take a Global Studies class. If gender, take a gender studies class. Unless someone else teaches this, don't waste your time in a class where the material is made so incredibly over complex that it drives you crazy. Rant over, but seriously, would not recommend.
Winter 2019 - It's hard to describe the exact reason why you shouldn't take this class. There isn't one specific thing that makes it so bad - it's the culmination of a lot of little things that made it the worst Econ class I've taken at UCLA. The first thing out of Professor Ozler's mouth was "I am combative." Not a good sign, right? She then proceeded to present disorganized lectures in mildly broken English and expected us to understand every single piece of information she gave. The exams were my least favorite part of the class. The final was cumulative, so we were expected to know an ungodly amount of information about a WIDE variety of topics. She actually told us that we needed to know everything we had learned in class. Literally everything (?). But once I actually saw the final, it became clear that she was only testing us on MAYBE 10% of the material covered in class, and she wanted SPECIFIC answers. These were subsets to side sections to additions to lectures-type answers - quite vague and seemingly useless compared to the main points outlined in the course. This was truly the biggest waste of my time. If you want to learn about Globalization, take a Global Studies class. If gender, take a gender studies class. Unless someone else teaches this, don't waste your time in a class where the material is made so incredibly over complex that it drives you crazy. Rant over, but seriously, would not recommend.
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