Gender and Social Justice

Catalog description

This course will introduce students to the major concepts, approaches, methodologies, and content informing women¿s studies and gender studies across the disciplines. Paying particular attention to the impact of these areas of study on the liberal arts and social sciences, the course will consider how scholarship about women and gender has: influenced academic study; recovered the accomplishments of women; introduced new conceptual categories for the study of knowledge; and fostered interdisciplinary connections. To help introduce the multiple approaches and concerns within women¿s and gender studies, professors teaching in various departments throughout the College will be invited to the class to discuss their work. *Required course for the Women's and Gender Studies minor.