Introduction to Gender Studies

Catalog description

This interdisciplinary course is designed to introduce students to the discipline of gender studies by examining the following topics, central to the study of gender: the social construction of gender and its relation to other social constructs like race and class; and the consequences of gender construction in terms of legitimizing power and creating and perpetuating inequality. In this course, students will examine the implications of gender constructs as they are applied to academic and public discourse and lived experience. This is a collaborative course in which the instructor of record will be joined by 6 or 8 other faculty members who will each preside over one week's classes, presenting course material in lecture or seminar format and guiding student discussion. This course satisfies general education curriculum standards for behavioral and social knowledge.