SC 210 - Introduction to Gender and Sexuality Studies

(3.00 cr.)

An interdisciplinary overview of the role of gender and sexuality in society, providing a conceptual vocabulary for gender and sexuality studies minor courses and many professions and graduate programs. Questions explored: How do art and social media shape acceptable ways to express our gender and sexuality? How do gender and sexuality exist as elements of both the structure of society and individual identities? How are our expressions of gender and sexuality tied to our biology and to economics, educational systems, and political ideology? How do ability, age, class, ethnicity, nationality, and race intersect with gender and sexuality differentially shaping life experiences? How do individuals and groups resist patriarchal inequality and to what effect? The course offers opportunities to reflect on and critically analyze one's life experience through discussion, writing, and other methods, drawing on western and nonwestern sources. Required for gender and sexuality studies minors.

Sessions Typically Offered: Varies
Years Typically Offered: Varies

Interdisciplinary Studies: GT/IG