Document Type

Syllabus

Publication Date

Spring 2024

Course Description

In this course, we will examine the ways that societies construct and make sense of sex, gender, and sexuality. We will consider how gender influences personal identity, interpersonal interaction, and social institutions. The focus throughout the course is on the sociological significance of gender. I expect you to develop the ability to think and write about gender issues from a sociological perspective, recognizing that people are both products of social arrangements and the producers of those arrangements. My main goal is for you to be able to apply what you learn in the classroom to the world outside it.

Student Outcomes

students will be able to: • Identify, critique, and apply sociological frameworks to systems of sex, gender, and sexuality. • Understand how gender is socially constructed, maintained, and how it becomes a source of power and inequality. • Identify and critique the gendered nature social institutions such as families and employment. • Identify and critique interlocking systems of domination and control including sexism, racism, ethnicity and social class. • Consider their own location within systems of domination and the potential of creating social change from that location. • Develop and utilize critical writing, discussion, and analytical skills.

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