Document Type

Syllabus

Publication Date

Spring 2024

Course Description

WGSS 140 is a prerequisite for the major and minor in WGSS, as well as a survey course that introduces students to the interdisciplinary nature and scope of the field. Our aim is to begin to understand human behavior through a focus on how gender and sexuality shape cultures and the institutions that structure them in the U.S. Students will explore the study of women, gender, sexuality, and feminism by examining the intersections of race, class, and disability with gender and sexuality across cultural and disciplinary contexts. Topics will include feminism and women’s movements; gender socialization; the body; gendered violence; work and poverty; and resistance and activism.

Student Outcomes

 Introduce WGSS via critical thinking, reading, writing, and completion of exams  Define core concepts, theories and methods in the interdisciplinary field of women’s, gender and sexuality studies  Explain what “gender” means and identify social institutions and forces that shape it  Learn to discern how privilege works and identify strategies to de-center it  Understand how gender intersects with other aspects of society (such as race, economics, media), and how different forms of domination may be related  Identify examples of women’s resistance and social change through an intersectional lens

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