2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog
Gender and Women's Studies Courses
All Gender and Women's Studies Courses
GWS 1100 Introduction to Gender Studies
(3 credits)
GWS 2220 Women's Issues
(3 credits)
GWS 2223 Men's Issues
(3 credits)
GWS 2600 Women and Diversity: Crossing Boundaries of Race, Class, Gender & Sexuality
(3 credits)
GWS 3100 Topics in Gender and Women's Studies
(3 credits)
GWS 3220 Gender Politics
(3 credits)
GWS 3330 International Gender Issues
(3 credits)
GWS 3850 Sex, Gender and Power: Theories and Practice
(3 credits)
GWS 2600 Women and Diversity: Crossing Boundaries of Race, Class, Gender & Sexuality (3 credits)
An integrated study of the complexity and diversity of historical and contemporary realities of women across culture, race, class, age, ethnicity, and sexual identity with an emphasis on the ways these are inextricably intertwined and rooted in the structure of social institutions. Moves from a personal awareness of women's issues toward a social, political, economic, and cross-cultural analysis. Students will examine their own lives and values and those of others regarding privelege, power, prejudice, and discrimination. Prerequisite: WSGS 2220 or WSGS 2223. Liberal Education Goal Areas 5 & 7.
Common Course Outline