Gender Studies BA
Gender Studies offers students an interdisciplinary examination of the role of gender across the spectrum of human experience. The program investigates how gender functions and shapes the lives and experiences of women and men, including the institutional, social, and scientific forces that create meaning around gender; the struggles and achievements of women across cultures and time; and the study of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) identity and communities.Courses in the Gender Studies Program invite students to explore topics such as:the social construction of femininity and masculinity from both historical and contemporary perspectives;the intersections of gender with race, class, religion, nationality, age, sexual orientation, and other social categoriesgender and the body;gender and sexual identity as organizing factors in social institutions and creative production;gender within international contexts; andfeminist theory.The Gender Studies Program consists of a core set of courses taught by faculty from a variety of disciplines as well as electives from across the university. Students in the program build their understanding of gender through academic study as well as community-based learning and action. The curriculum as a whole enables students to develop the analytic and communication skills crucial to professional success, while at the same time deepening their understanding of the history and contemporary dynamics of gender.
Courses
- INFS 115
- INFS 315
- GNDR 201
- GNDR 345
- GNDR 375
- GNDR 399
- GNDR 365
- GNDR 367
- ETHS 400
- HIST 301
- SSCI 311
- LIT 502
- ANSO 302
- ANSO 325
- BIOL 106
- COMM 321
- CJS 318
- ECON 315
- ETHS 354
- ETHS 363
- GNDR 220
- GNDR 270
- GNDR 300
- GNDR 320
- GNDR 350I
- GNDR 360I
- GNDR 369
- GNDR 376
- GNDR 380
- HIST 309
- HIST 328
- HIST 339
- HIST 357
- HIST 394
- HIST 451
- LING 346
- LIT 312
- LIT 315
- LIT 362
- LIT 365
- PHIL 306
- PSYC 331
- PSYC 335
- PSYC 367
- RELS 377