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2019 - 2020 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2019 - 2020 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

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SO 208 - Introduction to Gender Studies


Credits: (4 credits)

This course is an interdisciplinary examination of the social constructions of gender in different cultures in various historical periods. Students will develop their foundational knowledge of gender by exploring modern readings in the Humanities, Behavioral Sciences and Social Sciences.  Furthermore, students will be able to understand how gender shapes experience, culture and social institutions.

Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to do the following: 

  1. Analyze and explain how sociology approaches the topic of gender and related concepts;
  2. Investigate how social identities intersect with one another to shape a groups’ experiences, and how people work to change these experiences;
  3. Examine and discuss how gender is experienced as an interactional process;
  4. Analyze and examine the ways gender is shaped by and shapes institutional practices, experiences of individuals within these institutions, and social policy. 




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