GWST 100H - Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies

(3.00)

This interdisciplinary course is designed to acquaint students with the status, roles, images and experiences of women. By examining these issues, students also will gain an understanding of the influence of gender on contemporary social organization and behavior, family, workplace, politics, sexuality and the media. Materials will be drawn from many fields, including literature, psychology, sociology and history, focusing particularly on writings by women. Attention will be paid throughout the course to the ways in which women’s experiences are affected by such factors as race, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation and class.

Components: Lecture
Course Equivalents: GWST 100
Attributes: Social Sciences (GEP), Social Sciences (GFR)