SOSC 110 - Introduction to Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

3 Credit Hours

This course examines the central concepts and topics in the field of women, gender, and sexuality studies. Explores social structures and power relations among individuals and within economic, political, educational and other social structures, with special attention paid to women’s issues and movements in the United States and globally. Through readings, this course examines and explores alternatives to traditional and/or normative constructions of gender and sexuality, and also considers other markers of difference, such as disability, race, class, and religion, which intersect with gender identity and sexual identity.