Women's Studies

This course introduces Women's and Gender Studies as a field of interdisciplinary study and research. Students read classic and contemporary texts from the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences to introduce core concepts, issues and institutions affecting gendered lives, the social construction of difference, the interaction of gender with related categories of difference and identity, and feminist epistemologies. Students analyze cultural representations of women and gender and consider how gender, in connection with race, class, ethnicity, sexuality, age, and ability, impacts identities and shapes perceptions, thinking, and actions in everyday life. As part of the course, students also plan and execute a WGS-related program for the community.