WGS 1004 - Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

1 Course Unit(s)
An introduction to key topics, concepts, approaches and problems in women’s, gender and sexuality studies. Investigates the meaning and significance of gender and introduces students to the multiplicity of ideas at the intersections of sexual and racialized identities, variously marked bodies and gendered expressions, as well as power embedded in their various representations in popular culture. Central areas of inquiry include the ways in which race, ethnicity, sexuality, class, nationality, age and ability shape experience, culture and politics.

General Education Requirement(s):
Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
Pre/Corequisite(s): None