Social Science University Seminar

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

An introduction to the seminar method of instruction, grounded in the interdisciplinary field of gender studies, with a particular focus on the study of gender and sexuality in the social sciences. This course will develop writing skills among first-year students while introducing them to some central problems and issues within gender studies. Each seminar focuses on a particular social topic and includes readings from across social scientific disciplines -- including sociology, anthropology, geography, psychology, and political science -- as well as interdisciplinary gender studies scholarship that is in conversation with those fields. For a full description of this section of the course, please see the enhanced course information.