Psychology of Gender

Three credits · Undergraduate

This course introduces students to the psychological literature on sex and gender. Course topics include sex differences and similarities, relationships in traditional and nontraditional families, portrayals of gender in the media, gender experiences within and outside the gender binary, intersectionality, and applied topics such as sexual harassment, violence, and the wage gap, among others. Psychological outcomes will be analyzed according to gender-role socialization and biological, sociobiological, social- psychological, and feminist theories of sex and gender. Cross-listed as WMGS 343. Prerequisite: 6 credits of PSYC at the 200 level. Three credits.