GENDER, WOMEN, AND CULTURAL REPRESENTATION
A humanities-oriented analysis of cultural representations of women and men within the social and historical contexts of race, class, gender and sexuality; engages with a range of traditions and modes of representation including literature, mass media and popular culture.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize themes pertaining to gender and other social categories of identity and representation. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify basic themes related to the field of gender and women's studies from a humanities perspective. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Develop intellectual and practical skills, including: interdisciplinary analysis , critical thinking, effective writing, oral communication, and collaboration. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Examine personal and social responsibility, including critical self-awareness, critical social awareness, and ethics. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Recognize and critically examine interlocking and interdependent systems of privilege and oppression. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize themes pertaining to gender and other social categories of identity and representation. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify basic themes related to the field of gender and women's studies from a humanities perspective. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Develop intellectual and practical skills, including: interdisciplinary analysis , critical thinking, effective writing, oral communication, and collaboration. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Examine personal and social responsibility, including critical self-awareness, critical social awareness, and ethics. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Recognize and critically examine interlocking and interdependent systems of privilege and oppression. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027