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GEN&WS 102

GENDER, WOMEN, AND SOCIETY IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

3 credits.

Global, interdisciplinary, social science-oriented analysis of gender, race, class and sexuality in relationship to social institutions and movements for social change. Focus on gender and women in institutions such as education, the economy, the family, law, media, medicine, and politics.

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Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Observe, think, and write critically and analytically about how gender, race, class, and sexuality are key concepts in the field of gender and women's studies in relation to social institutions and movements for social change. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Construct knowledge of foundational texts, theoretical frameworks, ideas, and praxis in gender and women’s studies. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Research and read different types of scholarly sources/different kinds of materials. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Practice personal reflection on your social location and understand how your social location connects to the broader social world. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Recognize and critically examine interlocking and interdependent systems of privilege and oppression. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Observe, think, and write critically and analytically about how gender, race, class, and sexuality are key concepts in the field of gender and women's studies in relation to social institutions and movements for social change. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Construct knowledge of foundational texts, theoretical frameworks, ideas, and praxis in gender and women’s studies. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Research and read different types of scholarly sources/different kinds of materials. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Practice personal reflection on your social location and understand how your social location connects to the broader social world. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Recognize and critically examine interlocking and interdependent systems of privilege and oppression. Audience: Undergraduate

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