GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN RURAL PLACES

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: GEN&WS 101 , 102 , 103 , C&E SOC/SOC 140 , 210 , 211 , or SOC 181 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the role of social organization and social change in shaping equities and disparities in environment, health, and community. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe how rurality and place influence gender norms and performance in private and public spheres. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Critique ideas related to gender, sexuality, and rurality, including anti-urbanism, metronormativity, the rural idyll, natural/unnatural, and visibility politics. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Assess how discourses and ideas about gender and sexuality influence dominant and minority groups. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the role of social organization and social change in shaping equities and disparities in environment, health, and community. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe how rurality and place influence gender norms and performance in private and public spheres. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Critique ideas related to gender, sexuality, and rurality, including anti-urbanism, metronormativity, the rural idyll, natural/unnatural, and visibility politics. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Assess how discourses and ideas about gender and sexuality influence dominant and minority groups. Audience: Undergraduate