GENDER AND WOMEN'S STUDIES: THE EMERGENCE AND TRANSFORMATION OF A FIELD
Provides an overview of the field of gender and women's studies. Surveys the origin of the field and traces its major transformations. Explores and analyzes historical and contemporary debates that have shaped and continue to shape the field. Interrogates the mission of gender and women's studies. Examines the processes and products of academic professionalization. Investigates the value of graduate training in gender and women's studies.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and analyze major shifts in the history of Gender and Women’s Studies Audience: Graduate 2. Develop and demonstrate a point of view about the animating controversies within Gender and Women’s Studies Audience: Graduate 3. Research and summarize changes in Gender and Women’s Studies scholarship Audience: Graduate 4. Develop and deploy critical reading skills Audience: Graduate 5. Develop and apply critical writing skills Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and analyze major shifts in the history of Gender and Women’s Studies Audience: Graduate 2. Develop and demonstrate a point of view about the animating controversies within Gender and Women’s Studies Audience: Graduate 3. Research and summarize changes in Gender and Women’s Studies scholarship Audience: Graduate 4. Develop and deploy critical reading skills Audience: Graduate 5. Develop and apply critical writing skills Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027