THE SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER
A sociological examination of the status and roles of women and men in society, including the experiences of marriage, parenthood, employment and occupational attainment, socialization into sex roles and cultural reinforcement of these. Attention will be given to both existing patterns and change in those patterns.
Prerequisites & course information
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: Summer 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain how gender is manifested at individual, interactional and institutional levels, and provide examples of how gender operates each level. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Apply social science research findings to critically analyze how social norms, structures and policies are gendered. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Summarize changes over time in attitudes, beliefs and behaviors related to gender. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Articulate the relationship between theory and social science research to understand gender. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain how gender is manifested at individual, interactional and institutional levels, and provide examples of how gender operates each level. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Apply social science research findings to critically analyze how social norms, structures and policies are gendered. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Summarize changes over time in attitudes, beliefs and behaviors related to gender. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Articulate the relationship between theory and social science research to understand gender. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027