Oct 05, 2024  
2024-25 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-25 Undergraduate Catalog

Women and Gender Studies Minor


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Jennifer Dobby Chair, Department of Visual, Interactive and Performing Arts;
Associate Professor of Theatre
Pascale Engelmajer Professor of Religious Studies
Lilly Goren Professor of Political Science
Jennifer L. Huck Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Sociology
Rebecca Imes Chair, Department of Communication, Criminal Justice and Sociology;
Professor of Communication
Lara Karpenko Professor of English and Writing
Abigail Markwyn Professor of History
Abigail Riemer Associate Professor of Social Psychology

Women and gender studies creates an awareness of the role gender plays in human interactions, in the creation of societal institutions, and in the rankings of individuals within those institutions. Interdisciplinary in its approach to learning, courses in Women and Gender Studies enrich students’ perspectives on a variety of disciplines and provide a critical skill to those interested in understanding the dynamics of human behavior.

Learning Objectives

These learning objectives will be assessed in the interdisciplinary capstone course.

  1. Apply social scientific lenses including, sociology, criminology communication, and political science to the roles of sex and gender in historical and contemporary life.
  2. Demonstrate an understanding of the way that history, politics, religion, literature, or artistic works produce, reproduce, and challenge gender constructs across multiple eras and locales.
  3. Apply comparative theories of gender to historical, global, and contemporary issues.
  4. Demonstrate the ability to gather sources, analyze information, and produce an original work of research in one or more of the disciplines included in the minor.

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