Graduate Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies
WMST 7010
3 hours
Graduate Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies
Course Description
Introduction to women's, gender, and feminist studies for graduate students. Topics of study include labor markets, health, reproduction, socialization, language, media representations, law, and public policy.
Athena Title
Grad Intro Women's and Gender
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
Students should leave class with an understanding of the transnational context of the discipline of women's studies.
Students should be able to engage with feminist texts and articulate major ideas, trends, and themes in women's studies, including the history of the women's movement in the U.S. and transnationally and the influence of women of color in feminist efforts to address racism and other forms of difference.
Students should be able to write at length on major political issues faced by women and feminist responses to these issues.
Students should leave class prepared to engage with difficult theoretical texts that students will encounter in the next class in sequence, feminist theories.
Topical Outline
Introducing key topics: Oppression, privilege, power, and difference
The social construction of difference: Race, gender, class, sexuality, and identity
History of women's political movements in the U.S. and abroad
Transnational feminisms and cultural value systems
Critical feminist readings and feminist theoretical frameworks
