Course Description

The role of language in the formation and maintenance of the social differentiation of gender and sexuality in society.

Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will be expected to complete additional readings and a more in-depth final project at the end of the course. Each graduate student will also be expected to give an in-class presentation on an article related to the course material.

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Athena Title

Language Gender Sexuality

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Prerequisite

LING 3060 or LING 3150 or LING 3150W or LING 3250

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Semester Course Offered

Offered every year.

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Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

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Student Learning Outcomes

• Students will understand the social construction of sex, gender, and sexuality.
• Students will implement different theoretical lenses for gender analysis.
• Students will connect gender and sexuality to multiple levels of linguistics.
• Students will conduct team-based analysis of language and gender in media and culture.
• Students will employ qualitative and quantitative approaches to analyze language/gender/sexuality.
• Students will apply theoretical perspectives on gender to real-world issues.

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Topical Outline

• Each topic below will involve reading and discussion of selected primary literature, including both foundational studies and recent research.
• 1. Introduction to language, gender, and sexuality.
• 2. Early theoretical approaches
• 3. Doing gender
• 4. Identity and performance
• 5. Masculinities
• 6. Language and sexuality
• 7. Intersectionality
• 8. Bodies and binaries
• 9. Global perspectives

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Institutional Competencies

Critical Thinking

The ability to pursue and comprehensively evaluate information before accepting or establishing a conclusion, decision, or action.

Social Awareness & Responsibility

The capacity to understand the interdependence of people, communities, and self in a global society.

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