Session 1
WGS 2100 Introduction to Gender and Sexuality Studies
Instructor Varies
An introduction to gender and LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) studies, including the fields of women’s studies, feminist studies, & masculinity studies. Students will examine historical movements, theoretical issues, & contemporary debates, especially as they pertain to issues of inequality & to the intersection of gender, race, class, sexuality, & nationalism. Emphasis will vary according to the interdisciplinary expertise & research focus of the instructor.
Special Note: Required for all WGS majors and minors, Intro courses do not count toward concentrations.
WGS 3612 Gender and Sexuality in the United States, 1865-Present
Bonnie Hagerman
This course will explore the significance of gender in United States from the Civil War to the present. We will ask how people’s ideas about gender structured society and how social relations defined what it meant to be a man or a woman. Readings and discussion will focus on three particular areas of inquiry: the rights and obligations of citizenship; the value and division of labor; and the configuration of emotional life (including familial relationships, erotic desires, and individual aspirations). Resisting any transhistorical definition of womanhood, we will investigate how understandings of gender developed in relation to racial, ethnic, class, and regional differences. The goal of this course is to become adept at generating your own historical analysis through the study of primary documents.
Session II
No WGS courses were offered during Summer Session II in 2019.
Session III
WGS 2100 Introduction to Gender and Sexuality Studies
Instructor Varies
An introduction to gender and LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) studies, including the fields of women’s studies, feminist studies, & masculinity studies. Students will examine historical movements, theoretical issues, & contemporary debates, especially as they pertain to issues of inequality & to the intersection of gender, race, class, sexuality, & nationalism. Emphasis will vary according to the interdisciplinary expertise & research focus of the instructor.
Special Note: Required for all WGS majors and minors, Intro courses do not count toward concentrations.
WGS 4700 Men and Masculinities
Lisa Speidel
Typically, men are dealt with in a way that casually presents them as representative of humanity. This course addresses the various ways that men are also “gendered,” and can be the subject of inquiries of gender, sexuality, inequality, and privilege in their own right.