ENGL 355 - Language, Gender, and Social Change

Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-4; Social Justice
Critical analysis of gender as it shapes and is reflected in spoken and written discourse. Focus on social consequences of gender differences in language, linguistic agency in continuing/resisting/transforming traditional gender norms in various personal and public contexts.

Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-4 - Upper Division Social and Behavioral Sciences, Overlay - Social Justice
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas 1A, 1B, 1C and GE-2 with grade C- (CR) or better (GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 for students on the 2024-25 or earlier catalogs), upper division standing.
Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division GE Area 4 requirements (Area D1-2 requirements for students on the 2024-25 or earlier catalogs).
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Course Typically Offered: Fall ONLY

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

summarize competing perspectives on issues of communication, difference and diversity, especially as they relate to gender;
demonstrate an understanding of the ways in which issues of gender impact interpersonal communication and participation in larger social structures;
apply sociolinguistic concepts and methods to the description and analysis of the ways in which gender shapes and is reflected in spoken and written discourse diverse discourse communities; and
develop and explore a research question related to language and gender.

GE-UD-4. Upper-division Social and Behavioral Sciences Learning Outcomes

analyze how power and social identity affect social outcomes for different cultural and economic groups using methods of social science inquiry and vocabulary appropriate to those methods;
demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences; and
demonstrate an understanding of and ability to effectively plan or conduct research using an appropriate method of the social or behavioral sciences.

Social Justice Overlay Learning Outcomes

use a disciplinary perspective to analyze issues of social justice and equity;
describe the challenges to achieving social justice; and
identify ways in which individuals and/or groups can contribute to social justice within local communities, nations, or the world.