ENGL 357W - Writing about Language and Gender

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-4; Social Justice; UWR
Critical analysis of gender in texts from a discourse community(ies). Social consequences of gender differences in language, linguistic agency in transforming gender norms. Writing projects using social science data-gathering techniques, critical discourse analysis of speech, social media, literature, other texts.

Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-4 - Upper Division Social and Behavioral Sciences, Overlay - Social Justice; University Writing Requirement
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).
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, or Online-Synchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

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 within one or more discourse communities;
apply social science concepts and methods to written descriptions and analyses of the ways in which gender shapes and is reflected in spoken and written discourse in a particular discourse community(ies); 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.
Demonstrate an understanding of and the 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.