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Apr 03, 2026
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WOST 102 - Introduction to Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: Diversity
Power hierarchies that structure gender and sexuality. Investigates how gender intersects with race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, age, religion, relevant debates, beliefs, practices, and political struggles.
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: Overlay - Diversity
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Course Typically Offered: Fall ONLY
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of historical and contemporary experiences of women in the United States.
- Discuss and contrast academic theories related to gender, sexuality and feminism.
- Analyze and discuss academic research related to women’s status in political life, the workplace, interpersonal interactions, the economy, kinkeeping, healthcare, and/or the family.
- Read and discuss research articles and case studies related to feminism, gender, and sexuality that incorporate views from differently situated women, including multiple races, economic circumstances, nationality status, religions, and sexual orientations. Students will discuss how and why these women’s lives are so different, and examine the impact of social location on shaping self-concept and social identity.
- Identify how people’s views and experiences of women, gender, sexuality, and feminism have been affected by their intersectional identities.
Diversity Overlay Learning Outcomes
- Describe the histories, experiences or views of one or more cultural groups.
- Analyze the overlap or intersection of social identities of oneself and/or other cultural groups (e.g., culture, gender, class, sexuality, religion, disability, immigration status, and/or age).
- Examine the impact of their own identity on their experiences with and/or views of other cultural groups.
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