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Women’s, Gender, and Sexuali...

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Minor


IN THIS SECTION

    Increase your awareness of gender-related issues

    The undergraduate minor in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies brings together courses that provide a critical analysis of gender, sexuality, and the related categories of class, race, and other dimensions of social power. Gaining knowledge about women, men, and people of all genders will help you move through a complex contemporary world.

    Check out the different courses waiting for you at Worcester State!
    WO-100 Introduction to Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
    How do the experiences of women reflect broader structures of power? What is gender? How does sexuality inform the construction of identity and relationships of power? How do gender, gender identity, and sexuality function in intersection with other categories of difference such as race, ethnicity, class, nationality, and ability? How have scholars, authors, and artists made sense of of these questions in their own work? In answering these questions, this course will introduce students to the interdisciplinary academic field of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
    3 credits
    CM-213 Gender and the Media
    This course will explore how difference is socially constructed along gender lines and will explore the intersections of gender, identity, power and media representation.
    3 credits
    EN-174 Women Poets
    A close reading and analysis of poetry written by women from a historical as well as a contemporary feminist perspective.
    3 credits
    EN-348 Postcolonial Women's Writing
    Writing by women from colonized and formerly colonized countries on local and global issues shaping women's lives and creative expression.
    3 credits
    HE-210 Women's Health Issues
    Overview of women's health issues: women in the health marketplace, a woman's right to control her body, media images and illness, eating disorders, therapy, alcohol, aging and the women's health movement.
    3 credits
    HE-230 Human Sexuality and Sex Education
    Focus on the need for and understanding of sex education, along with the process of implementing sexuality education, with emphasis upon teacher preparation.
    3 credits
    HI-274 The History of Gender and Sexuality in America
    The history of sexuality and gender in America. Includes investigations of lesbian and gay histories; transgender histories; attempts to regulate and define sexuality; practices of birth control; the intersections of race, class, and gender; the social construction of gender; and the challenges of doing hidden histories.
    3 credits
    HI-333 Women in Latin America
    Examines the roles of women in diverse societies including Mexico, Brazil and Caribbean nations. Emphasis on the modern period.
    3 credits
    HI-350 Native American Women
    Examines Indian women from the time of European contact to the modern era. Emphasizes culture, community and arenas of power.
    3 credits
    MU-231 Women in Music
    A survey of the role of women in music, particularly the great composers from Medieval to Contemporary times.
    3 credits
    PH-150 Women in Western Ideas
    Investigates the concept of "woman" from ancient Greece to the present.
    3 credits
    PH-152 Philosophy of Love and Sex
    Investigates the concepts of love and sex and structural and discursive factors contributing to our daily experiences of these phenomena.
    3 credits
    PH-250 Global Feminisms
    Investigates the theoretical underpinnings of women's movements for equal rights around the globe.
    3 credits
    PH-254 Feminist Theory
    Examines the development of feminist ideas and movements from the 18th century to the present, in the US and, particularly in recent decades, globally. A close analysis of Second Wave, Postmodern, and Black Feminist ideas are studied as a basis for writings and social action that attends to issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality, using intersectional methodologies and critiques to address issues of reproduction and health, labor and economic power, violence, and state power.
    3 credits
    PS-260 Psychology of Human Sexuality
    Sexuality as a foundation of personality. The wide range of human sexuality is explored; sexual development, roles, attitudes and behaviors.
    3 credits
    SO-355 Gender and Sexuality
    This course introduces the sociologist study of gender and sexuality. This course examines how social institutions and cultural norms construct particular gender roles and sexual identities within society.
    3 credits

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