GWS 1000 - Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies
3 Credits
Explores the discipline’s theoretical tenets and the synthesis of academic and activist feminism within Gender & Woman’s Studies. Examines the multiple purposes and constructions of gender as both a lived identity and ideal, focusing on intersectional understandings of self and systems of power and domination.
Major Content Areas
History of feminism as a US social movement and the relationship between feminist scholarship and activism
History and intersections between feminist scholarship and scholarship in related fields of cultural studies, with an emphasis on queer theories and activism
Paradigms for understanding power and domination (intersectionality and the matrix of domination) and how these operate locally and globally
Physical integrity, including reproduction and sexual violence
Learning Outcomes
Review the evolution of Gender Studies as a field of study within the context of feminist activism and U.S. social justice movements.
Discuss women’s global concerns and local activist strategies and their intersection with other marginalized groups and social movements.
Explain the intersections of gender across race, class, religion, and other points of identity in the context of personal agency, social institutions, and power.
Analyze gender as an ideal and lived identity.
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MNTC) Goals
7B - Race/Power/Justice
05 - Hist/Soc/Behav Sci
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