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Jul 30, 2025
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WMS 3300 - GENDER AND SOCIETY
credits: 3.0
Crosslisted/Same As: SOC 3300
SOC 3300 -WMS 3300. This course examines from multiple perspectives the social construction of gender. We will deconstruct the notion that gender is a biologically binary system, while analyzing the ways that social institutions create the terms and forms of gendered experiences. We will use cross-cultural, historical, and contemporary information to assess conflicting theoretical arguments about topics such as gender socialization, gender performance, social reproduction, gendered institutions, and categories of identity. This course will use discussions, papers, and observations of social interactions; students taking this course will also complete a large portfolio project. Objectives: A) Analyze theories of gender socialization; B) Be familiar with prominent social institutions that create and reinforce gendered behavior; C) Build an intellectual framework to deconstruct the idea of gender, using cross cultural and historical ideas; D) Attain a more analytical view of their own gendered behavior as they enter into social relationships and institutions. Method of Instruction: Lecture, discussion, participant observation, and visual analysis. Method of Evaluation: Three observation projects (15% of grade), discussion leadership, with outline and analysis of readings (20%), analysis paper for book Herculine Barbin (15%), and final gender project. Meets *NWP Distribution Requirement.
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