WMST 200: Introduction to Women and Gender Studies

WMST 200-001: Intro to Women/Gender Studies
(Spring 2014)

03:00 PM to 04:15 PM MW

Innovation Hall 209

Section Information for Spring 2014

Issues of privilege, oppression and power cannot be located within one social identity, for instance gender. To that end this course takes an intersectional approach to understanding the socio-cultural production of inequalities. This means we will be studying how race, class, sexuality and nationality among many social identities intersect with gender identity to position people in relation to power and privilege. 

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Interdisciplinary introduction to women’s, gender and sexuality studies, encompassing key concepts in the field, history of women’s movements and women’s studies in America, cross-cultural constructions of gender, and a thematic emphasis on the diversity of women’s experience across class, race, and cultural lines. Offered by Women & Gender Studies. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Mason Core, Social/Behavioral Sciences
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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