Sociology of Gender (Diversity)
General
Prefix
SOC
Course Number
273
Course Level
Undergraduate
Department/Unit(s)
College/School
College of Liberal Arts
Description
Social construction of gender. Impact of social-economic constraints on gendered relations and how changes in socio-economic circumstances help transform or deconstruct gender.
Credits
Min
3
Max
3
Repeatable
No
Goals and Diversity
MN Goal Course
Yes
MN Goal Designation(s)
05, 08
Cultural Diversity
Yes
Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Explore the social world as gendered.
Outcome
Explain why gender is an issue of interest for social scientists, but in particular to sociologists.
Outcome
Understand interactions between men and women, relations of power between men and women, and gendered constructions within various social institutions such as family, work, education, religion, and other social institutions.
Outcome
Understand social constructions of gender as they intersect with other social constructions based on class, race and ethnicity, sexuality, and other systems of power.
Dependencies
Courses
SOC273
is a
prerequisite
for: