Required Course
WGSS 300 - 0002 (82130) Special Topics in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies: Introduction to Queer Studies | 3 Credits | Examination of selected topics of importance to the field of women's, gender and sexuality studies.
Core Courses
ENG 370 - 0001 (83856) Queer Literature | 3 Credits | An exploration of texts and issues in literature written by and about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer writers, including critical and theoretical issues as well as questions of canon. Text studied may include fiction, poetry, drama, essays and memoirs written primarily, but not exclusively, in the 20th century.
SOCI 367 - 4101 (85404) Sociology of Sexuality - online | 3 Credits | no prereqs | This course examines sociological theory and research on sexual behaviors, identities, cultures and social movements, investigating how sexuality is shaped by society and its social institutions. In addition, the course examines how sociological research on sexuality is conducted, how society shapes the sociological study of sexuality, the unique ethical concerns and methodological challenges in researching sexuality and the place of sociology in shaping discourse and social policy on relevant social issues.
WGSS 300 - 0003 (85410) Special Topics in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies: Queer Families | 3 Credits | no prereqs | This course examines the construct of family through a queer-racial lens toward a broader notion of kinship. Course content provides a framework for interrogating cultural biases, legal structures, and historical underpinnings that inform the queering of family. Readings anchor exploration of queer family in pop culture artifacts including videos, performances, songs, media representations, and more.
Elective Courses
JUST 387 - 0001 (85262) Gender Identity, Law and Justice | JUST majors, SJS, WGSS, or QUST minors only.
JUST major prereqs: JUST 200 & one other 200-level JUST course, excluding JUST 225. | SJS minor: JUST 221 or 223.| WGSS minor: WGSS 200 & permission of minor coordinator. | QUST minor: permission of instructor. | This course explores considerations of justice in shaping law and policy related to gender identity. The concept of gender identity is a relatively recent development in academic, legal, medical, and other policy contexts in the United States and globally. Topics addressed in the course include the dehumanization, criminalization, medicalization, and oppression of transgender, non-binary, and gender-expansive populations and legal and regulatory interventions and movements for gender self-determination, social justice, criminal justice reform, and human rights.
LAXC 252H - 0001 (85365) Introduction to Latin American, Latinx and Caribbean Studies - Honors [C2HQC] | Honors enrollment required | 3 credits | An introductory interdisciplinary survey of basic theoretical concepts to analyze the Latin American, Caribbean and U.S. Latinx experience, with special focus on how historical processes in Latin America and the Caribbean gave rise to specific and varied cultural production and forms in the region.
POSC 341 - 0001 (82849) Social Movements in the United States and Abroad | 3 Credits | no prereqs | In recent decades, social movements have mobilized people concerned about issues ranging from the rights of ethno-racial minorities, women, sexual minorities and immigrants to the environment, human rights and world peace. This course will examine the origins, modes of action and impact of such movements. We will apply the comparative method to analyze social movements in the United States and abroad, investigating how different socioeconomic and political contexts shape social movements based on common issues. The course will emphasize how social movements emerge and function within and alongside existing structures of formal politics.
POSC 377 - 0001 (85323) Global Black Feminist Politics: On Power, Resistance and Transformation | 3 Credits | no prereqs | This course explores how anti-Blackness, racialization, transphobia, misogynoir, violence and more impact the everyday lives of Black women and gender expansive communities from a transnational Black feminist lens.
THEA 303 - 0001 (85788) Topics in Theatre: DEVISING, IMAGINING, INVENTING | 3 credits | Prerequisite: Sophomore Studio or permission of instructors. | Study of current topics and issues in theatre. Emphasis on contemporary themes of immediate concern.
WGSS 200 Introduction to Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies [C5SD] | 3 credits | Interdisciplinary introduction to theories and scholarship in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies. Examines the social construction of gender, how gender affects access to opportunity, and the experiences and contributions of women and the LGBTQ+ community throughout history. Provides a foundation for subsequent work in the women's, gender, and sexuality studies minor.
WGSS 300 - 0001 (83875) Special Topics in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies: Zines: DIY Feminist, Queer Media | 3 credits| Meets with WGSS 302, 0001
WRTC 420 - 0001 (83578) FEMINIST RHETORICS | 3 credits | Prerequisites: WRTC 103 or equivalent and junior or senior standing; or permission of instructor.| This class is also cross listed with SCOM 420 and WGSS 420.| Surveys key women figures in classical and contemporary rhetorical traditions and challenges the strategies used to historicize this tradition from feminist perspectives. Explores diverse feminist rhetorical discourses informed by race, sexual orientation, ethnicity and social class.
