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GEND - Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
General Program Information
Program Title
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Degree Designation
Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, B.A.
Program Learning Goals in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Students who complete a major or minor will be able to:
Articulate a critical understanding of the impact of gender and sexuality within their own lives.
Describe how constructions of gender/sexuality have socially, historically, and globally shaped the experiences of both women and men.
Describe the importance within people’s lives of the intersections of gender and sexuality with other social hierarchies such as race, ethnicity, class, religion, and disability.
Analyze gender and sexuality using interdisciplinary and feminist theories, methodologies, and paradigms.
Identify ethical and social justice dimensions and implications within the study of gender/sexuality.
Demonstrate the development of knowledge and skills to deal positively with gender and sexuality-based inequality within their communities.
Major Requirements
36 credit hours
GEND 101 | INTRODUCTION TO GENDER STUDIES | 3 |
GEND 400 | CRITICAL FEMINIST INQUIRY | 3 |
GEND 410 | INTERNSHIP AND SEMINAR | 3 |
Complete one course from Group 1, Group 2, and Group 3 below (9 cr.).
Complete any other six additional courses (18 cr.) from the approved list. Of the 36 total credit hours, at least 9 credit hours should be from humanities and at least 9 credit hours from the social or natural sciences.
Choose one course (3 cr.) from each group for major or minor
Group 1: Core Gender courses:
EN 491 | FEMINIST LITERARY CRITICISM | 3 |
PL 330 | FEMINIST PHILOSOPHIES | 3 |
SC 115 | MASCULINITIES | 3 |
SC 320 | SEX AND GENDER | 3 |
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HS 242 | INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD | 3 |
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HS 259 | WOMEN IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD | 3 |
Group 2: Core Sexuality courses:
HS 162 | SEXUALITY IN AMERICA | 3 |
PL 388 | PHILOSOPHY OF LOVE AND SEX | 3 |
SC 315 | SEXUALITY AND SEXUAL BEHAVIOR | 3 |
TRS 364 | CHRISTIAN SEXUALITY | 3 |
Group 3: Global/Diversity courses:
HS 242 | INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD | 3 |
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HS 259 | WOMEN IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD | 3 |
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HS 310 | WOMEN IN EUROPE SINCE 1500 | 3 |
HS 372 | RACE AND GENDER IN LATIN AMERICA | 3 |
IC 163 | ITALIAN WOMEN AND SOCIETY | 3 |
PL 330 | FEMINIST PHILOSOPHIES | 3 |
PL 390 | PHILOSOPHY OF RACE AND RACISM | 3 |
PS 342 | PSYCHOLOGY OF PREJUDICE | 3 |
SC 255 | PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION | 3 |
SC 353 | LATINA/O TRANSNATIONAL EXPERIENCE | 3 |
SP 399 | SPECIAL TOPICS | 1 to 3 |
HS 259, PL 330: These courses may be used for either group, but not both.
List of courses offered in other departments approved for the GEND major/minor:
BL 116 | BIOLOGY, RACE, AND GENDER | 3 |
CL 290 | WOMEN IN ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME | 3 |
EN 284 | WRITING WOMEN: AN INTRODUCTION | 3 |
EN 445 | BRITISH WOMEN WRITERS SINCE 1800 | 3 |
EN 491 | FEMINIST LITERARY CRITICISM | 3 |
FR 320 | FRENCH WOMEN | 3 |
HS 205 | WOMEN IN ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME | 3 |
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HS 242 | INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD | 3 |
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HS 259 | WOMEN IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD | 3 |
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HS 162 | SEXUALITY IN AMERICA | 3 |
HS 310 | WOMEN IN EUROPE SINCE 1500 | 3 |
HS 372 | RACE AND GENDER IN LATIN AMERICA | 3 |
IC 205 | GLOBAL FAIRY TALES, FABLES, FOLK TALES, AND SHORT FICTION | 3 |
IC 163 | ITALIAN WOMEN AND SOCIETY | 3 |
IC 370 | HISPANIC WOMEN WRITERS | 3 |
PL 290 | MAJOR WOMEN PHILOSOPHERS | 3 |
PL 306 | PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE | 3 |
PL 330 | FEMINIST PHILOSOPHIES | 3 |
PL 385 | PHILOSOPHY AND THE BODY | 3 |
PL 388 | PHILOSOPHY OF LOVE AND SEX | 3 |
PL 390 | PHILOSOPHY OF RACE AND RACISM | 3 |
PO 316 | SOCIAL MOVEMENTS | 3 |
PS 262 | ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT | 3 |
PS 289 | PSYCHOLOGY OF TRAUMA: MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT | 3 |
PS 342 | PSYCHOLOGY OF PREJUDICE | 3 |
PS 381 | EATING DISORDERS | 3 |
PS 476 | CAPSTONE SEMINAR IN CHILD AND FAMILY STUDIES | 3 |
SC 115 | MASCULINITIES | 3 |
SC 225 | SOCIOLOGY OF THE FAMILY | 3 |
SC 255 | PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION | 3 |
SC 273 | PUBLIC HEALTH IN U.S. SOCIETY | 3 |
SC 275 | FAMILY VIOLENCE | 3 |
SC 315 | SEXUALITY AND SEXUAL BEHAVIOR | 3 |
SC 320 | SEX AND GENDER | 3 |
SC 353 | LATINA/O TRANSNATIONAL EXPERIENCE | 3 |
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SC 303 | WOMEN, GENDER RELATIONS, AND SPORTS | 3 |
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SPS 303 | WOMEN, GENDER RELATIONS, AND SPORTS | 3 |
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SP 399 | SPECIAL TOPICS | 1 to 3 |
TRS 316 | THE RABBIS ON SEX AND GENDER | 3 |
TRS 364 | CHRISTIAN SEXUALITY | 3 |
Please see the program webpage, http://sites.jcu.edu/womensstudies/ for updates to this list and special topics courses being offered. Scheduling needs across the University may determine when these courses are offered.