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Sep 07, 2024
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S SCI 160 - Introduction to the Study of Gender Credits: 5 Introduces students to various methods and theories in the Social Scientific study of gender and sexuality. Course examines the intersections of gender and sex with race/ethnicity, nationality, socioeconomic class, disability, sexuality, and additional dimensions of difference. Course examines marginalization and/or discrimination based on intersectional sex/gender identities.
Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for ENGL 99 or instructor consent.
Satisfies Requirement: Social Science & Diversity Course Fee: $3.00
Course Outcomes: Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:
- Describe various methods and theories in the Social Scientific study of gender and sexuality.
- Describe how sex, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, disability, and social class inform intersectional identities.
- Describe historical marginalization and/or discrimination based on intersectional identities.
- Identify and evaluate scientific theory, scholarly research and empirical evidence.
Program Outcomes Distinguish between opinions, facts, and evidence-based interpretations.
College-wide Outcomes
- Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
- Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
- Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.
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