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Sep 10, 2024
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SOC 401 - Sociology of Gender A sociological exploration of gender as a organizing force in society. Examines the production and reproduction of gender difference and inequality. Considers how gender difference and inequality are produced and reproduced at the individual level as well as at the institutional level. Gender inequality within the institutions of the media, work, family, education, and politics will be discussed. Prerequisite: SOC 100, 150 or ANT 102. Fulfills: LASR. Notes: Category B.(3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code C = offered at least once every two years
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Explain how gender is an organizing principle in the social world at the individual, cultural, and structural levels.
- Describe gender through the lens of intersectionality, focusing on social factors such as race, class, and sexuality.
- Explain the sociological perspective that gender is socially constructed.
- Summarize how conceptions about gender create and enforce systems of gender difference and inequality.
- Identify major theoretical frameworks that are used to understand the gendered nature of human life.
- Overview the history of feminism and different feminist perspectives.
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