Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Learning Goals
Goal 1
A basic knowledge of the history and diversity of feminist perspectives.
Goal 2
An understanding of the basic concepts, terminology, controversies, and theories in women's, gender, and sexuality studies, including:
- A comprehension of the mechanisms of oppression and the social construction of gender and sexuality that occur in various historical and institutional contexts
- An understanding of the connections among personal reflection, lived experience, and feminist research and theory
- An understanding of the intersection of gender with race, class, sexual orientation, nation, religion, and/or other dimensions of difference.
Goal 3
An ability to formulate a feminist research question and develop a feminist research project.
Goal 4
An ability to conduct research that crosses disciplinary boundaries with a range of feminist methods.
Goal 5
An ability to articulate in oral and written form the relationship between feminist research and the goals of social justice through activism.