3 courses with the subject GWS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
GWS 1000Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies3
Explores the discipline’s theoretical tenets and the synthesis of academic and activist feminism within Gender & Woman’s Studies. Examines the multiple purposes and constructions of gender as both a lived identity and ideal, focusing on intersectional understandings of self and systems of power and domination. Major Content Areas History of feminism as a US social movement and the relationship between feminist scholarship and activism History and intersections between feminist scholarship and scholarship in related fields of cultural studies, with an emphasis on queer theories and activism Paradigms for understanding power and domination (intersectionality and the matrix of domination) and how these operate locally and globally Physical integrity, including reproduction and sexual violence Learning Outcomes Review the evolution of Gender Studies as a field of study within the context of feminist activism and U.S. social justice movements. Discuss women’s global concerns and local activist strategies and their intersection with other marginalized groups and social movements. Explain the intersections of gender across race, class, religion, and other points of identity in the context of personal agency, social institutions, and power. Analyze gender as an ideal and lived identity. Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MNTC) Goals 7B - Race/Power/Justice 05 - Hist/Soc/Behav Sci
Explores the historical and contemporary intersections of race, class and gender in the United States, as expressed at the level of individual, society, and ideal. Examines US social movements and how categories of meaning and social practices changeover time. ? Major Content Areas Race, class, and gender as systems of power and inequality Interplay between ideals and practices and beliefs expressed at the level of individual and society Physical integrity: sexual violence, reproduction, and health Social movements and activism Transformative and regulatory power of social institutions and popular culture Learning Outcomes Recognize the evolution and role of social institutions in maintaining and disrupting social norms, ideals, and individual practices. Describe individual and social dynamics of unequal power relations of race, class, and gender. Explore points of change and transformation aimed at achieving gender, racial, and economic equity. Express the structures and functions of intersectionality and matrix of domination at the level of individual, society, and ideal. Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MNTC) Goals 7B - Race/Power/Justice 05 - Hist/Soc/Behav Sci
GWS 2100Constructions of Masculinity and Femininity3
Explores the historical development and contemporary manifestations of masculinity and femininity as ideals, identities, and practices constructed through gender, race, and other systemic sites of domination and oppression (i.e., class, ethnicity, religion). Major Content Areas Masculinity and femininity and US social institutions Interplay between gender as lived identity and ideal, including material and ideological functions and purposes Gender and social institutions Power, domination, and physical integrity Learning Outcomes Critique the evolution and function of gender ideals as lived identities and strategies of power and domination over time. Assess the flexibility of masculinity and femininity as consequential categories of meaning. Examine points of change for masculinity/femininity at the level of individuals, social institutions, and as a category of meaning. Evaluate how unequal power relationships structure gender ideals and social practices. Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MNTC) Goals 7B - Race/Power/Justice 06 - Humanities/Fine Arts
