WGS 101: Intro Women's & Gender Studies

General Education requirement: 4B - US Society

Basic concepts and perspectives in Women's Studies, placing women's experience at the center of interpretation. With focus on women's history and contemporary issues, the course examines women's lives with emphasis on how gender interacts with race, class, sexual orientation, and ethnicity. The central aim is to foster critical reading and thinking about women's lives: how the interlocking systems of oppression, colonialism, racism, sexism, and ethnocentrism shape women's lives; and how women have worked to resist these oppressions. This course satisfies a social science distribution requirement and the general education diversity requirement.

Class #1016 Course information

3.00 credits
Section 7101: Undergraduate Lecture
Class: #1016

Winter Session
Dec 28, 2026 - Jan 15, 2027
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Location: Online
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Class #12533 Course information

3.00 credits
Section 7101: Undergraduate Lecture
Class: #12533

Spring First 7-Week Session
Jan 25, 2027 - Mar 12, 2027
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Cost: $
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Location: Online
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Spring 2027 Course Note from Professor Yuni Kim: Women and Gender Studies 101 introduces students to the interdisciplinary study of gender, sexuality, and social inequality. Throughout the course, students will explore how gender shapes our identities, experiences, relationships, and opportunities, as well as how gender intersects with race, social class, and other dimensions of social life. We will begin by examining what Women¿s and Gender Studies is, why it matters, and how an intersectional approach helps us understand the complexity of people¿s lived experiences.

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