2024-2025 Catalog

GWSS 100 Introduction to Gender & Sexuality Studies

This course provides a range of perspectives on how sex, gender, and sexuality are constructed in social and cultural contexts, with an emphasis on intersectionality. Students will learn about the origins and types of feminist theories and queer theories, and historic and contemporary social movements for gender justice and LGBTQ+ rights. This course serves as the foundation for the Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies minor.

Credits

This course will fit the workload of a typical introductory course at Oxy.

Prerequisite

This is an intro course. No prerequisite required.

Core Requirements Met

  • United States Diversity