SOC 40 - Introduction to Sex and Gender Roles
- Recent Professors
- Susana Cevallos, Sonya Masl, Karla Hernandez-Magallon
- Recent Semesters
- Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Winter 2026, Fall 2025, Summer 2025
- Class Size
- 40 students
- Credits
- 3
- Fall 2026 Sections
- View Fall 2026 sections of SOC 40
- Transfers To
- UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4 · CSU GE Area D
- Description
- Sociological analysis of the social construction of gender, masculinity, and femininity historically and cross-culturally. Examines the debates on sex and gender. It analyzes the impact of economic and political change on gender expectations and practices. This course focuses on macro-analyses of how institutions shape gender and microanalyses of how individuals are socialized and how they practice gender.