WGS 300 - Introduction to Women and Gender Studies

    Recent Professors
    Kelsie R. Hastie, Maci Tolleson, Jessany L. Maldonado, Chimine Arfuso, Jeannette L.W. Kiel
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Summer 2025
    Class Size
    Not published
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    None.
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of WGS 300
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4D · CSU GE Area D4
    Description
    This course provides an interdisciplinary approach to introducing Women and Gender Studies and key theories, concepts, and issues of the field. The course will examine gender inequality from an intersectional perspective, emphasizing the interrelated circumstances that influence women's status in popular culture, in the workforce, in the arts, before the law, in the family, and in other social, political, and economic realms of society. Students will strive to understand women's diverse histories and experiences, while at the same time seeking to understand how their own histories have shaped who they are and how they view the world. Employing gender as a central category of analysis, the course will be inclusive of issues of oppression based on gender expression and sexuality. This course is inclusive of human rights related to sexual orientation and gender identity/LGBTQIA+ identities. Each student writes a minimum of 3,000 words.
    Usually Held
    Tue Thu 1:00pm–2:20pm