GSS 60 - GENDER, RACE, SEXUALITY AND THE LAW

    Recent Professors
    M. Lovett
    Recent Semesters
    Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
    Class Size
    44–45 students
    Credits
    3
    Spring 2025 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4 · CSU GE Area D
    Description
    Investigates how law, public policies, and politics have defined which groups of people are able to claim rights of citizenship and influence the democratic process. Highlights the experiences of women, people of color, and LGBTQ+ people, focusing on how they have mobilized to assert their rights and protect their interests. Consider how law and public policies work together to construct racial, gendered, and sexual identities in the United States. Topics include the fight for marriage equality; affirmative action; reproductive rights; and discrimination based on gender, race, and sexual orientation. Also listed as PS 60. Credit given in either area, not both.
    Usually Held
    Tue Thu 10:30am–11:45am, Mon Wed 10:30am–11:45am