Recent SemestersFall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024Class Size38 studentsCredits3PrerequisiteNone Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4J · IGETC Area 4 · CSU GE Area D0 · CSU GE Area DDescriptionThis gender sociology course provides students with sociological analyses of the social construction of masculinity and femininity cross-culturally. The course examines the debates on gender and analyzes the impact of social, economic, and political changes on gender expectations and practices. The course focuses on macro-analyses of how institutions shape gender and on micro-analyses of how individuals are socialized and how they "do" and practice gender. In the course, instructors equip students to examine historical, psychological, physiological, and/or sociological analysis of gendered dynamics, events, theories, and/or research. 