WGQS 003 - Introduction to Gender and Queer Studies

    Recent Professors
    Danielle Shaw, Rebecca Cisneros-Diaz
    Recent Semesters
    Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022
    Class Size
    35–38 students
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    None
    Spring 2026 Sections
    View Spring 2026 sections of WGQS 003
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4D · IGETC Area 4 · CSU GE Area C2 · CSU GE Area D · CSU GE Area D4
    Description
    This course introduces concepts and research in the fields of Gender and Queer Studies. Students have the opportunity to conceptualize gender and sexuality as fluid using an intersectional, social justice-focused approach to identity. Students are introduced to gender and queer theory in order to examine cultural norms and social expectations about behavior associated with various sex and gender categories from a variety of societies and historical periods. The course presents cross-cultural and historical perspectives on a continuum of sex and gender identities and sexualities, with a focus on LGBTQ+ identities and their social construction over time. Students are asked to analyze legal and social issues in contexts of sex, gender, sexuality, and other intersectional identity categories such as race, ethnicity, class, ability, age, nation of origin, and documentation, language, and housing status.
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 10:55am–12:20pm, Tue Thu 10:55am–12:20pm, Tue Thu 12:30pm–1:55pm