SOCIO 27 Introduction to Gender

Units: 3
Hours: 54 hours LEC
Grade Options: Letter Grade
General Education: Delta Area 5; CSU Area D; IGETC Area 4
Advisories: ENG 1A or ENG 2A with a grade of “C” or better.
This course is a sociological analysis of the social construction of gender, masculinity, and femininity historically and cross-culturally. It examines the debates on sex and gender. It analyzes the impact of economic and political change on gender expectations and practices. It focuses on macro-analyses of how institutions shape gender and microanalyses of how individuals are socialized and how they “do” and practice gender. (HBCU, UC, CSU, C-ID SOCI 140)