SOCIO 27 Introduction to Gender

Units: 3
Advisories: ENG 1A or ENG 2A with a grade of “C” or better, and ability to read at the 12th grade level.
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)