GEND 4310 - Ethnic and Gender Politics

4 unit(s)

(Formerly GEND/PSCI 3700) (Offered under the subjects PSCI and GEND) Focuses on the politics of ethnicity and gender. It will begin with a consideration of the Europatriarchal ideology underlying social relations in capitalist societies, investigate the impact on the relations on peoples experiencing colonization (Native Americans, African-Americans, Mexican-Americans, Asian-Americans, other “third world” peoples, and women everywhere) and discrimination because of sexual preferences, and conclude with critical perspectives arising out of contemporary liberation movements.

Satisfies the Sociocultural Inquiry Requirement.

Course Learning Outcomes List
Successfully completing this course means:

Students have a sound and appropriately comprehensive knowledge of modem political institutions and dynamics;
Students are able to successfully analyze complex texts and arguments;
Students are able to successfully analyze complex issues and problems;
Students are able to successfully formulate and evaluate policy options;
Students have an appropriate working knowledge of the scope and methods of political science;
Students have a sound and appropriate comprehensive knowledge of global and comparative political institutions and dynamics; and
Students are able to successfully design and conduct research in political science.

In addition, students will be able to:

Identify major contemporary social, economic, political, and psychological issues facing the sexes;
Discuss major topics and approaches in the history of feminist theory, queer theory, and masculinity theory;
Explore how social constructions of gender, sex, and sexual identity intersect with institutions, society, cultural practices, careers, and work environments Identify how differences in sex, sexual identity and orientation, race/ethnicity, class, age, ablebodiedness, religion, geographic identification, and other identities structure the nature of gender-based inequality, justice, and oppression;
Analyze the variations in gender systems across cultures and time;
Explore strategies for transforming coercive and unequal gender systems and enhancing individua] choice and our common humanity;
Connect scholarly inquiry to practical applications; and
Engage in cultural critique of representations of sex, gender, and sexuality as they intersect with other identity and cultural factors.

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