Course Description

 

This course studies how pervasive gender is in organizing our social life. We shall examine how gender organizes everything from our sense of personal identity to our daily face-to-face interactions, and how gender is embedded in institutions such as the family, labor market, popular culture, national and international politics and welfare systems. The aim is to provide students with sociological ways of thinking about gender and sexuality. 

 

Course Aims 

 

Providing students with the knowledge of the key categories and concepts developed within gender, society and sexuality studies

Providing students with the knowledge of the interpretative perspective towards gender issues 

Providing students with skills of in-depth and critical analysing the gender phenomena 

Course Requirements

 

Attendance and class participation             20%

Mid-term exam                        30%

Group presentations & final term paper     50%