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%
- Teacher: juanchen, Juan Chen