Gender Studies Learning Outcomes
The following are learning experiences we hope all Gender Studies students have before graduating:
- examining the impact of gender and sexual identity on human relations within local, national, transnational, and/or global communities (historically and/or currently)
- analyzing how race, class, ethnicity, sexuality, ability, religion, and/or nationality intersect with gender identity and impact gendered analyses
- critically reading, recognizing, and analyzing the construction of gender and sexuality in a variety of texts (written, visual, other)
- examining a student's own gender role assumptions and identity
- understanding the history and implications of gender and sexuality in questions of social justice
- connecting scholarly inquiry to gender/queer justice through service, internships, and practica
- understanding how gender and sexuality are defined and reproduced within ideological institutions
- engaging in candid, respectful dialogue about subjects that may be sensitive or controversial