Liberal Arts: Gender, Sexuality and Society Major

The Major in Gender, Sexuality, and Society offers students a coherent and comparative study of gender and sexuality within the social sciences and the humanities. Drawing from psychology, feminism, literary theory, sociology, politics, visual culture, and other fields of inquiry, students develop an informed understanding of the fundamental concepts, theories, issues, and debates regarding gender and sexuality from a range of disciplinary perspectives. The core involves two introductory courses: one emphasizing the social science perspective, and one representing the humanities perspective. The twin complementary cores lay the foundation for a comparative investigation of disciplinary epistemologies, the twin complementary cores prepare students to undertake more focused topical, theoretical, and region-specific explorations within three fields of specialization: Politics of gender & sexuality: representations, rights, and social justice.

The psychological and psychoanalytic foundations of gender and sexuality Constructions of gender and sexuality: global and historical perspectives