HUM210-Introduction-to-Women-and-Gender-Studies-1618196426.pdf

HUM210 Introduction to Women and
Gender Studies

HUM210
Introduction to
Women and
Gender Studies
DEBORAH HOLT, BS, MA
BOUNDLESS, BOUNDLESS SOCIOLOGY,
BOUNDLESS-SOCIOLOGY-TEXTBOOK/INDEX.HTML,
MIT OPENCOURSEWARE,
COURSES/WOMENS-AND-GENDER-STUDIES/
WGS-101-INTRODUCTION-TO-WOMENS-AND-GEN
DER-STUDIES-FALL-2014/INSTRUCTOR-INSIGHTS/,
DEBORAH HOLT, BS, MA, AND MILIANN KANG,
DONOVAN LESSARD, AND LAURA HESTON,
INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN, GENDER, SEXUALITY
STUDIES,

INTROWGSS/
Pressbooks/VIVA Open Publishing
Church Hill. Tennessee

HUM210 Introduction to Women and Gender Studies by Deborah Holt, BS,
MA is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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Contents
Introduction
Introduction
Deborah Holt, BS, MA
1
PART I. HUM210 - INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN AND
GENDER STUDIES - COURSE GOAL, DESCRIPTION &
LEARNING TOPICS & OUTCOMES
1. HUM210 - Introduction to Women and Gender
Studies - Course Goal, Description, Learning
Topics & Outcomes
HUM210 - Introduction to Women and Gender Studies -
Course Goal, Description, Learning Topics & Outcomes
Deborah Holt, BS, MA
5
PART II. WOMEN’S AND GENDER’S STUDIES AS AN
AREA OF STUDY IN THE HUMANITIES
2. Women's and Gender's Studies as an Academic
Discipline - Student Specific Content Learning
Outcomes
Women's and Gender's Studies as an Academic Discipline -
Student Specific Content Learning Outcomes
Deborah Holt, BS, MA
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3. “Why/What is Women’s and Gender’s Studies?”
MIT OpenCourseWare,
womens-and-gender-studies/
wgs-101-introduction-to-womens-and-gender-studies-fall
-2014/instructor-insights/
12
4. Theorizing Lived Experiences
Theorizing Lived Experiences
Miliann Kang, Donovan Lessard, and Laura Heston,
Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies,
14
5. Identity Terms
Identity Terms
Miliann Kang, Donovan Lessard, and Laura Heston,
Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies,
22
6. Conceptualizing Structures of Power
Conceptualizing Structures of Power
Miliann Kang, Donovan Lessard, and Laura Heston,
Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies,
29
7. Explanation of the Concept of Social
Construction of Gender
Explanation of the Concept of Social Construction of Gender
Boundless, Boundless Sociology,
mods/en-boundless/
textbooks/boundless-sociology-textbook/index.html
34
8. Gender and Biology
Gender and Biology
Boundless, Boundless Sociology,
mods/en-boundless/
textbooks/boundless-sociology-textbook/index.html
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