ENG 2160 Introduction to Women’s Studies

ENG 2160 Introduction to Women’s Studies (WI)

Pathways: World Cultures and Global Issues

Focuses on literature, scholarly writing, and films that focus specifically on girls and women, both nationally and internationally, in the hopes of determining whether women themselves or others (external forces, individuals, or social systems) construct definitions of womanhood. Course texts, by both men and women, will address such themes as womanism, stereotypes, feminism, violence, politics, intimate/familial relationships, sex, sexuality, sexual orientation, and prescribed and evolving gender roles as they relate to girls and women.