IS9010/ID Interdisciplinary Independent Study

Students enrolled in Gender & Sexuality Studies Minor who wish to pursue an independent study option should contact one of the faculty members with whom they want to work. The student should identify two faculty members from different departments (or from different disciplines within a multidisciplinary department) with their request to pursue an Independent Study option. In the semester preceding the one in which the independent study will take place, the student and faculty member will design a plan for the independent study project, the timeline, and the proposed format for presenting at the Emerging Scholars, Research Scholars, or other City Tech/CUNY research event during the semester. The proposal will be approved by the City Tech Interdisciplinary Committee and the student and faculty member(s) will be notified of approval by the end of the semester preceding the independent study.

 

ENG 2190 Expressions of Identity

ENG 2190 Expressions of Identity: Representations of Gender and Space in Literature (WI)

Pathways: US Experience in its Diversity

Focuses on space and place: personal, home/household, communal, virtual, digital, or global representations as they relate to self-perception and gender identity. Here, students will read works that explore the unique relationship between gender identity roles/expectations and the form and function of different types of place and space as being gender specific. Students will study environment, race, physical space, (C)lass, culture, gender roles, and sex and sexuality.

ENG 2180 Studies in Identity and Orientation

ENG 2180 Studies in Identity and Orientation (WI)

Pathways: US Experience in its Diversity

Provides students with an introductory understanding of identity, focusing specifically on the concepts of gender and sexuality as they intersect with race, class, ethnicity, and other aspects of social location and identification. Students will analyze the appearance of gender and sexuality as integrated social concepts by reading and discussing contemporary American texts across multiple genres and media.

ENG 2170ID Introduction to Studies in Maleness and Manhood

ENG 2170ID Introduction to Studies in Maleness and Manhood (WI)

Pathways: Creative Expression

Identifies expected and redefined understandings and representations of Maleness and Manhood through physical, psychological, sociological, and philosophical approaches through literature, scholarly writing, and film. Subject matter includes sex, sexuality, sexual orientation, perception, identity, power, politics of manhood, violence, and the use or expectation of male dominance.

ANTH 1103: Gender, Culture and Society

ANTH 1103: Gender, Culture and Society

Pathways: World Cultures and Global Issues

Female development from a historical, economic, sociological, psychological and anthropological perspective. Focuses on readings and research concerning women with and analytical emphasis on biological versus cultural orientations in the literature.

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.

AFR 2000 Blacks In Media

AFR 2000 Blacks In Media: Race, Gender & Cultural Representations (WI)

Pathways: Individual and Society

Examines the complex dialogue between Black media representations and the lived cultural, social and historical experiences of people of African descent. It explores the interdependent roles of Black individuals, groups, and communities as cultural producers, consumers, and subjects of media representations and discourses.