GEND 116 — Introduction to Women's Studies
Interdisciplinary introduction to the origins, purpose, subject matter, and methods of Women's Studies and to feminist perspectives in the social sciences on a range of issues affecting women of diverse backgrounds. Study of gender and its intersections with race, class, sexuality, dis/ability, age, religion, and other systems of difference. Includes such topics as gender-based language, personality development and self-concept, social evolution, family structures and economic life. (C-ID SJS 120) (CSU/UC) (AA/AS-4, CSU-D, IGETC-4, Cal-GETC-4)