Prerequisites: COMM 175 or COMM 201.
This course explores the role of communication practices in the production, reinforcement, and transformation of gendered identities. Students will learn how gender expectations within cultural contexts are created. They will also learn some of the ways that deeply-rooted assumptions limit social change and guide communication.
Outcomes: Explain what gender/sex is, using biological, cultural, and psychological perspectives; Apply accurately key concepts related to the study of gender (eg, agency, standpoint theory, intersectionality, gender performance, heteronormativity, institutional limitations, and empowerment); Explain how gender/sex relates to language and communication; Describe how social institutions such as family, school, church, and work have influenced how we see and communicate about gender/sex; Reflect on their own gender performance.
This course explores the role of communication practices in the production, reinforcement, and transformation of gendered identities. Students will learn how gender expectations within cultural contexts are created. They will also learn some of the ways that deeply-rooted assumptions limit social change and guide communication.
Outcomes: Explain what gender/sex is, using biological, cultural, and psychological perspectives; Apply accurately key concepts related to the study of gender (eg, agency, standpoint theory, intersectionality, gender performance, heteronormativity, institutional limitations, and empowerment); Explain how gender/sex relates to language and communication; Describe how social institutions such as family, school, church, and work have influenced how we see and communicate about gender/sex; Reflect on their own gender performance.