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  • GNDR 3381: Inequal thru Music&Film

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    During the election campaign for President Barack Obama, our forty fourth President and our first African American President, one of candidate Obama's famous campaign mantras were the words "Yes We Can!" Soon the catch-phrase, reminiscent of other calls to action such as "we shall overcome" and "si se puede" for underserved populations and populations of color in U.S. history facing issues of social inequality, became a popular music video released by hip-hop musician and rapper Will.i.am. This wedding of issues of social inequality in U.S. politics and society with popular culture media such as music and film is the central focus of this course. Fundamentally, this course is a historical, theoretical, and ultimately, sociological exploration of race, ethnicity, class, and gender as axes of inequality in the United States, through the lens of music and film media. Materials examine the interaction between personal experiences and social structures as students explore how individuals carry varying degrees of penalty and privilege depending on their position within a complex matrix along axes of race, ethnicity, class, and gender that affects everyone in society. Students will be invited to explore the ways that people experience and respond to the matrix, that is, structures of racial/ethnic, class, and gender inequality, and the ways that people help to reinforce and reshape those structures.
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  • GNDR 3400: Girls' Lives: Community

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course will provide an in-depth exploration of US girls' lives with particular attention given to the ways that girls' lives are shaped by their gender, race, class, sexuality, and abilities. We will learn about girls' socialization, psychological development, education, and political and social activism through course readings and from girls themselves. This course includes a substantial community engaged learning component for which students will facilitate group discussions with girls in the UofU Women's Resource Center Go Girlz program. With the girls we will critically examine and work to thoughtfully respond to inequities, challenges, and opportunities that girls face in their daily lives.
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  • GNDR 3500: Facilit Comm Dialgs

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course prepares students to become gender justice practitioners by learning to facilitate social justice dialogues. It teaches students how to operationalize critical theories by understanding current social, political, economic, and historical contexts to design and facilitate conversations that allow others to explore their narratives and develop connections with people from diverse opinions, values, and life experiences. The skills students will develop are inclusive leadership, conflict resolution technics, allyship, equity strategies, logic model design, and small group communication. The course also has a CEL designation because the dialogues will occur with community partners.
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  • GNDR 3565: Women and Crime

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Historically, women have been excluded from the criminological discussion. This course examines women's experiences with crime and the criminal justice system. The course covers female offenders and their treatment by the criminal justice system, female victims of crime, and female employees of the agencies of the criminal justice system and their experiences. The goal of the course is to explore all aspects of women and crime and for the students to develop an understanding of these issues and why they are important.
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  • GNDR 3573: Queer Rep in Media

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Queer Representations In Media: Traditional, New, and Fan-made examines how LGBTQ+ people are portrayed in traditionally published media, Internet-based/new media, and fan-made media, such as fanfiction. The course examines books, movies, television, comic books, animated films and TV shows, webseries, and fanfiction alongside academic texts, and uses Media Studies, Literary Theory, and Queer Theory to ground readings of pop culture in academic analysis. Topics covered include the politics of media publication, the quality of content generated by queer and non-queer creators, and the limits placed on queer identities in media in the form tropes and genres. Students will be encouraged to think critically about whose media/media analysis are considered legitimate and explore their own relationship to the media they consume.
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  • GNDR 3575: Trans* Studies

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course explores the complicated and rich history of Trans*gender identities. What does it mean to be trans? Are trans-identified folks the ultimate rebels or simply shoring up old notions of what it means to be gendered (and sexed) in the world? What theories exist to guide considerations of crossing lines (and dotting I)? How do existing power structures affect the life chances and outcomes of individuals who aren't easily seen or processed by the normative machine? We will attempt to answer these questions and many more as we explore what it means (or might mean, or could mean, or may never mean) to be Trans.
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  • GNDR 3630: Reproductive Justice

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Reproductive justice is the human right to have children, the right NOT to have children, and the right to parent children in safe and sustainable communities. In this class, we will discuss contraception and abortion in great detail, but our focus goes beyond a limited pro-choice vs. pro-life framework. We will discuss the reproductive health and access of people across genders, sexualities, social class, and race/ethnicity and immigration status. We discuss past and ongoing reproductive oppression of communities of color, but we will also talk about the ways in which society can support pregnant people and parents.
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  • GNDR 3635: The Price of Gender

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course examines gendered inequalities. We focus on how society influences the roles of family and sexuality, and how race and ethnicity structure gender inequality. We specifically highlight the role of business and the economy in creating and maintaining inequalities based on gender and sexuality. Topics covered in this course include: gendered earnings gaps at the local and global levels; the relationship between family and work; and the way gendered expectations and institutions negatively affect the leadership abilities of women and gender minorities in business and politics. We also review how the state regulates gender and sexuality. With an emphasis on both quantitative skills and diversity, you will learn crucial tools to navigate contemporary societies and critically examine official statistics and scholarly research.
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  • GNDR 3640: Race, Gndr & Incarcerat

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course examines the ways social positionalities/identities such as gender, sexuality, race, class, and immigration status impact people's and communities' experiences with the carceral state. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, we explore the expansion of the carceral state while centering the experiences of marginalized communities within that expansion with particular attention to communities of color, women, LGBTQ+ individuals, youth, the unhoused, and undocumented community members.
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  • GNDR 3660: Sex and Sexuality Ed

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course will focus on the teaching and learning of topics related to gender and sexuality in a K-12 context. Students in this course will learn about the history of formal sexuality education, from the Victorian period to the contemporary moment. While the course focuses on the American educational system, students will have a glimpse of how sexuality education is conducted in other parts of the globe. Additionally, the course will focus on theory and practice of sexuality education. This portion of the course is connected to Community Engaged Learning, where students will observe and lead a lesson at a neighborhood center.
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