GSWS 1200 - TRANSGENDER STUDIES

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of transgender studies. The course is first and foremost about trans contributions to our shifting understandings of sex, gender, identity, and the body in theory, culture, art, psychology, science, and activism. Some of the topics we will examine include: the history and emergence of transgender theory, global understandings of trans issues, feminist/queer encounters with trans theories, the politics of trans visibility, and trans lives in film and literature. The course will cover major topics within the discipline, including queer/trans “border wars,” intersectional approaches in trans theory, the various meanings and uses of “trans” in different disciplines, and the relationship between trans theories and existing models of sex, gender, and sexuality. We’ll pay close attention to how transgender studies has challenged and/or enhanced thinking in feminist and queer theory.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: GSWS 0100 or GSWS 0200 or GSWS 0500 or GSWS 0550 or Instructor Consent
Course Attributes: DSAS Diversity General Ed. Requirement, SCI Diversity General Ed. Requirements

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