SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER   [Archived Catalog]
2016-2017 Johnstown Campus Catalog
   

SOC 0461 - SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will analyze the various processes and institutions through which gender roles are defined and shaped in our society. It will analyze the interaction between individual conceptions of gender and larger social institutions such as the family, the workforce, the media, religion, etc. The current changes in these roles will be related to changes in other social institutions. We will also examine the multiple forms of inequality in our society--based on sex, race, class, and sexual preference- and see how they interact.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: SOC 0100  or 0010


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