HIST 339 - Gender History And Analysis

Credit(s): 3
This course will expose students to the history of gender and the use of gender as a tool of historical analysis. As students study both masculinity and femininity, they will learn about gender as a socially constructed concept and how it can be used as a method for analyzing various political, economic, social, cultural and military events. Students will investigate how gender, both in terms of male and female, has shaped modern history. Cross-cultural comparisons will be employed, as well as exercises on how to approach gender issues in the classroom and the contemporary professional world. The course will incorporate the writings of anthropologists and historians as well as primary source literature by men and women.

Prerequisites: HIST 101 or HIST 102 or HIST 201 or HIST 202 or permission of the instructor.
Course Level: Undergraduate