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GENDER AND EDUCATION

EDPOL/GEN&WS 560
Course Description

Examines the relationship between gender and education and explores notions of gender as socially constructed categories and identities. Identify the ways schools (re)produce and mediate gender identities and explore the experiences of students. Draws on critical and feminist perspectives to analyze the ways gender intersects with understandings of identity performance and expression such as masculinity and femininity, as well as at the intersection of race, ethnicity, class, and sexuality in schooling processes.

Prerequisties

Junior standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.74

1.25% from Historical

Completion Rate
95%

-1.57% from Historical

A Rate
85%

13.07% from Historical

Class Size
40

29.93% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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