Spring 2027

Gender and Women's Studies: the Emergence and Transformation of a Field

Surveys the origin and major transformations of gender and women's studies, analyzing debates that shaped the field and examining academic professionalization.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.95 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify and analyze major shifts in the history of Gender and Women’s Studies

  • Develop and demonstrate a point of view about the animating controversies within Gender and Women’s Studies

  • Research and summarize changes in Gender and Women’s Studies scholarship

  • Develop and deploy critical reading skills

  • Develop and apply critical writing skills

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GEN&WS 810

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.95 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Origins and transformations of gender and women's studies
  • Historical and contemporary debates in the field
  • Academic professionalization
  • Value of graduate training in the discipline

Skills

  • Analyze historical shifts in the field of Gender and Women's Studies
  • Formulate arguments regarding controversies within the field
  • Apply critical reading techniques to scholarly texts
  • Produce critical written work

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Recorded 2026-10-14

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