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RESEARCH METHODS IN GENDER & WOMEN'S STUDIES

GEN&WS 800
Course Description

Explores feminist approaches to methods in the social sciences, humanities, and health sciences, such as ethnography, interviews, statistics, focus groups, surveys, archival research, discourse analysis, and visual analysis. Applies transdisciplinary perspectives to consider work from a range of academic fields and topics in order to critique issues of epistemology, methodology, methods, interpretation, and writing.

Prerequisties

Graduate/professional standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.54

0.38% from Historical

Completion Rate
92.86%

-0.51% from Historical

A Rate
57.14%

-8.16% from Historical

Class Size
14

-6.67% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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