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Minneapolis College’s Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) program offers classes that explore the relationships between power, knowledge, and social justice. More specifically, WGSS examines the construction of heteronormative gender and sexuality as well as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender identities; the relationship between ideas about gender and concepts inherent to other social, political, and cultural structures; and the implications of feminist and sexuality studies.
The program explores the significance of gender and sexuality across a range of human experiences, paying particular attention to women and LGBTQIA+ populations. While gender and sexuality are fundamental to our field, WGSS also recognizes that our lives and identities as gendered being are intersected by other differences (such as race, class, dis/ability, nationality, etc.) that inform who we are and how we relate to the world. As such, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive understanding of human experience that recognizes those differences.
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Critique assumptions and practices that create and sustain gender and sex-based injustices as they exist in various global contexts
2. Formulate a personal commitment to address gender and sex-based inequalities using critical vocabularies from the discipline to solve problems in their communities
3. Explain how historical, political, social, cultural, and economic systems construct dynamics of power that contribute to inequalities of gender and sexuality
4. Articulate observations about the world from the critical perspectives that explore gender and sexuality across various intersections of body, place, and space
AWARDS
Associate of Arts with an Emphasis in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Award:
Associate of Arts
Total Credits for Award:
60.00
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