GNDR 345 Global Perspectives on Gender
This course critically analyzes global issues related to gender and sexuality from historical, social scientific and interdisciplinary perspectives. We will question commonly accepted notions of gender and sexuality and perceived social roles both historically and beyond the framework of U.S. and western societies. Areas to be explored include culture, economic development, education, government, health and law. Special attention will be given to such issues as human rights and public activism. The class will engage in understanding gender and sexuality within the contexts of shifting local and global power dynamics and as necessarily interconnected with race, ethnicity, class, and (neo) colonialism.
Prerequisites
4 Undergraduate credits
Effective December 16, 2009 to present
Meets graduation requirements for
Learning outcomes
General
- Compare connections and common patterns among issues around the world and across time periods at an advanced collegiate level.
- Compare, synthesize and discuss cultural, national, social, and temporal differences among the issues at an advanced collegiate level.
- Describe and analyze historical and contemporary issues of gender and sexuality encompassing multiple regions and countries.
- Discuss and explain the role of a world citizen who can appreciate individual and cultural differences and similarities.
- Writes analytical papers that are informed, well reasoned, and literate at an advanced collegiate level.
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum
Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Employ the methods and data that historians and social and behavioral scientists use to investigate the human condition.
- Examine social institutions and processes across a range of historical periods and cultures.
- Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories.
- Develop and communicate alternative explanations or solutions for contemporary social issues.
Goal 8: Global Perspective
- Describe and analyze political, economic, and cultural elements which influence relations of states and societies in their historical and contemporary dimensions.
- Demonstrate knowledge of cultural, social, religious and linguistic differences.
- Analyze specific international problems, illustrating the cultural, economic, and political differences that affect their solution.
- Understand the role of a world citizen and the responsibility world citizens share for their common global future.
Fall 2025
| Section | Title | Instructor | books | eservices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | Global Perspectives on Gender | Nguyen, Kathy Ngoc | Books for GNDR-345-50 Fall 2025 | Course details for GNDR-345-50 Fall 2025 |