I. ASCRC General Education Form
Group
Group VII
Dept/Program
Women’s and Gender
Course #
263S
Studies
Course Title
Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies
Prerequisite
None
Credits
3
II. Endorsement/Approvals
Complete the form and obtain signatures before submitting to Faculty Senate Office
Please type / print name Signature
Date
Elizabeth Hubble
207-3249;
elizabeth.hubble@umontana.edu
Program Chair
Ione Crummy/Elizabeth Hubble
Dean
Gerald Fetz
III. Description and purpose of the course: General Education courses must be introductory
and foundational. They must emphasize breadth, context, and connectedness; and relate course
content to students’ future lives: See Preamble:
http://www.umt.edu/facultysenate/gened/GEPreamble_final.htm
Instructor
Phone / Email
WGS 263S is designed to introduce students to the broad fields of women’s and gender studies
through an overview of a number of the theoretical and experiential perspectives of those fields.
Students will analyze the history of feminism, women’s studies, gender studies, and the
growing field of queer studies; biological and psychological theories of gender; the social
construction of gender as a product of history and culture; the relationship between gender and
other categories of difference (race, sexual orientation, class, ethnicity); family and work;
gender-based violence; the relationship between politics, economics, and gender; the
representation of gender in popular culture; health and reproduction; and embodiment.
IV. Criteria: Briefly explain how this course meets the criteria for the group. See:
http://www.umt.edu/facultysenate/ASCRCx/Adocuments/GE_Criteria5-1-08.htm
1. WS 263S provides a foundation for students 2. WS 263S asks students to analyze social
to understand the ways institutions and
problems and structures, such as genderdiscourses of power operate in society as
based violence, family, religion, and culture,
systems of oppression.
which have an impact on gender inequities
and advances.
3. WGS 263S provides a strong introduction to
the ways the disciplines which make up
Women’s and Gender Studies reach
conclusions and make generalizations based on
data collection and analysis. These fields
include psychology, sociology, social work,
anthropology, political science and
environmental studies.
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V. Student Learning Goals: Briefly explain how this course will meet the applicable learning
goals. See: http://www.umt.edu/facultysenate/ASCRCx/Adocuments/GE_Criteria5-1-08.htm
1. Students learn about the nature, structure,
2. Students learn to analyze gender-based
and historical development of gender as a
phenomena (including but not limited to
social phenomenon and its impact on human
embodiment, sexism, racism, and culture)
through the lens of a variety of theories
behavior, organizations, and relationships.
including social construction and
psychoanalysis.
3. WGS 263S provides students with an
understanding of the variety of disciplines
whose work makes up the interdisciplinary
field of Women’s and Gender Studies, giving
them a background to understand how these
fields collect and analyze data in their research.
Examples include the impact of media on girls
and boys, problems with reporting systems
relating to sexual violence, and data collection
relating to welfare reform and poverty.
VII. Syllabus: Paste syllabus below or attach and send digital copy with form.  The syllabus
should clearly describe how the above criteria are satisfied. For assistance on syllabus
preparation see: http://teaching.berkeley.edu/bgd/syllabus.html
See attached.
*Please note: As an instructor of a general education course, you will be expected to provide
sample assessment items and corresponding responses to the Assessment Advisory Committee.
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