Approved Foundation: Race, Ethnicity and Gender Diversity Courses

ASCC Race, Ethnicity and Gender Diversity Subcommittee

• AFAMAST 1101 "Introduction to African American and African Studies"
  • Introduction to the scholarly study of the Africana experience, focusing on patterns of resistance, adaptation, diversity, and transnational connections.
• AFAMAST 1112 "Introduction to the Black World"
  • This course introduces students to the history & present of the global Black World(s) encompassing Africa & its diasporas. It explores the racial ideologies that shaped Blackness, & looks to its political, cultural, social, & religious expressions. Students discuss Black movements, diversity, & anti-black politics. They learn to look at lived realities of blackness through an intersectional lens.
• AFAMAST 2009 "Introduction to African American Art"
  • This course introduces students to the topic of African American Art, juxtaposing conventional approaches to art (painting, sculpting, line drawing, installation) with innovative approaches to visual culture (found objects, everyday materials, contemporary performance). We will study how race, ethnicity, and gender diversity are formative to African American art and its histories.
• AFAMAST 2080 "African American History to 1877"
  • The study of the African American experience in America from arrival through the era of Reconstruction, focusing on slavery, resistance movements, and African American culture. Students will analyze the intersection of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, social class, and other categories through the lens of African Americans’ lived experiences and how they functioned in Black communities. Cross-listed with HISTORY 2080.
• AFAMAST 2081 "African American History from 1877"
  • The study of the African American experience in the United States from the era of Reconstruction through the present, with an emphasis on the intersection of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, and social class. Cross-listed with HISTORY 2081.
• AFAMAST 2201 "Major Readings in African American and African Studies"
  • An introduction to major authors and texts contributing to the discourses that have shaped and defined African American and African Studies from its inception to the present.
• AFAMAST 2218 "Black Urban Experience"
  • Examination of contemporary black urban experience focused on the impact of persistent residential segregation, increasing class polarization, and the global force of hip hop culture.
• AFAMAST 2270 "Introduction to Black Popular Culture"
  • A critical analysis of the commodity production and consumption of black popular culture products, such as fashion, film, urban fiction, music, vernacular expression, television and advertising.
• AFAMAST 2275 "Blackness and the Politics of Sports"
  • The purpose of this course is to assist students in understanding the historical relationship between African Americans & the professional sports industry. We will explore how the intersections of race, gender, ethnicity, & sexuality function in the world of sports & investigate the cultural tendency to praise athletic achievement over educational or career ambitions.
• AFAMAST 2281 "Introduction to African-American Literature"
  • A study of representative literary works by African-American writers from 1760 to the present. Cross-listed with ENGLISH 2281.
• AFAMAST 2285 "Afropop: Popular Music and Culture in Contemporary Africa"
  • Focuses on the rich variety, aesthetic beauty, and political significance of popular music in modern African cities, as well as contemporary urban locations within the African diaspora. In these social and cultural contexts, students will further explore the intersectionality of race, gender, sexuality, class, ethnicity, and religion, in various constellations, through the lens of popular music.
• AFAMAST 2295 "Resisting Slavery in the Americas"
  • This class examines the history of slave uprisings in the Americas to explore how slavery was experienced, imagined, & contested by the enslaved. We use primary & secondary written sources to delve deeper into the ideologies, tactics, & meanings of slave resistance. We explore how race, gender, ethnicity & class as well as their intersectionality shaped the contours of slavery in the America.
• AFAMAST 2367.04 "Black Women Writers: Text and Context"
  • Writing and analysis of black women's literary representations of issues in United States social history. Cross-listed with WGSST 2367.04.
• ANTHROP 1101 "Archaeology and Human Diversity, Lessons from the Past"
  • Examines how power relations shaped racial, ethnic, and gender identities in ancient societies by examining archaeological sites like Tutankhamen's tomb, Stonehenge, Machu Pichu, and Great Zimbabwe and shows how these and other sites have been misrepresented in the media and misused by governments to promote racism and inequality.
• ANTHROP 2210 "Race, Ethnicity, Gender Diversity, and Human Biology"
  • Focuses on the history of pseudoscience in the biological study of race, ethnicity, gender diversity, and human sexuality; evaluates modern scientific studies relating to human biological diversity.
• ANTHROP 2241 "The Middle East Close-Up: People, Cultures, Societies"
  • Introduction to the culture of the Middle East as lived in its villages, towns, and cities. Cross-listed with NELC 2241.
• ARABIC 2241 "Contemporary Arab Cultures: Arts, Mass Media, Society"
  • This course explores the intersecting political, artistic, and intellectual currents and practices that have shaped contemporary Arab cultures. It is organized as a survey of different cultural phenomena in Arab societies and diasporas including: the Arabic language and its varieties, music, poetry, law, television & cinema, and more.
• ARTEDUC 2600 "Visual Culture: Investigating Diversity & Social Justice"
  • A study of the artists, the artworks, and art worlds from diverse ethnic cultures in North America. This course will develop students’ skills in writing, reading, critical thinking, and oral expression and foster an understanding of the pluralistic nature of institutions, society, and culture(s) of the United States. Cross-listed with THEATRE 2700.
• ARTEDUC 2600H "Visual Culture: Investigating Diversity & Social Justice"
  • A study of the artists, the artworks, and art worlds from diverse ethnic cultures in North America. This course will develop students’ skills in writing, reading, critical thinking, and oral expression and foster an understanding of the pluralistic nature of institutions, society, and culture(s) of the United States. Honors version.
• ARTEDUC 2700 "Criticizing Television"
  • A critical analysis of a wide variety of television programs through viewing, discussing, reading, and writing. Students will focus on the ways in which racial, ethnic, and gender diversity issues are represented on television.
• CLAS 3205 "What is Race? Perspectives from Antiquity to the Present"
  • This course introduces students to ancient Greek and Roman ideas of race, ethnicity, and gender, to the intersections between these ideas in the thought and lived experience of ancient peoples, to how these ideas were used, remade, and redeployed in early modernity and afterward, and to the key role of the ancient Mediterranean in modern racist ideologies.
• CLAS 3215 "Sex and Gender in the Ancient World"
  • Introductory survey of women, gender, and sexual relations in the ancient Mediterranean world, especially Greece and Rome. Cross-listed with HISTORY 3215.
• COMPSTD 1100 "Intro to the Humanities: Cross-Cultural Perspectives"
  • This introductory course is designed to survey some of the current preoccupations in the Humanities, especially as they relate to culture, power, and identity. Instructors of 1100 seek to present relevant issues in comparative cultural study, employing a mix of cultural theory, current events, and literature, visual, and performing arts with a focus on race, ethnicity, and gender.
• COMPSTD 1100H "Intro to the Humanities: Cross-Cultural Perspectives"
  • This introductory course is designed to survey some of the current preoccupations in the Humanities, especially as they relate to culture, power, and identity. Instructors of 1100 seek to present relevant issues in comparative cultural study, employing a mix of cultural theory, current events, and literature, visual, and performing arts with a focus on race, ethnicity, and gender. Honors version.
• COMPSTD 2105 "Literature and Ethnicity"
  • This course examines literary representations of ethnicity refracted through experiences of racialization and gender in an American cultural context.
• COMPSTD 2264 "Introduction to Popular Cultures"
  • This course introduces students to the interdisciplinary field of Popular Culture Studies through a variety of methods and case studies. The specific focus will be on the entanglement of race, ethnicity, and gender in popular cultures. Cross-listed with ENGLISH 2264.
• COMPSTD 2281 "American Icons"
  • Interdisciplinary methods in American studies, with an emphasis on plurality and the intersectional study of identities (including but not limited to race, gender, and ethnicity) in American culture.
• COMPSTD 2301 "Introduction to World Literature"
  • Analysis of oral and written literatures of diverse cultures and historical periods.
• COMPSTD 2321 "Introduction to Asian American Studies"
  • Introduction to how Asian Americans as a whole and as specific ethnic groups have been racialized throughout U.S. history; examination of diverse Asian American experiences, cultural practices, and political viewpoints through gender, sexuality, class, immigrant status, dis/ability, and other social differences.
• COMPSTD 2322 "Introduction to Latinx Studies"
  • Introduction to Latinx studies; history, politics, and cultural production of Latinx communities in the U.S. and its borderlands. Cross-listed with SPANISH 2242.
• COMPSTD 2323 "Introduction to American Indian Studies"
  • This course explores the legal, cultural, historic, and political foundations, experiences, and perspectives and futures of American Indians in the U.S., with an emphasis on race, ethnicity, and gender diversity.
• COMPSTD 2340 "Introduction to Cultures of Science and Technology"
  • This course offers a critical analysis of the multiple relations of science to society, with an emphasis on knowledge, power, authority, values, and ethics. We will sharpen our analytical skills by discussing a broad range of historical and contemporary examples as they relate to race, ethnicity, gender, global capitalism, and politics.
• COMPSTD 2343 "Slavery, Gender, and Race in the Atlantic World"
  • An examination of slavery in Atlantic Africa and the Western Hemisphere with particular focus on how conceptions of race, ethnicity, and gender shaped patterns of forced labor, the slave trade, and the development of European colonial societies in the Americas.
• COMPSTD 2345 "Comedy, Culture, and Society"
  • This course takes comedy seriously, as we unpack some of the history and theorization of comedic performance globally and then zoom in specifically on the functions of comedy in contemporary societies. In this process, we will pay close attention to comedic cultural production as a contact zone, especially as it relates to categories of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and language.
• COMPSTD 2350 "Introduction to Folklore"
  • A general study of the field of folklore including basic approaches and a survey of primary folk materials: folktales, legends, folksongs, ballads, and folk beliefs. Cross-listed with ENGLISH 2270.
• COMPSTD 2350H "Introduction to Folklore"
  • A general study of the field of folklore including basic approaches and a survey of primary folk materials: folktales, legends, folksongs, ballads, and folk beliefs. Honors version. Cross-listed with ENGLISH 2270H.
• COMPSTD 2381 "Race, Ethnicity & Gender in Spanish Speaking Film & TV"
  • This course will examine how cinema and television in Latin America, the US, and Spain reflect issues of race, ethnicity, and gender and reveal social attitudes and prejudices. Cross-listed with SPANISH 2381 and WGSS 2381.
• COMPSTD 2995 "Race and Gender in Eastern Europe and the US: A Transatlantic Comparison"
  • By studying how identities (racial, ethnic, gender, and religious) exist as cultural constructs, this course will examine and compare the experiences of Russian and East European ethnic and racial minorities in their respective countries and African Americans in the US regarding racialization and marginalization through cultural and social constructs. Cross-listed with SLAVIC 2995.99.
• CRPLAN 3510 "Crime, Safety, and the Urban Environment"
  • Crime and public safety are critical issues which are essential to the health and vitality of neighborhoods. CRP 3510 explores the intersection of the built environment, neighborhood design, city planning, structural discrimination and identity in influencing exposure to crime or violence and perceptions of safety.
• CSCFFS 2372 "Appearance, Dress, and Cultural Diversity"
  • This class is an intersectional study of race, ethnicity, and gender diversity while considering the roles that appearance and dress play. Within this context we will also consider individual and group behavior, social organization, and cultural norms through a lens of social justice.
• DANCE 2500 "Introduction to Anti-Racism in the Performing Arts"
  • Builds a foundation for anti-racist reflection and practice for artists, educators, audiences, all who participate in creating and upholding cultural values; addresses how racism operates systemically, institutionally, and interpersonally in live and digital performing arts. Considers personal biases / identities, relationships between culture / society in perpetrating or interrupting oppression.
• EDUTL 2050 "Intersections of Privilege"
  • The course foregrounds language and power and examines identity and identity intersections across race, ethnicity, and gender. Students will be asked to ponder and explore multiple forms of privilege and oppression in relation to themselves and others. During course times, there is also a bi-weekly experiential learning component that will take place in the Columbus community off campus.
• EDUTL 3005 "Urban Teaching and Learning"
  • This course introduces students to issues related to teaching and learning in urban school contexts.
• EDUTL 3368 "Black Voices Matter: Resisting Anti-Blackness via Black Youth Literature and Media"
  • This course introduces intersectionality as an analytical framework for engaging literature, media, arts, etc., written about/for Black Youth by focusing on a broad body of children's and youth literature that also reflects how aspects of a person's social and political identities, including gender, and ethnicity, combine to create different modes of discrimination and privilege.
• ENGLISH 2176 "Rhetorics of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender"
  • In this course students study the basic elements of rhetoric and rhetorical representations of various historically constituted categories, including race, gender, and ethnicity, and use rhetoric as a lens for examining messages about race, gender, and ethnicity. Students analyze the ways that these categories are rhetorically constructed and the material consequences of those constructions.
• ENGLISH 2221 "Introduction to Shakespeare, Race, and Gender"
  • This course explores the historical roots of our ideas about race and gender by way of Shakespeare and the culture in which he wrote. Students will learn how Shakespeare's formulations of issues of race and gender are products of a time when both categories were undergoing significant conceptual development and how Shakespeare's ways of imagining this turbulence continues to resonate today.
• ENGLISH 2264 "Introduction to Popular Cultures"
  • This course introduces students to the interdisciplinary field of Popular Culture Studies through a variety of methods and case studies. The specific focus will be on the entanglement of race, ethnicity, and gender in popular cultures. Cross-listed with COMPSTD 2264.
• ENGLISH 2270 "Introduction to Folklore"
  • A general study of the field of folklore including basic approaches and a survey of primary folk materials: folktales, legends, folksongs, ballads, and folk beliefs. Cross-listed with COMPSTD 2350.
• ENGLISH 2270H "Introduction to Folklore"
  • A general study of the field of folklore including basic approaches and a survey of primary folk materials: folktales, legends, folksongs, ballads, and folk beliefs. Honors version. Cross-listed with COMPSTD 2350H.
• ENGLISH 2281 "Introduction to African-American Literature"
  • A study of representative literary works by African-American writers from 1760 to the present. Cross-listed with AFAMAST 2281.
• ENGLISH 2282 "Introduction to Queer Studies"
  • Introduces and problematizes foundational concepts of the interdisciplinary field of queer studies, highlighting the intersections of sexuality with race, class, and nationality. Cross-listed with WGSST 2282.
• ENGLISH 2381 "Introduction to the Black Atlantic"
  • The term 'Black Atlantic' describes encounters between Africans, Europeans, and Americans that have shaped our modern world: its politics, its literature, its art, and its economics. This class examines the literature of these encounters and relevant media in visual art and cinema depicting enslavement of Africans and resistance to slavery, racism, and the politics of white supremacy.
• ENGLISH 2581 "Introduction to U.S. Ethnic Literatures and Cultures"
  • This course provides a broad survey of literature produced by and about the major racial groups in the United States, examining how social movements of the 1960s and 70s led to the emergence of ethnic studies in higher education and how the literature addresses a wide range of historical events and political processes that have constructed racial differences and hierarchies in the U.S.
• ESHESA 2577 "Diversity and Social Justice in Leadership"
  • Builds on intellectual and experiential engagement with issues of difference, diversity, social justice, and alliance-building, with a particular emphasis on race, ethnicity, and gender.
• ESPHE 3206 "School and Society"
  • Use of concepts and methods of history, philosophy and the social sciences to grasp the interrelationship between a diverse society and education.
• ETHNSTD 2321 "Introduction to Asian American Studies"
  • Introduction to how Asian Americans as a whole and as specific ethnic groups have been racialized throughout U.S. history; examination of diverse Asian American experiences, cultural practices, and political viewpoints through gender, sexuality, class, immigrant status, dis/ability, and other social differences.
• ETHNSTD 2323 "Introduction to American Indian Studies"
  • This course explores the legal, cultural, historic, and political foundations, experiences, and perspectives and futures of American Indians in the U.S., with an emphasis on race, ethnicity, and gender diversity.
• ETHNSTD 2625 "Asian American Feminisms"
  • This course focuses on Asian American feminisms, with attention to how race, gender, and ethnicity impact Asian American experiences. Students will learn about the historical development of Asian American feminist social movements as well as their contemporary relationship to law, media, popular culture, and Asian American feminist activism.
• ETHNSTD 3311 "Latinx Experience Today: Latinx Youth Culture"
  • Given that the Latinx community in the U.S. is culturally, racially, ethnically, linguistically, economically, and politically diverse, this course offers students the opportunity to explore one or more aspects of the Latinx experience in the U.S. in the contemporary world, and to analyze different cultural practices using the intersectional study of race, ethnicity and gender as its cornerstones.
• FRENCH 2804 "Rebels and Runaways: Slave Narratives of the French-Speaking World"
  • This course examines representations of rebellious and runaway slaves of French-speaking regions and explores how they rejected their oppression through tactics of flight, practices of resistance and resiliency, and modes of belonging and community-formation.
• GERMAN 3317 "Black Identity and Culture in German-Speaking Europe"
  • This course discusses the history of Afro-Germans in Europe & internationally. Conversations and questions thematized pertain to identity formation and erasure; systemic racism; Westernization; xenophobia; and eugenics. German 3317 provides students with the support to identify intersecting social influences & factors that inform (and often reinforce) the categories of race, gender, and ethnicity.
• HDFS 3440 "Human Sexuality and Intersectionality Across the Lifespan"
  • This course will examine, through a multidisciplinary perspective, the ways in which race, ethnicity, and gender diversity influence the lens in which we view, study, and experience human sexuality across the lifespan.
• HEBREW 2700(H) "Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament"
  • Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament is taught from a historical perspective. The HB/OT is a collection of texts designed to create and fortify the ethnic identity of a single group within imperial contexts, while focusing on the formation of gender identity and race. The student will study the cultural dimensions of the ancient societies in which the HB/OT was written. Cross-listed with Jewish Studies 2700(H).
• HEBREW 3704 "Women in the Bible and Beyond"
  • An examination of the social, legal, and religious position of women as they appear in the Hebrew Bible and the ways in which they have been represented and interpreted in later textual, visual, and audio sources. Cross-listed with JEWSHST 3704.
• HISTART 2007 "From Buddha to Bollywood: Art and Architecture of Southern Asia"
  • This course is designed to offer students a comprehensive overview of the diverse visual cultures of South Asia, particularly through the lenses of race, ethnicity, and gender. We will delve into a broad range of topics, including architecture, sculpture and painting, performative traditions, and film. We will develop a critical vocabulary to better understand the rich visual heritage of India.
• HISTART 2009 "Introduction to African American Art"
  • This course introduces students to the topic of African American Art, juxtaposing conventional approaches to art (painting, sculpting, line drawing, installation) with innovative approaches to visual culture (found objects, everyday materials, contemporary performance). We will study how race, ethnicity, and gender diversity are formative to African American art and its histories.
• HISTART 3010 "Gender and Sexuality in Western Art"
  • This course offers an introduction to the intersectional study of European Art, exploring the intertwining ideologies of gender, sexuality, race, and ethnicity from the Ancient Mediterranean World to the Twentieth Century.
• HISTART 3010H "Gender and Sexuality in Western Art"
  • This course offers an introduction to the intersectional study of European Art, exploring the intertwining ideologies of gender, sexuality, race, and ethnicity from the Ancient Mediterranean World to the Twentieth Century. Honors version.
• HISTART 3205 "Art & Judaism"
  • An exploration of the nature and function of art in ancient Judaism from the standpoints of history, cultural history, and material culture. Cross-listed with JEWSHST 3205.
• HISTART 3605 "East West Photography"
  • Investigation of social relations and how they are constructed by photographs with a particular focus on interactions between North America, Asia, and Europe.
• HISTORY 2001 "Multiple Americas: US History from Colonialism to Reconstruction"
  • An introduction to the history of what would become the United States, from the Colonial period to Reconstruction, with an emphasis on race, gender and ethnicity. Topics include colonization, the dispossession and enslavement of African and Native peoples, gender roles, immigration, the conquest and settlement of the Southwest, and the events that moved America both toward and away from equality.
• HISTORY 2046 "Christianity and Liberation in the USA"
  • The intersection of race, ethnicity, and gender with Christian thought and practice in the USA; the emergence of liberation theologies and movements in the late twentieth century in their historical and social contexts.
• HISTORY 2080 "African American History to 1877"
  • The study of the African American experience in America from arrival through the era of Reconstruction, focusing on slavery, resistance movements, and African American culture. Students will analyze the intersection of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, social class, and other categories through the lens of African Americans’ lived experiences and how they functioned in Black communities. Cross-listed with AAAS 2080.
• HISTORY 2081 "African American History from 1877"
  • The study of the African American experience in the United States from the era of Reconstruction through the present, with an emphasis on the intersection of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, and social class. Cross-listed with AAAS 2081.
• HISTORY 2610 "Introduction to Women and Gender in the U.S."
  • Survey of women and gender from pre-European settlement to present, with particular attention to differences among women.
• HISTORY 2455 "Jews in American Film"
  • A study of how modern Jews appear in film compared with historical reality.
• HISTORY 2620 "Women Changing the World: Histories of Activism and Struggle"
  • History of women's activism in global perspective.
• HISTORY 3106 "History of Mexico"
  • This course offers an intersectional study of the history of Mexico, highlighting the importance of gender, sexuality, race, and ethnicity from the precolonial era to the present day. Throughout the semester we will examine patterns of conflict and negotiation, including ways in which everyday people participated in and influenced cultural and political events.
• HISTORY 3215 "Sex and Gender in the Ancient World"
  • Introductory survey of women, gender, and sexual relations in the ancient Mediterranean world, especially Greece and Rome. Cross-listed with CLAS 3215.
• HISTORY 3231 "Creating Medieval Monsters: Constructions of the 'Other'"
  • This course examines the development of a persecuting society in medieval Europe and explores the various ways that minorities were demonized (literally turned into “monsters”) in the medieval discourse and artwork in order to create a strong sense of unity within Christendom, with a specific focus on Jews, lepers, Muslims, religious non-conformists, sexual nonconformists, and women.
• HISTORY 3620 "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History in the United States, 1940-Present"
  • An overview of LGBT culture and history in the U.S. from 1940 to the present. Students will examine changes in LGBT lives and experiences during the last half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, as well as the intersections of race, sexuality, and class, and how these categories have affected sexual minority communities and broader US law and culture.
• HISTORY 3642 "Women and Gender in Modern Europe (1750-1950): Diversity in Context"
  • An introduction to the history of women and gender in Europe, from approximately 1750 to the 1950s, with a focus on the intersecting categories of race, ethnicity and class. We will explore the ways women have been perceived, defined, and categorized as a gender, and how they have both lived within and rebelled against these societal and cultural norms and restrictions.
• INTSTDS 2200 “Introduction to the Modern Middle East”
  • This course presents students with a multidisciplinary analysis of diversity and change in the modern Middle East. The ultimate goal of the course is to provide students with an enlarged perspective of the political, economic, social and theological issues in the Middle East and its diaspora, with close attention to diverse social categories such as race, religion, gender and ethnicity. Cross-listed with NELC 2200.
• ITALIAN 2056 "Love and Difference on the Italian Screen"
  • This course explores how representations of love have been conditioned by questions of identity (race, gender, sexuality and ethnicity) through representations of eros, romance and friendship in a variety of moving images.
• ITALIAN 2057 "Black Italy: The Politics and History of Race in Contemporary Italy"
  • This course addresses how belonging in contemporary Italy—juridical, social, economic—is intrinsically defined by race. Students interrogate Italian-ness as a racialized identity, as well as how gender and ethnicity contribute to the construction of racial identity. This course is an exploration of intersectionality, an important tool for thinking about immigration, discrimination and culture.
• JEWSHST 2455 "Jews in American Film"
  • A study of how modern Jews appear in film compared with historical reality.
• JEWSHST 2700(H) "Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament"
  • Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament is taught from a historical perspective. The HB/OT is a collection of texts designed to create and fortify the ethnic identity of a single group within imperial contexts, while focusing on the formation of gender identity and race. The student will study the cultural dimensions of the ancient societies in which the HB/OT was written. Cross-listed with Hebrew 2700(H). 
• JEWSHST 3205 "Art & Judaism"
  • An exploration of the nature and function of art in ancient Judaism from the standpoints of history, cultural history, and material culture. Cross-listed with HISTART 3205.
• JEWSHST 3704 "Women in the Bible and Beyond"
  • An examination of the social, legal, and religious position of women as they appear in the Hebrew Bible and the ways in which they have been represented and interpreted in later textual, visual, and audio sources. Cross-listed with HEBREW 3704.
• LING 3601 "Language, Race, and Ethnicity in the U.S."
  • Objective examination of the relationship between language, race and ethnicity in the context of varieties of English used by minority ethnic and racial groups in the U.S.
• LING 3606 "Language, Gender, and Sexuality"
  • ​​​​​​​This course focuses on analytical thinking about gender, sexuality, and language, relations among them, and relations between these constructs and other social structures like race, ethnicity, and nationhood; and helps in developing critical thinking, reading, and writing skills.
• MUSIC 2245 "American Musical Intersections"
  • In this course, you receive a foundational examination of race, ethnicity, and gender diversity through examples of American music and musicians.
• NELC 1125 "Stories of Belonging and Difference in the Middle East and South Asia"
  • This course will read and analyze a variety of short stories to illuminate different cultures of the Middle East and South Asia. The goal of the course is to introduce students to diverse cultures through literature. Students will be become familiar with a variety of literary representations, social structures and religious, ethnic and racial diversity after the completion of this course.
• NELC 2200 "Introduction to the Modern Middle East"
  • ​​​​​​​This course presents students with a multidisciplinary analysis of diversity and change in the modern Middle East. The ultimate goal of the course is to provide students with an enlarged perspective of the political, economic, social and theological issues in the Middle East and its diaspora, with close attention to diverse social categories such as race, religion, gender and ethnicity. Cross-listed with INTSTDS 2200.
• NELC 2241 "The Middle East Close-Up: People, Cultures, Societies"
  • ​​​​​​​Introduction to the culture of the Middle East as lived in its villages, towns, and cities. Cross-listed with ANTHROP 2241.
• PHILOS 1420 "Philosophical Approaches to Racism and Sexism"
  • ​​​​​​​An introductory survey of philosophical ways of thinking about and remedying racism and sexism.
• PHR 2450 "A Tough Pill: Health Identity, Disparity, and Discrimination"
  • In this course, students will analyze how their own identities and the identities of others influence experiences within the American healthcare system. They will learn terminology related to concepts of gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, socioeconomic status, and other identities and apply them to healthcare practice and health disparities.
• POLITSC 1910 "Introduction to the Politics of Identity"
  • This course is designed to introduce students to the continued significance of race, gender, and ethnicity in American society with a focus on identity. Examines how various identities and combinations of identities (namely race, ethnicity, and gender) are associated with sociopolitical experiences and attitudes.
• POLITSC 3147 "Intersectionality and Identity Politics"
  • ​​​​​​​This course addresses American racial and gender politics based on relevant research. In particular, it focuses on research and theories centered on different facets of race, gender, and intersectionality in the United States.
• PORTGSE 2331 "THE EMPIRE SINGS BACK: Portugal's New African Rhythms & Cultural Resistance in the European Diaspora"
  • Exploration of the vibrant African & Afro-Portuguese musical genres that have emerged in Portugal as a result of a longstanding colonial and imperial history connecting Portugal and several African continent countries. Focus on how race, ethnicity, & gender interact with music production, fruition, and distribution. Taught in English.
• PSYCH 1375 "I am. The Psychology of Identity and Culture"
  • ​​​​​​​Contemporary and historical research into psychological identity; The science of how individual people experience personal and cultural differences. Reading and discourse on the psychology research of: personality, social roles, cultural neuroscience, social categorization, intergroup contact, race, ethnicity, diversity, and more.
• PUBAFRS 2170 "Equity, Justice, and Public Service"
  • Through exploration of the definitions and intersectionality of concepts including race, gender, ethnicity, and socio-economic status, this course examines how public administration management decisions and policy result - or not - in socially equitable application.
• RELSTDS 2370 "Introduction to Comparative Religion"
  • Introduction to the academic study of religion through comparison among major traditions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, etc.) and smaller communities.
• RELSTDS 2370H "Introduction to Comparative Religion"
  • Introduction to the academic study of religion through comparison among major traditions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, etc.) and smaller communities. Honors version.
• RUSSIAN 2850 "Other Russias"
  • This class is an introduction to lesser known or marginalized people and identities inhabiting Russia. Students learn about gender, sexual, racial, ethnic, religious, and linguistic diversity as lived experiences, as categories and experiences embedded in historical and cultural contexts, and as categories of social difference that are intersectional, shifting, and shaped by hierarchies of power.
• RUSSIAN 3750 "[Alter]Native Russia: Indigenous Histories, Cultures, and Politics in Siberia and the North"
  • An intersectional study of race, ethnicity, and gender diversity, this course focuses on the histories, cultures, and politics of often neglected Indigenous peoples of Siberia and the Arctic, and to puts them in a comparative perspective with North America and the global context.
• SASIA 2230 "Living Everyday Lives: Systems of Discrimination in the United States and South Asia"
  • The course shows how everyday life in South Asia where caste is a category of oppression compares to everyday life in the United States where race is a category of oppression. Everyday life will also introduce students to how race and caste as categories of oppression interact with gender and ethnicity in the United States and South Asia.
• SLAVIC 2995.99 "Race and Gender in Eastern Europe and the US: A Transatlantic Comparison"
  • By studying how identities (racial, ethnic, gender, and religious) exist as cultural constructs, this course will examine and compare the experiences of Russian and East European ethnic and racial minorities in their respective countries and African Americans in the US regarding racialization and marginalization through cultural and social constructs. Cross-listed with COMPSTD 2995.
• SOCIOL 1102 "Social Foundations of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Social Class"
  • In this course students explore how people’s lives are shaped by their race, gender, ethnicity, and social class. The course emphasizes the ways in which these identities and social positions are constructed, along with their consequences.
• SOCIOL 2309 "Introduction to Law and Society"
  • Introduction to the law as a social institution, including the origins of law and its relationship to other social institutions, social control, and social change.
• SOCIOL 2320 "Sociology of Education"
  • Explore how schools shape racial, ethnic, gender, and social class inequalities.
• SOCIOL 2463 "Social Inequality: Race, Class, and Gender"
  • The study of social inequality with a focus on inequalities by race/ethnicity, gender, and class.
• SOCWORK 1140 "Issues in Social Justice: Race, Gender and Sexuality"
  • Examines the history of social oppression directed at certain minority populations in the United States and its impact on their current opportunities and lived experiences. The primary purpose is to analyze how racism, sexism, heterosexism and institutionalized discrimination based on ethnicity affect the social welfare and well-being of those living in the United States.
• SPANISH 2242 "Introduction to Latinx Studies"
  • Introduction to Latinx studies; history, politics, and cultural production of Latinx communities in the U.S. and its borderlands. Cross-listed with COMPSTD 2322.
• SPANISH 2381 "Race, Ethnicity & Gender in Spanish Speaking Film & TV"
  • This course will examine how cinema and television in Latin America, the US, and Spain reflect issues of race, ethnicity, and gender and reveal social attitudes and prejudices. Cross-listed with WGSS 2381 and COMPSTD 2381.
• THEATRE 2700 "Criticizing Television"
  • A critical analysis of a wide variety of television programs through viewing, discussing, reading, and writing. Students will focus on the ways in which racial, ethnic, and gender diversity issues are represented on television. Cross-listed with ARTEDUC 2700.
• WGSST 1110 "Gender, Sex and Power"
  • Introduces students to the study of gender, sex, and power. We will draw on a variety of literatures to analyze gender, race, sexuality, and other identities. We will place the study of U.S. women in broader transnational contexts.
• WGSST 1110H "Gender, Sex and Power"
  • Introduces students to the study of gender, sex, and power. We will draw on a variety of literatures to analyze gender, race, sexuality, and other identities. We will place the study of U.S. women in broader transnational contexts. Honors version.
• WGSST 2215 "Reading Women Writers"
  • ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Study of women writers' strategies for articulating experiences and using literature as a lens for social reality and catalyst for social and political change.
• WGSST 2230 "Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Popular Culture"
  • ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Explores how popular culture generates and articulates our understandings of gender and sexuality and their intersections with race and class.
• WGSST 2260 "Queer Ecologies: Gender, Sexuality, & the Environment"
  • Queer ecologies seek to disrupt the gendered and heterosexual assumptions embedded in how we understand the environment, nature, and bodies (human and animal). From animal studies, queer and feminist social movements for environmental justice, trans*natures, and sexual politics, Queer Ecologies will articulate a commitment to new thinking about the challenges of planetary and climate change.
• WGSST 2282 "Introduction to Queer Studies"
  • ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Introduces and problematizes foundational concepts of the interdisciplinary field of queer studies, highlighting the intersections of sexuality with race, class, and nationality. Cross-listed with ENGLISH 2282.
• WGSST 2305 "A World of Gender and Sexualities"
  • ​​​​​​​Investigates gender and sexuality in transnational and cross-cultural perspective.
• WGSST 2306 "Girlhood"
  • ​​​​​​​An examination of the contemporary contexts and social differences of female adolescence, including race, ethnicity, location, sexuality, class.
• WGSST 2317 "Gender at the Movies: Hollywood and Beyond"
  • ​​​​​​​A study of the representation of gender in relationship to race, sexuality, and class in cinema. Topics may include stardom, genre, narrative, national cinemas, women and minority filmmakers, and film history.
• WGSST 2327 "Embodying Gender, Race, and Ethnicity"
  • ​​​​​​​This course examines through a feminist lens how the body is situated, lived, interpreted, and constructed in culture. The course focuses on intersectionality as a key issue in understanding how the body’s gender, race, sexuality, health, physical abilities, and class/economic situation are interconnected.
• WGSST 2340 "Si Se Puede: Latinx Gender Studies​​​​​​​"
  • ​​​​​​​Explores the various layers of complexity that have historically made up the Latinx experience in the United States at the intersections of class, race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality.
• WGSST 2367.04 "Black Women Writers: Text and Context"
  • ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Writing and analysis of black women's literary representations of issues in United States social history. Cross-listed with AFAMAST 2367.04.
• WGSST 2400 "Higher Power: Feminisms & Religion"
  • ​​​​​​​Why is studying religion important to feminism? What is religion and why should people interested in the study of feminism take it seriously? We will explore the history and current understandings of the term "religion" in different parts of the world and its relationship to feminism, and we will examine our own assumptions and previous conceptions of what religion means and what "counts."
• WGSST 2381 "Race, Ethnicity & Gender in Spanish Speaking Film & TV"
  • This course will examine how cinema and television in Latin America, the US, and Spain reflect issues of race, ethnicity, and gender and reveal social attitudes and prejudices. Cross-listed with SPANISH 2381 and COMPSTD 2381.
• WGSST 2900 "Data Feminism"
  • As data collection expands, we see new mechanisms for exposing injustice but also new pathways for inherent biases in data to exacerbate systems of discrimination and oppression. This course develops critical tools of inquiry and quantitative analytical methods to approach data through feminist, racial and social justice perspectives and the intersectional study of race, ethnicity and gender.