USC Schedule of Classes

Examination of how gender and sexuality have been constructed, experienced and legislated.

Genealogies of queer theory, from psychoanalytic theories to feminism and post-structuralism; evolving concepts of gender; relation to social justice, resistance and power.

Experiential course examining how beliefs about mortality are produced by history, gender, culture, and context; how the handling of death shapes urban society.

Cross-cultural analysis and comparison of the experience and cultural conception of birth, maternity, parenthood, and childhood in western and non-western societies.

Interdisciplinary analysis of LGBTQ issues; examination of the intersections of gender and sexuality with social class, race, religion and nationality.

Intensive experience with gender-focused community organizations; analysis of relationships between organizations and feminist and queer theory.

Cross-cultural notions of the body, health, and healing; historic and cultural variability of ideas of reproduction, birth, sexuality, mental illness and disability.

Explores the role of the media in the LGBTQ revolution that transformed the lives of sexual and gender minorities in the United States.

Questions of gay and lesbian identity, expression and experience in a variety of literary and cultural forms; emphasis on sexual politics, equality and difference.

Introduction to works of major women writers from the Middle Agesto the 20th century in their literary, social, and cultural contexts.

An evaluation of the ways in which different ideologies, institutions, and policies contribute to differences in political power between men and women.

Interdisciplinary examination of social, personal meanings of masculinity; variety of male experience by social class, race, sexuality and age; emerging masculinities of the future.

Exploration of food, eating, production, sustainability, access, and culture from a multidisciplinary perspective.

Research methods in gender and sexuality studies scholarship; study of feminist, queer and post-colonial epistemologies.

Issues of gender in communication, including: mediarepresentations of femininity and masculinity; and gender's rolein communication at the interpersonal, public, and cultural levels.

Examines how gender and sexuality are figured in cinema and television with an emphasis on the development of feminist media theory.

How various developmental theories analyze the role of women as producers and how Third World women are increasing their role in development.

Independent research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.

Writing of the honors thesis; for students in the Gender and Sexuality Studies Honors Program.

Study of a selected problem, period, or theme through interdisciplinary approaches.

Women and immigration, employment, and household and family relations in the context of the global economy; women's social and political movements in diverse cultural contexts.

Research leading to the master's degree in cognate fields. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

Seminar in selected topics related to gender and feminism.

History and ideology of gender studies, feminist theory, gay and lesbian discourse, and other studies in feminisms and masculinities in relation to literature.