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Description
Women’s and Gender Studies employs an interdisciplinary and global perspective to examine gender as it intersects with race, class, ethnicity, sexuality, religion, and ability. Students learn collaboratively to challenge systemic oppression and examine privilege. Women’s and Gender studies courses allow students to develop skills useful in both their studies and their communities as they analyze current problems in areas such as employment, the family, health, and the legal system. The program emphasizes feminist and anti-racist instruction that promotes social justice and change.
Women’s and Gender Studies courses require college-level reading and writing skills.
All Women’s and Gender Studies courses can apply towards the Associate of Arts Oregon Transfer Degree (AAOT) requirements.
The Women’s and Gender Studies Focus Award at PCC prepares students for entry into other Women’s Studies Programs at the bachelor’s degree level. In Oregon these programs can be found at Portland State University, University of Oregon, Oregon State University, and Lewis & Clark College. Additional information on the Women’s Studies Focus Award may be found in the Focus Award section of the catalog.
WS 101. Women's Studies. 4 Credits.
Introduces intersectional feminist analysis of systems of oppression and strategies of resistance in the United States. Connects personal experiences to social change from a contemporary and historic lens. Includes multidisciplinary discussions of race, class, gender, sexualities, ability, and age. Prerequisites: (WR 115 and RD 115) or IRW 115 and MTH 20 or equivalent placement. Audit available.
This course fulfills the following GE requirements: Cultural Literacy, Arts and Letters/AL, Cultural Literacy/DIV
WS 201. Intercultural Women's Studies. 4 Credits.
Uses an intersectional feminist perspective to examine women's experiences cross-culturally. Analyzes power inequities between societies such as colonialism, imperialism and globalization as well as patterns of migration and diaspora. Prerequisites: (WR 115 and RD 115) or IRW 115 and MTH 20 or equivalent placement. Audit available.
This course fulfills the following GE requirements: Cultural Literacy, Arts and Letters/AL, Cultural Literacy/DIV
WS 202. Women, Activism and Social Change. 4 Credits.
Applies intersectional analysis to examine feminist movements for social change. Explores individual and community resistance to oppression. Examines activists' strategies, organizations, goals, accomplishments and challenges. Prerequisites: (WR 115 and RD 115) or IRW 115 and MTH 20 or equivalent placement. Audit available.
This course fulfills the following GE requirements: Cultural Literacy, Arts and Letters/AL, Cultural Literacy/DIV
WS 210. Introduction to Queer Studies. 4 Credits.
Focuses on the lives and contributions of queer people in cultural, historical, and social context, including identities such as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex, asexual, pansexual and gender non-binary. Uses an interdisciplinary approach to explore the complex social constructions of sex, sexuality, race, class, gender identity and gender expression. Explores the institutional and cultural factors that create and maintain systems of oppression. Prerequisite: (WR 115 and RD 115) or IRW 115 and MTH 20 or equivalent placement. Audit available.
This course fulfills the following GE requirements: Cultural Literacy, Arts and Letters/AL, Cultural Literacy/DIV